November 30, 2025

This Week in Tech 1060: A Shortage of Shame

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2 hours 43 minutes

Is Black Friday really booming, or are inflated prices and AI shopping assistants just muddying the waters? This episode rips into the data, exposes retailer tactics, and debates if smarter tech is actually making us better shoppers.

Black Friday data shows online sales strong, store results mixed

Silicon Valley's man in the White House is benefiting himself and his friends

View: Trump's AI agenda sails toward an iceberg of bipartisan populist fury

'We do fail ... a lot': Defense startup Anduril hits setbacks with weapons tech

Solar's growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use

Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea

China leapfrogs US in global market for "open" AI models

Danish authorities in rush to close security loophole in Chinese electric buses

The Ford F-150 Lightning was supposed to transform the industry. Now, Ford may pull the plug

Roblox is a problem — but it's a symptom of something worse

Warner Music and Suno strike deal for AI music, giving artists control over their likeness

Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out

Jony Ive, Sam Altman: OpenAI plans elegantly simple device

One tech tip: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it

How a GM EV1 was sold for the first time

GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Daniel Rubino, Sam Abuelsamid, and Mike Elgan

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November 30, 2025

This Week in Tech 1060: A Shortage of Shame

Listen Later

2 hours 43 minutes

Is Black Friday really booming, or are inflated prices and AI shopping assistants just muddying the waters? This episode rips into the data, exposes retailer tactics, and debates if smarter tech is actually making us better shoppers.

Black Friday data shows online sales strong, store results mixed

Silicon Valley's man in the White House is benefiting himself and his friends

View: Trump's AI agenda sails toward an iceberg of bipartisan populist fury

'We do fail ... a lot': Defense startup Anduril hits setbacks with weapons tech

Solar's growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use

Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea

China leapfrogs US in global market for "open" AI models

Danish authorities in rush to close security loophole in Chinese electric buses

The Ford F-150 Lightning was supposed to transform the industry. Now, Ford may pull the plug

Roblox is a problem — but it's a symptom of something worse

Warner Music and Suno strike deal for AI music, giving artists control over their likeness

Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out

Jony Ive, Sam Altman: OpenAI plans elegantly simple device

One tech tip: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it

How a GM EV1 was sold for the first time

GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Daniel Rubino, Sam Abuelsamid, and Mike Elgan

Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech

Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!

Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsors:

ventionteams.com/twit

deel.com/twit

zapier.com/twit

Melissa.com/twit

zscaler.com/security

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