Will Elon Musk really launch a million data centers into orbit, and why is McDonald's so worried about you using "McNuggets" as your password? This week's tech roundtable takes on wild new frontiers and everyday security headaches with insight and a bit of irreverence.
More schools are banning phones so students can focus. Ohio's results show it's not that simpleAfter Australia, Which Countries Could Be Next to Ban Social Media for ChildrenEU says TikTok must disable 'addictive' features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engineAnthropic and OpenAI release dueling AI models on the same day in an escalating rivalrySam Altman says Anthropic's Super Bowl spot is 'dishonest' about ChatGPT ads, but he agrees it's funnyAnthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 uncovers 500 zero-day flaws in open-source codeAlphabet reports Q4 2025 revenue of $113.8 billionAmazon's blowout $200 billion AI spending plan stuns Wall StreetA New Gilded Age: Big Tech goes on a $600 billion AI spending splurgeHidden Cameras in Chinese Hotels Are Livestreaming Guests To Thousands of Telegram SubscribersAI-generated ads hit the Super BowlSpaceX acquires xAI, plans to launch a massive satellite constellation to power itRussia suspected of intercepting EU satellitesNotepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actorsNew York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D PrinterWestern Digital Plots a Path To 140 TB Hard Drives Using Vertical Lasers and 14-Platter DesignsA Crisis comes to Wordle: Reusing old wordsThe Wayback Machine debuts a new plug-in designed to fix the internet's broken links problemProject Hail Mary is getting its own LEGO setDave FarberGuests: Larry Magid, Mike Elgan, and Louis Maresca
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