February 15, 2026

This Week in Tech 1071: Image Pickles

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2 hours 45 minutes

Is social media addictive by design or just irresistible entertainment? The panel tackles the lawsuit that's dragging tech giants onto the witness stand and how surveillance tech is quietly expanding while lawmakers and users scramble to catch up.

Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at landmark US trial

Instagram Chief Says Social Media Is Not 'Clinically Addictive' in Landmark Trial

Section 230 turns 30 as it faces its biggest tests yet

Meta apparently thinks we're too distracted to care about facial recognition and Ray-Bans

Amazon Ring's Super Bowl ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app.

Discord backtracks on controversial age verification rollout...kind of

Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass

The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor that this man remotely accessed thousands of them

HP's laptop subscriptions are a great deal — for HP

FTC Ratchets Up Microsoft Probe, Queries Rivals on Cloud, AI

T-Mobile announces its network is now full of AI by rolling out real-time translation

Apple's latest attempt to launch the new Siri runs into snags

SpaceX Prioritizes Lunar 'Self-Growing City' Over Mars Project, Musk Says

Elon Musk declares victory with Medicaid data release

Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars

Backblaze Drive Stats for 2025

$1.8 million MST3K Kickstarter brings in (almost) everyone from the old show

OpenAI Is Nuking Its 4o Model. China's ChatGPT Fans Aren't OK

Hideki Sato, designer of all Sega's consoles, has died

Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78

Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Stacey Higginbotham, and Thomas Germain

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February 15, 2026

This Week in Tech 1071: Image Pickles

Listen Later

2 hours 45 minutes

Is social media addictive by design or just irresistible entertainment? The panel tackles the lawsuit that's dragging tech giants onto the witness stand and how surveillance tech is quietly expanding while lawmakers and users scramble to catch up.

Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at landmark US trial

Instagram Chief Says Social Media Is Not 'Clinically Addictive' in Landmark Trial

Section 230 turns 30 as it faces its biggest tests yet

Meta apparently thinks we're too distracted to care about facial recognition and Ray-Bans

Amazon Ring's Super Bowl ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app.

Discord backtracks on controversial age verification rollout...kind of

Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass

The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor that this man remotely accessed thousands of them

HP's laptop subscriptions are a great deal — for HP

FTC Ratchets Up Microsoft Probe, Queries Rivals on Cloud, AI

T-Mobile announces its network is now full of AI by rolling out real-time translation

Apple's latest attempt to launch the new Siri runs into snags

SpaceX Prioritizes Lunar 'Self-Growing City' Over Mars Project, Musk Says

Elon Musk declares victory with Medicaid data release

Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars

Backblaze Drive Stats for 2025

$1.8 million MST3K Kickstarter brings in (almost) everyone from the old show

OpenAI Is Nuking Its 4o Model. China's ChatGPT Fans Aren't OK

Hideki Sato, designer of all Sega's consoles, has died

Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78

Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Stacey Higginbotham, and Thomas Germain

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monarch.com with code TWIT

ZipRecruiter.com/twit

helixsleep.com/twit

cachefly.com/twit

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