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TWiT 1028: Some Had Leashes - Google's Monopoly, Yap Score, Robot Marathon

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  • Judge rules Google illegally monopolized ad tech, opening door to potential breakup
  • AI-hallucinated code dependencies become new supply chain risk
  • OpenAI's secret Yap score
  • 4chan, the internet's most infamous forum, is down following an alleged hack
  • FTC v. Meta: the US argued Meta has a monopoly in the "personal social networking" market, which it claims includes only Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and MeWe
  • Trump Signals Semiconductor Tariffs Are Coming 'Very Soon'
  • Tariffs making it impossible to shop for tech, applicances
  • Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders live on April 24, for real this time; fans still mad at $80 games
  • Is this a Bad Therapist? Real Therapist Reacts to Adolescence
  • Risks to children playing Roblox 'deeply disturbing', say researchers
  • Hacked Crosswalks In Bay Area Play Deepfake-Style Messages From Tech Billionaires
  • China's First Robot Marathon Runners Trip, Emit Smoke, Fall Apart
  • OpenAI is building a social network
  • Leaked: Palantir's Plan to Help ICE Deport People
  • New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children
  • Scientists Find Promising Indication of Extraterrestrial Life—124 Light-Years Away

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