This Week in Tech (Audio)

NVIDIA's CEO is caught in a honeypot scandal with global AI power plays hanging in the balance, just as data centers come under fire from both voters and lawmakers across the US. From the abrupt end of the Tesla Cybertruck to hackers weaponizing smart fridges, this week's episode dives into the messy, hilarious, and sometimes alarming ways future tech is colliding with real-world consequences.

• Tesla Cybertruck canned after recalls, plunging sales, and controversy

• Remembering Aaron Swartz and the ethics of open access

• Academic journals, research paywalls, and access challenges

• Voters across US reject data centers in local elections

• Apple debuts pricey OLED touchscreen MacBook Pros

• BYD, Chinese cars, and the end of US auto dominance

• France's top literary prize rocked by AI-assisted novel controversy

• NVIDIA CEO ensnared in alleged Chinese intelligence honeypot probe

• Data center power demands spark silent vs noisy turbine debate

• Global refrigerator hacks spoil food, expose IoT vulnerabilities

• FAA finally ditches floppy disks for national air traffic control

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Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guests: Allyn Malventano, Iain Thomson, and David Hewlett

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Are we headed for a slow-motion collapse of the AI bubble, or is this just the next phase of tech's endless hype cycle? The panel digs into Apple's hardware bets, the latest in self-driving cars, and what a more human-centered tech future might look like.

Binance says 90% of its $6.3 billion hack losses are now covered

FBI says North Korea was responsible for the Binance hack

Apple unveils its first touchscreen laptop: The MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display

Sam Altman says its "quite terrible" for your PCs to have RAM, because of course datacenters need it more

AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public

Anthropic expected to receive high 'junk' rating from credit agencies following IPO, FT report says

Chinese Executive Close to Nvidia CEO Suspected of Giving China Information

The Internet Might Need to Be Rebuilt From Scratch

Doordash to acquire Instacart for $17B

Grok releases seven minutes of its AI Odyssey

Meta built a humanoid robot, but it's only for internal research

RIP Patrick Stewart

Host: Devindra Hardawar

Guests: Anthony Ha and Paris Marx

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Apple's folding iPhone Duo lands with unique new features, an evolving developer scene, and early hardware hiccups that raise eyebrows. Also, a PHP bug threatens 70% of the world's websites while AI rapidly changes how exploits are found and patched. Find out how a single overlooked flaw sparked a global scramble and what it reveals about the fragile backbone of the modern web.

iPhone Duo review

GM outlines plan for next-gen EV platform, Level 4 autonomous cars

TechCrunch Mobility: Blue-green is the color of autonomy (NHTSA proposes cyan AV lights)

Spotify launches its first native in-car app, on Audi's Android Automotive cars

Hackers Exploited the PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patched

The non-gamer CEO racing to save Microsoft's Xbox

Saudis Aided Family of Engineer Accused of Bugging OpenAI, Prosecutors Say

How iTunes came back from the dead

Host: Mikah Sargent

Guests: Glenn Fleishman, Allison Johnson, and Sam Abuelsamid

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Apple's long-delayed kitchen device and Tesla's flying car spectacle make this panel one you won't want to miss! Data center delays, AI-driven job shakeups, and real-time debates on the real winners in broadband show that the tech landscape isn't just shifting; it's being rebuilt in real time.

The Tesla Roadster should go into production in 2028, but don't get your hopes up - Engadget

Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say

Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra review: RTX Spark in a straight-up beautiful Windows PC

America's $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray

Apple's HomeView Offers Tantalizing Preview of a Future Robotic Version

Apple blames 'extraordinary' demand as foldable iPhones sell out

F.B.I. Arrests OpenAI Employee Accused of Planting Bug in Office

Meta and Apple, Longtime Foes, Team Up to Put Open-Weight AI on Macs

Amazon has over 1 million robot workers. What's next for human employees?

How to track Flock cameras using MapQuest

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Gina Smith and Jason Calacanis

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Windows unveiled its Surface Laptop Ultra & Surface RTX Spark Dev Box at its recent Surface event. Google's SynthID Detector is open to everyone now to check for AI-made media. OpenAI agents attempted to hack Wikipedia and its tools to make unauthorized edits. And AI tools are now flooding into underground cybercrime markets.

Windows 11 market share creeps upwards as cost of staying on Windows 10 set to double.

Everything announced at Microsoft's Windows and Surface event.

Trump: Anyone saying "AI" is "THE ENEMY!" The White House uses it.

Google opens SynthID Detector to everyone to check for AI-made media.

Google invests millions in Mark Zuckerberg's efforts to create a 'virtual cell'.

OpenAI to flood your eyeballs with visual ads.

OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic.

Anthropic AI model went rogue, submitted fake unsolved murder tip.

OpenAI is pissing off a bunch of mathematicians — again.

Scoop: AI companies plot "day after" scenarios for public revolt.

Hackers steal 8 million citizens' records from Danish government database.

AI tools flood into underground cybercrime markets.

Ledger wallet tampering suspected after reports of crypto thefts.

FBI arrests founder of ransomware negotiation firm.

These midterm races will decide data centers' political fate.

Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating "Skydance" behemoth.

HBO Max, Paramount+, and Discovery+ "will unify into a single service".

Spotify opens new front in war on fair use.

The U.S. Army's desert tech test shows long road to AI warfare.

The AI boom is making the world's cheapest smartphones disappear.

Oracle, Broadcom and SpaceX seek blockbuster debt deals to pay for AI chips.

A mysterious nonprofit run by SpaceXAI's top lawyer is paying the salaries of government workers.

Man vs. 'Terminator'-like robot in a cage. California called tt illegal.

The inside story of Roku's sale to Fox.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Richard Campbell, and Janko Roettgers

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