This Week in Tech (Audio)

AI giants are battling not just in code, but in politics, with behind-the-scenes lobbying, strategic naming, and rumors of blockbuster deals at the heart of this week's wildest tech stories. Get the inside scoop on who's pulling the strings.

Apparently The Real Reason Anthropic's Models Are Offline: A Six-Year-Old Trump Grudge

Trump says he no longer views Anthropic as a national security threat after G7 meeting with CEO

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Elon Musk's Next Move May Be a Mega-Merger of SpaceX and Tesla

Anthropic's latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests

Google's Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer is leaving for OpenAI

Google's Secret Warrant Fight Over DOJ Pipe Bomb Probe Revealed

The UK Places a Sweeping Ban on Social Media for Kids Under 16

Meta lobbies Congress for protection from child-harm lawsuits

Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis to stop them driving into highway construction zones

Snap Launches $2,195 Specs, Declaring Glasses the Next Computer

Fox wants to take over your TV — and the tech inside it

Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans

Nothing cancels this year's CMF phone due to RAM prices

The AI IPO boom is different

Joshua Baer, Capital Factory Founder, Dies in Laredo Plane Crash - RuntimeWire

Ubisoft's co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Iain Thomson, Owen Thomas, and Doc Rock

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The US government abruptly forced Anthropic to pull its most advanced AI model offline after fears it was simply too powerful to be safe. Hear the real story behind the sudden shutdown that rocked the tech world—and what it reveals about the uneasy alliance between Washington and Silicon Valley.

• Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model release sparks cybersecurity and jailbreak concerns

• White House pressures Anthropic to withdraw Fable amid security fears

• Debate over government intervention, model regulation, and Anthropic's IPO timing

• SpaceX IPO rockets to record-breaking $1.77 trillion valuation

• Apple unveils revamped Siri and Apple Intelligence at WWDC

• Apple's new child safety and parental controls in iOS

• OpenAI and Anthropic plot IPOs, face economic realities of AI industry

• Supply chain attacks hit Arch Linux packages, security risks highlighted

• Spotify battles surge of fake podcasts promoting illegal drugs

• German court rules Google AI overviews legally liable for inaccuracies

• FCC pursues crackdown on anonymous burner phones, raising privacy alarms

• North Korean hackers' massive infiltration of US tech sector exposed

• iFixit teardown reveals Trump Phone is just a rebadged HTC U24 Pro

• Smartphone and internet access linked to declining US birth rates

• Skydance-Paramount merger approved as Warner Bros seeks next mega deal

• Roku seeks buyer, raising questions about future streaming platforms

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Christina Warren, Harry McCracken, and Richard Campbell

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An astronomical amount of money is being poured into AI and data centers as tech giants fight for dominance, but is this fueling the next big tech bubble or just the price of staying in the game? Get the panel's opinions on wild IPO valuations, global power grabs, Build 2026, NVIDIA GTC Taipei, and even successful YouTuber movies!

SpaceX IPO to Be Largest Ever at $135 Share Price

Utah residents sue officials over Kevin O'Leary data center plan

When AI builds itself

NVIDIA announces RTX Spark as 'the most efficient PC chip ever built'

Major Homebuilder To Test Placing Mini Data Centers in Suburban Backyards

Microsoft Build 2026: The 7 biggest announcements

What to Expect at Apple's WWDC 2026: iOS 27, New Siri and AI

Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking Oversight of A.I. Models

Trump: U.S. stake in AI giants "could be a beautiful thing"

Cable lobby warns of chaos if FCC doesn't relax ban on foreign routers

Google ordered to put clearer links in AI search and let UK publishers opt out

AT&T and Verizon lose Supreme Court case over fines for selling location data

YouTubers Win the Box Office, Goodbye Gatekeepers, The YouTube Bar

YouTube overtakes Netflix in average daily viewing around the world

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Joey de Villa, Jeff Jarvis, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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Explore everything from explosive technology for space to electric technology for the road. Leo, Molly, Gary, and Sam have deep discussions on Magnifica Humanitas takeaways, Wikipedia drama, Peter Thiel's mvoe to Argentina, and more!

US Space Force confirms SpaceX will build sensor-to-shooter targeting network

The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida

What Pope Leo XIV's First Encyclical Says About the Power of AI

Google's search overhaul has social media users baiting the 'AI Overview' to prove a point

Apple to Overhaul iOS 27 Siri, AI Features: Here's a First Peek

Someone wrote a fake EULA into Bitcoin. Two hours later, they revoked it.

Wikipedia editor is threatening to go on strike

Ferrari reveals its first EV, with design help from Jony Ive

In Argentina, U.S. Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Finds An Escape

Robotaxis Are Spreading Across the U.S.—and So Is the Backlash

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Gary Rivlin, Sam Abuelsamid, and Molly White

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Google is rewriting the rules of search, CBS News Radio just died after 99 years, and billionaires now own the newsrooms. This episode dives into what happens when technology giants tighten their grip on how we get information.

Google's new Universal Cart wants to follow your entire shopping journey across the internet

Hands-On With All of Google's New Upcoming Android XR Smart Glasses

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch show

U.S. Invests $2 Billion and Takes Stake in Quantum Firms

Elon Musk lost his case against Sam Altman

GM Driver Data Privacy Lawsuit: California Fines GM $12.75 Million

A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide

'Creepy' Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn't Actually Work, FTC Says

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Larry Magid, Marshall Kirkpatrick, and Jacob Ward

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