This Week in Tech

A New Era of Internet Regulation Is About to Begin
Australia is quietly rolling out age checks for search engines like Google
Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
House "crypto...

SCOTUS Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
Adalytics finds 9,000+ pirated movies, including summer blockbusters, TV shows, and live sports on YouTube, amassing a collective 250M+ views from July to...

The panel discusses the current gaming environment
More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 The Movie' Wallet Ad
Low-income broadband fund can keep running, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court just...

Pope Leo makes AI's threat to humanity a signature issue
Why We Don't Talk About Job Destruction
Israel-Tied Predatory Sparrow Hackers Are Waging Cyberwar on Iran's Financial System
Iran...

Opinionated Design: Early Reactions to Apple's Liquid Glass Design Language
Big Tech Is Dealing Flat Design a Death Blow
Apple gets over its hang-ups, and the iPad enters a new era
Apple Targets...

Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74
Folklore.org: Round Rects Are Everywhere!
OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats
A ban...

YouTube Is Swallowing TV Whole, and It's Coming for the Sitcom
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
Trump makes a last-minute backtrack on his pick to lead NASA
Xbox co-founder J...

In this jam-packed episode celebrating Towel Day, the TWiT crew dives into Apple's terrible week with Trump's tariff threats, Google and Microsoft's latest AI advances, the death of CAPTCHAs, and...

GTA 6 trailer 2 and anticipation
Grok Pivots From 'White Genocide' to Being 'Skeptical' About the Holocaust
Elon Musk's apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired
Microsoft...

Apple asks court to halt App Store rule changes while it appeals
Proposed Amicus Brief – #1300, Att. #1 in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GOOGLE LLC (D.D.C., 1:20-cv-03010) – CourtListener.com
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Judge Blasts Apple For Violating Antitrust Ruling
Google's Sundar Pichai Calls US Remedies 'De Facto' Spinoff of Search - Slashdot
Firefox could be doomed without Google search deal, says...

The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete
NYT Asks: Should We Start Taking the Welfare of AI Seriously?
Microsoft finally ships controversial Windows 11 'Recall' feature after year-long...

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...

Trump gives Apple a giant break with wide-ranging tariff exemptions
Car safety experts at NHTSA, which regulates Tesla, axed by DOGE
Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to 'delete all IP law'
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Leaked Signal group chat, xAI x X merger, Studio ChatGhibli-T
Hayao Miyazaki's AI Nightmare
Studio Ghibli has few legal options to stop OpenAI from ripping off its style
No elephants:...

Intel's new CEO to host Vision 2025 Opening Keynote on March 31st
Apple Can't Beat Spotify
Google says its test removing European news content for 1% of users in eight EU countries found that...

The Electric State, Kill Switches, Baidu's AI, Scopely, Careless People, Gemini Robotics
An arbitrator instructs a former Meta employee to stop promoting and publishing her book alleging company...

'Spring forward' no more: Trump and Musk want to end Daylight Saving Time changes. Here's what health experts say
The $100 Trillion Disruption: The Unforeseen Economic Earthquake
Apple Is...

Amazon Alexa event live blog: all the news from the keynote
Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus
An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's AI division believe that a true...

Over $1.4 billion taken from Bybit crypto exchange
Apple Removes Cloud Encryption Feature From UK After Backdoor Order
iOS18.4 Beta adds priority notifications, support for robot vacs in Apple...