This week's episode confronts the mounting legal battles over addictive social apps, questioning whether court rulings should reshape Instagram and YouTube's design. Explore the heated clash between user autonomy, scientific uncertainty, and the next wave of regulation.

• NASA: Artemis II
• Artemis II Live Tracker – Real-Time Orion Spacecraft Position, Speed & Trajectory
• NASA did eventually solve Artemis II's Outlook glitch
• How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'? I mapped every one
• Phone-free bars and restaurants on the rise across the U.S.
• Claude Code's Source Didn't Leak. It Was Already Public for Years. | AfterPack Blog
• Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by making subscribers pay extra
• OpenAI acquires popular tech talk show for 'low hundreds of millions'
• The latest Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are more customizable and expensive
• After 16 Years and $8 Billion, the Military's New GPS Software Still Doesn't Work - Slashdot
• Why the Pentagon loves Xbox controllers for laser weapons
• Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai — Amazon reportedly declares "hard down" status for multiple zones
• Iran's hackers go to war
• Breaking down the government's bizarre router ban
• How to turn anything into a router
• You Can't Defeat the Robots!': Baseball's AI Strike Zone Is Must-Watch Television
• Tech Companies Are Trying To Neuter Colorado's Landmark Right-to-Repair Law - Slashdot
• Delta to Tap Amazon Satellite-Internet Service for In-Flight Wi-Fi
• The IBM scientist who rewrote the rules of information just won computing's highest prize
• Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones
• ZomboCom was stolen by hacker, put up for sale, and has now been...

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Guests: Patrick Beja, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Iain Thomson

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What happens when a thriving newsletter-turned-AI lab lets artificial intelligence shape writing, editing, and even entire products? Find out how Every is challenging the boundaries between tech and culture and why even seasoned journalists are wrestling with these tools.

• Claude Code's source code appears to have leaked: here's what we know
• (Il)Legal Python Port
• Claude Code Unpacked
• Spinner Verbs
• RANK SPECULATION: Capybara cost - AI haves and have nots. And whither spud?
• Another supply chain attack on NPM
• OpenAI closes $122B round at $852B valuation, opens door to retail investors
• SpaceX Has Filed Confidentially for IPO Ahead of AI Rivals
• Gmail rolling out AI Inbox beta for AI Ultra subscribers
• You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago
• Bluesky's new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance
• EFF Sues for Answers About Medicare's AI Experiment
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a first-of-its-kind executive order requiring safety and privacy guardrails from AI companies that contract with the state
• Inside David Sacks' new role shaping Trump's AI agenda
• 15% of Americans say they'd be willing to work for an AI boss, according to new poll
• More Than Half of US Says AI Likely to Harm Them, Poll Finds
• The largest AI survey ever reveals what humans actually want
• 'Most People Don't Enjoy Their Jobs:' Perplexity CEO Says AI Layoffs Are Chance To Launch AI-Powered Ventures
• Biggest AI conference traps researchers, presuming AI as cheating
• An AI Upheaval Is Coming for Media. This Journalist Is Already All In.
• Obsolete Sounds
• The oldest job in journalism: New York Post 'runners' defy AI
• A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Kate Lee

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Microsoft's AI ambitions overflowed into GitHub, sparking backlash when ads appeared in pull requests and raising new concerns about where your code is really going. GitHub is going to automatically use your data to train AI, so Paul tells how to opt-out if you don't want that. Plus, there's a new Microsoft 365 alternative in town, and this one is from a little tech company you can trust.

Windows

• Week D updates go live last Thursday - Smart App Control, many other minor changes
• And here we go again: Microsoft issues emergency patch for March Week D optional update
• Microsoft says it will replace web-based in-box apps and experiences with native apps ... somehow
• Four builds across three channels - Canary with opt-in gets a huge Windows Console upgrade, Dev/Beta get Administrator Protection (again), more
• AMD has a new flagship gaming processor

AI/Dev

• Microsoft Research AI has a new Critique feature that uses ChatGPT and Claude together in an unholy Frankenstein's monster of orchestration
• A week of Siri AI rumors/leaks - This is Apple's version of Microsoft trying to buy TikTok
• Google makes it easier to switch to Gemini - This is like Mac vs. PC, but for AI
• Mozilla's approach to AI in Firefox is both right and correct
• The plan to the save the open web from Big Tech
• The future of Firefox includes a Smart Window mode that works like Private window but for AI
• SwiftUI SDK for Android is now available

Xbox and gaming

• New Xbox chief seeks to reset Xbox brand image - reminder, that's not the same as changing anything
• Xbox announces 14 Day One Game Pass titles coming soon
• Xbox Games Showcase 2026 and Gears of War E-Day Direct are coming in June
• Sony to raise PS5 prices soon
• Nintendo to raise prices for physical Switch 2 games soon

Tips & picks

• Tip of the week: Opt-out of training AI on GitHub
• App pick of the week: Proton Workspace with Meet
• RunAs Radio this week: My Home Lab
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Jeptha Creed Six Year Old Wheated Bourbon

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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An explosive supply chain hack in Light LLM nearly unleashed catastrophic malware across millions of AI systems, and it took a coder's quick thinking to catch it before it snowballed into disaster.

• Will California require Linux to verify its user's age.
• Apple's iOS 26.4 requires UK users to prove their age.
• Russia chooses to use home grown 5G mobile encryption.
• Ukraine knew the webcam was installed by Russian spies.
• Google moves quantum computing "Q Day" to 2029.
• At RSA, UK's NCSC CEO warns of vibe-coded SaaS replacements.
• More information about nasty ClickFix campaigns.
• More than one in seven Reddit postings are an AI-bot.
• The story behind the LiteLLM disaster that was averted.

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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David Pogue joins the show to talk about his new book, Apple: The First 50 Years. iOS 26.4 is out with new features & security fixes. And Apple officially discontinues the Mac Pro.

• Apple: The First 50 Years.
• Apple at 50: Some great Apple history books.
• Between Jobs: The triumphs and failures of Apple without Steve Jobs.
• Macs of unusual size.
• 9th Circuit denies Apple's rehearing requests in Epic Games case.
• iOS 26.4 has fixes for 35+ security issues on iPhone, details here.
• iOS 26.4 now available: Here are all the new features for your iPhone.
• macOS 26.4 introduces new security feature for Terminal commands.
• Windows PCs crash three times as often as Macs, report says.
• iOS 26.5 adds new Apple Maps feature for trending places.
• iOS 26.5's Messages app has RCS end-to-end encryption in beta.
• iOS 26.5 adds Live Activities support for third-party accessories.
• Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware.
• iRacing on Vision Pro bringing 'immersion and fidelity never before seen in sim racing'.
• GeForce Now streams Apple Vision Pro faster & better than to Meta headsets.
• Watch a full BBC Proms concert in immersive video on Apple Vision Pro.

Picks of the Week

• Christina's Pick: Ollama
• Andy's Pick: "Collected Peanuts" Humble Bundle
• Jason's Pick: Coax
• Leo's Pick: Ghostmoon.app

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren

Guest: David Pogue

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Big Tech just faced a courtroom reckoning, with Meta and Google found liable for platform "addictiveness" in a social media trial that could unleash a tidal wave of lawsuits. Find out why attorneys, entrepreneurs, and everyday users are suddenly on edge.

• Social media addiction lawsuits hit Meta, Google, YouTube
• Section 230 and First Amendment implications debated after court verdicts
• Supreme Court sides with Cox; ISPs not liable for user piracy
• Elon Musk's lawsuit over X (Twitter) ad boycotts thrown out
• Anthropic versus Department of Defense: AI contracting dispute and retaliation claims
• FCC's confusing foreign-made router ban and consumer tech fallout
• Major supply chain attack: LiteLLM malware infects AI devs
• The rise (and risks) of AI agents with voice, identity, and personification
• Turing Award honors pioneers of quantum cryptography
• Antimatter on the move: CERN's oddball truck experiment
• Sci-fi and reality blur as Neal Stephenson walks away from the metaverse
• Privacy and consent worries escalate with AI-powered recordings and surveillance
• Digital shelf pricing arrives at Walmart and Kroger
• Flipper Zero: voice-controlled hacking gadget gets an AI upgrade
• Age verification laws create headaches for OS and app developers
• Official White House app called out for surveillance and security blunders
• Is AI progress barreling toward a dystopian tech future?

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Leo Laporte takes to the expo floor at RSAC 2026 in San Francisco's Moscone Center for a rapid-fire series of conversations with leading security vendors and thinkers. From Thinkst Canary's honeypot deception tactics to Bitwarden's new Agent Access SDK, Tailscale's AI gateway, and Aikido Security's fully autonomous AI pen testers, the dominant theme is clear: the AI agent era has arrived and security hasn't caught up. Plus, a surprise meeting with WannaCry kill-switch hero Marcus Hutchins.

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0:29 Haroon Meer | Thinkst Canary – Honeypots & Deception Tech
6:35 Bob Boyle | Torq – AI-Powered Security Automation
9:50 Juan Quesada | Yubico – FIDO2, Passkeys & Pre-Registered YubiKeys
12:33 Rob Allen | ThreatLocker – Zero Trust & Deny by Default
25:53 Arun Singh | Drata – Trust Management & Compliance
27:34 Jelmer Snoeck | Keycard Labs – Ephemeral Tokens for AI Agents
35:26 Kasey Babcock | Bitwarden – Agent Access SDK
41:52 Roeland Delrue | Aikido Security – Autonomous AI Pen Testing
48:56 Bill Keeler | Semperis – Identity Security & "Midnight in the War Room"
52:08 MalwareTech Marcus Hutchins & Cybersecurity Girl Caitlin Sarian
54:30 Chris Hughes | Zenity – Securing AI Agents at Runtime
1:01:35 Jillian Murphy | Tailscale – Networking, Aperture & Free Forever

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Haroon Meer, Rob Allen, Bob Boyle, Juan Quesada, Arun Signh, Kasey Babcock, Roeland Delrue, Bill Keeler, Marcus Hutchins, Caitlin Sarian, Chris Hughes, and Jillian Murphy

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Tech journalist Marshall Kirkpatrick joins the panel to showcase a new AI-powered tool that doesn't just summarize articles—it thinks like a journalist, flagging what's truly new and revealing the patterns that matter. If you want to stay several steps ahead in the AI race, this episode is a must-listen.

• Malware autodownloaded by AI agents
• Meta loses trial after arguing child exploitation was "inevitable" on its apps
• We're saying goodbye to the Sora app. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing.
• TurboQuant: Redefining AI efficiency with extreme compression
• Apple Can 'Distill' Google's Big Gemini Model
• Apple Plans AI Reboot With Siri App, New Look and 'Ask Siri' Button in iOS 27
• Google Search referrals to the web have plummeted, AI links are 'less than 1%' of traffic
• A US appeals court puts on hold an earlier ruling that had blocked Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tool to shop on Amazon's marketplace
• A look at "tokenmaxxing", a status game where employees at a number of companies compete on leaderboards to show how much AI they're using
• Elon Musk Announces $20B 'Terafab' Chip Plant in Texas To Supply His Companies
• Jury finds Elon Musk guilty of defrauding Twitter investors [U]
• Tracy Kidder, Author of 'The Soul of a New Machine,' Dies at 80
• AI Doc trailer
• reflect — Time-Travel Reflection for Obsidian
• Esoteric Ebb
• Butthole
• Regex Blaster

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Marshall Kirkpatrick

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