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TWiT 1091: But You Didn't Move the Bodies - Surprising Supreme Court Move on Geofence WarrantsA landmark Supreme Court decision shakes up digital privacy, setting new limits on police surveillance and potentially redefining personal data rights in the age of AI and location tracking. Plus, Chinese AI models are rapidly gaining ground while American companies battle lawsuits, regulatory crackdowns, and soaring chip shortages. The global race for AI dominance is wide open! • US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional protections • Musk's X poses "serious risk to Americans' privacy," advocates warn FTC • The World Cup added $1 billion in security systems. What happens after the games end? • U.S. Lifts Restrictions on Anthropic's Most Powerful A.I. Models • OpenAI floats giving Trump administration 5 percent cut of AI boom • Cloudflare to block cynical search-and-scrape bots from ad-supported web pages • Companies Are Throttling Employees' AI Use Because It's Too Expensive • Chinese A.I. Models Gain Ground on Anthropic and OpenAI • Swedish court orders Google to pay $1.5 billion to Klarna in antitrust damages • Google loses final appeal over $4.7 billion EU Android antitrust fine • Google warns EU's plans to weaken its monopoly could expose user data • Google's AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025 • America Is Having MacBook Sticker Shock • Apple may struggle to get clearance for Chinese RAM, even for Chinese iPhones • BYD Sells the Most Battery Electric Cars Again • NASA mission to rescue the falling Swift observatory has launched • NASA inspector general suggests Boeing's Starliner will now be a decade late • South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots • Spotify deletes streams of chart-topping song after suspicious Kalshi bets • Prediction Markets Let You Bet on Whether a Wildfire Will Burn Down Your Town Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jason Hiner, Lisa Schmeiser, and Owen JJ Stone Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: blackhat.com/us-26 and use code TWIT canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT zscaler.com/security box.com/AI helixsleep.com/twit expressvpn.com/twit

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TWiT 1090: Flock of SQLs - Apple & Microsoft Grapple With Soaring Hardware PricesTech giants and chipmakers are facing off as AI-fueled memory shortages trigger sweeping price hikes on everything from Macs to game consoles. Hear why global supply chain standoffs, long-term contracts, and old-school market forces are quietly reshaping your daily technology. • Apple and Microsoft hike prices on devices amid global memory shortages • Surge in AI data centers drives RAM and storage crisis • Intel's comeback: Core Ultra chips compete with AMD in handheld gaming • Microsoft's pivot to ARM, Qualcomm-NVIDIA alliance, and x86 rivalry • AI fear and backlash; organic concern amplified by international actors • White House abruptly pulls Anthropic's Fable model, sparking industry uproar • US government U-turns on AI regulation, restricts top models to select partners • Tension over AI innovation vs. regulatory "rug pull" and global competition • Smart home chaos: Matter 1.6 standard, Samsung and Level Lock shake-up • Debate over local vs. cloud smart home control and API access fees • Ring and Flock cameras ignite privacy and surveillance state concerns • Social media bans for under-16s fail in Australia, UK, and Norway plan similar rules • BBC Radio 4 long wave broadcast ends after a century • Meta gets caught tracking employees for AI; PlayStation deletes owned movies • US regulators propose removing brake pedals from Robotaxis • Ford's automated systems flop, company rehiring engineers • Farewell to tech journalist and GigaOm founder Om Malik Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Dan Patterson, and Daniel Rubino Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Simply CX box.com/AI meter.com/twit ZipRecruiter.com/twit superhuman.com

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