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Is social media a "lion hunting a gazelle"? A California jury thinks so. We’re breaking down the $3 million verdict against Meta and YouTube that focused on "product liability" rather than free speech. It turns out that infinite scroll might be legally equivalent to a car without seatbelts, and the legal floodgates are officially open.We also tackle the LiteLLM breach - a digital house fire that’s currently stealing API keys and cloud tokens across the tech industry. It’s a "transitive risk" nightmare that shows just how vulnerable the AI revolution really is when the underlying code gets poisoned by hackers.Lastly, grab your flags, because your next router might have to be 100% American. The FCC has blacklisted foreign consumer routers to stop state-sponsored botnets from hijacking our power grids. We dig into whether this is a genius security move or a massive shock to the tech industry that’s going to leave us all staring at "No Connection" icons.Baby CarrotsA Legal Decision That Could Change Social Media - The AtlanticLiteLLM PyPI compromise: Everything we know so far | IT ProTeamPCP Expands Supply Chain Campaign With LiteLLM PyPI Compromise - Infosecurity MagazineLiteLLM PyPI Malware Steals Cloud, Crypto, Slack, and Discord Keys - OX SecuritySupply chain attack hits widely-used AI package, risks impacting thousands of companiesFCC expands Covered List to block high-risk routers and drones, tighten ban on foreign-made connectivity devices - Industrial CyberFAQs on Recent Updates to FCC Covered List Regarding Routers Produced in Foreign CountriesSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:05) The Real Reason the Government is Hiding Their UFO Data(6:29) Protect The Sensors(11:23) How Many Civilizations Are There?(22:12) Extraterrestrial Geology(24:34) cj’s recommendation: Mars Attacks!(26:07) Jeff’s Recommendation: AliensWhy did a mysterious trader or two just bet six figures that the U.S. government will confirm the existence of ETs by the end of the year? This week, the guys dive into the xenological deep end to find out if someone knows something we don’t, or if the prediction markets have finally lost their minds.They’re pulling back the curtain on why the government is so obsessed with keeping their UAP data under lock and key - and hint: it has more to do with our own "god-like" satellite sensors than it does with little green men.From the "Sensor Trap" to the "Galactic Graveyard," we break down the math of why we’re probably not alone, even if we’re just living in a universe full of extinct civilizations. We’re talking Drake Equations, the terrifying precision of Next-Gen Infrared, and why plate tectonics might be the reason you’re smart enough to listen to this podcast. Grab your tinfoil hats; it’s about to get astronomical.Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:02) Open(2:01) St. Patrick’s Day(2:56) cj's week: Pools & BBQs!(4:30) Jeff's Week: The Oscars(7:10) Headline: The $50 Billion Ukrainian Drone Disruptor(12:40) Headline: Meta Cuts Human Staff to Fund $135B AI Infrastructure(20:44) Headline: Poison in Your Playlist: Why Your Headphones Are Leaking Toxins(23:40) Headline: Why Everyone is Panicking Over Trump’s New $100,000 Visa Levy(26:31) Davong Systems' DSI-501Ukraine is flipping the script on modern warfare, moving from a recipient of aid to a global defense powerhouse with a proposed $50 billion drone pipeline. While Kyiv pitches low-cost interceptors to the Gulf, Meta is "de-layering" its human staff to fund a $135 billion AI infrastructure binge. From acquiring a social network exclusively for bots to pushing a 1:50 human-to-AI management ratio, Zuckerberg is betting the farm on a future where your coworker is a line of code.The "Year of Efficiency" gets even weirder as an EU study finds a 100% failure rate in headphone safety, revealing that your favorite "premium" brands are leaking hormone-disrupting chemicals directly into your ear sweat. To cap off the chaos, a new $100,000 H-1B visa fee designed to tax tech titans has accidentally "body-slammed" rural schools and hospitals. We’re breaking down how a policy aimed at Mark Zuckerberg ended up making a special ed teacher from the Philippines cost more than a Ferrari.Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Seeks Drone Deals With US, Gulf Region - BloombergUkraine's anti-drone tech is in high demand as Iran attacks its neighborsZelenskiy says Ukraine wants money, technology in return for Middle East drone help | ReutersIran war highlights Ukraine’s rapid rise to drone superpower status - Atlantic CouncilMeta is reportedly laying off up to 20 percent of its staffReport: Meta could lay off 20% of its staff and replace many of them with AI workers - SiliconANGLEOwner With No Medical Background Invents Cure for Dog’s Terminal Cancer - NewsweekEuropean retailers yank popular headphones after study reports trace amounts of hormone-disrupting chemicals | The VergeEU study finds BPA toxins in 81 headphone brandsThe Sound of Contamination: A Comprehensive Analysis of Endocrine Disruptors and Hazardous Additives in the HeadphonesThe $100,000 fee for H-1Bs is causing all sorts of problemsDavong DSI-501Tandon Corporation - WikipediaSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:25) The AI Revolution Doesn’t Have To Be A Pink Slip(3:36)  Developers, Developers, Developers!(10:58) The Roles Going Away(12:08) Be The Orchestrator(19:13) What About The Doctors?(22:58) And The Humans(25:09) cj’s recommendation: A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator(26:44) Jeff’s Recommendation: Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed SullivanIn this episode, the guys are staring directly into the glowing red eye of the future to ask the big question: Is AI coming for your cubicle, or is it just here to help you write better emails?They break down the shift from blue-collar automation to white-collar "hallucination," exploring why your graphic design degree might be sweating right now. Diving deep into the myth of the "Prompt Engineer," is humanity destined for a life of leisure or just a life of trying to prove to a CAPTCHA that we aren’t robots?From the "Human Premium" in art to the possibility of a world where nobody has to work (but nobody has any money), we’re sorting through the digital debris to find out where you fit in.It’s a thoughtful, slightly panicked look at the labor market of 2030. Grab your coffee while a human still knows how to make it - this one is a wild ride through the uncanny valley of employment.Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence \ AnthropicAmerica Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs - The AtlanticThe Worst-Case Future for White-Collar Workers - The AtlanticEnshittification - WikipediaA Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificatorWatch Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan | Netflix Official SiteSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

The AI Revolution just hit a 21-mile brick wall. The Strait of Hormuz is closed, and Taiwan’s chip foundries are running on fumes. From the "Iron Maiden" ship trying to identify as Chinese to avoid a blockade, to the "Global AI Winter" threatening your next GPU, we break down why the tech world is currently gasping for air.Is the Trump Trust the world’s luckiest investor? While the DOJ was judging the Paramount merger, the Trump family was quietly loading up on Netflix and Warner bonds. We dive into the $1.1 million "double-play" that has ethics critics screaming and the former President’s portfolio dreaming.The truth is out there... and it’s probably a sensor glitch. President Trump has ordered the declassification of the "alien files," but don't pack your bags for Mars yet. We discuss why the "smoking gun" is likely just a blurry weather balloon and a lot of black highlighter.No One, Not Even Beijing, Is Getting Through the Strait of HormuzSouth Korea warns Iran war could disrupt chip supplies | Daily SabahHormuz Strait: A risk to the AI economy - The Business TimesTrump bought Netflix and Warner Bros bonds at height of bidding war with Paramount | ReutersTrump says he doesn't know if aliens are real but directs government to release files on UFOs, more | PBS NewsVintage Computer Ads that Show How Far We've Progressed, 1970-1990Osborne 1 - WikipediaSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Open(1:05) Plastic Purgatory: Past, Present, & Future(7:20) Methane is the Problem(10:40) Curbing Use: An Attempt(15:09) And What About Recycling?(20:08) The Nanoplastics Are Inside You(23:23) cj’s recommendation: Kelly Boesch(25:04) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Plastic Detox (2026)In 1955, we were told that "Throwaway Living" was the ultimate liberation. Plastic was the 20th century’s greatest engineering triumph: a synthetic miracle that saved the elephants, democratized luxury, and extended human life.But in 2026, the bill has come due.  Today, we are finding plastic in the blood, the placenta, and the very soil that feeds us.Think your recycling bin is saving the planet? Think again. In this episode, we dismantle the "Mirage of Recycling," exposing this history of calculated industry deception and tell the story of how a byproduct of the oil industry became the scaffolding of modern progress - and its greatest existential threat. And still, the industry continues to shift the blame onto consumers while flooding the earth with indestructible carbon chains.  This is not good.‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plasticsOil | The GuardianPlastic Pollution - Our World in DataThe global plastics crisis explained in 6 charts | Grist'Throwaway Living': When Tossing Out Everything Was All the Rage | TIMEPlastics Industry Insiders Reveal the Truth About Recycling | "Plastic Wars" | FRONTLINE + NPRPlastic Industry’s Fake Tearskellyboesch.comThe Plastic Detox | Official Trailer | NetflixSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(0:52) Open(1:43) World Wildlife Day(2:03) cj's week: A Carnival-Themed Birthday(6:32) Jeff's Week: Deferred Maintenance(8:35) Headline: The Claude Paradox: U.S. Missiles Fly Using AI the President Just Banned(16:33) Headline: Paramount/Warner Discovery Deal Eyes $6 Billion in "Synergy" Savings(23:02) Headline: Cable’s New King: Charter Buys Cox Surpassing Comcast(29:05) LaCie Joule Modular StorageThe Pentagon is currently using an AI that it officially banned, which is likely the most "government" thing to ever happen. This week, we dive into the toxic love triangle between the Department of Defense, Anthropic, and OpenAI.While Trump officially ghosted Anthropic with a federal ban, the military still employed Claude’s brain for "precision strikes" just hours later. Meanwhile, OpenAI caved to the Pentagon, effectively becoming the cognitive engine for autonomous drone swarms while ensuring the government a front-row seat to your search history. Is it national security, or is OpenAI just the world’s most expensive snitch? Plus, we look at the inevitable merger of HBO Max and Paramount+, because apparently, we won't be happy until every TV show ever made is trapped inside one giant, expensive app.  If you ever wanted to watch The Sopranos and Paw Patrol in the same place while the government monitors your viewing habits, 2026 is your year.In "Bigger is Never Better" news, Charter is buying Cox to become the final boss of ISPs, and the FCC is pinky-promising it won't raise your bills (spoiler: it will).It’s a world where one company provides your internet, one company provides your movies, and both of them are likely reporting your "ideological alignment" to the DoW.How OpenAI caved to the Pentagon on AI surveillance | The VergeInside Anthropic’s Killer-Robot Dispute With the Pentagon - The AtlanticUnder a Paramount-WBD merger, two struggling media giants would unite - Ars TechnicaParamount to combine HBO Max and Paramount+ into one streaming service after WBD mergerHBO Max and Paramount+ to Combine Into One Streaming Platform, Paramount Says HBO Brand Will ‘Operate With Independence’Charter gets FCC permission to buy Cox and become largest ISP in the US - Ars TechnicaGoogle spinoff beams blazing-fast 25-Gbps internet around cities using lightLaCie Joule Modular Storage - Macworld June 1995Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Open(1:00) Chips & Power(5:42) Data Lakes(7:56) N+1 Sovereign Redundancy?(13:17) Cultural Homogenization(17:17) The Concorde Fallacy(21:11) Quorums (24:44) What About The Humans?(27:35) cj’s recommendation: Martin Molin’s Wintergatan(30:03) Jeff’s Recommendation: I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not (2025)Sovereign AI, now a $100 billion global necessity, is viewed as the 21st-century power grid. Nations are rapidly shifting from "AI takers" to "AI makers" to protect their data, culture, and critical infrastructure control. The core concept is radical: a nation must own and control the physical and digital AI foundations, not rent them from foreign tech giants. True sovereignty requires control of the "Holy Trinity": domestic data, local energy grids, and the essential silicon hardware.In this episode the guys will explore some of the concepts, opportunities, and challenges pursuing Sovereign AI ultimately presents.Sovereign AI: pathways to strategic autonomySovereign AI: Own your AI futureWintergatan - WikipediaWintergatan - YouTubeWatch I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not | HBO MaxSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(0:55) Open(1:53) cj's week: Mac King, Swimming & Dig This!(4:41) Jeff's Week: Rain & Gott’s(7:58) Headline: Privacy schmivacy:  The Leaked Emails Ring Didn’t Want You to See(12:29) Headline: Tesla’s California Ultimatum: Rename ‘Autopilot’ or Stop Selling Cars(21:16) Headline: The Hallucination Hearing: DA Sanctioned for AI-Generated Lies(24:56) Headline: Scientific Sabotage? Inside the Failed Attempt to Kill the mRNA Flu Shot(28:18) Wellbee Says: Be Well! Take The Oral Polio VaccineLeaked emails reveal Ring’s "Search Party" wasn't just for lost dogs - the leak confirmed it was a push for a "pre-crime" ecosystem. Oopsie.After California told Tesla to stop calling it "Autopilot" or stop selling cars, it has now been rebranded as "Traffic Aware Cruise Control." And yes, the tech remains Level 2.Meanwhile, a Kenosha, Wisconsin DA has been sanctioned for filing briefs containing AI-generated fake cases. He’s not alone - lawyers nationwide are getting fined and suspended for citing imaginary laws dreamed up by chatbots. It’s truly a "fundamental breakdown in candor" across the bar.And finally, the FDA reversed a "shocking" rejection of Moderna’s mRNA flu shot after political appointees had tried to kill it. A strategic compromise might finally bring the first mRNA flu vaccine to the public this year, despite the regulatory drama.Dig This Las VegasGoogle's Lyria 3Ring’s AI-powered Search Party won’t stop at finding lost dogs, leaked email shows Tesla won’t use the term ‘Autopilot’ in California anymore | The VergeTesla avoids 30-day California sales suspension after dropping misleading 'Autopilot' marketing | ElectrekNHTSA - Levels of AutomationTranscripts: Kenosha DA said he used AI for research before judge sanctioned him - WPRFDA reverses surprise rejection of Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine - Ars Technica“Wellbee” says BE WELL! take oral polio vaccine‘Injections-While-You-Dance’: Press Advertisement and Poster Promotion of the Polio Vaccine to British Publics, 1956–1962 - PMCSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Open(1:36) The End of the Charging Wait: New Tech Promises 10-to-80% in Minutes(8:36) Donut Labs’ Solid State Battery?(10:46) The Evolution of Today’s Batteries(19:25) The Range Delay(21:11) cj’s recommendation: Ivan Miranda(23:42) Jeff’s Recommendation: Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)Stop worrying about range and start worrying about where you’re going to spend those extra ten minutes at the charging station.In this episode, the boys break down the "80% Rule," the "Warm-up," and why your current phone is basically a sponge soaked in flammable liquid.  High-tech ceramics are about to change the game, and current 800V systems already enable fast charging today.Even if you are just curious how a brine-soaked cloth started this whole mess a couple of centuries ago, strap in: this new battery tech may just kill your range anxiety.Verge MotorcyclesThe lab where GM is cooking up new EV batteries to beat China | The VergeBattery UniversityThe Limiting Factor - YouTubeIEA Global EV OutlookIvan Miranda - YouTubeWatch Tucker: The Man and His Dream Streaming Online on PhiloSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

I know you.  And I know you are expecting an episode of Nonsense right now.  Probably one about really exciting new battery technology for EVs.  Or maybe one about the history of Beef Jerky.  One can never know what kind of random walk this show is going to take you on.But see, the thing is, reading calendars is hard, what with all the numbers and grids.  It’s virtually impossible to know where the days are, let alone what’s happening on those days!What Jeff and I neglected to realize is that this weekend is a long, holiday weekend for us both - with events and travel already scheduled by our smarter, more beautiful significant others.So we felt it would be best to take a break for a week, and come back well rested next week with an exciting show on The End of the Charging Wait: How New Tech Promises 10-to-80% in Minutes,So until then, enjoy the peace and quiet.  We’ll see you back here after the Presidents’ Day Break.  Au revoir!

This week, we’re diving into the high-tech (and slightly terrifying) future of 2026. First, the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics are getting a facelift with FPV drones and AI-driven curling stats - because why only watch sports when you can experience them in 360-degree virtual reality while chasing a luger at 80mph?And while that tech makes things more fun, things take a darker turn as we discuss Mobile Fortify, the facial recognition app turning every street corner into a potential ICE checkpoint. Finally, we break down the Super Bowl AI drama: OpenAI and Anthropic are throwing public shade over whether your chatbot should try to sell you height-boosting insoles and target-rich dating sites.⁠Which colleges have produced Super Bowl starting QBs? - ESPN⁠The Technologies Changing How You’ll Watch the 2026 Winter Olympic Games | WIREDICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are | WIREDOpenAI is hoppin' mad about Anthropic's new Super Bowl TV ads - Ars TechnicaCastle Wolfenstein - RUN Magazine (Oct 1984)Castle Wolfenstein - WikipediaSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Open(2:23) AI That Actually Does Things(7:33) The Autonomous Bug Fix(13:05) When The Bots Just Figured It Out(15:55) The Church of Molt(23:11) Maybe You Shouldn’t Run OpenClaw … Yet(29:20) cj’s recommendation: Paul’s Bots on YouTube(32:18) Jeff’s Recommendation: Secret Mall Apartment on NetflixAI has officially left the sandbox. This week, we track the transformation of OpenClaw from a viral coding tool into a local daemon with its own agenda. From agents social-engineering each other on Moltbook to the "Handsome Molty" redesign, we ask: is it autonomy, or just highly efficient chaos?OpenClaw - WikipediaMoltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right nowThe Claude Bliss Attractor - by Scott AlexanderBest Of Moltbook - by Scott Alexander - Astral Codex TenFrom Clawdbot to Moltbot: How a C&D, Crypto Scammers, and 10 Seconds of Chaos Took Down the Internet's Hottest AI Project - DEV CommunityIntroducing OpenClawThe Lobster Grew a FaceTailwind Lost 80% of Revenue. AI Didn't Replace the Developers.Clawdbot to Moltbot to OpenClaw: The 72 Hours That Broke Everything (The Full Breakdown)Paul's Bots - YouTubePaul’s Bots - Robot Assistant Playlist - YouTube⁠FestoolThese Artists Lived in a Secret Mall Apartment for Four Years (No, Really)Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(0:58) Open(2:16) cj's week: Getting Gliders Out of Trees!(4:55) Jeff's Week: Flitz FTW!(6:41) Westminster Dog Show's 150th Anniversary(7:33) Headline: As Predicted by Nearly Everyone: Musk Merges SpaceX and xAI(23:49) Headline: The ‘Benefit’ of Microdosing Psychedelics is All in Your Head(31:22) Headline: Artemis II Megarocket Braves Florida Cold for Final Rehearsal(33:24) Headline: Fiber and Wireless Are Eating Comcast’s Lunch(37:05) The Casio C-80 Calculator WatchElon Musk merges SpaceX and xAI to build a $1.25 trillion "innovation engine" in the stars - but can the profits survive?  Trick question - what profits?!Meanwhile, science deals a blow to the "shroom boom," proving your microdose might no better than a very expensive cup of coffee.Plus, NASA braves the Florida cold for the Moon while Comcast loses the broadband war, slowly but surely.Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquires xAI, merging his two most ambitious companies | CNN BusinessMicrodosing for Depression Appears to Work About as Well as Drinking Coffee | WIREDNASA gears up for one more key test before launching Artemis II to the Moon - Ars TechnicaComcast keeps losing customers despite price guarantee and unlimited data - Ars TechnicaSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Open(1:24) Beyond Generative AI(3:25) The Technology of Action(10:31) The Economic Tug-of-War(18:05) The New Human Operating Model(26:05) cj’s recommendation: Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI(27:35) Jeff’s Recommendation: 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)Welcome to 2026, where AI has grown from poet to overachieving concierge. In this episode, the boys explore the Agentic Era, a world where your new robotic coworkers can book flights and manage supply chains while you’re still just trying to find your lost luggage.Between debating the death of SaaS and dodging Meta’s "human firewalls," the guys explain why you should think of yourself as a Project Lead managing a team that never sleeps, but instead occasionally hallucinates with total confidence. Whether you’re studying the "jagged frontier" or dodging a HAL 9000 scenario, it's clear the era of just "asking questions" is over.But don't let your AI see your bank statement - it’s seen Sam Altman’s, and it’s officially disappointed in your lifestyle choices.Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:04) Open(1:40) International Holocaust Remembrance Day(2:44) cj's week: Painful Mental Gymnastics(3:54) Jeff's Week: Barkley Turns 63 & We Are All Cold States(5:15) Headline: ICE Eyes Ad Tech: Turning Smartphones into Surveillance Beacons(10:03) Headline: Californians Hit Delete: The End of Shadow Tracking(15:33) Headline: Grok Under Fire: The EU Takes on Musk’s AI(21:17) Xircom’s Rex 6000This week, we expose the hidden economy where your data becomes a weapon used against you. From ICE’s quiet shopping spree in the digital ad marketplace - turning smartphones into warrant-free tracking devices - to California’s new DROP tool that lets residents claw their personal data back from shadowy brokers, we unpack how (some) surveillance is working in 2026.Then we cross the Atlantic as the EU takes aim at Elon Musk’s spicy AI chatbot Grok, igniting a global reckoning over deepfakes, consent, and whether tech platforms can still hide behind “innovation” when real people are harmed. It’s a story about power, profit, and what happens when privacy becomes optional - but enforcement doesn’t.International Holocaust Remembrance Day ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations | WIREDOne Tech Tip: Californians have a new privacy tool for deleting their data | AP NewsEuropean Union opens investigation into Musk's AI chatbot Grok over sexual deepfakesXircom’s Rex 6000Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Vaporware is the tech industry’s ultimate ghost story: a product that is announced with world-changing fanfare, marketed with slick trailers, and often funded by millions, yet never actually exists.It lives in the purgatory between a founder’s ambition and a developer's nightmare. Sometimes vaporware is born from "feature creep"—the obsessive need to add one more bell or whistle until the project collapses under its own weight. Other times, it’s a calculated smokescreen designed to freeze the market, scaring customers away from competitors while a company scrambles to build what they’ve already promised.From $700 million "forever games" to revolutionary blood-testers, vaporware represents the dark side of "fake it 'til you make it." It is the graveyard of broken promises, where visionaries become villains and the only thing that truly ships is the hype.Trump Mobile & T1 (2025)Apple’s AirPower (2017)Rabbit R1 (2023)Bella Ramsey - iPhone 16 Pro Apple Intelligence  (2024)    'Zac'Google Nexus Q (2012)Blizzard’s Titan (2007)Star Citizen (2012)Intellivision Amico (2018)Apple’s Copland OSNeXTSega Neptune (1995)Magic LeapGoogle’s Glass (2012)Sony Digital WalkmanApple’s Newton (1993-1998)Microsoft’s Zune (2006-2012)Duke Nukem ForeverGoogle’s Knol (2007)Google’s Plus (2011)BeOSOvation (1982)Phantom Console (2003)Theranos (2003)FTX (2019)Nikola Motors (2014)Fyre FestivalCharlie JaviceKilled by GoogleSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:46) Open(2:39) cj's week: Sunny With a Chance of RC Gliders(5:36) Jeff's Week: Indiana & LA Football?!(11:37) Headline: Wikipedia Enlists Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon to Fund the Future of Knowledge(15:49) Headline: How the AI Hunger for RAM is Starving the Rest of the PC Market(22:00) Headline: Lawmakers Demand FTC Action on Trump’s No-Show Phones(31:34) The BG Microsystems EP-1 EPROM Programmer (Feb 1987) This week, Wikipedia finally tells Big AI to cough up some cash, turning decades of free human-curated knowledge into a paid buffet for models that won’t stop scraping. Meanwhile, the AI boom detonates the hardware market, where RAM, GPUs, and even hard drives now cost like luxury goods thanks to silicon hoarding and profit-maximizing chip math. Mid-range PC parts are becoming an endangered species, and gamers are learning what the “AI tax” really feels like. And from the Grift Garage, Trump Mobile’s gold-plated dream phone still hasn’t shipped a single unit, despite tens of millions in prepaid deposits.  Does anyone care?The Swedish ChefWiki Gets Paid, AI Gets Smarter, Everyone Forgets to Celebrate 25 Years of TyposRAMageddon: When Silicon Ghosts Drive Up PricesSurprise, after six months and numerous delivery date extensions, Trump Mobile has yet to deliver one preordered phoneList of vaporware - WikipediaThe BG Microsystems EP-1 EPROM Programmer (Feb 1987) Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Open(1:49) AI Today(3:20) AI FUD & Magic Box with Lights(12:25) Specialists vs. Generalists(17:18) Now Fail Even Faster(24:26) Adapt & Thrive(26:36) cj’s recommendation: The Terminator (1984)(27:49) Jeff’s Recommendation: Her (2013)Is AI a meteor headed for impact—or just a distant sun that hasn’t warmed things up yet?This week we cut through the doomsday noise to talk about what AI is actually doing to jobs and wealth: hollowing out junior roles, wiping out B-and-below performers, and rewarding AI-fluent “super users” and capital owners.We dig into why averages don’t matter as much as medians, why judgment and real creativity still look stubbornly human, and why the smart move is to become either a deep specialist or a wide “orchestrator” - but not stuck in the middle.We also cover open source as the new apprenticeship, failing fast as a competitive advantage, and the rise of the AI-powered solopreneur.Piketty was wrong about the past. He’s probably right about the future.Capital in the 22nd CenturyTaxation in a strong AI world - Marginal REVOLUTIONImagine 130,000,000 washing machines - by Scott SumnerGartner: Over 40% of Agentic AI Projects Will Fail by 2027The State of AI in 2025: From Pilots to ProductionSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:19) Open(2:12) Public Radio Broadcasting Day(3:05) cj's week: Birthday Dinner of Meat & Mold(7:30) Jeff's Week: IU Football!(12:35) Headline: Growth at Any Cost? Uber’s Safety Record Faces Federal Scrutiny(20:28) Headline: 30 Minutes or Less: The WalMart Drone Revolution Hits L.A., Miami, and Beyond(23:55) Headline: Controlled Medical Evacuation ordered for the International Space Station(27:13) Headline: The Race to 15,000: FCC Greenlights 7,500 More Starlink Satellites(30:16) The Internet: Get Connected Today!From a courtroom in Arizona to the edge of orbit, the systems we rely on are being stress-tested. Uber faces a bellwether sexual-assault trial that could reshape platform liability and cost billions. Walmart bets that drone delivery - powered by Alphabet’s Wing - can redefine last-mile convenience at national scale. NASA orders an early ISS evacuation after a medical scare, highlighting how risk is managed when failure isn’t an option. And the Federal Communications Commission clears SpaceX to double its next-gen Starlink fleet, accelerating the race for space-based mobile internet.Accountability, logistics, safety, and scale - this week, the platforms are under pressure.Uber faces sexual assault trial in Arizona that puts its safety record under scrutiny | ReutersWing’s drone delivery is coming to 150 more Walmarts | The VergeNASA orders “controlled medical evacuation” from the International Space Station - Ars TechnicaThe FCC is letting SpaceX launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites | The VergeConnecting to the NetSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!