• Google Wins Fight to Scrap $1.7 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Ads


• Exclusive: Google offered to sell part of ad tech business, not enough for EU publishers, sources say


• Instagram, Facing Pressure Over Child Safety Online, Unveils Sweeping Changes


• Age verification AI for teen users...?


• House panel advances Kids Online Safety Act despite pushback


• The Battle to Ban Screens From School Now Includes Chromebooks and Tablets


• Trump Rolls Out His New Cryptocurrency Business


• How crypto bros wrested Flappy Bird from its creator


• Ex-MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Conspiracy After Taking Plea Deal


• Inside Elon Musk's Mushrooming Security Apparatus


• Elizabeth McCafferty was offered £6,000 for images of her bare feet after they appeared on a fetish website without her consent.


• The 'feral 25-year-olds' making Kamala Harris go viral on TikTok


• Apple's new iOS 18 upgrade doesn't fix the 'green bubble' problems


• Discord launches end-to-end encrypted voice and video chats


• Why OpenAI is Hiding its Reasoning Model's 'Thoughts'


• Calif. Gov. Newsom Says He's Worried About AI Bill


• Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, says it'll keep everyone in line


• Can AI Really Replace Salesforce and Workday?


• Mr. Beast's playbook


• Google Photos now lets you flip your photos and videos horizontally


• Google Chrome getting one-tap notification unsubscribe, starting on Pixel


• YouTube Shorts to integrate Veo, Google's AI video model


• Google Photos is getting a new 'Ultra HDR' editing option


• Finally!! Google Slides adds multi-monitor support for presentations


• Chromebook acting weird? Try Google's new ChromeOS 'Sanitize' tool – a lighter, friendlier fix than the full-wipe 'Powerwash' feature


• The Office in Oz


• Ig Nobels


• The Pentium as a Navajo weaving


• Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV

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Guest: Molly White

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