Google walks away from another monopoly ruling with barely a scratch, while tech giants gather at the White House to praise a president who holds their futures in the balance. Inside, our panel questions whether "playing the game on the field" is killing tech innovation and U.S. privacy for good.

• Google avoids harshest penalties in landmark search monopoly ruling


• Google fined $3.5 billion by EU over ad-tech business


• Probe finds Houston police using surveillance tool like a search engine


• iPhone 17 specifications leak, 'Air' model rumors, and what to expect at Apple's Awe Dropping' event


• Instagram coming to iPad after 15 years


• Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle author copyright claims


• Apple accused of training AI models on pirated books


• Trump hosts tech CEOs at first event in newly renovated Rose Garden


• Postal traffic to the US down over 80% amid tariffs, UN says


• Satellite companies like SpaceX ignore astronomers' calls to save the night sky


• Microsoft says Azure service affected by damaged Red Sea cables


• Meta still hasn't given up on the Facebook poke after 21 years


• Fake celebrity chatbots send risqué messages to teens on top AI app


• First brain-wide map of decision-making charted in mice


• NVIDIA's sale-and-leaseback chip schemes raise questions about AI bubble


• Tesla changes meaning of 'full self-driving' and gives up on autonomy promise


• Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million


• Warner Bros. Discovery sues AI company Midjourney for copyright infringement in major legal battle

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Alex Wilhelm and Harry McCracken

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