Sep 7th 2025
This Week in Tech 1048
Tiny Steering Wheel
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Unpacking Google’s Antitrust Ruling & AI’s Impact
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
Guests:
Alex Wilhelm,
Harry McCracken
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
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 shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Links
- Google gets to keep Chrome but is barred from exclusive search deals, judge rules
- Google Barred From Exclusive Search Deals but Avoids Harsh U.S. Court Remedies
- Google Avoids Harshest Penalties in Landmark Search Monopoly Ruling
- Google Broke the Law to Keep Its Advertising Monopoly, a Judge Rules
- Google Fined $3.5 Billion by EU Over Ad-Tech Business
- Chrome increases its overwhelming market share, now over 70%
- Probe finds Houston police using surveillance tool, meant to deter crime, like a search engine
- She Got an Abortion. So A Texas Cop Used 83,000 Cameras to Track Her Down.
- iPhone 17 specifications leaked ahead of event
- Kuo: AirPods Pro 3 set to launch this week - 9to5Mac
- The foldable smartphone’s moment is finally arriving
- Instagram is coming to iPad, 15 years later
- iPadOS 26 is way more Mac-like. Where does that lead?
- Anthropic to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Author Copyright Claims
- Why I think the $1.5 billion Anthropic class action settlement may count as a win for Anthropic
- Apple accused of illegally training AI models on pirated books - 9to5Mac
- Trump to host tech CEOs for first event in newly renovated Rose Garden
- At the White House dinner, Zuckerberg said Meta plans to spend “something like at least $600B” through 2028 on data centers and other infrastructure in the US
- America’s Perón
- Postal traffic to US down by over 80% amid tariffs, UN says – DW – 09/06/2025
- Satellite Companies Like SpaceX Are Ignoring Astronomers’ Calls to Save the Night Sky
- Microsoft Says Azure Service Affected by Damaged Red Sea Cables
- Microsoft's cloud service restored after reports of cut cables in the Red Sea
- 21 years later, Meta still hasn't given up on the Facebook 'poke'
- Fake celebrity chatbots sent risqué messages to teens on top AI app
- First Brain-Wide Map of Decision-Making Charted In Mice - Slashdot
- Nvidia’s Chip Round-Trip Deals
- Tesla changes meaning of ‘Full Self-Driving’, gives up on promise of autonomy
- Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million
- Warner Bros. Discovery Sues AI Giant Midjourney for Copyright Infringement In Major Legal Battle