Elon Musk's eye-popping trillion-dollar pay package, Apple's big F1 gamble, and Meta's scam-friendly ad policies set the stage for a candid debate on Big Tech's priorities and who really pays the price for innovation (and neglect).
Musk gets approval for bumper Tesla payout but, unlike his robot, there are strings attached - Behold the one trillion dollar man
SpaceX to Buy Another $2.6 Billion of Echostar Spectrum
Chinese Astronauts Stuck in Space After Suspected Damage to Return Craft
YouTube's Goes Bonkers, Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
Scammy Ads Generated an Estimated 10% of Meta's Revenue in 2024
Texas Sues Roblox For Allegedly Failing To Protect Children On Its Platform
YouTube TV responds to Disney memo with no deal in sight
YouTube TV exec calls Disney 'unnecessarily aggressive'
Sports streaming is a fragmented hot mess
Denmark's Government Aims To Ban Access To Social Media For Children Under 15
The Department Of Defense Wants Less Proof Its Software Works
China suspends export restrictions for a year on five critical minerals to the US, including gallium and germanium, used to make certain types of semiconductors
Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
Internet Archive's legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is
Trump AI Czar Says 'No Federal Bailout For AI' After OpenAI CFO's Comments
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Take-Two delays 'GTA VI' for second time to November next year
Apple TV's new Pluribus show might be its best sci-fi series yet
After more than 200 years, the 'Farmers' Almanac' is shutting down for good
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Iain Thomson, Ashley Esqueda, and Janko Roettgers
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Hands-On Tech 241: Keep Your Mac Awake
On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, how do you prevent your Mac from automatically falling asleep to conduct overnight backups? Mikah Sargent shares some third-party apps that will do just that!
Host: Mikah Sargent
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Untitled Linux Show 228: Smooth Before, Smooth After
Flatpak has hit a bump in the road, but Sebastian Wick may have it back on course. KDE is making progress on the upcoming 6.6, and Fedora 43 is out. The Turris Omnia NG is a compelling Linux router, RDSEED has a bit of a problem on AMD Zen 5, and Mozilla drops the ball with AI translations. There's some weird security stories to cover in Open Office and the Linux kernel, and Gnome has dropped its X11 back-end. For tips we have declare for Bash variable and function handling, btrfs-check for btrfs filesystem cleanup, and the Amplitude Soundboard for live sound effects. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4i07PSX and enjoy!
Host: Jonathan Bennett
Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie and Ken McDonald
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This Week in Space 185: Gutting Goddard
As you may or may not know, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is in the administration's crosshairs. With cuts to their budget and staffing beginning under Elon Musk's DOGE, it has taken a different form with the government shutdown. Employees furloughed or retired from critical programs, laboratories shuttered, and entire facilities gutted--all without the approval of Congress. By the time the shutdown is over, NASA's primary research center--and the one most responsible for what many are now calling "the C-word," climate science--will be a shell of its former self. Josh Dinner, who recently completed a months-long investigative report, joins us. Also: Jared Isaacman is back in the running as NASA chief, the 25th anniversary of the ISS, and China now working with the US on orbital dangers.
Headlines:
Trump Renominates Jared Isaacman as NASA Chief, Sparking Political Drama
25 Years of Continuous Astronaut Presence on the International Space Station
China Initiates Rare Satellite Collision Avoidance With NASA
Apollo-Era Radio Telescope That Spied on Soviet Satellites Up for Sale
Mars ESCAPADE Missions Twin Probes Prepare for Launch on New Glenn Rocket
Main Topic: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Crisis
Goddard Hit by Accelerated Building Closures and Funding Cuts
NASA Employees and Lawmakers Accuse Agency Leadership of Breaking the Law
Climate Science and Political Motives at the Core of Goddard's Struggles
Union Power Stripped After NASA's Reclassification as National Security Agency
High-Profile Missions Like Hubble, the Nancy Roman Space Telescope, and LISA Facing Uncertainty
Loss of Talent and Institutional Knowledge Threatens Future Space Projects
Congress and the Public Urged to Support, But Outlook Remains Grim
Could New Leadership Reverse the Changes Brought to Goddard, or Reinforce Goddard's Decline?
Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik
Guest: Josh Dinner
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Tech News Weekly 412: Epic Win: Google Slashes Play Store Fees
Abrar Al-Heeti of CNET joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly. Apple is reportedly considering a partnership with Google to integrate the Gemini AI model with Siri. A new AI-powered smart ring is in development to record users' thoughts. Google is making modifications to its Play Store regarding third-party accessibility. And a group of employees from a company specializing in negotiating cyber-attack ransoms has been indicted for running their own cyber-extortion scheme.
Abrar shares how Apple plans to partner with Google to utilize the Gemini AI model in its updated Siri model.
Mikah talks about a new AI-powered smart ring in development that you can speak into to record & ask questions.
Ryan Whitwam of Ars Technica joins the show to talk about the changes Google has been ordered to make to its Play Store to better accommodate third-party apps following Epic Games' lawsuit against the company.
And Mikah shares a story about a group of employees at a company that specializes in negotiating cyber-attack ransoms who were indicted for, ironically, running their own cyber-extortion scheme.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Abrar Al-Heeti
Guest: Ryan Whitwam
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