From internet service providers facing billion-dollar lawsuits for their users' file sharing to Amazon's smart displays turning into ad machines, the future of your connected life is up for grabs. If you want to know who's really pulling the strings in tech and where the battle lines are being drawn, this is the episode you can't miss.

October Term 2025
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I Want A New Drug. A Vaccine Even. And A Functioning FDA, CDC, NIH, Etc...
AI videos of dead celebrities are horrifying many of their families
Amazon's giant ads have ruined the Echo Show
Chat Control: Germany says NEIN
Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses
China Flexed. Trump Hit Back. So Much for the Thaw.
Taiwan sees no significant impact on chip sector from China rare earths curbs
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says major US online retailers have removed several million listings for prohibited Chinese electronics as part of the agency's crackdown
Windows 10 support ends October 14, but here's how to get an extra year for free
California bans loud commercials on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services
Synology Reverses Policy Banning Third-Party HDDs After NAS sales plummet
TiVo Exiting Legacy DVR Business - Media Play News
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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Cathy Gellis, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, and Gary Rivlin

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