About this episode

The episode discusses various absurdities and challenges in the future of technology, including jailbreaking fighter jets and social media addiction.

What do jailbreaking fighter jets, lost Amazon vans, and swapping your phone's smart features for a handful of mud have in common? TWiT dives into the wild, occasionally absurd future of tech, where yesterday's sci-fi is tomorrow's supply-chain headache. Mark Zuckerberg and his Ray-Ban entourage have their day in court Instagram Boss Says 16 Hours of Daily Use Is Not Addiction Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push To Advance AI Agenda - Slashdot Australia's Social Media Ban Is Isolating Kids With Disabilities—Just Like Critics Warned Google I/O 2026 set for May 19-20 Pixel 10A hands-on: More like a slightly better Pixel 9A than a slightly worse Pixel 10 Google announces Gemini 3.1 Pro, says it's better at complex problem-solving Tucson Daily Brief Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand 'Search Party' Surveillance Beyond Dogs A $10K+ bounty is waiting for anyone who can unplug Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud Amazon delivery van accidentally gets stuck in the sea in Britain Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month – 4x worse than humans Government Docs Reveal New Details About Tesla and Waymo Robotaxis' Human Babysitters The Supreme Court's Tariff…

People in this episode

Host: TWiT

Topics covered

• jailbreaking technology
• social media addiction
• self-driving cars
• supply chain issues
• data privacy
• technology news

Keywords

• jailbreaking
• social media
• self-driving
• Amazon
• Tesla
• data breach
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, Google, Amazon, Tesla, Waymo, TP-Link

Products: Pixel 10A, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Ring, Robotaxi

Places: Britain

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