TWiT 1078: The Great British Marmalade Scandal - Building Your Own Router

About this episode

This episode discusses the legal challenges surrounding social media apps and explores various technology topics including routers and military software.

This week's episode confronts the mounting legal battles over addictive social apps, questioning whether court rulings should reshape Instagram and YouTube's design. Explore the heated clash between user autonomy, scientific uncertainty, and the next wave of regulation. NASA: Artemis II Artemis II Live Tracker – Real-Time Orion Spacecraft Position, Speed & Trajectory NASA did eventually solve Artemis II's Outlook glitch How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'? I mapped every one Phone-free bars and restaurants on the rise across the U.S. Claude Code's Source Didn't Leak. It Was Already Public for Years. | AfterPack Blog Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by making subscribers pay extra OpenAI acquires popular tech talk show for 'low hundreds of millions' The latest Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are more customizable and expensive After 16 Years and $8 Billion, the Military's New GPS Software Still Doesn't Work - Slashdot Why the Pentagon loves Xbox controllers for laser weapons Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai — Amazon reportedly declares "hard down" status for multiple zones Iran's hackers go to war Breaking down…

Topics covered

• legal battles over social apps
• user autonomy
• regulation
• router technology
• military technology
• AI in sports
• right-to-repair law

Keywords

• social apps
• Instagram
• YouTube
• router ban
• military GPS
• AI
• right-to-repair
• satellite internet

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, Microsoft, OpenAI, Amazon, Anthropic, Delta

Products: Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, Copilot, Claude Code, Xbox controllers, GPS Software

Places: Bahrain, Dubai, U.S.

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