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This episode discusses Meta's legal challenges, privacy issues with surveillance technology, and the implications of AI advancements in the tech industry.

Meta faces a $1.4 trillion lawsuit, flock cameras are sparking a privacy revolt, and data centers may be fueling the next bubble. This episode pulls back the curtain on who's watching, who's profiting, and who could pay the price. Meta's Big Reckoning Is Here Meta heads to court in a landmark trial about kids and social media addiction Ninth Circuit Ruling Will Force Online Platforms That Host User Speech to Fight Lengthy and Costly Lawsuits Before They Are Dismissed Under Section 230 The $1.4 Trillion State Tort Raid on Meta Google's Pixel 11 Comes With Plenty of A.I. Does Anyone Want That? Waymo's cheaper, next-gen robotaxi is now open to all riders in these three cities Apple and European Commission Reach Agreement on App Payment Terms Under DMA, With Apple Conceding Very Little Apple is laying off staffers working on the Vision Pro and Siri Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI Amazon aims for delivery drones to reach 500 US neighborhoods by the end of 2026 NVIDIA to Back Ohio Data Center With as Much as $105 Billion Why Big Tech's AI Spending Is $3 Trillion Higher Than It Seems New Chinese model adds to AI competition Police Are Hiding Their Use of…

People in this episode

Host: Leo Laporte

Topics covered

• Meta lawsuit
• social media addiction
• privacy concerns
• AI technology
• data centers
• Big Tech
• robotaxi services

Keywords

• Meta
• lawsuit
• social media
• AI
• privacy
• data centers
• Waymo
• Apple
• Amazon
• NVIDIA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, Ninth Circuit, Google, Waymo, Apple, European Commission, NVIDIA, Amazon, China

Products: Pixel 11

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