TWiT 1087: Evil is the Root of All Money - Could Local AI Laptops Compete With Data Center Giants?

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of massive investments in AI and data centers by tech giants and the potential for a new tech bubble.

An astronomical amount of money is being poured into AI and data centers as tech giants fight for dominance, but is this fueling the next big tech bubble or just the price of staying in the game? Get the panel's opinions on wild IPO valuations, global power grabs, Build 2026, NVIDIA GTC Taipei, and even successful YouTuber movies! SpaceX IPO to Be Largest Ever at $135 Share Price Utah residents sue officials over Kevin O'Leary data center plan When AI builds itself NVIDIA announces RTX Spark as 'the most efficient PC chip ever built' Major Homebuilder To Test Placing Mini Data Centers in Suburban Backyards Microsoft Build 2026: The 7 biggest announcements What to Expect at Apple's WWDC 2026: iOS 27, New Siri and AI Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking Oversight of A.I. Models Trump: U.S. stake in AI giants "could be a beautiful thing" Cable lobby warns of chaos if FCC doesn't relax ban on foreign routers Google ordered to put clearer links in AI search and let UK publishers opt out AT&T and Verizon lose Supreme Court case over fines for selling location data YouTubers Win the Box Office…

People in this episode

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Joey de Villa, Jeff Jarvis, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Topics covered

• AI
• data centers
• tech giants
• IPO valuations
• YouTube
• NVIDIA
• Microsoft

Keywords

• AI
• data centers
• tech bubble
• IPO
• YouTube
• NVIDIA
• Microsoft Build
• Apple WWDC
• Meta
• Google

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SpaceX, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Google, AT&T, Verizon

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