In a recent episode of This Week in Tech, host Leo Laporte and guests Richard Campbell, Anthony Ha, and Stacey Higginbotham discussed a wide range of topics, from NASA’s spacecraft touching the sun to Elon Musk’s bold statements about NASA’s moon ambitions and plans to go straight to Mars. They also delved into the billions Big Tech companies are spending on AI data centers, the impact of AI on power consumption, and the war on Wikipedia led by Elon Musk and the right.
Other headlines covered in the episode included Trump’s appeal to the Supreme Court to pause a law threatening a TikTok ban, the US Treasury’s revelation that Chinese hackers stole documents in a major incident, and a judge blocking parts of California’s bid to protect kids from social media. The episode also touched on Finland’s investigation into a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after a cable-cutting incident, a massive data leak exposing 800,000 EV owners’ movements, and the potential replacement of barcodes with QR-style codes within two years.
Additionally, the episode highlighted Public Domain Day 2025, the banishing of certain words by Lake Superior State University, and the celebration of Bitcoin’s birthday as the cryptocurrency turns old enough to drive. Listeners were encouraged to download or subscribe to the podcast for more in-depth discussions on these topics and to access ad-free episodes through Club TWiT. Some sponsors mentioned in the episode included ZipRecruiter, DeleteMe, Canary, and Zscaler.
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