This Week in Tech (Audio)

After a year tangled in political drama, AI hype, and regulation battles, the TWiT crew explains how many of tech's "biggest stories" simply fizzled into nothing or left us with new headaches by year's end.

• Year-end tech trends: AI, politics, and security dominated 2025
• Major stories faded fast: TikTok saga, political tech drama, DOGE scandal
• TikTok's ownership battle—Oracle, Trump donors, and US-China tensions
• China tech ...

Are we witnessing an AI-fueled gold rush or the early signs of an epic crash? Listen to these hard-hitting discussions on bubbles, breakthroughs, and the real impact behind Silicon Valley's AI obsession.

• Time Magazine's "Person of the Year": the Architects of AI
• The AI Wildfire Is Coming. It's Going to Be Very Painful and Incredibly Healthy.
• 'ChatGPT for Doctors' Startup Doubles Valuation to $12 Billion as Revenue Surges
• T...

What happens if your internet provider gets the blame for what you download? This week, the panel unpacks a billion-dollar copyright battle at the Supreme Court that could upend how we all use the web.

• Justice Alito Makes The Most Sense, Or This Week At The Supreme Court In The Cox-Sony Copyright Case
• First Porn, Now Skin Cream? 'Age Verification' Bills Are Out of
• These new FDA-approved glasses promise to slow nearsightedne...

Is Black Friday really booming, or are inflated prices and AI shopping assistants just muddying the waters? This episode rips into the data, exposes retailer tactics, and debates if smarter tech is actually making us better shoppers.

• Black Friday data shows online sales strong, store results mixed
• Silicon Valley's man in the White House is benefiting himself and his friends
• View: Trump's AI agenda sails toward an iceberg of...

A judge is racing to break up Google's advertising empire before they can appeal, while Microsoft's Copilot stumbles on camera. Australia's sweeping social bans, Roblox's selfie requirement, and flawed AI moderation spark sharp debate on what happens when online gatekeeping gets serious.

• Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls
• NetChoice Sues Virginia To Block Its One-Hour Social Media Limit For Kids
• Rob...

Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses steal the spotlight on a Rome trip, triggering debates about privacy, wearable tech etiquette, and the uncomfortable power of recording the world through your eyewear. Plus, gadgets scanning your urine, bots shaping your inbox, and the future of Disney+!

• Counting Renaissance butts in Rome with the Meta Ray-Ban Display
• Jury says Apple owes Masimo $634M for patent infringement
• Google ordered to ...

Elon Musk's eye-popping trillion-dollar pay package, Apple's big F1 gamble, and Meta's scam-friendly ad policies set the stage for a candid debate on Big Tech's priorities and who really pays the price for innovation (and neglect).

• Musk gets approval for bumper Tesla payout but, unlike his robot, there are strings attached - Behold the one trillion dollar man
• SpaceX to Buy Another $2.6 Billion of Echostar Spectrum
• Chinese A...

From AI-powered code generation boosting productivity to adversaries using the same tools to hunt zero-days, the panel exposes the coming wave of AI-fueled cyberattacks—and why most companies aren't ready for it.

• Cotton blocks Trump-backed effort to make daylight saving time permanent
• The End of Cybersecurity
• Amazon says it didn't cut 14,000 people because of money. It cut them because of 'culture'
• Here's How the AI Crash ...

When a major Amazon cloud outage brings everything from smart mattresses to Snapchat grinding to a halt, what does it reveal about our digital fragility—and are we trusting the cloud a little too much?

• A Single Point of Failure Triggered the Amazon Outage Affecting Million
• Pluralistic: The mad king's digital killswitch (20 Oct 2025)
• Trump and Xi will 'consummate' TikTok deal on Thursday, treasury secretary says
• 3,000 YouTu...