Journalism Comes In Second - Government Threatens Wikipedia’s Editorial Freedom

• Judge Blasts Apple For Violating Antitrust Ruling • Google's Sundar Pichai Calls US Remedies 'De Facto' Spinoff of Search - Slashdot • Firefox could be doomed without Google search deal, says executive • Visa Announces Plans to Give AI Agents Your Credit Card Information • The Age of Realtime Deepfake Fraud Is Here • The TAKE IT DOWN Act: A Flawed Attempt to Protect Victims That Will Lead to Censorship • Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act • White House Slams Amazon After Report it Will Highlight Tariff Costs • The Kickstarter you backed may soon ask for more money to cover Trump’s tariffs • Microsoft Raises Xbox Prices 20% as Tariffs Drive Up Cost of Development • UPS will cut 20,000 jobs because fewer Amazon packages are coming • Elon Musk’s DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability • President Trump's fiscal 2026 budget proposal suggests slashing $491M from CISA's ~$3B budget, claiming the cut “refocuses CISA on its core mission” • Government Actually Threatens Wikipedia’s Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans • Mark Zuckerberg Sailed 5,300 Miles With Two Superyachts Only to Helicopter Up a Mountain and Ski  Down in Billionaire Style - Sustainability Times • Massive power outage in Spain, Portugal leaves millions in dark • Wall Street Banks Sell Final Slug of Elon Musk’s X Debt • Elon Musk’s SpaceX gets a company town in Texas • Amazon deploys the first Project Kuiper internet satellites • Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users • How Badly Did ChatGPT and Copilot Fail to Predict the Winners of the Kentucky Derby? - Slashdot • Quantum message travels record distance over fiber optic network • Photo appears to show Mike Waltz using Signal-like app that can archive messages • Chinese university designed 'world's first silicon-free 2D GAAFET transistor,' claims new bismuth-based tech is both the fastest and lowest-power transistor yet • The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Owen Thomas, Iain Thomson, and Gary Rivlin This Week in Tech episode 1030 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1030 Sponsors: • canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT • outsystems.com/twit • drata.com/weekintech • coda.io/twit • zscaler.com/security Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Follow us: Website: https://twit.tv/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twit.tv Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@TWiT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/TWiT TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twittok LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/twit-llc #ai #apple #google About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, Security Now, Intelligent Machines, and more.