TWiT 1031: My 3 Friends - The FTC Gets Busy

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Leo Laporte

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4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 157 minutes

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Summary

Apple asks court to halt App Store rule changes while it appeals
Proposed Amicus Brief – #1300, Att. #1 in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GOOGLE LLC (D.D.C., 1:20-cv-03010) – CourtListener.com
Eddy Cue Causes a Stir for Google
DOJ pushes for Google to sell its advertising platforms
Google Will Pay $1.4 Billion to Texas to Settle Claims It Collected User Data Without Permission
What Stacey has been doing
Attorney General Bailey Files Groundbreaking Rule to End Big Tech's Censorship Monopoly and Protect Online Free Speech
DOGE bro Kyle Schutt's computer infected by malware, credentials found in stealer logs
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
Samsung is paying $350 million for audio brands Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz and Polk
Zuckerberg's Grand Vision: Most of Your Friends Will Be AI - Slashdot
How AI Demand Is Draining Local Water Supplies
Tom Brady, Stephen Curry and other big names are mostly off the hook from the FTX fallout
FTC Bans Hidden Fees For Live Events and Short-Term Rentals - Slashdot
The FTC puts off enforcing its 'click-to-cancel' rule
20 years to give away virtually all my wealth | Bill Gates
Mexico is suing Google over 'Gulf of America' name change for US users
Switzerland To Hold Referendum on Introducing Electronic ID

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Shoshana Weissmann, Wesley Faulkner, and Stacey Higginbotham

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0:00.0	It's time for Twitter this week in tech. Great panel for you this week. Wesley Faulkner is back.
0:05.0	Stacey Higginbotham and Shoshana Weissman. We'll talk about Apple, what they're going to do next after being spanked by the court.
0:14.0	Google is now guilty twice of being a monopoly. What are the remedies?
0:20.0	And we'll talk about AI.
0:22.3	Is it costing too much to use?
0:25.2	All that and more.
0:26.0	Coming up next on Twitter.
0:30.3	Podcasts you love.
0:32.1	From people you trust.
0:34.7	This is Twit.
0:44.2	This is Twit. This is Twit. This Week in Tech, episode 131, recorded Sunday, May 11th, 2025.
0:50.0	My Three Friends.
0:54.5	It's time for Twit this week in tech, the show we cover the week's tech news.
0:58.7	I have gathered together three fine folk for our panel today.
1:04.2	Stacey Higginbotham is back.
1:05.9	It's great to see you, Stacey.
1:07.5	She's a policy fellow at Consumer Reports.
1:13.0	Of course, longtime host of this week in Google.
1:17.7	Are you sad now that this week in Google is all about AI, intelligent machines?
1:18.9	Would you like to come back?
1:21.8	I mean, could I talk about AI with you guys?
1:22.6	Of course.
	...

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