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This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Technology, Techtv, Tech News, This Week In Technology, Twit, Leo Laporte

4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 184 minutes

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Summary

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 Astronauts Stuck in Space After Suspected Damage to Return Craft
YouTube's Goes Bonkers, Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
Scammy Ads Generated an Estimated 10% of Meta's Revenue in 2024
Texas Sues Roblox For Allegedly Failing To Protect Children On Its Platform
YouTube TV responds to Disney memo with no deal in sight
YouTube TV exec calls Disney 'unnecessarily aggressive'
Sports streaming is a fragmented hot mess
Denmark's Government Aims To Ban Access To Social Media For Children Under 15
The Department Of Defense Wants Less Proof Its Software Works
China suspends export restrictions for a year on five critical minerals to the US, including gallium and germanium, used to make certain types of semiconductors
Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
Internet Archive's legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is
Trump AI Czar Says 'No Federal Bailout For AI' After OpenAI CFO's Comments
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Take-Two delays 'GTA VI' for second time to November next year
Apple TV's new Pluribus show might be its best sci-fi series yet
After more than 200 years, the 'Farmers' Almanac' is shutting down for good

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Iain Thomson, Ashley Esqueda, and Janko Roettgers

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0:00.0	It's time for Twitter this week in tech.
0:01.9	Ashley Esketha is here.
0:03.4	We'll see her newly remodeled studio and talk to her about gaming.
0:08.9	Yanko Rutgers is here.
0:10.1	He's got the latest on the YouTube versus Disney dispute.
0:13.3	And we'll talk with Ian Thompson, our friend formerly of the register about his new life as a freelancer.
0:19.0	That plus all the news, including Elon Musk's trillion dollar salary right after this.
0:28.5	Podcasts you love.
0:30.5	From people you trust.
0:33.0	This is Twitter.
0:40.6	This is Twit. This is Twit.
0:42.3	This Week at Tech, episode 1,057, recorded Sunday, November 9th, 2025, Ferret Trouser Ring.
0:50.8	It's time for Twit, this week in Tech, the show we cover the week's tech news.
0:55.0	Hello, everybody. I'm Leo Lipport, and we have old friends joining us.
0:59.7	I always like it. Well, I pretty much always have old friends joining us because I get to choose.
1:05.4	Ashley Esketha is here. Haven't seen Ashley since her remodel.
1:09.2	Yes. Finally, I don't have to make it look the way a media company says I have to.
1:16.2	Now, it's my office.
1:17.7	The haunted mansion, ladies and gentlemen.
1:19.8	Yes, it belongs to me.
1:22.5	There are no windows and no doors.
1:25.8	There is a door right there.
	...

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