Big Tech is pouring hundreds of billions into AI, but with rising signs of an industry bubble and some real-world fallout, this week's episode digs into who actually wins, who stands to lose, and whether Apple's patient strategy may outsmart the hype.<ul> 
<li>Big Tech firms beat earnings expectations amid AI spending questions</li> 
<li>RIP the $599 Mac Mini, you were too beautiful for this world</li> 
<li>Microsoft lifts 2026 AI spend by $25 billion to cover component price rises</li> 
<li>Microsoft speeds up in Big Tech's data center spend-off</li> 
<li>Crosswording the Situation</li> 
<li>Meta's historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million</li> 
<li>Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checks</li> 
<li>Australia unveils a 2.25% levy on Meta, Google, and TikTok</li> 
<li>Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off Facebook and Instagram</li> 
<li>Meta inks deal for solar power at night, beamed from space</li> 
<li>Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI's models</li> 
<li>OpenAI-backed 1X opens California factory targeting 10,000 home humanoid robots in year one</li> 
<li>Sam Altman asked GPT-5.5 to plan its own launch party. Its requests were 'beautiful' but 'strange.'</li> 
<li>Sam Altman says Elon Musk can come to his GPT 5.5 party: 'World needs more love'</li> 
<li>The US Senate unanimously passed a rule barring senators from trading on prediction markets like </li> 
<li>Kalshi and Polymarket, amid rising concern over insider trading</li> 
<li>'We Know You Live Right Here': No Secrets in America's New Surveillance Dragnet</li> 
<li>California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws</li> 
<li>China Suspends New Autonomous Driving Permits After Baidu Outage</li> 
<li>China has decided that firing a worker because an AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same.</li> 
<li>Maryland Is First to Ban A.I.-Driven Price Increases in Grocery Stores</li> 
<li>The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed</li> 
<li>Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites</li> 
<li>The Hottest Anti-AI Gadget Is a Cyberdeck</li> 
<li>Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public</li> 
<li>GameStop eyes eBay takeover in audacious $46 billion bet on Ryan Cohen's e-commerce vision</li> 
<li>AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars</li> 
<li>Ukraine says it's training drone pilots in 'Grand Theft Auto V'</li> 
<li>This free website is like Wikipedia meets the CIA</li> 
<li>Light Phone III Is a Delightfully Minimalist Smartphone Alternative</li> 
<li>Valve Steam Controller is here, it's a gamepad in search of a console</li> 
<li>Bluetooth Connected - The Voices Behind the Connection</li> 
<li>Spirit Airlines shuts down after Trump's war on Iran doubled jet fuel prices</li> 
<li>Ask.com has shut down, marking the official farewell to the Internet's favorite butler</li> 
<li>Pioneering geneticist and decoder of the human genome J. Craig Venter dies at age 79</li></ul> 
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