From internet service providers facing billion-dollar lawsuits for their users' file sharing to Amazon's smart displays turning into ad machines, the future of your connected life is up for grabs. If you want to know who's really pulling the strings in tech and where the battle lines are being drawn, this is the episode you can't miss.<ul> 
<li>October Term 2025</li> 
<li>Supreme Court denies Google's request to pause Play Store changes while it appeals Epic case</li> 
<li>I Want A New Drug. A Vaccine Even. And A Functioning FDA, CDC, NIH, Etc...</li> 
<li>AI videos of dead celebrities are horrifying many of their families</li> 
<li>Amazon's giant ads have ruined the Echo Show</li> 
<li>Chat Control: Germany says NEIN</li> 
<li>Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses</li> 
<li>China Flexed. Trump Hit Back. So Much for the Thaw.</li> 
<li>Taiwan sees no significant impact on chip sector from China rare earths curbs</li> 
<li>FCC Chair Brendan Carr says major US online retailers have removed several million listings for prohibited Chinese electronics as part of the agency's crackdown</li> 
<li>Windows 10 support ends October 14, but here's how to get an extra year for free</li> 
<li>California bans loud commercials on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services</li> 
<li>Synology Reverses Policy Banning Third-Party HDDs After NAS sales plummet</li> 
<li>TiVo Exiting Legacy DVR Business - Media Play News</li> 
<li>Introducing Figure 03</li></ul> 
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