TWiT 1028: Some Had Leashes - Google's Monopoly, Yap Score, Robot Marathon

• Judge rules Google illegally monopolized ad tech, opening door to potential breakup • AI-hallucinated code dependencies become new supply chain risk • OpenAI's secret Yap score • 4chan, the internet's most infamous forum, is down following an alleged hack • FTC v. Meta: the US argued Meta has a monopoly in the "personal social networking" market, which it claims includes only Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and MeWe • Trump Signals Semiconductor Tariffs Are Coming 'Very Soon' • Tariffs making it impossible to shop for tech, applicances • Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders live on April 24, for real this time; fans still mad at $80 games • Is this a Bad Therapist? Real Therapist Reacts to Adolescence • Risks to children playing Roblox 'deeply disturbing', say researchers • Hacked Crosswalks In Bay Area Play Deepfake-Style Messages From Tech Billionaires • China's First Robot Marathon Runners Trip, Emit Smoke, Fall Apart • OpenAI is building a social network • Leaked: Palantir's Plan to Help ICE Deport People • New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children • Scientists Find Promising Indication of Extraterrestrial Life—124 Light-Years Away

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Georgia Dow, Nicholas De Leon, and Paris Martineau

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