The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Adi Robertson discuss Montana being the first state to ban TikTok, the Supreme Court ruling against reexamining Section 230, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifying before the Senate. Later, Verge senior news editor Richard Lawler joins the show to discuss this week in gadgets, from the free Telly TV to the Beats Studio Buds Plus. TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to know: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/17/23686294/montana-tiktok-ban-signed-governor-gianforte-court Montana bans Telegram, WeChat, and Temu from government devices: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/17/23727750/montana-bans-telegram-temu-wechat-other-bytedance-apps-government-devices-tiktok TikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform: https://www.theverge.com/23651507/tiktok-ban-us-news Supreme Court puts off showdown over Texas and Florida social media laws: https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/23/23567834/supreme-court-texas-florida-netchoice-lawsuit-order-us-government-brief Supreme Court rules against reexamining Section 230: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/18/23728423/supreme-court-section-230-gonzalez-google-twitter-taamneh-ruling Congress hates Big Tech — but it still seems optimistic about AI: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/16/23726119/congress-ai-hearing-sam-altman-openai This free TV comes with two screens: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/15/23721674/telly-free-tv-streaming-ilya-pozin-ads The free TV company briefly wasn’t sure what it should do with data from kids: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/17/23727427/telly-free-tv-privacy-policy-children-data Amazon’s latest Echo Buds have an all-new design and much cheaper price: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/17/23725378/amazon-echo-buds-3-announced-features-price Amazon’s new Echo Pop is a $40 smart speaker: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/17/23726684/amazon-echo-pop-smart-speaker-new-show-5-display-price Beats Studio Buds Plus review: it’s cool to be clear: https://www.theverge.com/23725921/beats-studio-buds-plus-earbuds-review-translucent-clear CueCat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat YouTube is bringing unskippable 30-second ads to TV: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/18/23728150/youtube-tv-unskippable-ads-premium-pause-commercial Max promises shorter ad breaks than other streamers when it launches May 23rd: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/17/23727081/max-warner-bros-discovery-ads-upfront Netflix’s ad tier has attracted almost 5 million users: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/18/23728253/netflix-ad-supported-tier-5-million-users-growth Apparently, they were all losers in the race to 5G: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/17/23727287/apparently-they-were-all-losers-in-the-race-to-5g Tesla’s humanoid robot can pick things up and put them down: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/16/23726139/tesla-robot-update-video-shareholder-meeting Read More: http://www.theverge.com