• 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 This Week in Tech episode 1028 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1028 Sponsors: • Melissa.com/twit • shopify.com/twit • kinsta.com/twit • oracle.com/twit • monarchmoney.com with code TWIT Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Follow us: Website: https://twit.tv/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twit.tv Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@TWiT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/TWiT TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twittok LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/twit-llc #tariffs #google #openai About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, Security Now, Intelligent Machines, and more.