• iPhone 17 event live blog: on the ground at Apple’s keynote • Google Court Doc: Open Web Is In Rapid Decline • Anthropic Judge Rejects $1.5 Billion AI Copyright Settlement (1) • The Software Engineers Paid to Fix Vibe Coded Messes • What to expect from Meta Connect • SpaceX strikes $17B deal to buy EchoStar’s spectrum for Starlink’s direct-to-phone service • Tesla Wants Out of the Car Business • Tesla Offers Elon Musk an Unprecedented $1 Trillion Pay Package • Gen Z protests in Nepal, sparked by a social media ban, have killed nearly 2 dozen and injured hundreds. Here’s what to know • Microdramas are TikTok turned up to 11, and they're coming for your time and money • Tiny Vinyl is a new pocketable record format for the Spotify age • Kodak's mini camera fits on your keyring and is smaller than an AirPods case • Geek News Central Mourns the Loss of Todd Cochrane Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Dan Patterson, Victoria Song, and Jason Hiner This Week in Tech episode 1049 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1049 Sponsors: • expressvpn.com/twit • bitwarden.com/twit • oracle.com/twit • shopify.com/twit • NetSuite.com/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 #iphone17 #apple #nepal 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.