Will Elon Musk really launch a million data centers into orbit, and why is McDonald's so worried about you using "McNuggets" as your password? This week’s tech roundtable takes on wild new frontiers and everyday security headaches with insight and a bit of irreverence. • More schools are banning phones so students can focus. Ohio’s results show it’s not that simple • After Australia, Which Countries Could Be Next to Ban Social Media for Children • EU says TikTok must disable ‘addictive’ features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine • Anthropic and OpenAI release dueling AI models on the same day in an escalating rivalry • Sam Altman says Anthropic's Super Bowl spot is 'dishonest' about ChatGPT ads, but he agrees it's funny • Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 uncovers 500 zero-day flaws in open-source code • Alphabet reports Q4 2025 revenue of $113.8 billion • Amazon's blowout $200 billion AI spending plan stuns Wall Street • A New Gilded Age: Big Tech goes on a $600 billion AI spending splurge • Hidden Cameras in Chinese Hotels Are Livestreaming Guests To Thousands of Telegram Subscribers • AI-generated ads hit the Super Bowl • SpaceX acquires xAI, plans to launch a massive satellite constellation to power it • Russia suspected of intercepting EU satellites • Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors • New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer • Western Digital Plots a Path To 140 TB Hard Drives Using Vertical Lasers and 14-Platter Designs • A Crisis comes to Wordle: Reusing old words • The Wayback Machine debuts a new plug-in designed to fix the internet’s broken links problem • Project Hail Mary is getting its own LEGO set • Dave Farber Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Larry Magid, Mike Elgan, and Louis Maresca This Week in Tech episode 1070 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1070 Sponsors: • http://bitwarden.com/twit • http://NetSuite.com/TWIT • http://meter.com/twit • http://trustedtech.team/twitCSS • http://zscaler.com/security 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 audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. #spacex #ai #anthropic 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 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.