This Week in Tech 1054: Nine Days a Week
20 October 2025

This Week in Tech 1054: Nine Days a Week

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Shocking new research reveals how anyone with $750 can intercept unencrypted satellite data, exposing everything from government secrets to in-flight Wi-Fi traffic. Find out why decades-old vulnerabilities are still open and who actually wants it that way.


    Study: The World's Satellite Data Is Massively Vulnerable To Snooping
    You Only Need $750 of Equipment to Pilfer Data From Satellites, Researchers Say
    Hackers Dox Hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ Officials
    DHS says Chinese criminal gangs made $1B from US text scams
    cr.yp.to: 2025.10.04: NSA and IETF
    Why Signal's post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement
    Court reduces damages Meta will get from spyware maker NSO Group but bans it from WhatsApp
    How I Almost Got Hacked By A 'Job Interview'
    New California law requires AI to tell you it's AI
    The European Union issued its first fines under the AI Act, penalizing a French facial recognition startup €12 million for deploying unverified algorithms in public security contracts
    Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
    Texas hit with a pair of lawsuits for its app store age verification requirements
    Australia shares tips to wean teens off social media ahead of ban. Will it work?
    California enacts age-gate law for app stores
    Meta is asking Facebook users to give its AI access to their entire camera roll
    Meta poached Andrew Tulloch, co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, with a compensation package rumored to reach $1.5 billion over six years
    Even top generals are looking to AI chatbots for answers
    Roku's AI-upgraded voice assistant can answer questions about what you're watching
    Tesla debuts a steering wheel-less taxi for two
    Waymo and DoorDash Are Teaming Up to Deliver Your Food via Robotaxi

Host: Leo Laporte


Guests: Jacob Ward, Harper Reed, and Abrar Al-Heeti


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