TWiT 1076: I'm Monitoring the Situation - Meta's Horizon Worlds Stays Alive Against The Odds

Elon Musk faces a multi-billion dollar verdict after a California jury finds his tweets misled Twitter shareholders, raising the stakes for tech CEOs with unchecked social media influence. Plus, CBS kills its legendary radio news service while podcasting explodes, signaling a dramatic shift in how America consumes, trusts, and pays for news.

CBS News Shutters Radio Service After Nearly a Century
A US appeals court puts on hold an earlier ruling that had blocked Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tool to shop on Amazon's marketplace
FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms
The 49MB Web Page
Microsoft unveils MAJOR improvements coming to Windows 11 this year — movable Taskbar, reduced RAM usage, less AI and ads, and much more CONFIRMED: "We are evolving how Windows is built behind the scenes to raise the quality bar"
Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access in June
Meta changes course on Horizon Worlds VR shut-down
Gamers react with overwhelming disgust to DLSS 5's generative AI glow-ups
Jury agrees that Musk's tweets during Twitter takeover misled investors
After three months, Samsung is ending sales of the $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold
200,000 Devices Erased? Pro-Iran Hackers Hit US Firm With Data-Wiping Attack
Japan to allow 'proactive cyber-defense' from October 1st
Sears Exposed AI Chatbot Phone Calls and Text Chats to Anyone on the Web
Arizona AG files criminal charges against Kalshi over 'illegal gambling'
Major League Baseball Steps Into the Prediction Markets, Strikes Deal With Polymarket
Polymarket is opening a bar where you can drink and watch the world unravel in real time
It's been 20 years since the first tweet
Project Hail Mary is movie medicine
The futurist who helped define tech trend reports just killed them (literally)
This new cassette player has USB-C and Bluetooth, in case you want to ditch Spotify

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