This Week in Tech 1049: Gas Station Lafufu

• 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

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