TWiT 1072: The Devil's Advocate - Jailbreaking Fighter Jets, Social Media Addiction, and Self-Driving Snafus
What do jailbreaking fighter jets, lost Amazon vans, and swapping your phone's smart features for a handful of mud have in common? TWiT dives into the wild, occasionally absurd future of tech, where yesterday's sci-fi is tomorrow's supply-chain headache.
Mark Zuckerberg and his Ray-Ban entourage have their day in court
Instagram Boss Says 16 Hours of Daily Use Is Not Addiction
Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push To Advance AI Agenda - Slashdot
Australia's Social Media Ban Is Isolating Kids With Disabilities—Just Like Critics Warned
Google I/O 2026 set for May 19-20
Pixel 10A hands-on: More like a slightly better Pixel 9A than a slightly worse Pixel 10
Google announces Gemini 3.1 Pro, says it's better at complex problem-solving
Tucson Daily Brief
Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand 'Search Party' Surveillance Beyond Dogs
A $10K+ bounty is waiting for anyone who can unplug Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud
Amazon delivery van accidentally gets stuck in the sea in Britain
Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month – 4x worse than humans
Government Docs Reveal New Details About Tesla and Waymo Robotaxis' Human Babysitters
The Supreme Court's Tariff Ruling Won't Bring Car Prices Back to Earth
A flood of cheap used EVs is coming
Signal guide for everyday folks
PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months
Federal ban on TP-Link routers shelved, but Texas fights on
You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised
Mississippi health system shuts down clinics statewide after ransomware attack
Fake Job Recruiters Hid Malware In Developer Coding Challenges
F-35 Software Could Be Jailbreaked Like an IPhone: Dutch Defense Minister - Slashdot
In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator | Tom's Hardware
Lab-Grown Meat Exists (But Nobody Wants To Eat It)
CERN rebuilt the original browser from 1989
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Nicholas De Leon
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Feb 22nd 2026
This Week in Tech 1072
The Devil's Advocate
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Jailbreaking Fighter Jets, Social Media Addiction, and Self-Driving Snafus
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Nicholas De Leon
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What do jailbreaking fighter jets, lost Amazon vans, and swapping your phone’s smart features for a handful of mud have in common? TWiT dives into the wild, occasionally absurd future of tech, where yesterday’s sci-fi is tomorrow’s supply-chain headache.
- Mark Zuckerberg and his Ray-Ban entourage have their day in court
- Instagram Boss Says 16 Hours of Daily Use Is Not Addiction
- Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push To Advance AI Agenda - Slashdot
- Australia’s Social Media Ban Is Isolating Kids With Disabilities—Just Like Critics Warned
- Google I/O 2026 set for May 19-20
- Pixel 10A hands-on: More like a slightly better Pixel 9A than a slightly worse Pixel 10
- Google announces Gemini 3.1 Pro, says it's better at complex problem-solving
- Tucson Daily Brief
- Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs
- A $10K+ bounty is waiting for anyone who can unplug Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud
- Amazon delivery van accidentally gets stuck in the sea in Britain
- Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month – 4x worse than humans
- Government Docs Reveal New Details About Tesla and Waymo Robotaxis’ Human Babysitters
- The Supreme Court's Tariff Ruling Won't Bring Car Prices Back to Earth
- A flood of cheap used EVs is coming
- Signal guide for everyday folks
- PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months
- Federal ban on TP-Link routers shelved, but Texas fights on
- You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised
- Mississippi health system shuts down clinics statewide after ransomware attack
- Fake Job Recruiters Hid Malware In Developer Coding Challenges
- F-35 Software Could Be Jailbreaked Like an IPhone: Dutch Defense Minister - Slashdot
- In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator | Tom's Hardware
- Lab-Grown Meat Exists (But Nobody Wants To Eat It)
- CERN rebuilt the original browser from 1989
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
- Transcripts: This Week in Tech 1072 Transcript
#### Links
- Mark Zuckerberg and his Ray-Ban entourage have their day in court
- Instagram Boss Says 16 Hours of Daily Use Is Not Addiction
- Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push To Advance AI Agenda - Slashdot
- Australia’s Social Media Ban Is Isolating Kids With Disabilities—Just Like Critics Warned
- Google I/O 2026 set for May 19-20
- Pixel 10A hands-on: More like a slightly better Pixel 9A than a slightly worse Pixel 10
- Google announces Gemini 3.1 Pro, says it's better at complex problem-solving
- Tucson Daily Brief
- Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs
- A $10K+ bounty is waiting for anyone who can unplug Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud
- Amazon delivery van accidentally gets stuck in the sea in Britain
- Government Docs Reveal New Details About Tesla and Waymo Robotaxis’ Human Babysitters
- The Supreme Court's Tariff Ruling Won't Bring Car Prices Back to Earth
- A flood of cheap used EVs is coming
- Signal guide for everyday folks
- PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months
- Federal ban on TP-Link routers shelved, but Texas fights on - 9to5Mac
- You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised
- Mississippi health system shuts down clinics statewide after ransomware attack
- Fake Job Recruiters Hid Malware In Developer Coding Challenges
- F-35 Software Could Be Jailbreaked Like an IPhone: Dutch Defense Minister - Slashdot
- In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator | Tom's Hardware
- Lab-Grown Meat Exists (But Nobody Wants To Eat It) - Slashdot
- CERN rebuilt the original browser from 1989
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- trustedtech.team/twit365
- threatlocker.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- meter.com/twit
- shopify.com/twit
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