This Week in Tech (Audio) TWiT 943: You’re the Xenu I Want – Adult site verification, right to repair vs Scientology, NFT hype

• Thousands stuck in mud at Burning Man festival
• Australia and Texas overturn laws requiring age verification for adult websites
• Right to repair advocates score victory in California with Apple now supporting it
• NFT sales and prices plummeting showing the downfall of the once-hyped digital assets
• Twitter to lift ban on political ads ahead of 2024 election
• Social media companies failing to curb Russian propaganda says EU report
• Arkansas law requiring parental consent for minors’ social media accounts blocked by judge
• Congress working on protecting minors on social media but raises privacy concerns
• Barbie film leaks online ahead of official release showing persistence of piracy
• NFL, NBA, UFC want faster DMCA takedowns to combat live streaming of games
• Gannett admits AI-written local sports stories were “hilariously terrible”
• Department of Defense launches website for tracking UFOs/UAPs
• Georgia election interference trial for Trump to be livestreamed on YouTube
• Google killing Pixel Pass after just 22 months despite promise of ongoing new phones
• Microsoft retiring WordPad after 28 years
• Cruise self-driving cars causing problems by blocking emergency vehicles in San Francisco

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Nicholas Deleon, Dan Moren, and Iain Thomson

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