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Jay Hill / Sam Bushman
Big Tech on Trial, AI Actors & the Death of the Payphone | 03-27-26
49 minutes Posted Mar 27, 2026 at 8:35 pm.
— Intro
— Big Tech Lawsuits (Meta, Google & TikTok addiction cases)
— Meta Reverses Horizon Worlds Shutdown
— Yellow Payphone Experiment: Zoomers Call Boomers
— Netflix Price Hike (Again)
— Autonomous Semi Trucks in Texas
— Tilly Norwood: The AI-Generated Actress
— Firefox's New AI Controls
— Discord's Age Verification Change
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Sam Bushman and Jay Harrison dive into the landmark lawsuits hitting Meta, Google, and TikTok over addictive platform design. Plus: Meta reverses course on Horizon Worlds, Netflix hikes prices again, autonomous semi trucks hit Texas highways, the AI-generated actress stirring up Hollywood, Firefox's new AI kill switch, and a quirky social experiment connecting Gen Z with Boomers via bright yellow payphones. Tech Watch Radio — keeping an eye on tech so you don't have to.
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