Episode Details

Once again, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and his bad ideas about free speech have rankled a late night host. And once again, Nilay and David talk through what the equal-time rule actually means, why organizations keep caving, and why it's apparently up to people like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel to fight back. After that, the hosts discuss the facial recognition feature Meta hopes to launch for its smart glasses, plus the gadgets we're likely to see Apple launch in the couple of weeks. In the lightning round, we get some bleak news on Tesla's self-driving skills, a robovac security disaster, and the future of Warner Bros.

Further reading:

• Why CBS Didn't Broadcast Stephen Colbert's Interview With James Talarico

• Stephen Colbert says CBS banned him from airing this James Talarico interview 

• Why Everyone's Talking About Stephen Colbert, CBS, The FCC And James Talarico

• Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted

• From the NYT: Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

• Apple’s doing something on March 4th 

• Apple is reportedly planning to launch AI-powered glasses, a pendant, and AirPods 

• Apple starts testing end-to-end encrypted RCS messages on iPhone 

• Apple’s Podcasts app will let you ‘seamlessly’ switch between audio and video shows 

• Looks like we can expect more AI from the Galaxy S26 camera. | The Verge

• Google announces dates for I/O 2026 

• Western Digital says it’s “pretty much soldout” for 2026. 

• Valve’s Steam Deck OLED will be ‘intermittently’ out of stock because of the RAM crisis 

• Switch 2 pricing and next PlayStation release could be impacted by memory shortage 

• Tesla’s robotaxis have crashed 14 times in 9 months. 

• Tesla won’t use the term ‘Autopilot’ in California anymore

• Why are Epstein’s emails full of equals signs?

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