The good, the bad, and the chaotic neutral of technology

This month Garth and Rick talk local internet headaches when your fiber goes dark and nobody has answers, the showdown between Anthropic and OpenAI over Pentagon AI contracts and who gets to decide when machines pull the trigger, why AI hallucinations should keep you skeptical no matter how smart the response sounds, surveillance creep from hacked traffic cams to your car's tire pressure sensors, rising component costs and supply chain trouble that isn't going away anytime soon, and a book recommendation on how Apple helped fast-track China's manufacturing revolution.