Nicholas De Leon
Senior electronics reporter for Consumer Reports and 'vibe coder' who covers consumer tech, local projects (Tucson Daily Brief), and service/security topics.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 3h 4min
TWiT 1072: The Devil's Advocate - Jailbreaking Fighter Jets, Social Media Addiction, and Self-Driving Snafus
Nicholas De Leon, Senior electronics reporter and local tech builder. Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, the Digital Jesuit offering ethics and culture from Rome. Sam Abuelsamid, automotive analyst focused on vehicle tech. They riff on jailbreaking fighter jets, social media addiction and legal fallout, AI hype vs hardware, GPS-led delivery fails, robo-taxi crash data, Ring surveillance worries, and weird tech oddities.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 3h 4min
TWiT 1072: The Devil's Advocate - Jailbreaking Fighter Jets, Social Media Addiction, and Self-Driving Snafus
Nicholas De Leon, Consumer Reports electronics reporter; Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, the 'Digital Jesuit' offering ethical and devil's-advocate takes; Sam Abuelsamid, automotive tech analyst specializing in AVs. They dive into jailbreaking fighter jet software, social media use and youth harm debates, AI and voice-cloning risks, Ring surveillance expansion, Amazon van GPS mishaps, and robotaxi safety and EV market shifts.
