Netflix is the latest tech company to announce earnings today. And the streaming juggernaut has had an interesting quarter. Plus, when a government agency auctions off radio spectrum so one giant company can own it instead of another, it can have a huge impact on consumers, how we use our mobile devices now, how we might use them in the future, and how we will pay for it. All this will depend in part on upcoming spectrum auctions being put together by the Federal Communications Commission in 2015. 

The Supreme Court hears arguments next week in a case that pits traditional broadcasters against a new service that makes over-the-air TV available on your phone, tablet or computer. We explain the legal arguments and what’s at stake. Plus, Will Oremus, tech blogger at Slate, joins us to talk about Yahoo’s attempt to become the default search engine on Safari for iPhones. Plus, Ben plays Silicon Tally with Quartz corporate reporter John McDuling.

China’s version of Twitter goes public, but there are big concerns over censorship. Nine percent of China’s microblogging traffic disappeared last year due to “big brother” concerns. Plus, Aaron Smith, a senior researcher at Pew’s Internet Project, joins us to talk about American attitudes toward future technologies. Before a company sells for billions of dollars, it starts as an entrepreneur’s big idea, with venture capitalists stepping in somewhere in between. A new study shows VCs are more likely to back companies if the founders are the same ethnicity as the investors.

This week a bunch of big tech companies are announcing earnings. Yahoo rallied yesterday on a good report. Google and IBM announce earnings today. But in the last few weeks there has been a discussion brewing about the tech bubble. With companies and stocks being over-valued, are we in one? Will it pop? Plus, a closer look at environmental damage stemming from the tech industry in Silicon Valley.

Heartbleed is going to cost us a lot of money. A quarter of internet users have stopped or cut way back on online purchases because they’re worried about their data being exposed and IT overtime alone is costing businesses millions right as they desperately attempt to update code and reassure consumers. Plus, why Google bought a company that makes solar powered drones. Also, Lindsey Turrentine, Editor-in-Chief of reviews at CNET, talks about the price of Google Glass and why the company is opening up sales to the public for one day.  

Matthew Green, an assistant research professor at the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute, joins us to talk about reverse heartbleed, and why the flaw in OpenSSL is bigger than we thought. Plus, could we use Bitcoin to organize the internet?

With Passover approaching, we talk with Rabbi Josh Franklin from Temple Beth Elohim about using technology to elevate worship. Plus a look at tech companies and the stock market. Finally, Nitasha Tiku, co-editor of Valleywag, stops by to play Silicon Tally, our weekly wrap up the week in tech news.  

With the Energy Committee meeting to discuss the reliability and security of the electric grid, University of Alaska Physics Professor David Newman joins us to talk about his study on right-sizing the power grid to prevent regional blackouts. We also take a look at how Bitcoin users should file their taxes. Plus, more on why the OpenSSL security flaw is called Heartbleed and why we should be shoring up software infrastructure

On Wednesday, lawmakers in Washington will consider the massive $45 billion deal to merge Comcast and Time Warner Cable. It is the beginning of a long regulatory road for the country’s two largest cable providers. If the deal goes through, it could have a big impact on everyone from startup founders to low income citizens who want access to the internet. Plus, It might be time to get excited about what new technology – from computers to algorithms that recognize patterns in raw data – can do for the study of our fellow members of the animal kingdom. Denise Herzing is the director of the Wild Dolphin Project, which is using a new device to study dolphin interaction called a Cetacean Hearing Telemetry Device, or CHAT.