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Aug 11, 2026 58 min

Techgrumps 3.43 - Loaded Laptops at Dawn

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Techgrumps AI section OpenAI "rogue AI" hacks Hugging Face: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/22/openai-cyberattack/ Elon Musk interview at the Economist https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-economist-interview-2000790016?ICID=ref_fark) SpaceX stock has touched $113 since IPO Distillation: Chinese distilling AI? https://substack.com/home/post/p-208341933 Claude users may not know their chats were indexed,,like many others before it https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5qgjk5ywo Cory Doctorow on his book tour talking AI sense https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/22/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence NEWS toot.community shutting down): https://social.jorijn.com/@jorijn/statuses/01KYN00AP3NCZXCFB96KQB8GN2 https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-for-communities/) Polymarket damage: https://stephenfollows.com/p/what-just-happened-to-thenumberscom-should-worry-us-all VPN bans overturned for now https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-drops-vpn-restrictions-online-safety Distress pins https://www.pcmag.com/news/grapheneos-defends-data-wiping-function-that-blocked-us-border-search https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26786599/ AOBs Ian's talk from EMFCamp https://media.ccc.de/v/emf2026-151-1-have-you-thought-about-your-digital-legacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5ZCeuT7G8 Marqus Brownlee reviews Framework 13 pro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xjxwl1zLMc

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Techgrumps 3.43 - Loaded Laptops at Dawn

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  1. 0:00 Introductions
  2. 0:55 AI round up
  3. 12:43 toot.community shut down
  4. 24:20 Polymarket damage
  5. 31:59 VPN bans overturned?
  6. 40:11 Man wipes phone at USA boarder
  7. 49:35 AOB and goodbyes

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