Episodes
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #181 (11/05/2026)
Tech Apps Can Now Try to Stop You From Canceling Subscriptions The FAA is finally phasing out floppy disks from air traffic control - Engadget Lawsuit: Man introduced his wife to ChatGPT. She used it to plan his murder. - Ars Technica Judge says xAI must face NAACP lawsuit on data center…
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #180 (10/22/2026)
Tech Israeli firm used online ads to run vast spy operation, researchers say | Reuters TikTok reportedly bans ads for Musk documentary before its wider US release - Engadget Homeland Security bans DeepSeek use in federal civilian agencies - Engadget Meta tries to scapegoat staff who downloaded...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #179 (10/15/2026)
Tech Flock Safety is reportedly planning major layoffs now that everyone hates it - Engadget Anthropic’s Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police - Ars Technica Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices - Ars Technica YouTube Music rolling out AI...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #178 (10/08/2026)
Tech Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage Driver wins $76 after ALPR led to bogus traffic stop, drug searches - Ars Technica Watch Footage of the Flock Search a Judge Ruled Unconstitutional Apple Now Pushing iPhone Users Still on iOS 26 to Install iOS 27 - MacRumors Skydance...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #177 (10/01/2026)
Tech New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators - Ars Technica Memory executives expect RAM shortage to continue through 2028 - Ars Technica Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline Police may have new ways to access data on...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #176 (09/17/2026)
Tech Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data - Ars Technica AI leaders want to hit the brakes after years of reckless speed - Ars Technica Instagram chief thinks a chronological feed is ‘much worse’ and says the quiet part out loud Charges Against Man Who...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #175 (09/10/2026)
Tech Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time | WIRED Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and chairs - Ars Technica Smear Campaign Says Anti-Flock Movement Is Chinese Propaganda Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus. - Ars...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #174 (09/03/2026)
Tech Cisco probably violated Middle Eastern and Muslim employees’ civil liberties Here’s What Apple is Paying John Ternus to Run the Company Cops Are Asking Axon to Make Their Cameras Look Different From Flock So People Don’t Destroy Them FBI investigates as hackers sell digital scans of 153M...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #173 (08/13/2026)
Tech Zuckerberg’s superyacht ignored emergency channel, failed to aid stranded boat - Ars Technica Salem Brought a Guillotine To Oppose New Data Center. Company Reps Left, Feeling “Unsafe”. - Gadget Review City That Arrested Person for Clapping at Data Center Meeting Moves to Virtual Meetings for...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #172 (08/06/2026)
Tech Google rolls back the needless AI generation tools it added to Google Earth - Engadget Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand SpaceXAI says it will take a year to fully remove unpermitted gas turbines from its Mississippi data center - Engadget Judge…
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #171 (07/16/2026)
Tech Class action accuses Apple of misleading users about Hide My Email’s privacy protections New York enacts first US ban on data center construction - Engadget Meta removes feature that let users generate AI images from public Instagram posts - 9to5Mac Lawsuit claims Meta’s layoff decisions…
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #170 (07/09/2026)
Tech ’Knockoff’ Browser Extension Hides Sketchy Brands on Amazon FTC reaches settlement that brings right-to-repair to John Deere farm equipment - Engadget ’Siri AI’ Lawsuit Update: Apple to Pay Owners of These iPhone Models - MacRumors PSA: Flip these two Instagram toggles now to stop people…
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #169 (05/21/2026)
Tech iPhone 17 Pro Will Make Sports History This Weekend Plex increasing Lifetime Plex Pass cost to whopping $750 - 9to5Mac Kickstarter rolls back its mature content policy after outcry - Engadget X accounts are limited to 50 posts and 200 replies a day unless they pay for a blue checkmark -...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #168 (05/14/2026)
Tech ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir Twin brothers wipe 96 gov’t databases minutes after being fired - Ars Technica DOJ extracts $30m settlement from PayPal over minority-owned business program - Engadget Amazon employees are “tokenmaxxing” due to...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #167 (05/07/2026)
Tech Meta AI will analyze faces of teen users ‘but it’s not face recognition’ Google Chrome takes up 4GB of storage on your computer for AI, if you have space Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and NVIDIA will provide AI tech to Pentagon - Engadget Google’s Pentagon AI deal reportedly drove the...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #166 (04/23/2026)
Tech Judge says White House can’t ‘strong-arm’ Apple into blocking ICE trackers Palantir posted a manifesto that reads like the ramblings of a comic book villain This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright Startups Brag They Spend More Money on AI Than Human Employees...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #166 (04/23/2026)
Tech Judge says White House can’t ‘strong-arm’ Apple into blocking ICE trackers Palantir posted a manifesto that reads like the ramblings of a comic book villain This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright Startups Brag They Spend More Money on AI Than Human Employees...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #165 (04/16/2026)
Tech Bluesky is having some issues in one of its ‘reginos’ YouTube Premium’s US pricing is going up Video shows how to steal $10,000 from locked iPhone in controlled setting - 9to5Mac French government says au revoir Windows, bienvenue Linux A man allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam…
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #165 (04/16/2026)
Tech Bluesky is having some issues in one of its ‘reginos’ YouTube Premium’s US pricing is going up Video shows how to steal $10,000 from locked iPhone in controlled setting - 9to5Mac French government says au revoir Windows, bienvenue Linux A man allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam…
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #164 (04/02/2026)
Tech Apple Says No iPhone in Lockdown Mode Has Ever Been Hacked - MacRumors Iran threatens imminent attacks on US tech companies in the Middle East Don’t Like Your Gmail Email Address? You Can Finally Change It - MacRumors Iran’s hackers are on the offensive against the US and Israel OkCupid gave…
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #164 (04/02/2026)
Tech Apple Says No iPhone in Lockdown Mode Has Ever Been Hacked - MacRumors Iran threatens imminent attacks on US tech companies in the Middle East Don’t Like Your Gmail Email Address? You Can Finally Change It - MacRumors Iran’s hackers are on the offensive against the US and Israel OkCupid gave…
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #163 (03/19/2026)
Tech Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company - Ars Technica This is Android’s new ‘advanced flow’ for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period [Gallery] The Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #163 (03/19/2026)
Tech Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company - Ars Technica This is Android’s new ‘advanced flow’ for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period [Gallery] The Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #162 (03/12/2026)
Tech OpenAI’s head of robotics resigns following deal with the Department of Defense Teamsters urge DOJ to block Paramount’s Warner Bros. merger Google to Provide Pentagon with Gemini-powered AI agents After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes Meta just bought...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #162 (03/12/2026)
Tech OpenAI’s head of robotics resigns following deal with the Department of Defense Teamsters urge DOJ to block Paramount’s Warner Bros. merger Google to Provide Pentagon with Gemini-powered AI agents After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes Meta just bought...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #161 (03/05/2026)
Tech Anthropic refuses to bow to Pentagon despite Hegseth’s threats Anthropic is reportedly back in talks with the Defense Department Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #161 (03/05/2026)
Tech Anthropic refuses to bow to Pentagon despite Hegseth’s threats Anthropic is reportedly back in talks with the Defense Department Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #160 (02/12/2026)
Tech Microsoft will start refreshing Secure Boot certificates in March for Windows 11 and Windows 10 ESU users TikTok US launches a local feed that leverages a user’s exact location Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars Meta turned Threads algorithm complaints into an...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #160 (02/12/2026)
Tech Microsoft will start refreshing Secure Boot certificates in March for Windows 11 and Windows 10 ESU users TikTok US launches a local feed that leverages a user’s exact location Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars Meta turned Threads algorithm complaints into an...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #159 (02/05/2026)
Tech Western Digital unveils massive 40TB HDD with energy-assisted recording tech — plans 100TB HAMR hard drives by 2029 | Tom’s Hardware ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face - Ars Technica FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had…
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #159 (02/05/2026)
Tech Western Digital unveils massive 40TB HDD with energy-assisted recording tech — plans 100TB HAMR hard drives by 2029 | Tom’s Hardware ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face - Ars Technica FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had…
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #158 (01/22/2026)
Tech Microsoft issues emergency fix after a security update left some Windows 11 devices unable to shut down Massive Microsoft 365 outage affects Outlook, Defender, more - 9to5Mac Here’s why Walmart still doesn’t support Apple Pay - 9to5Mac Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #158 (01/22/2026)
Tech Microsoft issues emergency fix after a security update left some Windows 11 devices unable to shut down Massive Microsoft 365 outage affects Outlook, Defender, more - 9to5Mac Here’s why Walmart still doesn’t support Apple Pay - 9to5Mac Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #157 (01/15/2026)
Tech Verizon outage takes down cell service across large parts of the US Verizon Offering $20 Credit After Major Outage, Here’s How to Get It - MacRumors Apple debuts ‘Apple Creator Studio’ subscription, here’s what you get - 9to5Mac Spotify is no longer running ads for ICE Instagram user fights...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #157 (01/15/2026)
Tech Verizon outage takes down cell service across large parts of the US Verizon Offering $20 Credit After Major Outage, Here’s How to Get It - MacRumors Apple debuts ‘Apple Creator Studio’ subscription, here’s what you get - 9to5Mac Spotify is no longer running ads for ICE Instagram user fights...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #156 (01/08/2026)
Tech “Microslop“ trends in backlash to Microsoft’s AI obsession | Windows Central Texans Are Fighting a 6,000 Acre Nuclear-Powered Datacenter ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to an AI that makes things up - Ars Technica Elon Musk’s Grok AI posted CSAM image following safeguard...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #156 (01/08/2026)
Tech “Microslop“ trends in backlash to Microsoft’s AI obsession | Windows Central Texans Are Fighting a 6,000 Acre Nuclear-Powered Datacenter ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to an AI that makes things up - Ars Technica Elon Musk’s Grok AI posted CSAM image following safeguard...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #155 (11/13/2025)
Tech DHS Is Deploying a Powerful Surveillance Tool at College Football Games 2B email addresses and 1.3B passwords compromised in multiple data breaches Apple launches Digital ID feature in Wallet using your passport - 9to5Mac Google will allow ‘experienced users’ to sideload unverified Android...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #155 (11/13/2025)
Tech DHS Is Deploying a Powerful Surveillance Tool at College Football Games 2B email addresses and 1.3B passwords compromised in multiple data breaches Apple launches Digital ID feature in Wallet using your passport - 9to5Mac Google will allow ‘experienced users’ to sideload unverified Android...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #154 (11/06/2025)
Tech US gives local police a face-scanning app similar to one used by ICE agents - Ars Technica FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations Two Windows vulnerabilities, one a 0-day, are under active...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #154 (11/06/2025)
Tech US gives local police a face-scanning app similar to one used by ICE agents - Ars Technica FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations Two Windows vulnerabilities, one a 0-day, are under active...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #153 (10/23/2025)
Tech Amazon’s AWS outage has knocked services like Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, Venmo and more offline Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement - Ars Technica OpenAI suspends Sora depictions of Martin Luther King Jr. following a request from his family OpenAI…
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #153 (10/23/2025)
Tech Amazon’s AWS outage has knocked services like Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, Venmo and more offline Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement - Ars Technica OpenAI suspends Sora depictions of Martin Luther King Jr. following a request from his family OpenAI…
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #152 (10/16/2025)
Tech Apple announces new M5 hardware Apple unveils new 14-inch MacBook Pro powered by M5 chip - 9to5Mac Apple launches new iPad Pro with M5 chip, C1X modem - 9to5Mac Apple unveils M5 chip, the next generation of Apple silicon - 9to5Mac The FCC is trying to make it easier for internet providers to...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #152 (10/16/2025)
Tech Apple announces new M5 hardware Apple unveils new 14-inch MacBook Pro powered by M5 chip - 9to5Mac Apple launches new iPad Pro with M5 chip, C1X modem - 9to5Mac Apple unveils M5 chip, the next generation of Apple silicon - 9to5Mac The FCC is trying to make it easier for internet providers to...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #151 (10/09/2025)
Tech Uber and Lyft drivers in California are able to unionize under new law Taylor Swift Fans Furious as She’s Caught Using Sloppy AI in Video for New Album Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store | The Verge Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’ Former...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #151 (10/09/2025)
Tech Uber and Lyft drivers in California are able to unionize under new law Taylor Swift Fans Furious as She’s Caught Using Sloppy AI in Video for New Album Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store | The Verge Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’ Former...
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #150 (10/02/2025)
Tech Meta announces paid subscriptions for both Instagram and Facebook in the UK Meta won’t allow users to opt out of targeted ads based on AI chats - Ars Technica Neon app to sell your audio calls says it will return after massive security breach Disney reportedly lost 1.7 million paid…
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #150 (10/02/2025)
Tech Meta announces paid subscriptions for both Instagram and Facebook in the UK Meta won’t allow users to opt out of targeted ads based on AI chats - Ars Technica Neon app to sell your audio calls says it will return after massive security breach Disney reportedly lost 1.7 million paid…
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