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TechGrumps
by TechGrumps
Angry people going on about technology. The UK is the home of grumpness and we frankly do it so well… So we gather together a small group of sometimes grumpy people to discuss the bad aspects of technology
Episodes
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Techgrumps 3.44 - My Nuclear Bunker is too woke
Techgrumps 3.44 AI section AI may make software more secure against government hacking https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/how-ai-could-make-it-harder-for-governments-to-use-hacking-tools/ Nvidia buys Hugging Face...
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Techgrumps 3.43 - Loaded Laptops at Dawn
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...
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Techgrumps 3.42:: Three thefts don't make a right
AI section Munich court decision on AI Overviews/Google https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/ Youtube is cooked https://youtu.be/PUSY6mtqQDI?si=hYrLuhz8_BtzUiPO SpaceX goes public Code Reveals Meta...
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Techgrumps 3.41: The KardashElons of AI
Techgrumps 3.41 AI roundup AI elites don't get it https://www.404media.co/podcast-elites-just-dont-get-ai/ Mathematicians worries https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/mathematicians-warn-of-ai-threats-to-profession-as-industry-encroaches/ Pope Leo Warns of Risks From A.I....
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techgrumps 3.40 - Teletubbies vision of judge dredd
Techgrumps 3.40 AI round up All Birds Sam Altman vs Elon Musk over OpenAI Mocking Richard Dawkins: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/05/richard-dawkins-ai-consciousness-anthropic-claude-openai-chatgpt Apple pays $250m fine...
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Techgrumps 3.39 - Mythos only for the elite
TechGrumps 3.39 : Mythos only for the elite AI round table Open claw and the separation of concerns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKqrmS6dKDg Esquire AI generates an actor who couldn't make their schedule for an interview...
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techgrumps 3.38 - The bettification of everything
Techgrumps 3.38 AI roundup Comparing and showing diffs of the openai mission statement over time, https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/openai-mission-statement/ DE]The new web is markdown https://blog.cloudflare.com/markdown-for-agents/ Agentic AI taking on the engineered process friction...
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Techgrumps 3.37 - AI Discussions sandboxed for your security
Techgrumps 3.37 - AI Discussions sandboxed for your security The AI Skills Hub is a bit lightweight. https://aiskillshub.org.uk/ Anthropic has invested 1.5M in the Python Software Foundation https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/13/anthropic-invests-15-million-in-the-python-software-foundation-a/...
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Techgrumps 3.36 - Men are weird: The Return of the Glasshole
Techgrumps 3.36 Mozilla, Firefox and AI https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/mozillas-new-ceo-says-ai-is-coming-to-firefox-but-will-remain-a-choice/ The return of smart glasses and wearables…
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TechGrumps 3.3.5: - Bless The TechGrumps (Special holiday special)
Techgrumps 3.3.5 (Special holiday special) Hannah: is grumpy about marketers using "GEO" or "Generative Engine Optimisation" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/10/is-retail-ready-for-ai-shaking-up-how-we-shop?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Ian is grumpy about how social is eroding…
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Techgrumps 3.34 - ChatGPT is not my wingman
Techgrumps 3.34 Local council cyberattacks https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526106/Annual-costs-of-Hackney-ransomware-attack-exceed-12m https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2w43ry5lo Planes patches https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gp9d28p74o The iOS of Android and the problems...
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Techgrumps 3.33 : Removing the final step in captilism, removing the consumer
Techgrumps 3.33 AI browsers, WTF? https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/10/31/the-gated-web/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountains_of_Paradise Amazon goes down, what next? https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/10/24/its-always-dns/ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5y8k7k6v1rt Python...
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Techgrumps 3.32 : Your illegal, racially motivated stops will go more smoothly
Techgrums 3.32 UK Digital ID https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/09/26/the-absurdity-card/ Christie’s has quietly shuttered its digital art department https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-scraps-digital-art-department-2685784 Age verification and online safety...
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Techgrumps 3.31: 10000 steps of Gemini's love language
Techgrumps 3.31 My wearable says please stand-up https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2025/06/24/rfk-jr-wants-a-wearable-on-your-wrist-00419190 Switzerland releases a public LLM https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/770646/switzerland-ai-model-llm-open-apertus AI is a 4...
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Techgrumps 3.30 : We did if for the children
Techgrumps 3.30 UK's online safety act requires users to verify their age for adult content VPN usage massively up! - https://mashable.com/article/proton-vpn-uk-age-verification-signups The gated internet - https://reason.com/2025/07/28/the-age-gated-internet-is-here/...
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Techgrumps 3.29: Please verify your AI partner
Techgrumps 3.29 The Fediverse and Bluesky https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/27/revival/ World Orb launches in the UK https://eandt.theiet.org/2025/06/09/sam-altmans-eyeball-scanning-device-designed-tell-humans-bots-arrives-uk https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66128111 AI Boyfriends...
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Techgrumps 3.28 - If no-one monetizes no-one HAS to monetize
Techgrumps 3.28 AI chatbots lie saying they are licensed therapists Open letter to Keir Starmer about technological sovereignty Self-hosting is Sovereignty? AOB Andor Dr Who F You Very Much: Understanding the Culture of Rudeness Fediforum 2025 PublicSpaces conference 2025 ToS for Starlink
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Techgrumps 3.27 - The New Frankenstien, Virturally corpse free
Techgrumps Can't remove the Meta AI button from WhatsApp NAS DRM on hard drives? The Vatican guide to AI Digital Legacy and victim sentencing GDS playbook for AI Ryans Enshittification corner Duolingo flys too close to the sun Discord looking to IPO AOB (any other business) Surveillance tips for...
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Techgrumps 3.26 - Its like being in a whirlpool of apps
Techgrumps 3.26 NHS prescription app Vape-o-gotchi Pebble is a sign of the times AOB Torturing AI to get better results AI being used for avoiding whale collisions Mozilla Global Festival Nov 2025 in Barcelona Shelfies
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Techgrumps 3.25.r3 When the bed is moving at 2am
Techgrumps 3.25 Secret UK order tells Apple to give up their users data HP is acquiring Humane for $116 million Computational Photography/capture, is getting boring and flattering everything My bed is spying on me AOB: Any other business Cory Doctorows's The Bezzle Ian's Framework 13 laptop Long...
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Techgrumps 3.24: They only care about AIs with purchase decisions
Techgrumps 3.24 Meta is changing things up, again. Pebble source code is open and promises good things DeepSeek (because everyone else is) $Trump memecoin Any other business Outdraw AI Framework laptop Wendy is playing live!
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Techgrumps 3.23 - Bluesky clubbing and dumpster diving
Fediverse discussion End of clubbing & raving? Dumpster diving? Any Other Business Privacy, cars and e*** m*** https://ingredifind.co.uk Honey Influencer Scam
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Techgrumps 3.22.5 - The 2024 Holiday special
Techgrumps 3.22.5 (2024 holiday special) Verbal review of Vapiano Great Portland Street, London Ed Zitron's very long rant House of Lords debate about AI scraping and Robots.txt Earl Pomerantz, "Your Presents Are Requested" presented by the Techgrumps Any other business Chrome stopping common and...
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Techgrumps 3.22 - Margo Robbie Explains the Fediverse
Techgrumps 3.22 The end of twitter again? The demise of 23andMe The top ten grossing films of this year are all sequels? AOB
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Techgrumps 3.21 - The Token Sceptic
Techgrumps 3.21 Sam Altman and that Worldcoin Digital legacy and death in the age of the internet and before The whole Webarchive/archive issue Russia fines Google more money than exists Any other business The Divide - A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions - by Jason Hicke TFL...
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Techgrumps 3.20 – We can remember it for you wholesale in the poohniverse
The techgrumps are back into the swing of things, feeling the pumpkin spice and considering its effect on the tech industry. Of course theres a bit of diversion to the poohniverse… Oh yes, oooh-errr! The grumps this time include the voices of Ian Forrester, David Eastman, Wendy Grossman and Ryan...
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Techgrumps 3.19 – Creating the Torment Nexus
The techgrumps are back from a busy summer holiday, straight into the nexus of tech news. The grumps this time include the voices of Ian Forrester, Wendy Grossman, Andy Piper and Ryan Alexander. As they rant and rave about the monthly tech stories.With that great quote from Jon Stewart. “Your…
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Techgrumps 3.18 – Down The Stack
The techgrumps are back with a slew of mainly AI stories as they parse through the electronic chaff and wheat. The grumps this time include the tones of Ian Forrester, Wendy Grossman, David Eastman and Andy Piper. as they reflect on the monthly tech stories. Enjoy the mp3 audio and share with...
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Techgrumps 3.17 – The 5 stages of AI grief
As the Techgrumps take a very deep calm breath now elections in the UK are out the way… But with the recent glut of AI stories, its time for more grumpiness. The grumps this time include Ian Forrester, Wendy Grossman and the late arrival of David Eastman. musing over recent (mainly AI) stories....
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Techgrumps 3.16 – Guaranteed Fediverse free
Techgrumps is back in grumpy style without ever mentioning the Fediverse. Its hard work! This time Ian Forrester and Ryan Alexander. Ponder over recent AI stories. Enjoy the mp3 audio and share with others. Remember to use the #techgrumps on any social networks you maybe using to message us or...
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Techgrumps 3.15 – The arson for profit zone
Techgrumps is back in a grumpy tik-tok style. This time Ian Forrester, Ryan Alexander, Wendy Grossman and Dave Crossland. Rethink some lesser known stories in the tech space this month. Enjoy the mp3 audio and share with others. Remember to use the #techgrumps on any social networks you maybe…
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Techgrumps 3.14 – AI Arbitrage
Techgrumps is back with its classic grumpy style. This time Ian Forrester, Ryan Alexander, Brian Suda and Andy Piper. Chomp away at the key stories in the tech space this month. Enjoy the mp3 audio and share with others. Remember to use the #techgrumps on any social networks you maybe using to...
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Techgrumps 3.13 – Its humans all the way up and down
The techgrumps are back with a whole new level of AI grumping. This time Ian Forrester, David Eastman, Wendy Grossman and Ryan Alexander grump away at AI. Hopefully future AI isn’t scooping up this discussion? Oops! Topic discussed this month OpenAI effectively functions as a new priesthood The...
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Techgrumps 3.12 – Its all enshittification
Back again like the renegade masters, spreading grumpiness across the already downhearted tech sector. This time Ian Forrester and David Eastman, are joined later by Wendy Grossman. Enjoy the mp3 audio and share with others. Remember to use #techgrumps on any social networks you maybe using to...
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Techgrumps 3.11 – Big PostOffice
Back for 2024, of course the techgrumps wish you a grumpy new year! Straight back from the festive period and our xmas special. However there is so much to be grumpy about… This time Ian Forrester and David Eastman are joined by Wendy Grossman, Ryan Alexander and new guest for series 3, Brian…
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Angry people going on about technology.
The UK is the home of grumpness and we frankly do it so well…
So we gather together a small group of sometimes grumpy people to discuss the bad aspects of technology
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