Well, that was a pleasant surprise: Google has formally endorsed right to repair! Jason not only broke this news but then had a long conversation with Google about why it made the change (spoiler: it was the concerted effort of consumers, activists, and journalists). Jason explains why this change matters in the first part of the show. After the break, Sam takes us through a pretty unusual court case and what it means for online dating. Then in the subscribers-only section, Joseph talks about a new map we just published showing which local police departments and public agencies have invested in the AI surveillance platform Fusus. Is your police department one of them? Take a look.
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A Massive Google Leak
Google Somehow Got Even More Shit
Your Phone's Location is Exposed
Why the Solar Storm Broke Tractors and GPS
Facebook is the 'Zombie Internet'
A Lost Media Mystery
The Humane Ai Pin Is a Disaster
The 'Com World War'
The Wild World of Fake AI Influencers
The Xz Backdoor and the AI Peer-Review Crisis
The Shaky Science of License Plate Readers
Shrimp Jesus
How Hackers Steal Mountains of Oxy and Adderall
The AI-Powered TikTok Hustlers
Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools
Byron Tau on the New U.S. Surveillance State
A Deepfake Nightmare + Vibrator Malware
An Open Source Search Engine to Replace Google
Inside a Fraud Factory
This Is It. The Deepfake Reckoning
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