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151:31

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #177 (10/01/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/10/02

TechNew 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 locked iPhones - Engadget Gaming PlayStation Wants You to Use Your Controller to Simplify Payments Ubisoft Workers of Montreal Union petition to “preserve hybrid work” secures over 300 signatures Here’s the

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200:32

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #176 (09/17/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/09/18

TechIran 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 Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People University

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184:50

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #175 (09/10/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/09/11

TechWikipedia 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 Technica The Pentagon Asked OpenAI for Artificial Intelligence Designed to Rarely Say No Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution - Ars Technica Apple details how Apple

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179:40

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #174 (09/03/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/09/04

TechCisco 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 drivers licenses MapQuest Tops App Store Charts After Refusing ‘Lake America’ Change - MacRumors Gaming State of Play & State of Play Japan: all announcements, trailers – PlayStation.Blog Sony says

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186:35

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #173 (08/13/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/08/14

TechZuckerberg’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 ‘Public Safety’ Roku Unleashes 24/7 AI Slop Channel Apple is working on a way to authenticate that a photo came from an iPhone camera - 9to5Mac Flock tries to make its cameras harder for cops to misuse -

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174:23

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #172 (08/06/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/08/07

TechGoogle 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 refuses xAI’s request to stop a Minnesota law banning ‘nudify’ apps - Engadget Apple’s ‘Private Relay’ Is Exposing Users’ Real IP Addresses NJ antitrust suit accuses Amazon of unlawfully wielding power over

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150:25

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #171 (07/16/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/07/17

TechClass 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 were made by AI, not humans - Ars Technica Fear of humanoid robots spurs human workers to strike at Hyundai auto factory - Ars Technica Gaming Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced studio Ubisoft Barcelona

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183:16

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #170 (07/09/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/07/10

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 using your face Gaming Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima “really sad” about Sony ending physical disc production, and says lack of media ownership has “frightening” possibilities |

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157:28

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #169 (05/21/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/05/22

TechiPhone 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 - Engadget Meta has reportedly laid off 8,000 employees - Engadget LinkedIn doesn’t want your AI slop anymore - Engadget AI companies and data brokers even resort to fake forms to keep selling our data ArXiv to

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200:01

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #168 (05/14/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/05/15

TechICE 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 pressure to use AI tools Meta employees are protesting the company’s mouse tracking program - Engadget Tech companies lobbied away stricter rules on gas-powered data centers - Engadget A massive AI data center

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194:23

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #167 (05/07/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/05/08

TechMeta 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 DeepMind team to unionize - Engadget Building for the future (Cloudflare layoffs) Coinbase lays off nearly 700 workers in ‘AI-native’ restructuring - Engadget Maryland Lawmakers Press Apple Over Decision to

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184:33

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #166 (04/23/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/04/24

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 Meta is downsizing by about 10 percent Hey Meta workers, are you getting paid for those keystrokes? Apple CEO Tim Cook Stepping Down, John Ternus Taking Over - MacRumors Mastodon was hit by a ‘major’ DDoS

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186:43

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #165 (04/16/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/04/17

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 Altman’s house Two suspects have been arrested for allegedly shooting at Sam Altman’s house NAACP sues xAI over data center pollution Apple Threatened to Pull Grok From App Store Over Sexualized Images -

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206:24

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #164 (04/02/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/04/03

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 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says - Ars Technica Tech giant Oracle makes ‘significant’ job cuts Bluesky’s new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J

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205:28

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #163 (03/19/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/03/20

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 Internet Meta is reportedly planning to cut up to 20 percent of its staff in upcoming layoffs Meta will move away from human content moderators in favor of more AI Trump administration will reportedly get $10

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218:27

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #162 (03/12/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/03/13

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 Moltbook, the social network for AI bots - 9to5Mac YouTube will alert civic leaders and reporters to deepfakes that involve their likeness Bluesky’s CEO is stepping down after nearly 5 years Viral ‘Quittr’

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205:33

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #161 (03/05/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/03/06

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 Fabricated Quotes Meta’s AI display glasses reportedly share intimate videos with human moderators Lawmakers Demand DHS Define ‘Domestic Terrorist’ As It Uses Vast Array of Surveillance Tools CBP Tapped

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218:27

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #160 (02/12/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/02/13

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 official feature Zuckerberg on why Meta should do less safety research: ‘Apple doesn’t study any of this’ - 9to5Mac DOJ may face investigation for pressuring Apple, Google to remove apps for tracking ICE

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202:27

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #159 (02/05/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/02/06

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 Lockdown Mode Enabled Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hacked - Ars Technica Substack CEO informs users of a data breach User blowback convinces Adobe to keep supporting 30-year-old 2D

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145:35

Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #158 (01/22/2026)

Tech Talk Thursdays ·

2026/01/23

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 it will unlock phones - Ars Technica Gaming Marathon’s Recommended System Requirements Have Been Revealed - GameSpot ‘I think we all want that’: Razer CEO claims players are in favour of AI tools in game

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