In the age of AI, where personal data fuels corporate profits and state surveillance, what are the implications for democracy? This incisive book You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem: Renegotiating the Socio-Technical Contract (Policy Press, 2025) explores the unspoken agreement we have with tech companies. In exchange for reducing the anxiety of an increasingly complex online world, we submit to algorithmic classification and predictability. This reduces incentives for us to become “algorithmic

The global annual costs associated with cybersecurity are forecasted to reach a staggering 10.5 trillion by the end of 2025. Despite this immense financial backdrop, 80% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) believe they operate with insufficient budgets to ensure robust security measure, contributing to an overwhelming 88% of CISOs functioning in moderate to high-stress conditions. This pressure is compounded by enterprises exacerbating the perceived talent shortage through misaligned

A conversation regarding the latest developments and the possibility of a timeframe for adding Monero with Chad Barraford!

Bloomberg Tech's Caroline Hyde discusses the growing China-US trade tensions as President Donald Trump gets set to meet China's Xi Jinping. Plus, billions of dollars in the crypto markets disappear as altcoins fall. And, Apple gets into touch with plans to revamp its MacBook lineup with touch displays.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HyImpulse has raised €15 million in a Series A funding round and secured an additional €30 million in financing. Indra Group has signed two new contracts with the European Space Agency that aim to reinforce Spain’s and Europe’s position in space surveillance and satellite navigation. Lockheed Martin is reportedly offering NASA to change their contract for Orion to a commercial transportation option, and more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to

Send us a text Watch the video! https://youtu.be/sEfhHq3it_U In the News blog post for October 24, 2025 https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2025/10/in-the-news801.html 00:00 Thank you LIT SOFTWARE for sponsoring this episode! 00:43 Boring But Powerful Charts 07:40 Old iPad, New Chip 11:27 In the Vision! The Crown of the Dorks 21:16 Ultra Face Palm 25:27 Air Ball? 31:36 Thank you LIT SOFTWARE for sponsoring this episode! 41:54 26.1 Around the Corner 45:13 Shattering Glass 50:34 Photobomb 53:22...

In this episode of Untangling Web3, blockchain researcher and educator Keir Finlow-Bates returns to unpack one of the most critical debates in modern finance—the rise of stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). As digital assets evolve from niche tools for traders into core infrastructure for global payments, this conversation explores how blockchain-based money systems are reshaping the way value moves, who controls it, and what the next era of programmable finance might look

Watch on YouTube Listen on Spotify or Apple PodcastsI got together with China expert Jordan Schneider to understand his view on the new phase of the US-China competition. Both countries are using trade policy, export controls and industrial strategy to shift the balance of global power. Just earlier this month, China rolled out its toughest-ever curbs on rare earths and related tech. Yet, the US and China economies remain tightly bound. Jordan and I sit down to make sense of this. Jump to the best

In this episode, we are joined by Rep. Jay Obernolte, one of Congress’s leading voices on AI policy. We discuss his path from developing video games to serving in Congress (00:49), the work of the bipartisan House Task Force on AI and its final report (9:39), competing approaches to designing AI regulation in Congress (16:38), and prospects for federal preemption of state AI legislation (40:32).Congressman Obernolte has represented California’s 23rd district since 2021. He co-chaired the

Send us a text This is an episode of our weekly tech talk broadcast by Refresh Computers. In this episode, David Leavitt explains the reasons behind the surging prices of computer ram and storage devices such as SSD's and flash drives. Also, the latest on Google's Willow Quantum Processor and how it changes the game for everyone. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RefreshComputers/ Track us on X at https://x.com/RefreshStores

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Sam Altman says ChatGPT will start to have erotic chats with interested adults 2) Also, more sycophancy? 3) Is sycophancy the lost love language 4) Is erotic ChatGPT good for OpenAI’s business? 5) Is erotic ChatGPT a sign that AGI is actually far away? 6) OpenAI’s latest business metrics revealed 7) Google’s AI contributes to cancer discovery 8) Anthropic’s Jack Clark on AI becoming self aware 9) Is Zuck

🙌 You can listen to BCR on your favorite podcast platform YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts🔥 Join the BCR English language Telegram group to continue the conversationOlá pessoal!Today we’re talking to Qin En Looi, Managing Partner at Onigiri Capital and Partner at Saison Capital, about why his Singapore-based venture fund is making a major bet on Brazil’s tokenization and stablecoin ecosystem.Backed by Credit Saison, a 75-year-old Japanese financial institution with US$30 billion in assets,

We have two topical issues on this episode - Migration and Global Student Protests. 1) Are we all Immigrants, Occupants or Settlers? 2) What happened to the idealism and passion of Nigerian Students? Ekene Ezeji and Ayisha Osori tackle these hydra-headed topics that plague Nigeria, Africa and the global community. The politics of migration is not just abroad, it is also at home in Nigeria. Similarly, the idealism and passion usually exhibited by students and young people always seems to get hijacked

In this episode, I chat with Dirk-jan Mollema, the legendary researcher behind some of the most important discoveries in Microsoft identity security. We go deep into how curiosity led him from tinkering with web tools to uncovering one of the biggest Entra ID vulnerabilities ever found. He shares the story behind the CVE that rocked the cloud world, the stress of realizing what he’d uncovered, and the mindset that drives his relentless research. If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to find a

On this episode of The MacRumors Show, we talk through Apple's all-new M5 chip and the three updated devices it announced containing it this week. Apple this week announced the M5 chip, featuring improved performance and efficiency with a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU. Apple says the M5 chip offers up to 15% faster CPU performance and up to 45% faster graphics, compared to the M4 chip. It also contains a next-generation GPU architecture optimized for AI tasks, Neural Accelerators for each core, a

Nik and Michael discuss lightweight locks in Postgres — how they differ to (heavier) locks, some occasions they can be troublesome, and some resources for working out what to do if you hit issues. Here are some links to things they mentioned:Wait Events of Type LWLock https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/monitoring-stats.html#WAIT-EVENT-LWLOCK-TABLEOur episode on (heavier) locks https://postgres.fm/episodes/locksNik’s new marathon posts

In this episode, Rob Aragao sits down with futurist Heather Vescent to explore how strategic foresight can be applied to cybersecurity. Heather explains what it means to be a futurist—blending creativity with analytical research—and shares her journey from Silicon Valley to becoming a leader in foresight methodologies. She discusses her early work on the future of money, digital identity, and how that naturally led her into cybersecurity. Together, they dive into topics such as spiral dynamic...

Introduction: In this episode, we dive into the evolving landscape shaped by AI’s impact across multiple sectors. First, we explore how the phrase "supply constrained" has become the new holy grail this earnings season, as Big Tech’s aggressive GPU stockpiling creates a two-speed economy—fueling profits while throttling supply chains and widening the divide between AI-driven industries and traditional sectors. Next, we take a closer look at the graphic design industry, where AI is replacing

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