Weekly News Roundup Podcast

Meta bought the platform that allowed AI bots to talk among themselves…are these the robot friends Mark Zuckerberg was talking about last year? We also look at other stories in privacy, security, and technology. #moltbook #meta #weeklynewsroundup All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/your-future-ai-friends Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch:...

Anthropic and and OpenAI are sparing over military contracts surrounding surveillance while new research can deanonymize people online. We look at this and many other stories in privacy, security, and tech business. #weeklynewsroundup #openai #onlineprivacy All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/you-cant-hide-from-ai-surveillance Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinu...

As states and countries roll out age verification laws, applications and operating systems are rolling out age checks. We also look at news related to privacy, security, and business. #weeklynewsroundup #ageverification #discord All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/global-age-attestation-deployment Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https:/...

AI increasingly needs data centers which in turn need many community resources. As a result, costs of power, water, and everything related computers is vastly increasing in costs. Are you happy to pay the AI tax? #weeklynewsroundup #ai #taxes All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/the-ai-tax Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.swi...

Discord will limit all accounts until they are confident of your age, while the rest of the world is trying it’s hardest to collect every bit of information about you as it can. Also, one police department turned off the flock cameras after abuse from the company. #discord #surveillance #weeklynewsroundup All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/id-and-data-surveillance-network Support Switc...

This weekly news roundup looks at new ai powered health startups and the dangers of them. We will talk about the impacts on HIPPA and data collection. #ai #healthcare #hippa All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/dystopic-health-startups Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Sup...

Google has settled several privacy lawsuits over this last year while denying any guilt over the issue. We look at several cases and the fees they are paying to settle these cases. #privacy #google #settlements All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/privacy-violations-settled-without-guilt Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switc...

OpenAI says they are running out of money, yet they are investing seed money for Sam Altman’s Human-AI Interfacing company. Are they putting out the need for money to justify ads in ChatGPT? #openai #chatgpt #advertising All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/openai-budget-psyop Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux....

Smart tech is being forced in many places and today we talk about smart features in refrigerators and toilets. Are these necessary? #ai #smarthome #privacy All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/watching-your-food-coming-and-going Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: h...

This week in the Weekly News Roundup we look at a PA case where the court sides with a reverse keyword warrant. Also, we talk some AI regulation. All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/pennsylvania-rejects-the-fourth-amendment Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: https...