Weekly News Roundup Podcast

Tech CEOs are making the argument that people behave better when under surveillance, arguing we need surveillance to make better citizens, and government employees have the White House app automatically and permanently installed to their government issued phones. We also look at several articles on privacy, security, and business. #surveillance #whitehouse #dirtyfrag All Articles: https://switched...

Google releases more details on the upcoming rollout of the developer verification and more password manager data leaks from third parties. We also look at news related to privacy, security, and business. #android #idverification #electricity All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/the-end-of-android-is-nigh Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch:...

Illinois proposes a bill to hold AI companies harmless on large events. Also, an Ed-Tech company is sued for allegedly monetizing student data. We also look at several quick headlines in privacy and technology. #AI #edtech #costofliving All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/ai-harmless-for-mass-casualty Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: htt...

Meta attempted to add facial recognition into glasses and they are not dealing with fraud on their servers to make more money. We also look at how AI is making it hard to know what’s real and what’s fake. #weeklynewsroundup #meta #ai All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/is-meta-evil Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedto...

People are getting fed up with AI and in some cases, research shows it is now more expensive to run your business with AI than it is people since it is more error prone. We also look at articles relating to privacy, security, and business in technology. #WeeklyNewsRoundup #ai #ring All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/ai-is-losing-favor Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switc...

California’s Age Attestation law adds a carve out for Linux and other open source operating systems. Does this carve out even matter if protecting kids is the real issue? We also look at cases of AI not being helpful. #Weeklynewsroundup #ageverification #ai All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/california-linux-carve-out Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals...

Google is ending search as we know it this summer as Eric Schmidt’s dream of Google telling us the answer to our question goes live. Will this help us or hurt us? We also look at the trump phone controversy and other articles related to technology, security, and privacy. #WeeklyNewsRoundup #google #trumpphone All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/internet-searching-dies-this-summer Suppor...

Google silently makes changes to the reCaptcha system that will force some users to have an approved smartphone certified by them. They are slowly starting to control the whole Internet. We also look at articles related to security, technology, and privacy. #weeklynewsroundup #recaptcha #iot All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/recaptcha-goes-totalitarian Support Switched to Linux! 👥 lo...

Technology has failed our students, and today we look at educational and privacy failures of ed tech. We also look at news related to privacy, security, and technology. #weeklynewsroundup #edtech #education All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/get-technology-out-of-school Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com...

The Supreme Court hears case on Geofence warrants while congress introduces the Surveillance Accountability Act. We also look at why we need parental digital neglect laws. #WeeklyNewsRoundup #geofence #smartphones All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/this-bill-is-so-good-it-will-never-pass Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.swi...

Mythos is a dangerous model which Anthropic will not release…but it has been breached by third party tools. #mythos #anthropic #cybersecurity Full Stream: https://rumble.com/v78wihm-the-myth-of-mythos-weekly-news-roundup.html All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/the-myth-of-mythos Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtoli...

Should we setup our kids digital lives or let them do it at the right time? We also look at security and privacy news in technology. #proton #digitalfuture #weeklynewsroundup All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/preparing-our-childrens-digital-future Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.l...

The FBI warns us about using foreign apps to protect our personal data even though American companies are bigger offenders, and Apple and Samsung dive into RCS, meaning most text messages now go through Google servers. #apps #rcs #weeklynewsroundup All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/the-danger-is-in-the-house Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 M...

Today we look at the overuse of AI and ask if a chatbot would be make a better boss than a human, but the therapists asked that about an AI girlfriend. We look at these and the news related to privacy and security. #AI #weeklynewsroundup #privacy All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/your-boss-is-an-ai-chatbot Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Mer...

The government is still buying location and other advertising data from big tech companies mostly populated by the apps we use. We also look at Walmart’s new patent for digital price changes. #bigdata #weeklynewsroundup #surgepricing All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/government-data-buys Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.sw...

Governments are now pushing ads for wearable health tech while the robots have arrived for battle. We look at these and several other news stories for the week. #wearables #robots #ai All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/the-techno-medical-complex Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/a...

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...