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PU 45: The Iran Peace Deal is Over
Why did the memorandum of understanding and the ceasefire in the conflict between the United States and Iran fail? And why and how is the war escalat…
1 day, 1 hour ago
PU 44: Temporary Chat Control Passes with EU Parliament Minority
A majority of European Members of Parliament have again rejected the EU’s scheme to spy on the private digital communications of its citizens. But a …
1 week, 1 day ago
PU 43: The Vehicle Kill Switch Law
Dissecting Biden’s 2021 law that will require cars in the US to monitor drivers and to turn themselves off if the AI thinks the driver is impaired. I…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
PU 42: Why Podcasts Matter
In this somewhat different episode, I explain my passion for podcasting, try to give an overview of what constitutes a podcast (technically and in sp…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
PU 41: The Iran Peace Deal
An analysis of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the US and Iran. What does it mean for the future of world politics and how has it b…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
PU 40: The First Trillionaire
The company pulling off the most successful IPO in the history of stock exchanges, SpaceX, is losing money hand over fist. And its promised future mo…
1 month ago
PU 39: The Dead Internet Theory Was Right
Are humans on the internet being pushed out by bots? Is this a lunatic fringe conspiracy theory or does Cory Doctorow’s thesis of enshittification ac…
1 month, 1 week ago
PU 38: Is Chat Control Finally Dead?
The EU’s attempt to assume that all of its citizens are guilty of crimes and to then scan all of their communications is finally dead. But the danger…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
PU 37: How Not to Report an Aviation Accident
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashed into a hill near Wuzhou in 2022, killing 132 people. What do we know about this Boeing 737 crash and what …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
PU 36: Dire Straits of Hormuz
The Straits of Hormuz are closed, blocking about 20% of oil shipments from reaching the global economy. But what does closed actually mean?
Punching U…
2 months ago