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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…
10 hours 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 week 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 weeks ago
PU 35: The Horror of Computerised War
How the Pentagon switched decision making from humans to machines. And what it means for the future that computers now decide who lives and dies.
Punc…
3 weeks ago
PU 34: Scam Altman
A deep dive on investigative journalist Ronan Farrow’s profile of Sam Altman’s leadership at OpenAI. The piece lays bare many of the enduring issues …
4 weeks ago
PU 33: The Stop Nick Shirley Act
YouTuber Nick Shirley says California’s proposed AB2624 law was made to stop him and other independent journalists from reporting on fraud. How much …
1 month ago
PU 32: Germany's Digital Strategy Is Absolutely Bonkers
Driven by a national delusion that Germans are somehow naturally very bad at digital technology, the country’s government is rushing headfirst into a…
1 month, 1 week ago
PU 31: NASA’s Artemis II Mission
Depending who you ask, NASA’s new mission to the moon was either the scientific breakthrough of the century or an utterly boring waste of money. Whic…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
PU 30: Aviation and the War in Iran
The war in Iran is having a tremendous impact on the aviation industry. An underreported detail is what happens when your flight deviates around the …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
PU 29: The State of Star Trek
With the cancellation of Starfleet Academy, there is no Star Trek series in active production for the first time in a decade. Why is that and what d…
2 months ago