Podcast Episodes

Meta takes down 63,000 Instagram accounts linked to extortion scams

The accounts primarily targeted American men, according to the company.

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1 year, 7 months ago

New Senate bill empowers victims of deepfake porn. CrowdStrike blames faulty testing software, and drones as first responders in Arizona

The Senate passed a bill empowering victims of intimate deep fakes, CrowdStrike blamed a bug for the worldwide outage on faulty testing software, and…

1 year, 7 months ago

GM shelves the autonomous Cruise Origin shuttle van

The Cruise team will focus on the next-gen Chevy Bolt.

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1 year, 7 months ago

Llama 3.1 released by Meta, Netflix hired former Epic Games exec, and Russia-linked hackers targeted industrial controllers in Ukraine

Llama 3.1 is Meta's latest salvo in the battle for AI dominance, Netflix hired a former Epic Games exec as its new President of Games, and Russia-lin…

1 year, 7 months ago

Another 'missing link' black hole discovered near the center of the galaxy

The intermediate-link black hole is believed to be a seed for supermassive black holes that formed just after the Big Bang.

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1 year, 7 months ago

Delta Airlines is still affected by the Crowdstrike outage, Google isn’t killing third-party cookies in Chrome, and Condé Nast accused Perplexity of plagiarism

The CrowdStrike outage is still affecting Delta Airlines, Google isn’t killing third-party cookies in Chrome after all, and Condé Nast accused AI sea…

1 year, 7 months ago

Boeing and NASA engineers have wrapped up ground tests on the Starliner thruster

Now they just have tons of data to review before the crew can come home.

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1 year, 7 months ago

8.5 million devices affected by Crowdstrike's disastrous update, Rivian opened its first Charging Outpost, and Bethesda Game Studios unionized

Outage caused by CrowdStrike’s disastrous update affected 8.5 million devices, Rivian opened its first Charging Outpost, it’s a crunchy not-gas stati…

1 year, 7 months ago

Meta gives researchers access to Instagram data for teen mental health study

The study is part of a new pilot program with The Center for Open Science.

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1 year, 7 months ago

Faulty cybersecurity update takes out major companies worldwide, Proton Mail has an AI assistant, and NASA scraps VIPER

A faulty cybersecurity update took out banks, airlines and other major companies worldwide, Proton Mail now has a privacy-focused AI writing assistan…

1 year, 7 months ago