Hot Reload

Two friends cut through the noise on the week's biggest tech stories — AI breakthroughs, cybersecurity, big tech drama, and the gadgets shaping our future. Smart takes, real laughs, no fluff.

Hot Reload is a technology podcast hosted by Studio de Harvey, with 16 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Studio de Harvey hosts Hot Reload, a technology show with 16 episodes published.

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  Episode #16

  Ep. 16: Snowden's Archive, ZuckOff, and an AI Near-Miss

  Sep 22, 2026—

  A Hacker News discussion titled "What happened to the Snowden archive" reached 685 points and 522 comments about the current status and accessibility of the archive of documents leaked by Edward Snowden. | ZuckOff, a free app that detects Meta glasses before they can record you, reached 379 points and 334 comments on Hacker News. | Google's threat intelligence group placed an undercover analyst inside TeamPCP, a notorious supply-chain hacking gang, according to Ars Technica. | An AI hallucination about Chinese nuclear components nearly led to a U.S. military attack, while the military's overall use of AI is accelerating, Ars Technica reports. Full episode of Hot Reload.

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  Episode #15

  Ep. 15: Shopify Ditches React Native as UMG and ElevenLabs Let You Remix Its Catalog

  Sep 10, 2026—

  Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin for its mobile apps. | Sony websites contain a list of references to players "owning" their digital games. | Universal Music Group is launching an AI-powered platform with ElevenLabs that will let users draw from its licensed music catalog to create remixes, mashups, and new takes on tracks. | A new federal program is testing electric, hybrid-electric, and autonomous aircraft in Texas before the rules governing this technology have been finalized. Full episode of Hot Reload.

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  Episode #14

  Ep. 14: Stripe Buys the AI Middleman

  Aug 20, 2026—

  OpenRouter, a service that aggregates access to multiple AI models, announced that it is joining the payments company Stripe. | A developer used geometry calculations and CUDA programming to determine the location of a random island. | Meta ran ads on its platforms for an app that promised to nudify female politicians, including one ad with a pornographic deepfake resembling a U.S. politician. | The U.S. FCC voted to stop treating 1 Gbps as a broadband speed goal, arguing the standard should be technologically neutral. Full episode of Hot Reload.

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  Episode #13

  Ep. 13: Your Face on the Tube, Your Text Watermarked, Your Flight Hacked

  Aug 11, 2026—

  Anthropic has disclosed how its AI model Claude marks AI-generated content. | Amazon is backing a power plant that could become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States. | Transport for London has begun scanning passengers’ faces in the London Underground. | The FBI is investigating whether DEF CON attendees staged a fake-hotspot attack on a Delta flight. Full episode of Hot Reload.

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  Episode #12

  Ep. 12: Washington Bans Robots, Mythos Kills HAWK & Your Mac Runs a 26B Model on 2GB

  Jul 30, 2026—

  A Frontier Lab Agent intrusion event from July 2026 is painstakingly disassembled in a timeline analysis. | A government ban on robots could cripple the U.S. robotics industry, sparking debates on policy implications. | A breakthrough attack, Mythos, has disabled a top cryptographic algorithm candidate, HAWK, after several years of testing. | A significant open-source feat allows Gemma 4 26B to run on M-series Macs with just 2 GB RAM. Full episode of Hot Reload.

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