Hosted by Morgrain · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 222 episodes
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The future is built on code, chaos, and controversy. Tech Takedown is your essential weekly briefing on the biggest stories rocking Big Tech. We cut through the corporate noise to analyze the real impact of AI breakthroughs, software failures, and major industry decisions. Get fact-checked deep dives and critical commentary on everything from Google’s latest models to the market’s biggest blunders.
Morgrain hosts Tech Takedown - The Algorithm's Edge, a news show with 222 episodes published.
They pledged billions to fight racism. Then they fired the people hired to stop their AI from being racist. 🤖⚖️ We investigate the AI Civil Rights Crisis. We break down the "Dual Narrative" of Silicon Valley: the 2020 p
It took millions of years to build the Alps. It took five minutes to wipe a village off the map. 🏔️💥 We investigate The Great Melt. We break down the Blatten Disaster of May 2025, where the collapse of the Birch Glacie
It was a $9 billion lie that put patients' lives at risk. 🩸🦄 We investigate the Theranos Fraud. We break down the tragedy of Ian Gibbons, the chief scientist who took his own life rather than testify to a lie. We expos
It was the greatest liberation in history. But for 50 years, science forgot to check what it did to the brain. 💊🧠 We investigate the Neuroscience of Birth Control. We break down the work of Dr. Sarah Hill, revealing th
It’s not just a speaker. It’s a microphone with a human on the other end. 🏠👁️ We investigate Amazon's Smart Home Security Failures. We break down the terrifying Ring Camera Hacks, where strangers spoke to children in t
We used to just read the brain. Now we can write to it. 🧠🔌 We investigate the BCI Revolution. We break down the breakthrough of Gert-Jan Oskam, the paralyzed man who walked again thanks to a "Digital Bridge" that wirel
He spent 70 years watching the world. Now he's telling us how it ends. 🌍🎙️ We investigate David Attenborough's Final Warning. We break down his "Witness Statement" from A Life on Our Planet, tracing the collapse of glo
She spent 20 years in prison for 'killing' her four babies. Then science found the gene that actually did it. 🧬🔓 We investigate the Kathleen Folbigg exoneration. We break down the clash between "Meadow's Law" (statisti
It’s the second most common element in the universe. But on Earth, it’s vanishing. 🎈📉 We investigate the Global Helium Scramble. We break down the "Helium Cliff"—the crisis caused by the privatization of the US Federal
New York to London in 3.5 hours. But at what cost? ✈️💸 We investigate Boom Supersonic and their flagship jet, Overture. We break down the promise to revive the "Golden Age" of the Concorde without the failures. We analy
It started with four words: "How can I help?" 🌴💸 We investigate the Miami Tech Boom. We break down the viral moment when Mayor Francis Suarez responded to a VC's tweet proposing to move Silicon Valley to Florida. We ex
It’s not a battery. It’s a rock on a string. 🏗️🔋 We investigate Gravity Storage and the startup Energy Vault. We break down the solution to the "Duck Curve"—the dangerous gap between solar production (day) and energy d
Before Spotify, we had the MP3 blog. ✝️🎧 We investigate the chaotic rise of Bloghouse. We break down the era where Justice, Uffie, and A-Trak blurred the line between indie rock and electronic music. We expose the "Wild
The robot is lost. It has no GPS. It must decide: return home or die trying? 🤖🕳️ We investigate the DARPA Subterranean Challenge. We break down the tech behind the "Cerberus" team's victory, exploring SLAM (Simultaneou
He was eating spicy corn chips. They were a nuclear power. He won. 🍿🇰🇵 We investigate the story of P4x, the independent hacker who single-handedly took down North Korea's internet. We break down how he was targeted by
They don't just hack your phone. They call you to help them do it. 📱📞 We investigate the evolution of Mobile Banking Fraud. We break down the rise of "Hybrid Attacks"—a deadly combination of "Vishing" (Voice Phishing)
900 million users. One arrest. The myth of privacy. ✈️🔒 We investigate the arrest of Pavel Durov in Paris (August 2024). We break down the reality of Telegram's Encryption, revealing that unlike Signal or WhatsApp, Tele
You smoked three weeks ago. You are sober. You are arrested. 🌿🚓 We investigate the Scientific Failure of Cannabis DUI Laws. We break down the flaw of "Per Se" Limits (like the 5ng/mL rule), which treats THC exactly lik
They asked him if he was vegetarian. Then they ruined his career. 💻🍛 We investigate Caste Discrimination in the US Tech industry. We break down the landmark Cisco Lawsuit, where a Dalit engineer was harassed and isolat
He built Google with index cards. 🗂️🌍 We investigate the Mundaneum, the "Google of Paper" created by Belgian visionary Paul Otlet. We break down his 1934 blueprint for a global information network that used telegraphs
Sarah Hill
author of The Period Brain: The Science of Why We PMS and How to Fix It · Change the Chamber Lobby for Climate
1 appearance on this show
Francis Suarez
Mayor of Miami, Florida · City of Miami
1 appearance on this show
Keith Rabois
Managing Director · Khosla Ventures
1 appearance on this show
Peter Thiel
Former CEO · Palantir Technologies
1 appearance on this show
Pavel Durov
CEO · Telegram
1 appearance on this show
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