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Weekly News Roundup Podcast

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About this podcast

The official podcast for the Switched to Linux Weekly News Roundup. The WNR Podcast is the full version of our show including comments. We cover privacy, security, and business news as it relates to our daily life in technology. Support the podcast at: https://switchedtolinux.com/support/monthly-support

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Unknown Host hosts Weekly News Roundup Podcast.

Recent episodes

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California Linux Carve Out

Jun 3, 20261h 16mEp. 21S2026

California’s Age Attestation law adds a carve out for Linux and other open source operating systems. Does this carve out even matter if protecting kids is the real issue? We also look at cases of AI not being helpful. #W

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Internet Searching Dies This Summer

May 27, 20261h 33mEp. 20S2026

Google is ending search as we know it this summer as Eric Schmidt’s dream of Google telling us the answer to our question goes live. Will this help us or hurt us? We also look at the trump phone controversy and other art

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ReCaptcha Goes Totalitarian

May 20, 20261h 19mEp. 19S2026

Google silently makes changes to the reCaptcha system that will force some users to have an approved smartphone certified by them. They are slowly starting to control the whole Internet. We also look at articles related

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Get Technology Out of School

May 11, 20261h 5mEp. 18S2026

Technology has failed our students, and today we look at educational and privacy failures of ed tech. We also look at news related to privacy, security, and technology. #weeklynewsroundup #edtech #education All Articles:

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This Bill is So Good It Will Never Pass

May 6, 20261h 12mEp. 17S2026

The Supreme Court hears case on Geofence warrants while congress introduces the Surveillance Accountability Act. We also look at why we need parental digital neglect laws. #WeeklyNewsRoundup #geofence #smartphones All Ar

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The Myth of Mythos

Apr 24, 20261h 27mEp. 16S2026

Mythos is a dangerous model which Anthropic will not release…but it has been breached by third party tools. #mythos #anthropic #cybersecurity Full Stream: https://rumble.com/v78wihm-the-myth-of-mythos-weekly-news-roundup

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Preparing Our Children's Digital Future

Apr 18, 20261h 21mEp. 15S2026

Should we setup our kids digital lives or let them do it at the right time? We also look at security and privacy news in technology. #proton #digitalfuture #weeklynewsroundup All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/new

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The Danger is In the House

Apr 15, 20261h 26mEp. 14S2026

The FBI warns us about using foreign apps to protect our personal data even though American companies are bigger offenders, and Apple and Samsung dive into RCS, meaning most text messages now go through Google servers. #

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Your Boss is an AI Chatbot

Apr 8, 20261h 26mEp. 13S2026

Today we look at the overuse of AI and ask if a chatbot would be make a better boss than a human, but the therapists asked that about an AI girlfriend. We look at these and the news related to privacy and security. #AI #

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Government Data Buys

Apr 1, 20261h 54mEp. 12S2026

The government is still buying location and other advertising data from big tech companies mostly populated by the apps we use. We also look at Walmart’s new patent for digital price changes. #bigdata #weeklynewsroundup

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The Techno-Medical Complex

Mar 21, 20261h 39mEp. 11S2026

Governments are now pushing ads for wearable health tech while the robots have arrived for battle. We look at these and several other news stories for the week. #wearables #robots #ai All Articles: https://switchedtolinu

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Your Future AI Friends

Mar 13, 20261h 25mEp. 10S2026

Meta bought the platform that allowed AI bots to talk among themselves…are these the robot friends Mark Zuckerberg was talking about last year? We also look at other stories in privacy, security, and technology. #moltboo

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You Can't Hide from AI Surveillance

Mar 7, 20261h 19mEp. 9S2026

Anthropic and and OpenAI are sparing over military contracts surrounding surveillance while new research can deanonymize people online. We look at this and many other stories in privacy, security, and tech business. #wee

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Global Age Attestation Deployment

Mar 1, 20261h 57mEp. 8S2026

As states and countries roll out age verification laws, applications and operating systems are rolling out age checks. We also look at news related to privacy, security, and business. #weeklynewsroundup #ageverification

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The AI Tax and Digital Necromancy

Feb 20, 20261h 51mEp. 7S2026

AI increasingly needs data centers which in turn need many community resources. As a result, costs of power, water, and everything related computers is vastly increasing in costs. Are you happy to pay the AI tax? #weekly

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ID and Data Surveillance Network

Feb 14, 20261h 31mEp. 6S2026

Discord will limit all accounts until they are confident of your age, while the rest of the world is trying it’s hardest to collect every bit of information about you as it can. Also, one police department turned off the

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Dystopic Health Startups

Feb 14, 20261h 17mEp. 5S2026

This weekly news roundup looks at new ai powered health startups and the dangers of them. We will talk about the impacts on HIPPA and data collection. #ai #healthcare #hippa All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news

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Privacy Violations Settled Without Guilt

Feb 14, 20261h 37mEp. 4S2026

Google has settled several privacy lawsuits over this last year while denying any guilt over the issue. We look at several cases and the fees they are paying to settle these cases. #privacy #google #settlements All Artic

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OpenAI Budget PsyOP

Feb 12, 20261h 19mEp. 3S2026

OpenAI says they are running out of money, yet they are investing seed money for Sam Altman’s Human-AI Interfacing company. Are they putting out the need for money to justify ads in ChatGPT? #openai #chatgpt #advertising

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Watching Your Food Coming and Going

Feb 12, 20261h 23mEp. 2S2026

Smart tech is being forced in many places and today we talk about smart features in refrigerators and toilets. Are these necessary? #ai #smarthome #privacy All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/watching-your-foo

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