Hard For A is CNN Tech's weekly, offbeat look at the week in tech. This week Kevin Ruse shows you how to use Google Docs with other people. Casey Newton learns Excel and finds out what happened when researchers gave AI memories. And we talk about national security after a man was arrested for leaking classified documents.
Aric Toler untangles the web of teens, gamers and memes at the heart of the latest intelligence scandal.
Then, an update on Twitter — where things have gone from bad to worse.
Plus: How A.I. is bringing us closer to “Westworld.”
On today’s episode:
Aric Toler is the director of research and training at Bellingcat, the Dutch investigative site. He worked with journalists at The New York Times to identify the man who allegedly leaked top secret documents on Discord, a social media chat platform.
Twitter took steps to block Substack newsletters from circulating on the platform after Substack, a publishing start-up, started a Twitter-like service.