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Jun 22, 2024 • 14min

June 21st, 2024 | Allan McDonald refused to approve Challenger launch, exposed cover-up (2021)

Allan McDonald reveals Challenger launch cover-up, sparking discussions on ethics at NASA. Topics include generative AI, bug resolution, Barcelona's apartment ban, OpenAI's acquisition, and Waymo's expansion approval.
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Jun 21, 2024 • 13min

June 20th, 2024 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Topics include EU Council withdrawing vote on Chat Control, Tetris font creation, Gilead shot preventing all HIV cases, increase in disabled Americans employed due to remote work, Small claims court as Meta's customer service, Philip Hazel's impact on free software, discovery of oldest white wine in a first-century tomb, and challenges with ES Modules in NodeJS.
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Jun 20, 2024 • 13min

June 19th, 2024 | Safe Superintelligence Inc.

Topics include safe superintelligence missions, Lambda School controversies, NeoFetch developer's career change, EU Council chat scanning proposal, supercomputer wristwatch, X11 debut nostalgia, ExectOS OS introduction, marine litter satellite monitoring, and web development trends.
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Jun 19, 2024 • 13min

June 18th, 2024 | Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now

Topics covered in the podcast include the EU's chat control legislation, CyberSec software, RISC-V mainboard innovation, stem cell study retraction, Amazon's labor law fine, AI advancements by MediFair, ARM's memory tagging vulnerabilities, and the U.S. Senate bill supporting nuclear energy deployment.
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Jun 18, 2024 • 18min

June 17th, 2024 | FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations

FTC sues Adobe for hidden fees, repairing products, HTML framework release, e-ink trading cards, DJI ban, unplanned entrepreneurship, EU chat control, Fandom assault, email security guide, solid-state battery breakthrough
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Jun 17, 2024 • 18min

June 16th, 2024 | Do not try to be the smartest in the room; try to be the kindest

Discussion on creating a miniature Macintosh, importance of kindness in professional settings, Raspberry Pi 5 performance comparison, NLRB ruling on non-compete clauses, SimCity development insights, NumPy 2.0 updates, and debates on digital services and cognitive variances.
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Jun 16, 2024 • 18min

June 15th, 2024 | Perplexity AI is lying about their user agent

This podcast discusses controversies around AI lying about user agents, skepticism towards Tesla's FSD, breakthroughs in solar panel efficiency, anti-piracy measures by Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco, and debates on software architecture, paywalls, and compliance with government demands in the tech industry.
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Jun 15, 2024 • 18min

June 14th, 2024 | Microsoft's Recall AI feature is now indefinitely delayed

This podcast covers Microsoft's Recall AI feature delay, a 55-year-old bug in Lunar Lander, solar magnetic field flip, H.264 video compression magic, sleep deprivation's memory disruption, forest sound maps, and Voyager 1's return to data collection.
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Jun 14, 2024 • 17min

June 13th, 2024 | Microsoft Chose Profit over Security, Whistleblower Says

Former Microsoft employee turned whistleblower speaks out on the company prioritizing profit over security. Other topics include Meta's low-bitrate audio codec, an Indian startup's 3D printed rocket engine, and AMD CEO Lisa Su's past projects.
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Jun 13, 2024 • 19min

June 12th, 2024 | How Meta trains large language models at scale

Topics include GJK algorithm for collision detection, Elixir 1.17 release, Japan's law on app store competition, Intel's super load transport, Swift compiler issues, ChromeOS on Android, and a botanist fabricating supplement data.

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