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AI giants are battling not just in code, but in politics, with behind-the-scenes lobbying, strategic naming, and rumors of blockbuster deals at the heart of this week's wildest tech stories. Get the inside scoop on who's pulling the strings. Apparently The Real Reason Anthropic's Models Are Offline: A Six-Year-Old Trump Grudge Trump says he no longer views Anthropic as a national security threat after G7 meeting with CEO Exclusive | Apple to Raise Prices Due to Memory Chip Crunch, Tim Cook Says Elon Musk's Next Move May Be a Mega-Merger of SpaceX and Tesla Anthropic's latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests Google's Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer is leaving for OpenAI Google's Secret Warrant Fight Over DOJ Pipe Bomb Probe Revealed The UK Places a Sweeping Ban on Social Media for Kids Under 16 Meta lobbies Congress for protection from child-harm lawsuits Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis to stop them driving into highway construction zones Snap Launches $2,195 Specs, Declaring Glasses the Next Computer Fox wants to take over your TV — and the tech inside it Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans Nothing cancels this year's CMF phone due to RAM prices The AI IPO boom is different Joshua Baer, Capital Factory Founder, Dies in Laredo Plane Crash - RuntimeWire Ubisoft's co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Iain Thomson , Owen Thomas , and Doc Rock Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: shopify.com/twit Simply CX ethos.com/twit box.com/AI zscaler.com/security

Campus hacks bring final exams to a standstill, a blockbuster study on AI in education gets pulled, and the world's biggest technology companies face government crackdowns with barely a dent to their bottom lines. Plus, Apple returns to Intel as chip wars reshape US tech! Anthropic and OpenAI IPO Chatter Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags - Ars Technica Anthropic Says It Has Eliminated Undesirable Behaviour Like Blackmail From Claude By Deeply Explaining To It Why It Was Wrong Tech is turning increasingly to religion in a quest to create ethical AI Intel's comeback story is even wilder than it seems Apple, Intel Have Reached Preliminary Chip-Making Agreement Meta challenges Ofcom in UK High Court over the Online Safety Act, which calculates levies based on global, not UK, revenue, in a case scheduled for October Meat Industry Price Fixer Sentenced to Make Money Chrome's Prompt API: A Unilateral Gamble That Is Fracturing Web Standards NHTSA says the 2026 Tesla Model Y is the first car model to pass the agency's new ADAS tests; Tesla conducted the tests and submitted the results to the NHTSA Here is Yarbo's promise to fix the robot mower that ran me over Social Media Sites Got Information from Ad Trackers on US State Health Insurance Sites Pinterest crosses $1 billion quarterly revenue as AI-powered visual search drives advertising growth that social platforms cannot match Cloudflare beat earnings, cut 1,100 jobs because AI agents do the work now, and lost a quarter of its stock price in a day Motherboard Sales 'Collapse' By More Than 25% - Slashdot The FCC Wants Your ID Before You Get a Phone Number Kids say they can beat age checks by drawing on a fake mustache FCC to allow banned drones and routers to receive critical updates until 2029 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Berber Jin , Iain Thomson , and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: <a href="http://outsystems.com/

Campus hacks bring final exams to a standstill, a blockbuster study on AI in education gets pulled, and the world's biggest technology companies face government crackdowns with barely a dent to their bottom lines. Plus, Apple returns to Intel as chip wars reshape US tech! Anthropic and OpenAI IPO Chatter Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags - Ars Technica Anthropic Says It Has Eliminated Undesirable Behaviour Like Blackmail From Claude By Deeply Explaining To It Why It Was Wrong Tech is turning increasingly to religion in a quest to create ethical AI Intel's comeback story is even wilder than it seems Apple, Intel Have Reached Preliminary Chip-Making Agreement Meta challenges Ofcom in UK High Court over the Online Safety Act, which calculates levies based on global, not UK, revenue, in a case scheduled for October Meat Industry Price Fixer Sentenced to Make Money Chrome's Prompt API: A Unilateral Gamble That Is Fracturing Web Standards NHTSA says the 2026 Tesla Model Y is the first car model to pass the agency's new ADAS tests; Tesla conducted the tests and submitted the results to the NHTSA Here is Yarbo's promise to fix the robot mower that ran me over Social Media Sites Got Information from Ad Trackers on US State Health Insurance Sites Pinterest crosses $1 billion quarterly revenue as AI-powered visual search drives advertising growth that social platforms cannot match Cloudflare beat earnings, cut 1,100 jobs because AI agents do the work now, and lost a quarter of its stock price in a day Motherboard Sales 'Collapse' By More Than 25% - Slashdot The FCC Wants Your ID Before You Get a Phone Number Kids say they can beat age checks by drawing on a fake mustache FCC to allow banned drones and routers to receive critical updates until 2029 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Berber Jin , Iain Thomson , and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: <a href="http://outsystems.com/

This week's episode confronts the mounting legal battles over addictive social apps, questioning whether court rulings should reshape Instagram and YouTube's design. Explore the heated clash between user autonomy, scientific uncertainty, and the next wave of regulation. NASA: Artemis II Artemis II Live Tracker – Real-Time Orion Spacecraft Position, Speed & Trajectory NASA did eventually solve Artemis II's Outlook glitch How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'? I mapped every one Phone-free bars and restaurants on the rise across the U.S. Claude Code's Source Didn't Leak. It Was Already Public for Years. | AfterPack Blog Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by making subscribers pay extra OpenAI acquires popular tech talk show for 'low hundreds of millions' The latest Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are more customizable and expensive After 16 Years and $8 Billion, the Military's New GPS Software Still Doesn't Work - Slashdot Why the Pentagon loves Xbox controllers for laser weapons Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai — Amazon reportedly declares "hard down" status for multiple zones Iran's hackers go to war Breaking down the government's bizarre router ban How to turn anything into a router You Can't Defeat the Robots!': Baseball's AI Strike Zone Is Must-Watch Television Tech Companies Are Trying To Neuter Colorado's Landmark Right-to-Repair Law - Slashdot Delta to Tap Amazon Satellite-Internet Service for In-Flight Wi-Fi The IBM scientist who rewrote the rules of information just won computing's highest prize Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones ZomboCom was stolen by hacker, put up for sale, and has now been... Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Patrick Beja , Abrar Al-Heeti , and Iain Thomson Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT rippling.com/twit <a hre

This week's episode confronts the mounting legal battles over addictive social apps, questioning whether court rulings should reshape Instagram and YouTube's design. Explore the heated clash between user autonomy, scientific uncertainty, and the next wave of regulation. NASA: Artemis II Artemis II Live Tracker – Real-Time Orion Spacecraft Position, Speed & Trajectory NASA did eventually solve Artemis II's Outlook glitch How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'? I mapped every one Phone-free bars and restaurants on the rise across the U.S. Claude Code's Source Didn't Leak. It Was Already Public for Years. | AfterPack Blog Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by making subscribers pay extra OpenAI acquires popular tech talk show for 'low hundreds of millions' The latest Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are more customizable and expensive After 16 Years and $8 Billion, the Military's New GPS Software Still Doesn't Work - Slashdot Why the Pentagon loves Xbox controllers for laser weapons Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai — Amazon reportedly declares "hard down" status for multiple zones Iran's hackers go to war Breaking down the government's bizarre router ban How to turn anything into a router You Can't Defeat the Robots!': Baseball's AI Strike Zone Is Must-Watch Television Tech Companies Are Trying To Neuter Colorado's Landmark Right-to-Repair Law - Slashdot Delta to Tap Amazon Satellite-Internet Service for In-Flight Wi-Fi The IBM scientist who rewrote the rules of information just won computing's highest prize Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones ZomboCom was stolen by hacker, put up for sale, and has now been... Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Patrick Beja , Abrar Al-Heeti , and Iain Thomson Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT rippling.com/twit <a hre

Dr. Iain Thomson is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico and one of the world’s leading experts on Martin Heidegger and 20th-century Continental thought. His groundbreaking work explores the intersections of technology, art, education, nihilism, and our relationship to the environment in the modern age. Author of five books—including the recent Heidegger on Technology’s Danger and Promise in the Age of AI—Thomson is renowned for making complex philosophical ideas accessible and transformative. A celebrated teacher, he regularly offers courses on Existentialism, Introduction to Philosophy, and Modern Political Philosophy. Thanks for listening! Thanks even more for liking, sharing, and commenting—whether it be something thoughtful or just for the algorithm. It definitely makes a difference. Become a member of Theory Underground here: https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe Tier 1 and higher get access to the courses and seminars going monthly throughout 2026: Intro to Theory, The Philosophy of Stewardship, and The Philosophy of Religion with David McKerracher. Tier 2 and higher get access to a monthly writers or speaking workshop. Tier 3 includes the book or thesis writer's cohort. All members get access to the monthly Post Duopoly (de)Radicalization Starter Pack reading group, which is a collaboration between TU and 1Dime. https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe David McKerracher is an organizer, theorist, husband and father (not in that order), and the founder of Theory Underground. McKerracher is the author of Timenergy: Why You Have No Time or Energy (Foreword by Slavoj Žižek), as well as the chief editor of Underground Theory (Volumes one and two are available now, with volume three in the works). Office hours: The first Monday of every month at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, or if you wait around after lectures/seminars. Theory Underground (TU) is dedicated to making challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible for a non-college audience. TU emphasizes audio-based learning for real-world application of big ideas, operating both online and through an international tour that has hosted events in over 20 U.S. cities, 9 countries throughout Europe, as well as cities in Canada and Mexico. Mission: To provide accessible, rigorous, and wide-ranging educational material for three types of people: - dropout workers with earbuds getting into big ideas during daily routines - burnt-out postgrads seeking to supplement their journey - parents who take a deliberate role in their children's education through keeping alive their sense of wonder. Vision: A world that is timenergy-rich, meaning that parents and teachers have large, energy-infused, and reliably repeatable blocks of time throughout their day, week, and month. Such a world would construct and cultivate a culture of active leisure for the sake of discovering and stewarding one’s own talent and the talents of future generations. Lectures: Ongoing and archived sessions on key thinkers and topics, including: 📚Intro courses: Intro to Theory (monthly throughout 2026), Intro to Marx, Intro to Heidegger, Political Theory, Intro to The Idea of the University, Intro to Žižek, Intro to Lacan, Intro to Land, Intro to Illich, The Philosophy of Nature, Intro to the PMC, Intro to Critical Social Theory, and The Philosophy of Religion (2026). 📚Advanced courses: Martin Heidegger's Being and Time, Emmanuel Levinas' Totality and Infinity, and Slavoj Žižek's For They Know Not What They Do, The Autistic Subject and the Clinical Structures of Psychoanalysis. 📚Seminars: Critical Media Theory (2 years), Critical Doxology & Timenergy (1 year), The Philosophy of Stewardship and Home Economics (monthly throughout 2026). Publishing: Underground Theory Volumes 1 and 2, Time

As new AI models promise unprecedented abilities to find vulnerabilities in software – a task that could benefit both attackers and defenders – journalist Iain Thomson joins TGR this week to chat about the technology’s potentially enormous impact on cybersecurity. We also talked about Iran’s surprising lack of offensive capabilities in the cyber domain, the likelihood of Trump changing his mind about AI regulation, and whether AI-infused art is worth paying attention to yet. Tech Gets Real is a show about staying in control in a time of rapid technological change. I'm veteran tech journalist David Meyer, and I've been covering topics like online privacy and freedom for two decades. If you like this, please hit like and subscribe, and share it with others who might find it useful. To contact me, please email david@techgetsreal.com or connect on: Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/superglaze.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@superglaze Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidmeyerwrites REFERENCES: Anthropic's Nicholas Carlini on new cybersecurity capabilities https://youtu.be/1sd26pWhfmg?si=ZOvrLSs7qxCvTxqb Fortune on Anthropic’s Mythos or Capybara model https://fortune.com/2026/03/26/anthropic-says-testing-mythos-powerful-new-ai-model-after-data-leak-reveals-its-existence-step-change-in-capabilities/ BBC on Iran’s cyber capabilities https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yr0576ygvo Guardian on Gavin Newsom’s AI regulation push https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/30/california-ai-regulations-trump

From "gainfully employed robots" to AI that accidentally ruins lives, this week's conversation unpacks the real-world fallout of futuristic promises. Leo, JPT, Iain, and Richard tackle energy sources, social media effects, tech layoffs, and the algorithms quietly taking charge. Meta is planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount Meta Said to Push Back Launch of Avocado Model Social media addiction trial: the plaintiff, Meta, and YouTube make closing arguments; jurors begin deliberations Friday on liability for harm to children Trump administration will reportedly get $10 billion for brokering the TikTok deal Bluesky CEO Jay Graber will step aside Digg's open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam X says it suspended 800 million accounts in 2024 over spam and manipulation Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X Musk admits xAI 'not built right' — weeks after Tesla invested $2 billion Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform Amazon Wins Court Order To Block Perplexity's AI Shopping Bots Social Security watchdog investigating claims that DOGE engineer copied its databases DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery U.S. State Bans on Lab-Grown Meats Challenged in Court Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them EcoFlow brings its plug-in solar power plant to US homes (related to the plug-in solar story) TerraPower gets permit to build reactor Ex-Uber CEO Kalanick Debuts Plan for 'Gainfully Employed Robots' Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud Justice Department and Live Nation Reach Settlement Terms in Antitrust Case Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power Palantir's lethal AI weaponry deployed to find chairs for US government staff How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world 'Flying Cars' Will Take Off in American Skies This Summer YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue Ig Nobel Prize flees US for Switzerland after 35 years over safety concerns Swiss e-voting can't count 2,048 ballots after USB keys fail to decrypt them Tony Hoare, Turing Award-Winning Computer Scientist Behind QuickSort, Dies At 92 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Iain Thomson , Richard Campbell , and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Download or subscribe to This Wee

From "gainfully employed robots" to AI that accidentally ruins lives, this week's conversation unpacks the real-world fallout of futuristic promises. Leo, JPT, Iain, and Richard tackle energy sources, social media effects, tech layoffs, and the algorithms quietly taking charge. Meta is planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount Meta Said to Push Back Launch of Avocado Model Social media addiction trial: the plaintiff, Meta, and YouTube make closing arguments; jurors begin deliberations Friday on liability for harm to children Trump administration will reportedly get $10 billion for brokering the TikTok deal Bluesky CEO Jay Graber will step aside Digg's open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam X says it suspended 800 million accounts in 2024 over spam and manipulation Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X Musk admits xAI 'not built right' — weeks after Tesla invested $2 billion Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform Amazon Wins Court Order To Block Perplexity's AI Shopping Bots Social Security watchdog investigating claims that DOGE engineer copied its databases DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery U.S. State Bans on Lab-Grown Meats Challenged in Court Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them EcoFlow brings its plug-in solar power plant to US homes (related to the plug-in solar story) TerraPower gets permit to build reactor Ex-Uber CEO Kalanick Debuts Plan for 'Gainfully Employed Robots' Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud Justice Department and Live Nation Reach Settlement Terms in Antitrust Case Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power Palantir's lethal AI weaponry deployed to find chairs for US government staff How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world 'Flying Cars' Will Take Off in American Skies This Summer YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue Ig Nobel Prize flees US for Switzerland after 35 years over safety concerns Swiss e-voting can't count 2,048 ballots after USB keys fail to decrypt them Tony Hoare, Turing Award-Winning Computer Scientist Behind QuickSort, Dies At 92 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Iain Thomson , Richard Campbell , and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Download or subscribe to This Wee

AI bots are having existential crises, inventing religions, and allegedly plotting against humanity... or so the internet would have you believe. We dig into Moltbook, the “AI-only” social network that sent Twitter into a meltdown, attracted breathless talk of the singularity, and turned out to be far less Terminator and far more humans role-playing as bots. Plus we discuss why "vibe coding" your app might be a catastrophically bad idea, when security researchers can easily peek inside rifle through your private messages, API keys, and databases. Also this week we learn that pro-Russian hackers are circling the Winter Olympics - or is it the Jamaican Bobsleigh team? All this and more is discussed in episode 454 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, and special guest Iain Thomson. EPISODE LINKS: AI Agents Created Their Own Religion, Crustafarianism, On An Agent-Only Social Network - Forbes. I Infiltrated Moltbook, the AI-Only Social Network Where Humans Aren’t Allowed - Wired. 'Moltbook' social media site for AI agents had big security hole, cyber firm Wiz says - Reuters. Italy blames Russia-linked hackers for cyberattacks ahead of Winter Olympics - The Record. Italy says railways hit by 'serious sabotage' as Winter Olympics begin - BBC News. EpsteIN - GitHub. Private Eye . Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff) SPONSORS: Meter - Network infrastructure for the enterprise. Get a free personalised demo. Vanta - Expand the scope of your security program with market-leading compliance automation… while saving time and money. Smashing Security listeners get $1000 off! Passwork - a reliable secrets manager and password management solution. SUPPORT THE SHOW: Tell your friends and colleagues about “Smashing Security”, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser . Become a supporter! Join Smashing Security PLUS via Patreon or Apple Podcasts for ad-free episodes on our early-release feed! FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow us on Bluesky or Mastodon , or on the Smashing Security subreddit , and visit o

Are we witnessing an AI-fueled gold rush or the early signs of an epic crash? Listen to these hard-hitting discussions on bubbles, breakthroughs, and the real impact behind Silicon Valley's AI obsession. Time Magazine's "Person of the Year": the Architects of AI The AI Wildfire Is Coming. It's Going to Be Very Painful and Incredibly Healthy. 'ChatGPT for Doctors' Startup Doubles Valuation to $12 Billion as Revenue Surges Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That's Legal It's beginning to look a lot like (AI) Christmas Amazon Prime Video Pulls AI-Powered Recaps After Fallout Flub Could America win the AI race but lose the war? Google Says First AI Glasses With Gemini Will Arrive in 2026 Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses The countdown to the world's first social media ban for children US could demand five-year social media history from tourists before allowing entry Reddit making global changes to protect kids after social media ban - 9to5Mac There are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. sale Paramount CEO Made Trump a Secret Promise on CNN in Warner Bros. Convo Whatnot's Schlock Empire Shows Digital Live Shopping Can Thrive in America The Military Almost Got the Right to Repair. Lawmakers Just Took It Away Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case Japan law opening phone app stores to go into effect Microsoft Excel Turns 40, Remains Stubbornly Unkillable - Slashdot Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sweeps The Game Awards — analysis and full winners list Microsoft promises more bug payouts, with or without a bounty program An ex-Twitter lawyer is trying to bring Twitter back Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Iain Thomson , Owen Thomas , and Jason Hiner Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: shopify.com/twit NetSuite.com/TWIT <a href="http://ventionteams.com/twit" target="_blank

In this episode of Chasing Leviathan, PJ and Dr. Iain Thomson discuss his book: Heidegger on Technology's Danger and Promise in the Age of AI. Together they explore the essence of technology, its historical implications, and the philosophical underpinnings that shape our understanding of technological advancements. The discussion delves into the relationship between technology, metaphysics, and education, emphasizing the importance of pedagogy in navigating the complexities of modern technological society. Thomson also delves into the impact of AI on the workforce and the importance of education in cultivating a meaningful life amidst technological advancements. Make sure to check out Dr. Thomson's book: Heidegger on Technology's Danger and Promise in the Age of AI (Elements in the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger) 👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1009629433/ Check out our blog on www.candidgoatproductions.com Who thinks that they can subdue Leviathan? Strength resides in its neck; dismay goes before it. When it rises up, the mighty are terrified. Nothing on earth is its equal. It is without fear. It looks down on all who are haughty; it is king over all who are proud. These words inspired PJ Wehry to create Chasing Leviathan. Chasing Leviathan was born out of two ideals: that truth is worth pursuing but will never be subjugated, and the discipline of listening is one of the most important habits anyone can develop. Every episode is a dialogue, a journey into the depths of a meaningful question explored through the lens of personal experience or professional expertise.

On this episode, the CyberWire's UK Correspondent Carole Theriault talks with Iain Thomson from the Register about why he has no IoT in his house and what advice he offers for those who do. Joe's story features ten social engineering techniques. Dave has a story starts with an order by the FTC against Epic Games for tricking users to make in-game purchases in Fortnite using dark patterns. Our Catch of the Day comes from listener Lauren sharing a phishing attempt at her company where the scammers obviously did their homework on who to contact in the organization. Links to stories: Ten Social Engineering Techniques Used By Hackers FTC Finalizes Order Requiring Fortnite maker Epic Games to Pay $245 Million for Tricking Users into Making Unwanted Charges What are deceptive patterns? Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire.com or hit us up on Twitter

It will not have gone unnoticed that the Government published a 'Growth Plan' on Friday 23 September 2022 with implications for the Development Consent Order regime and the introduction of a new Investment Zone concept. Additional information about Investment Zones was published the following day (links below). Friend of the podcast Simon Ricketts hastily convened one of his 'Planning Law, Unplanned' Clubhouse sessions for the Tuesday evening to which Sam Stafford, along with Iain Thomson, Shelly Rouse, Nicola Gooch and Jonathan Easton, were invited to contribute. This episode then is slightly different from previous ones in that they all kindly agreed to record that conversation so that some of it could be used and shared by Sam for 50 Shades. You will hear then in the next forty five minutes or so some thoughts from that group on what is known and not known about the Growth Plan and what the implications for planning may or may not be. Simon Ricketts (@sricketts1) is a Partner at Town Legal. Iain Thomson (@KingofSurbo) is MD at Bellona Advisors. Shelly Rouse (@rouse_shelly) is a Principal Consultant at the Planning Advisory Service. Nicola Gooch (not on Twitter) is a Partner at Irwin Mitchell. Jonathan Easton (@jonnye47) is a full-time Barrister at Kings Chambers and a part-time punster. Some accompanying reading. The Growth Plan https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-growth-plan-2022-documents/the-growth-plan-2022-html Additional information about Growth Zones https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/investment-zones-in-england Simon's Growth Plan Blog https://simonicity.com/2022/09/23/what-does-the-growth-plan-mean-for-development-and-infrastructure/ Iain's Growth Plan Blog https://www.bellona-advisors.co.uk/reports/growth-plan-analysis/ Nicola's Growth Plan Blog https://imbusiness.passle.net/post/102hxsn/what-truss-did-on-my-holidays-its-much-more-than-just-the-mini-budget Sam's Growth Plan Blog http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2022/09/in-investment-zone.html Zack Simon's Growth Plan Blog https://www.planoraks.com/posts-1/investment-zones Some accompanying listening. Docklands Renewed by Sea Power https://youtu.be/hCVDjaelqDM 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning Podcast you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html

In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Iain Thomson, US News Editor at The Register, a global enterprise technology news publication.

In this episode I chat with Iain Thomson. As you’ll hear Iain’s had a long association with the Isle of Mull, and now divides his time between the island here and Sweden. Iain has been involved in farming and the land since he was a young boy. Our conversation goes into some detail about his life and work and fascinatingly, the relationship between farmers and their dogs. We also talk about Iain’s work as a singer songwriter. Iain is perhaps better known as The Singing Shepherd. You’re going to hear two pieces from Iain’s album Fields of Dreams in this episode, too. Half way through you’ll hear the instrumentals Musician & Ulva Boatman. Episode links can be found on https://whatwedointhewinter.com/2019/06/12/31-iain-thomson/ Thanks for listening!

On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, December 1, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson: Leo and Iain discuss Marriott's massive breach of 500 million customer's data, CRISPR-edited babies, and NASA's InSight lander on Mars. Danny Isserles from temi shows off their personal robot that can autonomously follow you around your home or office as your digital assistant or telepresence robot. We continue our Holiday Gift Guides with Iain's picks, including phone cases, gadget toolkits, power banks, and UPSs. Plus a bonus Gift Guide from Ars Technica's Sam Machkovec with the best multi-platform video games. We answer some of your questions like how to protect someone's aunt who keeps letting "Microsoft" remote in to fix her laptop. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson Guests: Danny Isserles , Sam Machkovech , and Jason Howell The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live . Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers . Sponsors: WordPress.com/nss hover.com/twit audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500

On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, December 1, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson: Leo and Iain discuss Marriott's massive breach of 500 million customer's data, CRISPR-edited babies, and NASA's InSight lander on Mars. Danny Isserles from temi shows off their personal robot that can autonomously follow you around your home or office as your digital assistant or telepresence robot. We continue our Holiday Gift Guides with Iain's picks, including phone cases, gadget toolkits, power banks, and UPSs. Plus a bonus Gift Guide from Ars Technica's Sam Machkovec with the best multi-platform video games. We answer some of your questions like how to protect someone's aunt who keeps letting "Microsoft" remote in to fix her laptop. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson Guests: Danny Isserles , Sam Machkovech , and Jason Howell The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live . Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers . Sponsors: WordPress.com/nss hover.com/twit audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500

On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, October 20, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson: Leo and Iain discuss Apple's upcoming October event and what could be announced, Apple CEO Tim Cook calling for the retraction of Bloomberg's Chinese spy chip story, and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's passing. Leo gives his hands-on review of Google's new flagship Android phone, the Pixel 3 XL, putting the camera to the test on the streets of San Francisco. Purism, the maker of privacy, security, and freedom-focused devices, just launched the Librem Key, a USB security token that also can detect if someone tampered with your computer. Purism's Chief Security Officer Kyle Rankin joins to show how it all works. NETGEAR Orbi, Wirecutter's pick for best Wi-Fi mesh-networking kit, is adding a new product in its lineup. The Orbi Voice combines a mesh Wi-Fi extender with Harman Kardon speakers and Amazon Alexa smarts. Megan Morrone gives her review. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson Guests: Kyle Rankin , Megan Morrone , and Florence Ion The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live . Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers . Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit WordPress.com/nss

On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, October 20, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson: Leo and Iain discuss Apple's upcoming October event and what could be announced, Apple CEO Tim Cook calling for the retraction of Bloomberg's Chinese spy chip story, and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's passing. Leo gives his hands-on review of Google's new flagship Android phone, the Pixel 3 XL, putting the camera to the test on the streets of San Francisco. Purism, the maker of privacy, security, and freedom-focused devices, just launched the Librem Key, a USB security token that also can detect if someone tampered with your computer. Purism's Chief Security Officer Kyle Rankin joins to show how it all works. NETGEAR Orbi, Wirecutter's pick for best Wi-Fi mesh-networking kit, is adding a new product in its lineup. The Orbi Voice combines a mesh Wi-Fi extender with Harman Kardon speakers and Amazon Alexa smarts. Megan Morrone gives her review. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson Guests: Kyle Rankin , Megan Morrone , and Florence Ion The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live . Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers . Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit WordPress.com/nss

On The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson recorded on July 30, 2018: Leo reviews the tiny computer Ockel Sirius A PC with an onboard touchscreen. Our audio guy, Jason Howell reviews four Bluetooth earphones in four different price-points. Take a first look at the first tablet to run Chrome OS, the Acer Chromebook Tab 10. Plus, why this tablet might be hard to get. In Call for Help, we'll answer a question about our favorite email clients. Megan Morrone takes us inside Instagram's new IGTV to see if it's worth all the hype and why it's not for the 'olds.' Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson Guests: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live . Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers . Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsors: www.light.house WordPress.com/nss

On The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson recorded on July 30, 2018: Leo reviews the tiny computer Ockel Sirius A PC with an onboard touchscreen. Our audio guy, Jason Howell reviews four Bluetooth earphones in four different price-points. Take a first look at the first tablet to run Chrome OS, the Acer Chromebook Tab 10. Plus, why this tablet might be hard to get. In Call for Help, we'll answer a question about our favorite email clients. Megan Morrone takes us inside Instagram's new IGTV to see if it's worth all the hype and why it's not for the 'olds.' Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson Guests: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live . Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers . Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsors: www.light.house WordPress.com/nss

On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, April 7, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson: What if you got an alert before an earthquake hits? The founder of Early Warning Labs talks about their app QuakeAlert. It can give you up to 30 seconds of warning on your smartphone before you feel the shaking. Odds are you know about the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Well, there's more! Astrophysicist Chuck Hailey explains how his team found thousands more! Jason Howell shows us Google Home Hardware Hacks. It's that time. Megan Morrone shows you how to Spring Cleaning with Tech. Plus we have a WiFi hotspot question in Call for Help, and we answer more in The Mail Bag. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson Guests: Chuck Hailey , Josh Bashioum , Megan Morrone , and Jason Howell The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live . Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers . Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsor: WordPress.com/nss

On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, April 7, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson: What if you got an alert before an earthquake hits? The founder of Early Warning Labs talks about their app QuakeAlert. It can give you up to 30 seconds of warning on your smartphone before you feel the shaking. Odds are you know about the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Well, there's more! Astrophysicist Chuck Hailey explains how his team found thousands more! Jason Howell shows us Google Home Hardware Hacks. It's that time. Megan Morrone shows you how to Spring Cleaning with Tech. Plus we have a WiFi hotspot question in Call for Help, and we answer more in The Mail Bag. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson Guests: Chuck Hailey , Josh Bashioum , Megan Morrone , and Jason Howell The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live . Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers . Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsor: WordPress.com/nss

On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, February 24, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson: Why have some farmers turned to hacking to fix their tractors? Jason Koebler from Motherboard talked to several farmers who are doing just this, and it all boils down to the "right to repair." Kelsea Weber from iFixit updates us on what is happening with this movement on the state and federal level. Jason Howell has a review of the new professional audio controller for musicians, the Universal Audio Arrow. Would you use a bot to lower your bills? Megan Morrone shows us Trim. We have two Calls for Help. One on setting up a smart speaker to make phone calls. The second, we'll try to solve a cellular signal problem on 80 acres of land! Plus in the Mail Bag, we'll answer a Spectre and Meltdown question, and another on Net Neutrality myths. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson Guests: Jason Koebler , Kelsea Weber , Jason Howell , and Megan Morrone The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live . Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers . Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsor: RocketMortgage.com/NSS

On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, February 24, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson: Why have some farmers turned to hacking to fix their tractors? Jason Koebler from Motherboard talked to several farmers who are doing just this, and it all boils down to the "right to repair." Kelsea Weber from iFixit updates us on what is happening with this movement on the state and federal level. Jason Howell has a review of the new professional audio controller for musicians, the Universal Audio Arrow. Would you use a bot to lower your bills? Megan Morrone shows us Trim. We have two Calls for Help. One on setting up a smart speaker to make phone calls. The second, we'll try to solve a cellular signal problem on 80 acres of land! Plus in the Mail Bag, we'll answer a Spectre and Meltdown question, and another on Net Neutrality myths. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson Guests: Jason Koebler , Kelsea Weber , Jason Howell , and Megan Morrone The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live . Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers . Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsor: RocketMortgage.com/NSS

Facebook's internet.org, journalistic orthodoxy, Twitter upheaval, and more. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Erin Griffith , Om Malik , and Iain Thomson Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Bandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly . Sponsors: audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500 gotomeeting.com gazelle.com www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT

Microsoft open sources the Edge browser. SoundCloud signs licensing agreement with Universal Music Group. How soon will we get the self driving car? GoPro stock falls as company cuts jobs and hopes for a future in drones and VR. And when the Nest thermostat fails, it makes us wonder about whether all our smart gadgets are worth it. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Co-Host: Iain Thomson Guest: Kevin Roose Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today . Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsors: RING.COM/tnt naturebox.com/twit wealthfront.com/tnt

The best of CES with Robert Ballecer and Dick DeBartolo and Sam Abuelsamid talks the latest in car tech, Noah Diffenbaugh Stanford Earth System Science Professor talks with us about the tech that tracks El Nino, we learn the best way to send money electronically, Chris Marquardt shared his experience at the 32nd Chaos Communications Congress in Germany and we plan building the Ultimate VR Gaming Machine. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson Guests: Sam Abuelsamid , Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ , Noah Diffenbaugh, Chris Marquardt , and Jason Calacanis Producers: Tonya Hall , Karsten Bondy , and Jerry Wagley Technical Director: Bryan Burnett Editor: Bryan Burnett The New Screen Savers is available for download at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers . Thanks to CacheFly for bandwidth for this episode. Sponsors: BLUEAPRON.COM/TWIT squarespace.com - offer code: NSS

How Twitter handles state-sponsored attacks on Tor advocates, R2-D2 flies wrong, hoverboards for Einstein enthusiasts, new EU privacy regulations, Netflix re-encodes everything for better viewing, "Floppy Candidates" is an 8-bit game to bring humor back to the US elections, and who is the VTech hacker? Host: Megan Morrone Co-Host: Iain Thomson Guests: Sarah Jeong and Rhett Allain Check out the full show notes for today's episode. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today . Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsors: ziprecruiter.com/tnt RING.COM/tnt