#AxisOfEasy Weekly Tech Digest

What if most of what we're measuring doesn't matter? That would suck. It would also explain quite a lot.

In this issue: Zoom shuts down Chinese dissidents marking the Tiananmen Square Massacre Twitter restores Zerohedge account, admits “mistake” Steve Jobs adviser: Facebook is destroying society  (Add me wee plug) It’s official: QuadrigaCX was a ponzi (sort of) Breach of the week: 300K Nintendo accounts in NNID hack EU to charge Amazon with anti-trust violations […]

Episode highlights and show notes: Charles makes one of the greatest stock market calls in recorded history (Deep State to Powell: “Stop Goosing the Stock Market”) Jelly Donut’s Farewell address. We made multiple references to my newsletter, Out of The Cave, which is the new name for my old newsletter, the issue in question is […]

In this issue: Facebook rebrands Libra as Novi to try again The Romanian criminal cartel that stole over 1B via ATM skimming Class action lawsuit against Google over private browser tracking Canadian telco’s spurn Huawei and go with alternatives for 5G New service pinpoints your email before you submit any data Amazon bans (then allows) book that challenges […]

What a difference a week makes. Last Thursday we were shouting at clouds about the loss of  institutional legitimacy. Today we find ourselves in the midst of what looks like the early innings of a revolt. As the coronavirus was the catalyst and not the cause of the current economic crisis, the #GeorgeFloyd killing was […]

In this issue: YouTube removes Michael Moore’s ‘Planet of the Humans” Youtube automatically delete comments insulting to Chinese Communist Party TikTok blocks #GeorgeFloyd tag across system, also blames bug Twitter ignites mega gigantic sh*tstorm after “fact checking” Trump tweets Twitter unverifies journalist after covering Obama-era spying on reporters Facebook knew its algos sowed diviseness and […]

In this, our 6th cyber-salon, Charles, Jesse and Mark continue on a theme of what comes next after the loss of institutional legitimacy. Nation states aren’t going away anytime soon, but they will have to share the stage with non-state actors sooner than they may expect. Some of those actors may pose even greater threats […]

In this episode: Whistleblower: Apple got a pass on pervasive Siri eavesdropping program FBI end-runs Apple’s security by hiring outside vendor to crack iPhone Not the Russians again! Study ascribes 50% of anti-lockdown tweets to Russian ‘bots Silicon Valley firms do business with blacklisted China firms Clubhouse: It’s the newest tech maven “in club” and you’re not in it Texas […]

The AoE crew laments the demise of Mad Magazine and commemorates its impact on the zeitgeist, we continue on our recurring theme of “The Great Opt-Out” and whether it can scale to meet the needs of a modern urbanized, industrial scale populace. Also the state of rural internet and how important it is especially today. […]

In this issue: WSJ: Justice Department poised to hit Google with antitrust lawsuit Announcing: Free Jitsi-based video conferencing French law to remove hate-speech within 24 hours passes senate Gaming Google to suppress unfavourable results with DMCA requests Human behaviour during pandemic messing up models generated by AI US Senate misses opportunity to vote down warrantless data collection by single vote Facebook […]