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  • Musk Has Dropped the Fig Leaf
    Today we talk about Elon Musk inviting Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, and others, back to Twitter - and hosting a Twitter Spaces event for them all to have a good old chat.
    Check out more here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67673623
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    SOCIAL:
    • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl
    • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec
    • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above)
    • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews
    13 min
  • Live Recording Session of NSCU for December 17th
    Today we talk about: EVERYTHING. We're DOING IT LIVE.
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    Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc
    SOCIAL:
    • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl
    • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec
    • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above)
    • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews
    1 hr 34 min
  • The Pentagon's Cybernetic Super Soldier Breeding Program
    Today we talk about a new sticky wet dream of the Pentagon: Super Soldier killing machines.
    Read more here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7eky8/pentagon-scientists-discuss-cybernetic-super-soldiers-that-feel-nothing-while-killing-in-dystopian-presentation
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    Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc
    SOCIAL:
    • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl
    • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec
    • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above)
    • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews
    14 min
  • Porn Site Age Check in UK Might Require a Face Scan
    Today we talk about some interesting new proposals from OFCOM, the UK's organisation that oversees media.
    Read more from the BBC here: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67615719
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    Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc
    SOCIAL:
    • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl
    • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec
    • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above)
    • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews
    24 min
  • A.I. Is Coming For Us
    Today we talk about a way to get ChatGPT to reveal its secrets... by getting it to repeat words over and over again.
    Read more from @WIRED here: https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-poem-forever-security-roundup/
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    Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc
    SOCIAL:
    • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl
    • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec
    • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above)
    • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews
    12 min
  • Google Chrome's War Against Ad Blockers
    Today we talk about Google and the perception that it's deliberately targeting adblock browser extensions, as per this article from Arse Technica: https://arstechnica.com/google/2023/12/chromes-next-weapon-in-the-war-on-ad-blockers-slower-extension-updates/
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    Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc
    SOCIAL:
    • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl
    • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec
    • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above)
    • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews
    13 min
  • Google LIED About Its New A.I.!
    Today we talk about the recent discovery that Google's revolutionary A.I., Gemini, has been using a fake video for demo purposes. I mean... Come on, Google. Come ON.
    Check out this article for more:
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    Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/7/23992737/google-gemini-misrepresentation-ai-accusation
    SOCIAL:
    • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl
    • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec
    • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above)
    • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews
    10 min
  • Spotify Layoffs and the Creator Community
    Today we talk about recent layoffs in the tech industry, and how it affects the creator community.
    Check out more about Spotify's recent layoffs here: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67611361
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    Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc
    SOCIAL:
    • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl
    • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec
    • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above)
    • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews
    23 min
  • Amazon Executive Demands Workers Back to Office Because of "Gut Feeling"
    Today we talk about an Amazon executive who says workers should shut up and get back in the office where they belong. Because he has, like, y'know, a feeling... and Brad said the same over golf, OK?
    Fortune has the story here: https://fortune.com/2023/08/03/amazon-svp-mike-hopkins-office-return/
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    Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc
    SOCIAL:
    • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl
    • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec
    • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above)
    • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews
    12 min
  • Gaming GPUs Stripped Down for Chinese A.I. Server Farms
    Today we react to a great video by @HardwareAccent, our new favourite channel, on Chinese factories which are stripping down 4090 graphics cards and replacing their fans with blower-style fans to make them smaller and easier to use in servers.
    Check out the great video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JX8UE1oJeU
    Credit to Hardware Accent for more great content!
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    Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc
    SOCIAL:
    • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl
    • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec
    • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above)
    • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews
    19 min

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Peter, Jon, and Mike get angry about tech stories from the week. Three industry professionals with very different viewpoints, and very different backgrounds, discuss what's been happening and fight…