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Today we talk about an article on Malwarebyte Labs about how YouTube is showing ads for malware and actual ad blockers!

Check it out here: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/uncategorized/2023/11/youtube-shows-ads-for-ad-blocker-financial-scams

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Today we do another game show night, this time taking turns to ask each other uncomfortable -- or in Jon's case, deep and meaningful -- questions, with Mike on the buzzer to tell us if we're lying or telling the truth.

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Today we talk about Brave's new addition to its browser, an AI chatbot powered by Leo that can summarise pages for you and do all sorts of other things. Did they miss the boat? Mike thinks so.

Read about it on Brave's site here: https://brave.com/leo/

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Today we talk about the death of Omegle, an internet legend where people could chat with random strangers.

Read the announcement and letter from its founder on the site: https://www.omegle.com/

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Today we talk about WeWork's filing of chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Read more here: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/07/wework-files-for-bankruptcy.html

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In our continuing series on YouTube's ad blocker crackdown, today we talk about a bunch of stories, including advice from CISA on securing web browsing devices, the rate of updates from the filter list maintainers, and the record rate of ad blocker uninstalls.

https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Capacity_Enhancement_Guide-Securing_Web_Browsers_and_Defending_Against_Malvertising_for_Federal_Agencies.pdf

https://imgur.com/QTtXgLd

https://www.wired.com/story/youtubes-ad-blocker-crackdown-spurs-record-uninstalls/

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It's been a long week guys. Jon's not here and the AI roundups seemed didn't seem to be very popular, so instead we just throw pretense out the window and just have a bit of a chat about Amazon suggested top sellers. Join us!

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Today we talk about Peter's EPIC VICTORY* in the NSCU Trivia Challenge, after Mike presents him with a range of questions on America.

* Yes Peter does write these descriptions

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Today we talk about the huge rise in private equity as compared to publicly traded companies.

Check out more here: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/private-equity-publicly-traded-companies/675788/

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Today we talk about Netflix's success with its new ad-supported plans, and the upcoming feature of allowing binge-watching customers the ability to skip one ad after a few episodes.

We also discuss the differences between Meta's "ad-free" option, which is just an awful ploy to try and avoid getting sued.

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https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-11-01/netflix-says-ad-supported-pl-has-15-million-monthly-active-users

https://cordcuttersnews.com/netflix-will-reward-binge-watchers-on-the-ad-tier-with-fewer-commercials/

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/30/23938283/facebook-instagram-ad-free-subscription-eu

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