Loud in Tech

Tech and Culture News Roundup: Vivaldi, California's jaywalking, DNA identification, CDC ventilation, Alex Trebek's death, Senators' letter to Mark Zuckerberg.


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In this episode of Loud in tech, we cover a wide range of topics. Vivaldi, the browser, has found a way to bypass restrictions to let users access Bing Chat on Android devices. California has signed the Freedom to Walk Act into law, which is a social justice victory because jaywalking will no longer result in tickets of almost $200. Advances in DNA sequencing technology have enabled non-invasive environmental studies but have also led to the unintended sequencing and identification of human DNA, raising privacy violations. The CDC has released updated ventilation guidance to prevent Covid-19 transmission. Alex Trebek, the iconic host of "Jeopardy!", has passed away at 80 years old, and Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley have sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg about the leak of Meta's open-source language model, LLaMA.
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Loud in TechBy Barada Sahu