Tech News Weekly (Video)

TNW 181: Deepfaking Your Geography - School Content Blockers, Planned Obsolescence in Tech, Clubhousification

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  • Damon Beres talks about his op-ed in the New York Times about the cognitive dissonance of Apple's hardware event compared to the simultaneous occurrence of Earth Week.
  • Todd Feathers from VICE discusses how content blockers in schools are often hit or miss with damaging consequences.
  • Instagram is rolling out Clubhouse-like features as well as every other social network. Was Clubhouse an innovator or is it merely an also-ran?
  • Deepfake technology is turning its gaze onto geographical data which poses national security concerns, but fake mapping data is nothing new.

    • Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

    Guests: Damon Beres and Todd Feathers

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