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April 29, 2021

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

1 hour 13 minutes

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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