What's News?

Join us this week as we discuss stories that have been in the news that we're still wondering about, obsessing about, and are as confused about as you are. Links * 2G phone networks are being shutdown; read the Rest of World story - PI's Low Cost Tech research - Listen to our podcast on connectivity and vertical mergers * Google anti-trust case and potential break up; read the Washington Post story - Google buy Wiz * Impact of USAID cuts; read the NY Times article - UK cuts - PI's work on aid funding surveillance ; more of PI's work ; even more PI work * Um-ing and Ah-ing; Read the Knowable Magazine story * Israel, data and AI: - AI targeting destruction; read the 972 story and the NPR story - Cellphone data for targeting - LLM tool collating surveillance data; read the Guardian story or the 972 story about this new LLM tool - Facial recognition; read the NY Times article about FRT - Read the BBC article about the US's last Afghanistan attack on an innocent man or find it in the NY Times * Outsourced memory; read The Verge article

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What's News? is an episode from Technology Pill by Privacy International.

This episode is 00:41:34 long.

This episode was published on Apr 18, 2025.

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