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Sep 2023
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TWiG 732: Unidentified Flying Skellingto...

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  • Britain Admits Defeat in Controversial Online Safety Bill
  • When Tech Says "No"
  • Apple Backs Down on Its Controversial Photo-Scanning Plans
  • The FBI secretly launched an encrypted messaging system for criminals
  • Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia
  • Jeff Jarvis Moving on From CUNY
  • Judge strikes down porn age-verification law in Texas : NPR
  • The Department of Defense Launches the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Website
  • Caltech drops calculus, chemistry, physics course requirements for admission
  • NFT Hype Fades in Crypto Market as Sales Volume Plunges
  • Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach
  • Google updates the Android brand with new logo and 3D robot
  • Google raising the price of Nest Aware and Aware Plus
  • Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting
  • Google rolls out file locking for Workspace customers
  • Empire of the Sum book (GF)
  • Nice Work, Joe Esposito
  • Nice Work, #JacobPruitt

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Glenn Fleishman

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