Weekly News Roundup Podcast

Weekly News Roundup Podcast@switchedtolinux

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Season 2026 episodes (12)

Pennsylvania Rejects the Fourth Amendment
S2026:E01

Pennsylvania Rejects the Fourth Amendment

This week in the Weekly News Roundup we look at a PA case where the court sides with a reverse keyword warrant. Also, we talk some AI regulation. All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/pennsylvania-rejects-the-fourth-amendment

Watching Your Food Coming and Going
S2026:E02

Watching Your Food Coming and Going

Smart tech is being forced in many places and today we talk about smart features in refrigerators and toilets. Are these necessary? #ai #smarthome #privacy All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/watching-your-food-coming-and-going

OpenAI Budget PsyOP
S2026:E03

OpenAI Budget PsyOP

OpenAI says they are running out of money, yet they are investing seed money for Sam Altman’s Human-AI Interfacing company. Are they putting out the need for money to justify ads in ChatGPT? #openai #chatgpt #advertising All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/openai-budget-psyop

Privacy Violations Settled Without Guilt
S2026:E04

Privacy Violations Settled Without Guilt

Google has settled several privacy lawsuits over this last year while denying any guilt over the issue. We look at several cases and the fees they are paying to settle these cases. #privacy #google #settlements All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/privacy-violations-settled-without-guilt

Dystopic Health Startups
S2026:E05

Dystopic Health Startups

This weekly news roundup looks at new ai powered health startups and the dangers of them. We will talk about the impacts on HIPPA and data collection. #ai #healthcare #hippa All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/dystopic-health-startups

ID and Data Surveillance Network
S2026:E06

ID and Data Surveillance Network

Discord will limit all accounts until they are confident of your age, while the rest of the world is trying it’s hardest to collect every bit of information about you as it can. Also, one police department turned off the flock cameras after abuse from the company. #discord #surveillance #weeklynewsroundup All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/id-and-data-surveillance-network

The AI Tax and Digital Necromancy
S2026:E07

The AI Tax and Digital Necromancy

AI increasingly needs data centers which in turn need many community resources. As a result, costs of power, water, and everything related computers is vastly increasing in costs. Are you happy to pay the AI tax? #weeklynewsroundup #ai #taxes All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/the-ai-tax

Global Age Attestation Deployment
S2026:E08

Global Age Attestation Deployment

As states and countries roll out age verification laws, applications and operating systems are rolling out age checks. We also look at news related to privacy, security, and business. #weeklynewsroundup #ageverification #discord All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/global-age-attestation-deployment

You Can't Hide from AI Surveillance
S2026:E09

You Can't Hide from AI Surveillance

Anthropic and and OpenAI are sparing over military contracts surrounding surveillance while new research can deanonymize people online. We look at this and many other stories in privacy, security, and tech business. #weeklynewsroundup #openai #onlineprivacy All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/you-cant-hide-from-ai-surveillance

Your Future AI Friends
S2026:E10

Your Future AI Friends

Meta bought the platform that allowed AI bots to talk among themselves…are these the robot friends Mark Zuckerberg was talking about last year? We also look at other stories in privacy, security, and technology. #moltbook #meta #weeklynewsroundup All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/your-future-ai-friends

The Techno-Medical Complex
S2026:E11

The Techno-Medical Complex

Governments are now pushing ads for wearable health tech while the robots have arrived for battle. We look at these and several other news stories for the week. #wearables #robots #ai All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/the-techno-medical-complex

Government Data Buys
S2026:E12

Government Data Buys

The government is still buying location and other advertising data from big tech companies mostly populated by the apps we use. We also look at Walmart’s new patent for digital price changes. #bigdata #weeklynewsroundup #surgepricing All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/government-data-buys