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· Ep 46 Technology

Meta's AI gave a stranger his home address

Meta's new Muse AI agent handled a Facebook Marketplace sale for a guy named Matt Rob, and it gave a complete stranger his home address without asking first. The guy shows up expecting to buy a keyboard, and Rob has no idea any of this happened until there's a knock on his door. That's not a…

· Ep 45 Technology

Kids turned NPR's comment section into a secret group chat

Kids are not going to stop talking to each other just because you blocked an app. I get into the story of how a group of teenage girls turned NPR 's podcast comment section on Spotify into a full blown underground group chat, complete with its own routing system, and why they picked the most…

· Ep 40 Privacy & Security

Stop renting your own life back from Google, Apple, and Meta

Everyone repeats the line that the cloud is just someone else's computer, and then keeps handing over their whole life to it anyway. I get into what that actually means once you stop laughing at it: they write the rules, they change them whenever they want, and they can lock you out of your own…

· Ep 38 Media

You don't own your movies, your games, or your music

Tyler digs into why phones, earbuds, and even video games are suddenly going backward, dumb phones, wired earbuds, and vinyl are all trending up while smartphones and streaming keep getting more bloated and expensive. He walks through the polling data on Gen Z and millennials wanting simpler tech…

· Ep 36 Media

What actually killed Blockbuster (it wasn't Netflix)

Tyler takes a trip down memory lane through video rental stores, sparked by a random Nova Scotia reunion and his kid watching a video store simulator game on YouTube. He walks through the whole Friday night rental ritual, the smell, the ps2 sleepovers, the late fee arguments, and then breaks down…

· Ep 8 Technology

Skip a New PC: Switch to Zorin OS Instead

Windows 10 support ended, and Microsoft's answer is hardware requirements that sideline perfectly capable machines. There's a smarter path than buying a new PC: Zorin OS, a Linux desktop built to feel familiar while staying fast and secure on hardware you already own. I cover what actually changes…

· Ep 4 Technology

Why Google Search Results Got So Much Worse

You asked for a library and got a shopping mall. This episode digs into why search results slid downhill: crowded ad units, affiliate-heavy pages, and AI summaries that sound confident while averaging mediocre sources. I walk through the mechanics in plain English. Monetization reshaped the first…

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