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Alex Fink

Zuckerman vs Zuckerberg

July 14, 2024

Ethan Zuckerman is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a scholar of digital media. He and his team work to understand the contemporary digital world and build social media systems that are focused on communities, not on profits. Ethan is currently suing Meta (i.e. Facebook) in a landmark case that might (and likely should) change our interpretation of section 230. Please tune in to hear the details of the case and the various ways it could change the social media landscape. It's fascinating!

Prof. Jeff Jarvis - Rewriting Media's Business Model (Yet Again)

May 24, 2024

Jeff Jarvis is a journalism professor at the City College in New York (CUNY), the author of six books, and the cohost of the successful podcast "This week in Google and AI". Jeff spent many years teaching entrepreneurial journalism - and God knows journalism could use some entrepreneurial spirit, right about now. Please check out Jeff's books, The Gutenberg Parenthesis and Magazine, both from Bloomsbury (discount codes here: gutenbergparenthesis.com).

Donald Robertson - Where Philosophy Meets Psychology

June 22, 2024

Our guest today is Donald Robertson - Donald is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and author of several books, including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and, more recently, Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor. He is one of the founders of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit organization and the founder and president of the Plato's Academy Centre in Athens, Greece. He was born in Scotland but now lives in Montreal, Canada. His upcoming book, How to Think Like Socrates, will be released later this year, and can be preordered on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or anywhere else books are generally sold.

Rick Edmonds - Analyzing the Financial Decline of Legacy Media

July 8, 2024

Rick Edmonds is the media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, a school and study center for working journalists. He has been doing research and writing for 25 years on the financial decline of legacy media, newspapers particularly, and the rise of new media alternatives. His reporting and commentary appear regularly on the Poynter Online site. He has spoken to conference groups in the U.S.A. and in Paris, Norway, Madrid, Vienna and Chile.

Jonathan Green - How To Make ChatGPT and Other Tools Useful (Right Now)

July 5, 2024

Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Jonathan Green - a bestselling author of hundreds of books, a celebrity ghostwriter, and an expert in using artificial intelligence tools to their utmost capacity. This is the best conversation I've had on the practical implications of ChatGPT and how regular people can augment their own capabilities by using these tools as a shortcut.

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News from privacy concerns

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about privacy concerns, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 24 stories have been published about privacy concerns which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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The Sociable

The Sociable

CBDC Could Be Used for State Surveillance, Includes Behavioral Patterns & Personal Data: IMF

The Sociable

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TechCrunch

TechCrunch

Think you need a VPN? Start here. | TechCrunch

TechCrunch

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Guardian

Guardian

Why are so many women hiding their voting plans from their husbands? | Rebecca Solnit

Guardian

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Fox News

Fox News

Facial recognition glasses turn everyday life into creepy privacy nightmare

Fox News

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Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

The Potential War on Big Tech Explained

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

Electronic Frontier Foundation

A mobile driver’s license (mDL) is a version of your ID that you keep on your phone instead of in your pocket. Here are some questions to ask yourself

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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KnowTechie

KnowTechie

Google denies claims of Pixel 9 Pro XL sharing excessive user data

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TechCrunch

TechCrunch

Tony Fadell-backed Plumerai brings on-device AI to home security cameras | TechCrunch

TechCrunch

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PCMAG

PCMAG

23andMe Trouble Sparks Calls for Users to Delete Their DNA Data: Here's How

PCMAG

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Windows Central

Windows Central

California Governor vetos AI safety bill because it

Windows Central

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TechCrunch

TechCrunch

How to make your own encrypted VPN server in 15 minutes | TechCrunch

TechCrunch

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XDA

XDA

Microsoft's new Outlook client quietly moves your email to the cloud

XDA

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Digital ID Isn't for Everybody, and That's Okay

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Reader's Digest

Reader's Digest

The Hidden Downsides of Doorbell Cameras—and What to Do About Them

Reader's Digest

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BGR

BGR

iOS 18 review: The beginning of a new era has been delayed

BGR

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Guardian

Guardian

Meta’s AI is scraping users’ photos and posts. Europeans can opt out, but Australians cannot

Guardian

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Windows Central

Windows Central

What you need to know

Windows Central

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TechXplore

TechXplore

How smart toys may be spying on kids: What parents need to know

TechXplore

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TechXplore

TechXplore

Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy

TechXplore

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TechCrunch

TechCrunch

Elon Musk's X targeted with nine privacy complaints after grabbing EU users' data for training Grok | TechCrunch

TechCrunch

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