Best Bug Tracking Podcasts (2025)

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Construction workers are cashing in on the AI boom; also, Data center energy demand forecasted to soar nearly 300% through 2035 5:34

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The AI boom is proving to be a windfall for construction workers building the massive data centers that power it all. According to The Wall Street Journal, workers moving into data-center construction are seeing pay jumps of 25 to 30 percent compared to their previous jobs . Alos, new planned data centers promise to consume even more energy than ex…

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Drones Before Drones: Balloons, the Kettering Bug, and UAS Ancestry 34:46

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From the smoke-filled skies above Fleurus in 1794 to the buzzing wooden Kettering Bug of 1918, militaries have long searched for ways to see and strike without risking pilots. Balloons, target drones, and early reconnaissance craft were fragile, often flawed, yet each altered the rhythm of warfare by extending vision and reach. This extended podcas…

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Inside the AI Fraud Surge with Frank McKenna & Matt Vega 1:23:41

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Fraudology is presented by Sardine. Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this episode of Fraudology, host Karisse Hendrick is joined by two of the industry’s most respected fraud experts: Frank McKenna (Co-Founder of Point Predictive) and Matt Vega (Sardine). Together, they break down how AI is transforming the fraud landscape, supercharging…

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Amazon’s AI chatbot Rufus drove sales on Black Friday; plus, James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’ 5:54

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On Black Friday, Amazon sessions that resulted in a sale were up 100% in the U.S. when the AI chatbot Rufus was used. They only increased by 20% when Rufus wasn't used. Also, James Cameron’s movies are often at the cutting edge of visual effects technology, but that doesn't make him a fan of generative AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po…

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No, you can’t get your AI to ‘admit’ to being sexist, but it probably is anyway 10:21

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Though LLMs might not use explicitly biased language, they may infer your demographic data and display implicit biases, researchers say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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The environmental costs of nation-building, and more… 54:09

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On this week’s episode: a mini tyrannosaur is a new species, ants redesign to avoid illness, toxic lead gave humans the edge over Neanderthals, invasive fish are evolving to avoid eradication attempts, and how big mining projects — and attempts to hurry them along — can spell bad news for the environment.…

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The Drone Privacy Crisis: What No One Is Telling You. #cybersecurity 30:41

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Drones are showing up where they shouldn’t — over backyards, pools, windows, driveways, campsites, neighborhoods, and even over insurance customers’ houses to jack up premiums. And here’s the terrifying part: nobody knows who owns them, and the laws protecting you are a mess. In this episode of Legitimate Cybersecurity, Frank, Dustin, and Chris Adk…

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Uber and WeRide’s robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi is officially driverless; plus, a bug in jury systems used by several US states exposed sensitive personal data 7:42

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The commercial robotaxi service launched last year. Now, the human safety operator is gone. Also, an easy-to-exploit vulnerability in a jury system made by Tyler Technologies exposed the personally identifiable data of jurors, including names, home addresses, emails, and phone numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch…

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Character AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat; plus, OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants 7:52

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The company announced last month that it would no longer allow minors to use its chat features. Also, startup founders building AI shopping tools think general-purpose models are too broad to deliver truly personalized shopping experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Roblox CEO interview gets heated over child safety; X’s new About This Account feature is going great; and AI is too risky to insure 4:46

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-Roblox CEO Dave Baszuki joined the Hard Fork podcast to discuss the gaming platform’s new age verification feature — but he seemed to get frustrated at the number of questions focused on child safety. -A new feature seemingly revealed many right-wing “America First” accounts are actually based outside the United States. But the data seems question…

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Altman describes OpenAI’s forthcoming AI device as more peaceful and calm than the iPhone; plus, DOGE days are over 6:20

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Altman and Ive tease a simple AI device aimed at calm, distraction-free computing, launching within two years. Also, DOGE members are reportedly worried that they could face prosecution for some of their activities conducted while under the leadership of Elon Musk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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The Arsenal Behind the Lines: Combat Engineers as War-Makers 38:15

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Combat engineers have long been the arsenal behind the lines, shaping victory in ways that rarely make the history books. From minefield breaches to river crossings, from urban rubble turned into strongholds to lifelines of supply carved under fire, their work determined the tempo of campaigns and the fate of armies. This episode is an extended ver…

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Deload: The Secret Weapon for Progress 40:21

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Topics: (00:08) - Something every serious lifter runs into' (02:36) - What is a deload? (07:38) - Signs you might need a deload (11:41) - Sometimes we naturally deload (19:27) - I'll share how I'm going to be doing deloads (26:24) - Getting my conditioning and aerobic capactiy back up 👉 Start your free 7-day trial here!…

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Trump administration might not fight state AI regulations after all; plus Waymo expanding across Bay Area and SoCal; and Meta wants to get into the electricity trading business 5:00

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Reuters reports that the executive order has been put on hold. If signed, the order would probably face significant opposition, including from Republicans who previously criticized the proposed moratorium on state regulation. Waymo continues to expand its reach, with the robotaxi company posting Friday that it’s now “officially authorized to drive …

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Building an Urban Get‑Home‑Bag; Surviving in the City 27:18

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You’re halfway across the city when the power grid goes down. Streets jam. Transit stops. Your phone’s dead, and there’s no Uber, no train, no help coming. How long would it take you to get home — and what would you need to survive the trip? Today, we’re talking about building an Urban Get‑Home‑Bag — your lifeline when city life stops working. Imag…

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Designing Recommender Systems for Digital Humanities 36:48

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In this episode of Data Skeptic, we explore the fascinating intersection of recommender systems and digital humanities with guest Florian Atzenhofer-Baumgartner, a PhD student at Graz University of Technology. Florian is working on Monasterium.net, Europe's largest online collection of historical charters, containing millions of medieval and early …

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The mystery of the drunken trees, and more… 54:09

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This week: bees trained to keep track of time, eating small amounts of plastic can kill ocean animals, scientists spot winds blowing from our black hole, a "one-two punch" earthquake may be coming for the Pacific coast and what “drunken trees” can tell us about our warming climate.

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SIM Swapping Is Back — And They Can Steal Your Phone Without Touching It #cybersecurity 44:12

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SIM swapping has returned — and the attackers have leveled up. In this episode, Frank, Dustin, and returning guest Chris Adkins break down how modern thieves hijack your SIM, clone your phone, intercept your MFA codes, and drain your accounts… all without ever touching your device. We cover: • Why your phone number is the master key to your digital…

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CrowdStrike fires ‘suspicious insider,’ X rolling out the ‘About this account’ feature, and Trump’s FCC votes to scrap cybersecurity rules 8:40

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-Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike denied it had been hacked following claims from a hacker group, which leaked screenshots from inside CrowdStrike's network. -X's new feature will show where users are based, how they're connected to X, and how many times they've changed their username. -Two Trump-appointed FCC officials voted to undo the telecom ind…

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Grok says Elon Musk is better than basically everyone, except Shohei Ohtani 7:37

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According to Grok, Elon Musk can out slug the MLB's greatest power hitters... except Ohtani. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Google releases Nano Banana Pro, its latest image generation model; and another fire broke out at aluminum plant that supplies Ford 5:08

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Google is upgrading its image generation model with new editing chops, higher resolutions, more accurate text rendering, and the ability to search the web. Also, the fire that broke out at the Oswego, NY Is the second major fire -- and the third overall -- in the last few months at the Novelis plant, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc…

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How the classic anime ‘Ghost in the Shell’ predicted the future of cybersecurity 30 years ago 7:18

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Written by: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai The story of the Ghost in the Shell’s main villain the Puppet Master hinted at a future where governments use hackers for espionage, at a time when most of the world had never connected to the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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The Epstein files have claimed their first OpenAI victim; plus Target joins OpenAI’s growing list of retail apps 3:53

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Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI’s board days after Congress released an extensive cache of emails with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which included details of intimate affairs. OpenAI is pushing deeper into retail, with Target set to debut a new ChatGPT-powered app for shoppers in coming weeks. The news fo…

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The Economics Behind a Viksit Bihar and Real Implications of Cash Transfers and Emigration 26:43

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In this episode, journalist and author Puja Mehra speaks with economist Prachi Mishra, Professor at the Department of Economics, and Director and Head of Isaac Center for Public Policy at Ashoka University and lead author of a forthcoming report on how the Bihar can accelerate its path to Viksit Bihar. Mishra explains why Bihar must aim for sustain…

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DOE gives Microsoft partner $1B loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor; plus, Hugging Face CEO says we’re in an ‘LLM bubble,’ not an AI bubble 7:07

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Constellation Energy will use the loan to refurbish a reactor it idled in 2019. Microsoft has agreed to buy the power once the facility reopens in 2028. Also, Hugging Face co-founder and CEO Clem Delangue says all the attention is on LLMs, but smaller, specialized models will make sense in many use cases going forward. Learn more about your ad choi…

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Zap Energy ramps up the pressure in its latest fusion device; plus, Stack Overflow is remaking itself into an AI data provider 5:55

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Zap’s Fuze-3 device has been firing pulses of plasma at the company’s headquarters in Seattle, and the results of those experiments will ultimately inform the design of the company’s future demonstration plants. The Fuze-3 device was able to compress a soup of charged particles to more than two hundred thirty two thousand PSI and heat it to more th…

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Ford turns to Amazon to give used cars sales a boost; plus, Meta releases a new tool to protect reels creators from having their work stolen 4:58

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One year ago, e-commerce giant Amazon kicked off its new online car sales business with Hyundai. Now, Ford is joining in with a certified used car twist. Also, Facebook's new content protection tool extends to Instagram too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Mogadishu: The Night Urban Warfare Changed 38:41

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In October 1993, a mission meant to last just ninety minutes unraveled into one of the most intense urban battles of modern times. Task Force Ranger entered Mogadishu with precision and confidence, only to face a city that turned every alley, rooftop, and crowd into a weapon. Helicopters fell from the sky, convoys became trapped in endless ambushes…

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How Meta Became Ground Zero for Global Scams 1:04:46

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Fraudology is presented by Sardine. Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this episode of Fraudology host Karisse Hendrick explores two major developments in today’s fraud ecosystem. She begins with a detailed walkthrough of a recent DOJ case involving U.S.-based collaborators supporting Indian call-center scams that defrauded older Americans…

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‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ is expanding fast, and that should worry everyone 14:44

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As Nigel Morris watches his BNPL investments from the other side of the table, he seems to understand the warning signs better than most. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Amazon satellite network gets a rebrand and drops its affordability pitch; plus, a jury says Apple owes Masimo $634M 6:28

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The company has been quietly changing how it talks about who its internet customers will be before it announced a big name change last week. Also, a federal jury in California ruled Friday that Apple must pay medical device maker Masimo $634 million for infringing a patent on blood oxygen monitoring technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis…

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The Problem With the ‘2 Sets Is Enough’ Trend 34:52

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Topics: (00:29) - The truth behind the trend (01:53) - Breaking down what is being said (06:20) - One big assumption made by the theory (11:21) - Most of us don't know where real failure is (23:41) - Thinking of it as a skill progression (26:21) - Takeaways 👉 Start your free 7-day trial here!By LiftingLindsay

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Building Resilience Without Spending a Fortune: Eighteen No-Cost and Low‑Cost Prepping Activities 25:55

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Imagine your power goes out tonight; no lights, no phone charger, no warning. Could you navigate your home in the dark, cook a meal without electricity, or contact your family if the grid stayed down for days? In this episode, we’re going into simple, no‑cost and low‑cost prepping steps that build real resilience, things you can do right now with w…

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AI vs Religion: The Vatican Breaks Its Silence — And It’s Terrifying #cybersecurity 42:20

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The Vatican just issued a massive warning about AI — and it might be the most unexpected twist in the religion-tech debate yet. Frank and Dustin dive deep into the rising spiritual panic around artificial intelligence: AI as a therapist, AI as a partner, AI as a spiritual advisor… and the truly wild question: Should an AI ever be baptized? In this …

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ChatGPT launched pilot group chats across Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan; plus, newsletter platform beehiiv adds AI website building, creator tools in major expansion 6:48

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The group chat is available to Free, Plus, and Team users on both mobile and web platforms. OpenAI says the pilot is designed to explore how people use group conversations in ChatGPT. Also, in a video announcing the release of beehiiv, Tyler Denk, the co-founder and CEO of beehive, said that what makes newsletter platforms powerful is ownership. “O…

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‘Chad: The Brainrot IDE’ is a new Y Combinator-backed product so wild, people thought it was fake ; plus, after 5 months, the $1,200 bottles of Besties All-In tequila are finally starting to ship 6:27

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Chad: the Brainrot IDE is an actual product that pairs vibe coding with brainrot activities like gambling, Tinder and games. Also, orders of the Besties Tequila were supposed to be fulfilled by end of summer but were delayed again and again due to the bottle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Making snake bites less deadly, and more… 54:09

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On this week's episode: tracking down a stellar explosion, climate apathy, arctic foxes are key in northern food web, why golf balls lip out of holes and making snake bites less deadly.

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DataRec Library for Reproducible in Recommend Systems 32:48

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In this episode of Data Skeptic's Recommender Systems series, host Kyle Polich explores DataRec, a new Python library designed to bring reproducibility and standardization to recommender systems research. Guest Alberto Carlo Maria Mancino, a postdoc researcher from Politecnico di Bari, Italy, discusses the challenges of dataset management in recomm…

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Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine’s video archive 6:34

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Jack Dorsey backs diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive of 6-second, looping videos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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Why a researcher is building robots that look and act like bats; plus Productivity app Hero announces an SDK that will complete your AI prompts for you 7:29

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These palm-sized robots use ultrasound signals to navigate harsh conditions in search and rescue missions. Also, the autocomplete will help users create more effective prompts for AI apps, resulting in fewer back-and-forths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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The global race for the AI app layer is still on; plus Australian spy chief warns Chinese hackers are ‘probing’ critical networks for espionage and sabotage 6:57

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The U.S. is far ahead of Europe in the race for large AI models, at least in funding. But the picture is different for the application layer, global VC firm Accel highlighted in its 2025 Globalscape report. Also, Australia's intelligence chief warned that Chinese hackers are trying to break into its networks, sometimes successfully, to "pre-positio…

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Robyn is an empathetic AI companion chatbot; plus Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup 7:40

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Robyn wants to position it self as an empathetic chatbot and not as a companion or a therapy app. Also, Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, which will focus on continuing his work on world models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Lovable says it’s nearing 8 million users as the year-old AI coding startup eyes more corporate employees 6:37

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The platform has attracted an eclectic user base. More than half of Fortune 500 companies are using Lovable to "supercharge creativity," according to Osika, who insisted retention remains strong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy TechCrunch

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JSA, Absolute Superman, and a Birthday Extravaganza! - Comics Pull-Ooza 1:21:49

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It has been one year since the release of the first episode of Comics Pull-Ooza! Not we still have not made our actual theme song but we do have a new one (because a hard drive crashed and the files was lost to the original, but I digress). This week we take a look back at the last year and discuss some of our favorite titles. Best Books JSA 13 Abs…

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Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware, plus a better way of thinking about the AI bubble 9:19

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Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly difficult to justify, given the broad range of victims — journalists, activists, and now political consultants — that have come forward. AI isn't all or nothi…

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Amphibious Mastery: From Gallipoli’s Failure to Inchon’s Shock 34:32

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The clash between failure and triumph defines the story of amphibious warfare. In 1915, Allied troops rowed toward Gallipoli’s unforgiving cliffs, only to be broken by terrain, fire, and poor planning. Thirty-five years later, Marines stormed Inchon’s seawalls, scaling ladders against the tide and reshaping the Korean War. This extended version of …

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Fraud News - Tracking 2025's Fraud & Cyber Shifts 42:47

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Fraudology is presented by Sardine. Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this episode of Fraudology, host Karisse Hendrick unpacks a wave of major fraud news and security trends. From the execution sentences of Myanmar’s scam compound kingpins and Starlink’s device crackdown, to Singapore’s $150 million asset freeze targeting the Prince Grou…