After a judge twice refused YouTube warrants for journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, DHS used a 19 U.S.C. 1509 customs summons that no judge signs. Google refused. T-Mobile handed over six months of Fort's calls and texts. Alex and Jordan look at a Texas $1 insurance add-on, sold as catalytic-converter theft, that paid for at least 3,200 Flock cameras before Abbott paused state money and pointed at federal dollars; Tencent's Hy4 preview, a real Apache download scored by Tencent's own experts; and Anthropic calling a 17 percent cut to Claude Code limits a permanent raise. The side of tech news nobody talks about.

Hosts: Alex & Jordan

Show: Chief Skeptic Officer — The side of tech news nobody talks about.

Drop: Daily at 7:00 A.M. America/New_York

Episode date: 2026-08-30

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