Techgrumps 3.44 - My Nuclear Bunk...

Techgrumps 3.44 - My Nuclear Bunker is too woke

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S3 · E44

Sep 9, 2026

01:14:53

Episode notes

Techgrumps 3.44
- AI section
  - AI may make software more secure against government hacking
    - https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/how-ai-could-make-it-harder-for-governments-to-use-hacking-tools/
  - Nvidia buys Hugging Face
    - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/report-nvidia-to-acquire-ai-model-repository-hugging-face-for-13-billion/)
  - backwards and poor": Trump on those who oppose data centres
  - The Dyson $500 "smart" toothbrush with AI, live camera, and water floss:
  - AI and Hazmat train
    - https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/aug/28/ai-almost-sent-hazmat-train-barreling-toward-catas/
  - NYC Schools band Gen AI
    - https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/02/nyc-school-system-to-ban-generative-ai-for-elementary-middle-school-students-01061364?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
  - Fake US think tank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI
    - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/fake-thinktank-israel-ai-propaganda
- Tech news
  - The Nerd Reich by Gil Duran
  - Problems of requesting your data
    - https://www.wired.com/story/i-demanded-my-data-from-over-100-companies-deletion-notices-started-arriving-instead/
  - BBC vs Trump, using the VPN argument
    - https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/bbc-fights-trumps-usd10-billion-lawsuit-over-vpn-jurisdiction-limits
  - Texas court ordered ICANN to lock the domain of an admittedly horrid porn site;
    - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/berlin-cyberattack-hackers-leak-highly-sensitive-data-across-dark-web/ar-AA2bCe8B
  - Trump administration has dubbed hacktivist Italian service provider Austici/Inventati a terrorist org
- AOB's
  - Coyote vs. Acme finally gets a release
  - Cory Doctorow is in Manchester - Friday 11th Sept
  - Evolution of monetization sabotage - Disney vs. endorsement

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