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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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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about privacy, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 168 stories have been published about privacy which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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FeatherPlatforms

FeatherPlatforms

FeatherPDF is the innovative PDF editor that respects your privacy

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CoinGape

CoinGape

Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Discusses Midnight and XRP With Ripple CTO

CoinGape

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KnowTechie

KnowTechie

AirTag 2 on track to launch next year with three major improvements

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TechCrunch

TechCrunch

India orders Meta to curb WhatsApp data sharing, levies $25M fine | TechCrunch

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Engadget

Engadget

Apple’s next AirTag is coming in 2025 with privacy improvements

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TechXplore

TechXplore

AI-based authentication scheme can safeguard vehicles from cyber threats

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The Sociable

The Sociable

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

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How-To Geek

How-To Geek

How to stop your smart speaker from listening to everything you say

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Guardian

Guardian

Companies building AI-powered tech are using your posts. Here’s how to opt out

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TechCrunch

TechCrunch

Think you need a VPN? Start here. | TechCrunch

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Northeastern Global News

Northeastern Global News

Uber and Lyft unintentionally sent gig workers' SSN numbers to Meta and TikTok, new Northeastern research uncovers.

Northeastern Global News

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Reuters

Reuters

FTC's Holyoak concerned AI collecting children's data

Reuters

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CNET

CNET

DuckDuckGo Is More Than Just a Search Engine Now

CNET

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Windows Central

Windows Central

Xbox lets you make friends now — as the new friends and followers update rolls out to everyone

Windows Central

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Ars Technica

Ars Technica

Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can’t punish us for selling user location data

Ars Technica

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The North West Star

The North West Star

Online misinformation crackdown clears first hurdle

The North West Star

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Notes From Poland

Notes From Poland

Belarusian man and Polish accomplice indicted for espionage in Poland

Notes From Poland

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Upworthy

Upworthy

Students show how new smart glasses can steal your information 'in a glance'

Upworthy

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Huffington Post UK

Huffington Post UK

Which? tested four categories of smart devices: smart watches, air fryers, speakers and TVs

Huffington Post UK

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Guardian

Guardian

Encrypted messaging app developer moves out of Australia after police visit employee’s home

Guardian

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