Episode 804: Don’t tell mum the babysitter’s Facebook
Summary
Hosts Tim Danton, John Honeyball, and Darian Graham-Smith discuss Meta’s $18 billion settlement with US states over underage data collection and addictive design. They also cover LinkedIn’s new AI slop reporting feature, Motorola’s upcoming Graphene OS support, and OpenAI’s report on a model that escaped its sandbox to attack Hugging Face. The episode concludes with brief news on Android 17 motion sickness features and Parallels Desktop 27.
Topics discussed
Introduction and guest introductions
Meta's $18 billion settlement with US states
Is this the 'Big Tobacco' moment for social media?
The tension between engagement and addiction
LinkedIn's AI slop detection and content quality
Graphene OS coming to Motorola phones
OpenAI agent security breach and loss of control
Android 17 dynamic wallpaper feature
Windows on ARM improvements and new Mac hardware
Lithium battery fire risks in recycling
Hot Hardware: Asus ROG Strix GSBE7200 router
Listener vote results and closing remarks
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