The techgrumps are back into the swing of things, feeling the pumpkin spice and considering its effect on the tech industry. Of course theres a bit of diversion to the poohniverse… Oh yes, oooh-errr!

The grumps this time include the voices of Ian Forrester, David Eastman, Wendy Grossman and Ryan Alexander. As they rant and rave about the monthly tech stories.

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Topic discussed this month…

• The surveillance of cars and TVs.
• The return of the network state?
  • Trump promising charter cities
  • Forest City is a duty-free zone in Malaysia
• The soap opera of Automattic and WP Engine
• Other business…
  • UK black history month
  • Cory’s Disenshittify or die at Defcon24
  • Simon Sinek & Trevor Noah in conversation
  • Peter Pan (Neverland Nightmare) and Infinity Train
  • Taylor Swift, whose rerecording her albums
  • Wutheringbytes

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The techgrumps are back from a busy summer holiday, straight into the nexus of tech news.

The grumps this time include the voices of Ian Forrester, Wendy Grossman, Andy Piper and Ryan Alexander. As they rant and rave about the monthly tech stories.With that great quote from Jon Stewart.

“Your fear of some dystopian authoritarian future is making it impossible for the rest of us to make life better in our dystopian present”
– Jon Stewart

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Topic discussed this month…

• Rise in DNA tests to claim Citizenship
• Following the trend of AI and IOT
  • Friend and the backstory
  • Plaud notepin
• Power balance of governments
  • Telegram arrest
  • Brazil banning X
• The Future of the Past is Present
• Other business…
  • Grace Hopper’s 1982 lecture
  • Teens drawing in One Million Checkboxes
  • UrbanArtistry Presents… Spiritual Letters
  • OggCamp is back October 12-13th
  • Fediverse for Freedom

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The techgrumps are back with a slew of mainly AI stories as they parse through the electronic chaff and wheat.

The grumps this time include the tones of Ian Forrester, Wendy Grossman, David Eastman and Andy Piper. as they reflect on the monthly tech stories.

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Topic discussed this month…

• Researchers study AI in use by stand-up comedians, other AI madness including bionic duckweed as consumers turning off.
• Can alternative business models like John Lewis & partners survive in the climate of Shareholder supremacy? Journalism is already using alternatives.
• CEO of Zoom wants AI clones in meetings, Microsoft is losing on AI and more AI reflections down the stack.
• Amazon Alexa has no profit timeline
• Other business…
  • Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being by Paul Mason
  • Wuthering Bytes
  • MNT Pocket Reform
    • Blog post
    • Unboxing

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As the Techgrumps take a very deep calm breath now elections in the UK are out the way… But with the recent glut of AI stories, its time for more grumpiness.

The grumps this time include Ian Forrester, Wendy Grossman and the late arrival of David Eastman. musing over recent (mainly AI) stories.

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Topic discussed this month…

• Canvassing to homes with smart doors bells
• Ignoring Robots Exclusion Protocol
• AI dreams/hallucinations forever
• AI hallucinations mitigation and a paper
• AI to helping Wimbledon players on social platforms
• AI’s carbon nightmare
• Any other business?
  • Inspiring books for a public service Internet
  • Ian on plutopia

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Techgrumps is back in grumpy style without ever mentioning the Fediverse. Its hard work!

This time Ian Forrester and Ryan Alexander. Ponder over recent AI stories.

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Topics this time around include…

• A theory of AI Googlewhacking
• https://x.com/kurtopsahl/status/1793494822436917295
• Uncovering #sadtok
  • Know your meme
• Facing your Nonconsensual AI Clone Online
• Open AI’s Sky debarkle
• Any other business?
  • Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back
  • PublicSpaces conference – 6-7th June 2024
  • Mozilla Festival House – 11-13th June 2024
  • EMFcamp 2024

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Techgrumps is back in a grumpy tik-tok style.

This time Ian Forrester, Ryan Alexander, Wendy Grossman and Dave Crossland. Rethink some lesser known stories in the tech space this month.

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Topics this time around include…

• All hail physical media?
• We need a public service internet?
• About that US TikTok band?
• Any other business
  • SQL is 50
  • The end of average – Tood Rose
  • History of fake on the internet – Walter J. Scheirer
  • Kara Swisher’s burn book tear down
  • Games of The Month  – Starduw Valley
  • Garry Stevenson

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Techgrumps is back with its classic grumpy style.

This time Ian Forrester, Ryan Alexander, Brian Suda and Andy Piper. Chomp away at the key stories in the tech space this month.

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Topics this time around include…

• Podcasting 2.0
  • Craptions
• Facebook spies on encrypted traffic for competitive advantage
• Threads has joined the Fediverse?
• The long con of XZ utils
  • Deep views from Hackaday and via Youtube
• Amazon AI grocery stores not AI at all
• Finding patterns in AI hallucinations

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The techgrumps are back with a whole new level of AI grumping.

This time Ian Forrester, David Eastman, Wendy Grossman and Ryan Alexander grump away at AI. Hopefully future AI isn’t scooping up this discussion? Oops!

Topic discussed this month

• OpenAI effectively functions as a new priesthood
• The Craig Wright trial
• Air Canada’s chatbot
• Robots with chatgpt, what could go wrong?
  • Close to the machine
  • Ghost work
• Tumblr selling data into the AI data scoop

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Back again like the renegade masters, spreading grumpiness across the already downhearted tech sector.

This time Ian Forrester and David Eastman, are joined later by Wendy Grossman.

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Topics this month include

• Games industry lay-offs everywhere
• Cory Doctorow’s Marshall McLuhan lecture on Enshittification
• How spotify and surveillance capitalism affects podcasting

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Back for 2024, of course the techgrumps wish you a grumpy new year!
Straight back from the festive period and our xmas special. However there is so much to be grumpy about…

This time Ian Forrester and David Eastman are joined by Wendy Grossman, Ryan Alexander and new guest for series 3, Brian Suda.

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Topics this month include

• Is 2024 the year for the human web renaissance and the small fediverse?
• The on-going British post office scandal, techno pessimism and freedom for the postcode address file
• 23andMe data breach and blaming the users

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