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Election hacking with Instagram

Facebook might have been trying to hide just how important Instagram was to Russian misinformation campaigns, but it's worse than we all thought.



088: He Wasn't Like Zuck, He Was A Human

Zach and Owen get nerdy about browsers this week, after the news that Microsoft will make a historic change to its web browser (RIP, Internet Explorer). Also, we talk about what that means for ~apps~ and a bunch of other stuff, like how weird the podcasting industry is.



Apple goes to Texas

Apple's next big office will be in Austin, Texas, and it was much nicer about choosing than Amazon was, in stark contrast.


087: Men are trash

Zach, Frederique and Owen get into a deep discussion this week on one big thing: why is Tumblr cracking down on NSFW content? And why are sex workers so discriminated against online?


Intel shows signs of life

Intel: definitely not entirely dead.


Supermicro bites back: there was no hack

Supermicro isn't backing down, with the company conducting an internal audit and finding no traces of Chinese spying, let alone hardware modifications. Now what?


What the heck happened with Huawei?

A Huawei executive was arrested in Vancouver, Canada, while she tried to transfer between flights. Why is she stuck in the middle of a dispute between the US and China, in Canada?