TechGrumps
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techgrumps 3.45 : Ring Watch Glasses Surveillance
About this podcast
Angry people going on about technology.
The UK is the home of grumpness and we frankly do it so well…
So we gather together a small group of sometimes grumpy people to discuss the bad aspects of technology
Episodes
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- techgrumps 3.45 : Ring Watch Glasses Surveillance · 1 h 5 min · Season 3 Episode 45• Techgrumps 3.45 • AI news • AI sent a false police report • https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/an-anthropic-ai-model-sent-a-false-homicide-tip-to-philadelphia-police/ • AI in…
- Techgrumps 3.44 - My Nuclear Bunker is too woke · 1 h 14 min · Season 3 Episode 44• 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…
- Techgrumps 3.43 - Loaded Laptops at Dawn · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 43Techgrumps • AI section • OpenAI "rogue AI" hacks Hugging Face: • https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/22/openai-cyberattack/ • Elon Musk interview at the Economist •…
- Techgrumps 3.42:: Three thefts don't make a right · 1 h 0 min · Season 3 Episode 42• AI section • Munich court decision on AI Overviews/Google • https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liabl…
- Techgrumps 3.41: The KardashElons of AI · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 41Techgrumps 3.41 • AI roundup • AI elites don't get it • https://www.404media.co/podcast-elites-just-dont-get-ai/ • Mathematicians worries •…
- techgrumps 3.40 - Teletubbies vision of judge dredd · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 40Techgrumps 3.40 • AI round up • All Birds • Sam Altman vs Elon Musk over OpenAI • Mocking Richard Dawkins: •…
- Techgrumps 3.39 - Mythos only for the elite · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 39TechGrumps 3.39 : Mythos only for the elite • AI round table • Open claw and the separation of concerns • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKqrmS6dKDg • Esquire AI generates an…
- techgrumps 3.38 - The bettification of everything · 1 h 2 min · Season 3 Episode 38Techgrumps 3.38 • AI roundup • Comparing and showing diffs of the openai mission statement over time, • https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/openai-mission-statement/ • DE]The…
- Techgrumps 3.37 - AI Discussions sandboxed for your security · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 37Techgrumps 3.37 - AI Discussions sandboxed for your security • The AI Skills Hub is a bit lightweight. • https://aiskillshub.org.uk/ • Anthropic has invested 1.5M in the Python…
- Techgrumps 3.36 - Men are weird: The Return of the Glasshole · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 36Techgrumps 3.36 • Mozilla, Firefox and AI • https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/mozillas-new-ceo-says-ai-is-coming-to-firefox-but-will-remain-a-choice/ • The return of smart…
- TechGrumps 3.3.5: - Bless The TechGrumps (Special holiday special) · 1 h 2 min · Season 3Techgrumps 3.3.5 (Special holiday special) • Hannah: is grumpy about marketers using "GEO" or "Generative Engine Optimisation" •…
- Techgrumps 3.34 - ChatGPT is not my wingman · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 34Techgrumps 3.34 • Local council cyberattacks • https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526106/Annual-costs-of-Hackney-ransomware-attack-exceed-12m •…
- Techgrumps 3.33 : Removing the final step in captilism, removing the consumer · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 33Techgrumps 3.33 • AI browsers, WTF? • https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/10/31/the-gated-web/ • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountains_of_Paradise • Amazon goes…
- Techgrumps 3.32 : Your illegal, racially motivated stops will go more smoothly · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 32Techgrums 3.32 • UK Digital ID • https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/09/26/the-absurdity-card/ • Christie’s has quietly shuttered its digital art department •…
- Techgrumps 3.31: 10000 steps of Gemini's love language · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 31Techgrumps 3.31 • My wearable says please stand-up • https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2025/06/24/rfk-jr-wants-a-wearable-on-your-wrist-00419190 • Switzerland…
- Techgrumps 3.30 : We did if for the children · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 30• Techgrumps 3.30 • UK's online safety act requires users to verify their age for adult content • VPN usage massively up!…
- Techgrumps 3.29: Please verify your AI partner · 57 min · Season 3 Episode 29Techgrumps 3.29 • The Fediverse and Bluesky • https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/27/revival/ • World Orb launches in the UK •…
- Techgrumps 3.28 - If no-one monetizes no-one HAS to monetize · 58 min · Season 3 Episode 28Techgrumps 3.28 • AI chatbots lie saying they are licensed therapists • Open letter to Keir Starmer about technological sovereignty • Self-hosting is Sovereignty? • AOB • Andor…
- Techgrumps 3.27 - The New Frankenstien, Virturally corpse free · 60 min · Season 3 Episode 27Techgrumps • Can't remove the Meta AI button from WhatsApp • NAS DRM on hard drives? • The Vatican guide to AI • Digital Legacy and victim sentencing • GDS playbook for AI •…
- Techgrumps 3.26 - Its like being in a whirlpool of apps · 56 min · Season 3 Episode 26Techgrumps 3.26 • NHS prescription app • Vape-o-gotchi • Pebble is a sign of the times • AOB • Torturing AI to get better results • AI being used for avoiding whale collisions…
