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Deepfake Audio Brings Chaos and Disorder to London
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Deepfake Audio Brings Chaos and Disorder to London

AI brings lots of possibilities, but we humans are messy and are content to use a technology that can help us cure cancer, solve poverty, and environmental catastrophes to create porn, uncreative art, and deliver misinformation. Deepfakes are AI rendered audio and video recordings of people doing or saying things that are false. Deepfakes have...

Shocked and Surprised Says George Santos’ EX
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Shocked and Surprised Says George Santos’ EX

DC, or the District if you’re old enough, is in our backyard. theSync’s offices are in Annapolis, but our souls lay just minutes outside the Kenilworth Ave border. National news often times is our local news. Policy, scandal, and the politics that surround our Nation’s capital becomes BBQ fodder and is intermixed with conversation at...

Marines Defeat AI Bot, Amazon Launches Subscription Rx, & El Goog Abuses Ads
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Marines Defeat AI Bot, Amazon Launches Subscription Rx, & El Goog Abuses Ads

It’s another Thursday, and I’m back baby, with another weekly installment of theSync. This will probably be the last week these posts originate here. Next week, head on over to thesyncweekly.com for each week’s tech news and analysis. I’m on with Mark Starling, John, and the First News 570 crew. This week’s hot and fresh tech news: US...

Corrupt Database Grounds US Air Travel, NYC Landlords Use Spy Tech to Evict People, CES Gadget Round Up
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Corrupt Database Grounds US Air Travel, NYC Landlords Use Spy Tech to Evict People, CES Gadget Round Up

I’m back on the air with Mark Starling, John, and the First News 570 crew. This week’s hot and fresh tech news: a corrupt DB file grounds the FAA NOTAM, New York City landlords spy on tenants to evict them, and a few ridiculous gadgets from CES. You can listen to me and Mark Starling point and...

BREAKING: Crypto Exchange Binance May Walk Away from FTX Purchase
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BREAKING: Crypto Exchange Binance May Walk Away from FTX Purchase

I usually don’t send out a double header, but this news is a pretty big one. FTX, has hemorrhaging money. Two days ago, the cryptocurrency exchange was close to completing a deal where its larger rival, Binance, would purchase FTX’s non-US held operations. FTX was facing a liquidity crunch and couldn’t support trades on its...

Algorithms Run DC, Big Tech Starts Big Layoffs, Users Seek Out Mastodon in Twitter Exodus,
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Algorithms Run DC, Big Tech Starts Big Layoffs, Users Seek Out Mastodon in Twitter Exodus,

I ate my second McRib of the season this week! Hot! I barely made it out of the McD’s parking lot. Sweet, tangy, and juicy. Delicious. It’s Thursday, and I’m back on the air with Mark Starling, John, and the First News 570 crew. This week’s hot and fresh tech news: nerdy algorithms run Washington, DC, Twitter...

The End for the McRib, DOJ Charges Chinese Nationals for Spying, Investors Worry About the Metaverse, and Tesla Under Fed Investigation
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The End for the McRib, DOJ Charges Chinese Nationals for Spying, Investors Worry About the Metaverse, and Tesla Under Fed Investigation

It’s that time again! The McRib is back! November will be here in a couple of days and I can’t be happier. In just a few days, that tangy, sweet, spicy, saucy, and juicy pork ribwich will be mine. Sabrina is already preparing herself for the first sandwich of the season. McDonalds claims this is...

Triller Verzuz Timbaland & Swizz Beats in Lawsuit, Chinese Tech Companies Hand Algo Data to Government, VPNs Safe Unless You’re on iOS
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Triller Verzuz Timbaland & Swizz Beats in Lawsuit, Chinese Tech Companies Hand Algo Data to Government, VPNs Safe Unless You’re on iOS

Hello, hello, hello and it’s another Thursday! Guys, I have to thank you so much for your support of this weekly blog and for your ears. The Cloud has consistently provided an uptick in listens across these first three months, and has caught the attention of a major blog platform. Thanks! We’ll see what happens...

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Feds Follow Crypto Money, Alfa Romeo Car Crypto, and Subscriptions Are Next Car Money Grab

Happy Thursday, TTN readers! Crypto and Cars dominate this weeks news. I’m on with  Mark Starling, Seth, John, and the First News 570 crew. This week’s top tech stories: DOJ arrests and recovers part of $4.5 billion crypto scam, Alfa Romeo creates car crypto, and car companies look to subscriptions for next cash grab. You can listen to...