The 2 Best Download This Show Podcast Episodes
1) Luminary's bumpy landing and TikTok explained
Would you pay for a podcast? This week on Download This Show the launch of more paid subscription podcast services. The endless memes and happiness on the video sharing app TikTok - no snark or Nazis....Show More
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Interesting to hear how the hosts believe the walled garden model will be an inevitable fate for podcast ecosystem just like tv shows and mo...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Trump vs K-pop?
Why are fans of Korean pop at war with Donald Trump? Why Twitter wants you to leave it a voice mail. Why we're under sustained cyber attack from China - except the government doesn't want to name Chin...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Your free VPN might be spying on you
VPNs have topped the charts this week, after major adult websites blocked Australian users. Several of these most popular VPNs are free, but at what cost? Plus, fake videos of the war in Iran have bee...Show More
4) Why Trump is fighting with AI company Anthropic
A US government official has called Anthropic a national security risk, after the company drew ethical lines around its technology being used for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapon...Show More
5) Trump's fight with Anthropic AI and Meta's AI Ray-Bans changing privacy
A US government official has called Anthropic a national security risk, after the company drew ethical lines around its technology being used for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapon...Show More
6) New research finds Elon Musk's X algorithm can shift political attitudes long term
New research about the social media platform X suggests that just a few weeks on what used to be Twitter can shift political attitudes AND the effects can last long after we log off. So is it really p...Show More
7) Did AI secretly make your favourite video game?
AI is sliding into game development pipelines, but the rules around telling players what is machine-made and what is made by people are patchy at best. So, how much transparency do players deserve, an...Show More
8) How tech is changing how we watch the Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics is using drones, AI and cloud-based broadcasting to track curling stones, freeze mid-air jumps, even talk to an official Winter Olympics chatbot. It’s turning sports spectatorship ...Show More
9) Are there more bots than people on the internet?
Having an AI agent act as your personal executive assistant may seem like a sweet deal, but security experts have a few concerns. Also on the program, Moltbook is a new social media platform specfical...Show More
10) What is Upscrolled, Australia’s newest viral social media platform?
TikTok has finally struck a deal to avoid being banned in the United States. Their privacy policy also got a controversial update. So, who owns US TikTok now? And what difference will it make to users...Show More