Behind The Blog
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Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: 'Transcendence,' Blogging on an iPad, and Freedom of Information
This week, we discuss what a sci-fi movie from 2014 has to say about our AI debate today, what it's like to blog on an iPad, and the importance of freedom of information laws.
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Behind the Blog: Drones, Journalism and Disinformation
This week, we discuss Jason's entry into journalism via drones and Emanuel and Sam's thoughts on the state of social media and disinformation today.
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Behind the Blog: Cops Gotta Catch 'Em All and Texas Porn Problems
This week, we discuss the right to view porn without being hassled about "brain impairment" in Texas, lurking in hacking groups, and "dumb" FOIAs.
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Behind the Blog: AI-Generated Cartoon Terrorism and Ticket Reseller Chaos
This week, we discuss AI-generated cartoon terrorism, ticket reseller shenanigans, and a bombshell government report.
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Behind the Blog: TikTok Doxing, the Roman Empire, and Alien ‘Encounters’
This week, we discuss chain smoking through Rome: Total War, the audacity of TikTok doxing accounts using facial recognition, and a big new documentary about aliens on Netflix.
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Behind the Blog: Busted Slots and Shadowy Surveillance
Joseph talks about why he focused on a surveillance vendor's politics, and Emanuel on the fallout from Google surfacing an AI-generated "selfie" of the infamous Tank Man.
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FBI Wiretapping, Mexico's 'Aliens,' and Pissed Off Game Developers
How we broke the news of another arrest and indictment of someone involved in a sex trafficking ring, getting inside a situation that's pissed off a lot of game developers, the balance of revealing news and finding narratives, and monumental right-to-repair progress.
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Behind the Blog: 'Magical' AI That's Human Labor, Sinister Chatbots, and Damage Control
This week, we got some good business coaching from an unlikely place, and pulled back the curtain on a 3D modeling company.
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Behind the Blog: Why We Stalked a Target Through the NYC Subway
We discuss the importance of impact, missing phone calls from sources while at the dentist, and the games Amazon plays with journalists.
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Behind the Blog: Launch Week and Instagram's Illegal Ads Problem
We discuss launch week, stress, making a website, and Instagram’s big illegal ads problem.