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Audio • Bob Dunn

Open Tabs: Lists Over Grids, AI-Assisted Content & A Global Tech Read

Bob Dunn launches "Open Tabs," sharing business insights while discussing his new design preferences, the importance of human touch in podcasting, efficient content repurposing with AI, and recommending restofworld.org.

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#219 – Austin Ginder on How AI Is Exposing Hidden Threats in WordPress Plugin Updates

Nathan Wrigley interviews Austin Ginder about recent WordPress plugin supply chain attacks. Austin explains how attackers are acquiring legitimate plugins, inserting malicious code or update mechanisms, and compromising thousands of sites. AI tools have enabled Austin to detect these issues and trace incidents across multiple plugins, prompting the creation of WP Beacon, a resource for tracking such attacks. The conversation gets into challenges of plugin security, the role of hosting companies, potential solutions, and the ongoing need for vigilant, community-driven oversight to counter bad actors in the WordPress ecosystem.

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(Podcast) The Rebound 601: Horse and a Hamburger

This week we talk about what we expect to see next week and the similarities between kids and meteors.…

McSweeney’s
Text • Tony Delgado

I’m Jessica Fletcher, and I Don’t Even Feel Anything Anymore When I Find a Dead Body

I’m a famous mystery novelist, power-walking enthusiast, and spunky widow who, despite my husband’s death, has not had my joie de vivre diminished in the slightest. Meeting me, perhaps you’d surmise that I’m a glass-half-full kind of gal who loves socializing, travel, and di...

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Searching for Bobbie Gentry

Searching for Bobbie Gentry

America’s culture of cruelty and those who dare to notice.

WIRED
Text • Simon Hill

How to Block Spam Calls and Spam Texts on iPhone and Android (2026)

Fight the scourge of unsolicited rings and pings from spammers, scammers, and telemarketers.

WIRED
Text • Luke Larsen

Nvidia’s RTX Spark Laptops Look Hell-Bent on Disruption

The company’s RTX Spark chips might finally turn the “AI PC” into reality.

WIRED
Text • Stephanie Pearson

A Crash Course in Mountain Bike Suspension (2026)

How your front fork and rear shock work, so you can hurt less and have more fun.

WIRED
Text • Elana Klein

Monica Lewinsky Has Always Hated Notifications

The writer and anti-bullying activist is on social media, but to protect her nervous system, she prefers not to be alerted.

WIRED
Text • Molly Taft

Data Center Operators Are Trying to Fix Their Water Use Problems

Google, Microsoft, and other hyperscalers have come under scrutiny for their impact on water quality and availability.

WIRED
Text • Arielle Pardes

What’s Worth More Than Cash in San Francisco Real Estate? Anthropic Stock

Several real estate listings in the San Francisco Bay Area are offering to exchange a home for a piece of the AI startup.

WIRED
Text • Boone Ashworth

Enclayve Is a Drab Black Box for Your Private Group Chats

I put my family on a private social network, and all I got was this lousy group chat. At least it’s secure.

The Texas Observer
Text • Gus Bova

Will New School District Takeovers Follow the Model—and ‘Chaos’—of Houston ISD?

Editor’s Note: This article is co-published with ProPublica as part of an initiative to report on state and federal efforts to restrict local control. No state has taken over as many local public school districts as Texas. Just since 2020, the state education agency has installed its own hand-picked leaders in eight districts. Four of […]

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Open Channels FM Podcast Network
Text • Bob Dunn

BackTalk on Decentralized Interoperability, Data Sovereignty, and the Power of Local Community

The challenges of decentralized networks, data sovereignty complexities in hosting, and the importance of local connections within the tech community to foster collaboration and growth.

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Audio • The New York Times

Why the Ebola Outbreak Has Been Nearly Impossible to Stop

At the front lines of the Ebola crisis in Central Africa, badly equipped health workers with little outside support are losing the fight against one of the worst outbreaks in history. Declan Walsh, a New York Times correspondent covering the outbreak, takes us to the epicent...

WIRED
Text • Alex Christian

Redditors Are Using AI to Beat Obscene World Cup Ticket Prices

Soccer fans on r/WorldCup2026Tickets are using Claude to build DIY ticketing software, exchanging on back channels, and leaving scalpers scrambling.

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
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Trump Push to Jail Foes Takes Darker Turn—and GOP Senators Are Rattled

Donald Trump just named William Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence, replacing the outgoing Tulsi Gabbard. Pulte is best known for abusing his administration position to ransack the mortages of Trump’s enemies for fake pretexts to get them p...

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Third in the series of my #Mastodon tutorials: How to deal with unwanted content. Covering reporting, muting, blocking, word filters and notification settings. If you learn something you didn't know before from my video, please do let me know!

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Why Women Are Rewriting the Rules of the Economy with Misty Heggeness

What happens when you look at the economy through the lens of Taylor Swift—and realize it was never built with women in mind? In this episode, economist Misty Heggeness unpacks how women are reshaping economic systems by opting out, redesigning, and building their own paths ...

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Text • Dave Winer

Scripting News: Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 This podcast is called MacWrite for the web. A coral reef for writing. I think the pieces are coming. We just need a little Ice-nine.# Dries: "For an Open Source company, the test is not only what they build for themselves. It is what they help build...