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TBOT Show Episode 5
A new week in tech - a new episode from #TBOT.
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Today on the #TBOT show (all in ~20 minutes):
Our top story: AI Search Blasts The Web: Own a website? Google’s new unassuming AI mode may just kill web traffic coming from search engines. Find out how this AI search works and what it means for the internet.
Uncle Sam Wants You To Wear a Smart Watch: In a recent Health and Human Services budget hearing, RFK Jr announced he wants all Americans to wear health trackers. We’ll look into why he may want this and whether there’s a hidden agenda.
Your Password Is Probably In This Leak: Cybersecurity researchers discover 30 different mega-databases on the darkweb, containing 16B credentials. Find out which apps were targeted, how the data was collected, and how to protect yourself.
Self-Driving Cars Takeover US Cities: Tesla’s Robotaxis launch in their first city - Austin, and Google’s Waymo driverless ride service launches in Atlanta. Who’s winning the driverless race and what are the technologies behind them?
🧑💻Solution: A Private Non-AI Search: Rejecting AI Search with a meta-search engine. In today’s solution video, Hakeem gives you a tour of SearxNG - a search engine that can search other search engines. These meta-search engines protect your privacy, filter ads, and gives you complete control of your searches.
🎊 Welcome to the #Take Back Our Tech show with Hakeem Anwar. Every Friday, tune into tech news that could change your life. Well-researched and with solutions - all in 20 minutes.
⭐ PLUS - Each story comes with recommendations and there’s one cool tech trick or open-source solution every week.
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🧠 Get a deep dive into SIM swapping on our Above webinar
📲 5 Must-Change Privacy Settings on iPhone & Android
🛡 Get privacy gear
A new week in tech - a new episode from #TBOT.
WATCH ON SUBSTACK
Today on the #TBOT show (all in ~20 minutes):
Our top story: AI Search Blasts The Web: Own a website? Google’s new unassuming AI mode may just kill web traffic coming from search engines. Find out how this AI search works and what it means for the internet.
Uncle Sam Wants You To Wear a Smart Watch: In a recent Health and Human Services budget hearing, RFK Jr announced he wants all Americans to wear health trackers. We’ll look into why he may want this and whether there’s a hidden agenda.
Your Password Is Probably In This Leak: Cybersecurity researchers discover 30 different mega-databases on the darkweb, containing 16B credentials. Find out which apps were targeted, how the data was collected, and how to protect yourself.
Self-Driving Cars Takeover US Cities: Tesla’s Robotaxis launch in their first city - Austin, and Google’s Waymo driverless ride service launches in Atlanta. Who’s winning the driverless race and what are the technologies behind them?
🧑💻Solution: A Private Non-AI Search: Rejecting AI Search with a meta-search engine. In today’s solution video, Hakeem gives you a tour of SearxNG - a search engine that can search other search engines. These meta-search engines protect your privacy, filter ads, and gives you complete control of your searches.
🎊 Welcome to the #Take Back Our Tech show with Hakeem Anwar. Every Friday, tune into tech news that could change your life. Well-researched and with solutions - all in 20 minutes.
⭐ PLUS - Each story comes with recommendations and there’s one cool tech trick or open-source solution every week.
🪧 Follow the show on Substack
📝 Follow our blog
#TBOT related news:
🧠 Get a deep dive into SIM swapping on our Above webinar
📲 5 Must-Change Privacy Settings on iPhone & Android
🛡 Get privacy gear
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The TBOT Show | Episode #5
AI Search Threatens The Web, Uncle Sam Wants Wearables, Is Your PW in this 16B leak, Self Driving Cars Take Over The Streets
Forwarded from Gizchina.com
Turn Your Old Tech into Gold: 10 Smart Uses for Old Phones, Routers, and Tablets
https://www.gizchina.com/2025/06/27/turn-your-old-tech-into-gold-10-smart-uses-for-old-phones-routers-and-tablets/
https://www.gizchina.com/2025/06/27/turn-your-old-tech-into-gold-10-smart-uses-for-old-phones-routers-and-tablets/
No deleted account found from
59 scanned users from this group 🚫👻Forwarded from NoGoolag
Germany Pressures Apple and Google to Ban Chinese AI App DeepSeek
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Reclaim The Net
Germany Pressures Apple and Google to Ban Chinese AI App DeepSeek
Apple and Google face German pressure to drop Chinese AI app DeepSeek over EU data privacy law violations.
Forwarded from NoGoolag
#USA Supreme Court Greenlights Online Digital #ID Checks
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Reclaim The Net
Supreme Court Greenlights Online Digital ID Checks
The endorsement of digital ID laws that could quietly redraw the boundaries of privacy and speech.
Forwarded from The Hacker News
🚨 1,000+ hacked home & office devices turned into a covert spying network for Chinese ops.
Worse? The malware mimics the LAPD—and it’s still growing quietly across the US + Asia.
Details on “LapDogs” & the backdoor behind it → https://thehackernews.com/2025/06/over-1000-soho-devices-hacked-in-china.html
Worse? The malware mimics the LAPD—and it’s still growing quietly across the US + Asia.
Details on “LapDogs” & the backdoor behind it → https://thehackernews.com/2025/06/over-1000-soho-devices-hacked-in-china.html
Forwarded from #TBOT: Take Back Our Tech
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⚡️TBOT Show Episode #5
Back with Episode 5! This week, we dive into Google’s AI search shaking up the internet, RFK Jr’s push for nationwide wearable tech, a massive leak of 16 billion passwords, and the rise of self-driving cars in major U.S. cities.
🎊 Welcome to the # Take Back Our Tech show with Hakeem Anwar. Every Friday, tune into tech news that could change your life. Well-researched and with solutions - all in 20 minutes.
⭐ PLUS - Each story comes with recommendations and there’s one cool tech trick or open-source solution every week.
WATCH ON SUBSTACK
We’ll be publishing full posts and clips of each of these stories next week!
Support well-researched content, forward this to your crew.🚢
🪧 Follow on Substack
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#TBOT related news:
🧠 SIM swapping on our Above webinar
📲5 Must-Change Privacy Settings on iPhone & Android
🛡Get privacy gear
Back with Episode 5! This week, we dive into Google’s AI search shaking up the internet, RFK Jr’s push for nationwide wearable tech, a massive leak of 16 billion passwords, and the rise of self-driving cars in major U.S. cities.
🎊 Welcome to the # Take Back Our Tech show with Hakeem Anwar. Every Friday, tune into tech news that could change your life. Well-researched and with solutions - all in 20 minutes.
⭐ PLUS - Each story comes with recommendations and there’s one cool tech trick or open-source solution every week.
WATCH ON SUBSTACK
We’ll be publishing full posts and clips of each of these stories next week!
Support well-researched content, forward this to your crew.🚢
🪧 Follow on Substack
📝 Follow our blog
#TBOT related news:
🧠 SIM swapping on our Above webinar
📲5 Must-Change Privacy Settings on iPhone & Android
🛡Get privacy gear
Forwarded from Tech & Leaks Zone
Xiaomi After-Sales Service: A Long Road of Broken Promises
Twitter
A user’s flagship Xiaomi 13 Pro continues to face serious issues, even after "three" official repairs and multiple visits to service centers. The issues began after the May HyperOS 2 update, when a pink line appeared. The service center replaced the display, but things only got worse. For over 1.5 months, the device has been lagging, the screen frequently freezes, touch response fails, the fingerprint sensor stops working intermittently, it overheats, and there are serious battery drain problems.
The After Sales Manager gave multiple false promises. He claimed the device would be fixed at another center, said parts were being arranged, and even mentioned sending an expert engineer. But none of that ever happened, and there was no follow-up despite weeks of waiting & showing videos of the issues to both SC and the ASM.
The complaint escalated from Grievance Desk to Head of Customer Service Desk. Xiaomi’s premium desk claimed that the issue is related to software aka HyperOS 2. However, other Xiaomi 13 Pro users haven’t faced this issue. Despite two display replacements costing over ₹40,000 (~$500) to Xiaomi, issue still isn't permanently fixed.
Now, the matter reached Xiaomi India President's Office: L3 Level.
The Relationship Manager said the service center found NO issues during inspection and asked the user to take the device back. Videos showing the problems were dismissed since no faults were detected by the service center and they denied the device replacement as well.
The the user then demonstrated the issues live in front of the service center engineer. The fingerprint sensor and touch failed even after a full reset with no apps installed. Yet, the grievance team closed the complaint without resolving the problem.
These issues seems related to false touch detection which started happening after Xiaomi replaced the original display when pink line appeared. It’s frustrating to deal with such bad after sales service & support from Xiaomi for a flagship device when all anyone wants is a phone that actually works.
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A user’s flagship Xiaomi 13 Pro continues to face serious issues, even after "three" official repairs and multiple visits to service centers. The issues began after the May HyperOS 2 update, when a pink line appeared. The service center replaced the display, but things only got worse. For over 1.5 months, the device has been lagging, the screen frequently freezes, touch response fails, the fingerprint sensor stops working intermittently, it overheats, and there are serious battery drain problems.
The After Sales Manager gave multiple false promises. He claimed the device would be fixed at another center, said parts were being arranged, and even mentioned sending an expert engineer. But none of that ever happened, and there was no follow-up despite weeks of waiting & showing videos of the issues to both SC and the ASM.
The complaint escalated from Grievance Desk to Head of Customer Service Desk. Xiaomi’s premium desk claimed that the issue is related to software aka HyperOS 2. However, other Xiaomi 13 Pro users haven’t faced this issue. Despite two display replacements costing over ₹40,000 (~$500) to Xiaomi, issue still isn't permanently fixed.
Now, the matter reached Xiaomi India President's Office: L3 Level.
The Relationship Manager said the service center found NO issues during inspection and asked the user to take the device back. Videos showing the problems were dismissed since no faults were detected by the service center and they denied the device replacement as well.
The the user then demonstrated the issues live in front of the service center engineer. The fingerprint sensor and touch failed even after a full reset with no apps installed. Yet, the grievance team closed the complaint without resolving the problem.
These issues seems related to false touch detection which started happening after Xiaomi replaced the original display when pink line appeared. It’s frustrating to deal with such bad after sales service & support from Xiaomi for a flagship device when all anyone wants is a phone that actually works.
Follow @TechLeaksZone
Forwarded from Black Voters For Trump
NEW - Microsoft kills the infamous "blue screen of death," replacing it with a black-colored screen in a few months.
https://www.disclose.tv/id/wjr21hj3fu/
https://www.disclose.tv/id/wjr21hj3fu/
Disclose.tv
Microsoft is retiring the infamous 'blue screen of death'
Breaking news from around the world.
Forwarded from NoGoolag
Starting July 7 #Google’s #Gemini #AI on #Android will be able to send messages, make calls and control apps even if disabled.
“It’s not something you need to opt into, nor can you opt out of it; it’s the new norm.”
https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/google-gemini-control-messages-calls-220000874.html
#why
“It’s not something you need to opt into, nor can you opt out of it; it’s the new norm.”
https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/google-gemini-control-messages-calls-220000874.html
#why
Yahoo Tech
Google Gemini is about to control your messages and calls, even if you say no
Google’s AI assistant is about to get full access to your calls, texts, and WhatsApp — even if you’ve disabled activity tracking.