The Government is BACKWARDS on Technology
This week in the Weekly News Roundup, the current government is totally backwards on technology, and we want to talk about that. We also look at the future of the job market and the dangers of long-term subscriptions.

The Government is BACKWARDS on Technology
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/the-kids-online-safety-act-is-back-with-the-potential-to-change-the-internet/

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/kids-online-safety-act-continues-threaten-our-rights-online-year-review-2024

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/white-house-scraps-plan-to-block-data-brokers-from-selling-americans-sensitive-data/

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/03/us-agency-proposes-new-rule-blocking-data-brokers-from-selling-americans-sensitive-personal-data/

https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/statutes/fair-credit-reporting-act

https://www.techradar.com/pro/ftc-and-doj-push-for-data-protection-in-google-antitrust-case

https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/public-policy/doj-search-remedies-may-2025/

https://www.siia.net/dojs-forced-data-sharing-proposal-would-upend-internet-privacy-and-security/

Robo Job Revolution
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/08/amazon-jobs-robotics

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/12/for-silicon-valley-ai-isnt-just-about-replacing-some-jobs-its-about-replacing-all-of-them

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/04/ai-jobs-international-workers-day/

The Dangers of Longterm Subscriptions
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/11/fitness-tracker-whoop-faces-unhappy-customers-over-upgrade-policy/

https://www.reddit.com/r/whoop/comments/1kj252l/megathread_clarifying_and_updating_our_upgrade/

https://support.whoop.com/s/article/Upgrades?language=en_US

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/vpn-firm-says-it-didnt-know-customers-had-lifetime-subscriptions-cancels-them/

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/a-lifetimes-worth-of-chatgpt-openai-could-launch-weekly-and-lifetime-ai-subscription-plans

Quicklines
https://notthebee.com/article/heres-how-to-claim-100-from-apple-after-siri-potentially-spied-on-your-private-conversations/

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/we-would-be-less-confidential-than-google-proton-threatens-to-quit-switzerland-over-new-surveillance-law

https://securityaffairs.com/177648/cyber-crime/malware-targets-end-of-life-routers.html

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/05/google-chrome-will-use-ai-to-block-tech-support-scam-websites

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/waymo-recalls-1200-robotaxis-following-low-speed-collisions-with-gates-and-chains/

https://news.itsfoss.com/curl-ai-slop/

https://www.windowscentral.com/apple/apple-faces-legal-action-for-using-false-apple-intelligence-ads-to-drive-iphone-16-sales

https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/when-i-die-please-do-not-produce-an-ai-version-of-me

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/googles-bringing-gemini-to-your-car-with-android-auto/

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/sam-altman-son-ai-bestie-microsoft-copilot-companion

Silly
https://notthebee.com/article/this-countertop-robot-literally-cooks-your-meals-for-you-like-a-coffee-machine-for-food-/

https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/this-new-ai-model-can-make-your-dream-lego-set-heres-how-you-can-try-legogpt-for-free
https://cmu-gil-legogpt-demo.hf.space/?__theme=system&deep_link=3tZP1JDbyIc

https://www.windowscentral.com/phones/windows-phone/windows-phone-just-got-its-first-ai-chatgpt-style-app-no-really

https://notthebee.com/article/someone-made-a-comment-about-googles-ai-search-results-and-the-stuff-that-it-comes-up-with-is-killing-me/