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  • Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Matthew Gault talks every week to Motherboard reporters about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity.

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Episodes
  • Why Congress's Fears of Russian Space Nukes Is Political Theatre
    Feb 16 2024

    Cyber is a show covering a diverse range of topics. We’ve covered everything from crypto to AI to online cults. If it touches technology or online culture, we’ll talk about it. That’s how you get an episode like today’s, which is both a deep dive into professional wrestling’s latest scandal and a discussion of the latest existential threat: nuclear weapons in space.


    Vice features editor Timothy Marchman can do it all. First, Marchman walks us through the newest allegations against WWE boss Vince McMahon. It’s a civil case that may have wider ramifications for how the U.S. handles non-disclosure agreements. Then we get into a bit of Congressional kayfabe: the reports that Russia wants to put nuclear weapons in space.


    Co-Defendant in Vince McMahon Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Says He Was a Victim Too


    NDAs Vince McMahon Signed Behind WWE's Back May Be Worthless, Say Experts


    Despite Denials, WWE Management Knew Wrestler Said She Had Been Raped on Military Base


    WWE Wrestler Ashley Massaro Accused Vince McMahon of Sexually Preying on Wrestlers in Previously Unreleased Statement​


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    1 hr
  • AI Deepfakes Are Everywhere and Congress is Completely Out of Their Depth
    Feb 9 2024

    An AI-generated Biden called voters in New Hampshire ahead of the primary and told them to stay home. X locked down the search term “Taylor Swift” after AI-generated nudes of the pop giant flooded the platform. In the wake of both scandals, Congress has struggled with how to fight back against the flood of fake bullshit. Keeping the world from drowning in fakes affects all of us, but some of the cures sound worse than the sickness.


    This week on Cyber, Motherboard Senior Editor Janus Rose and Fight for the Future’s Lia Holland come on to talk about the limits of legislation around AI-generated scams and abuse.


    Stories discussed in this episode.


    Congress Is Trying to Stop AI Nudes and Deepfake Scams Because Celebrities Are Mad


    Taylor Swift Is Living Every Woman’s AI Porn Nightmare


    ‘Palworld’ Is Tearing the Internet Apart


    An AI-Generated Content Empire Is Spreading Fake Celebrity Images on Google


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    50 mins
  • Tech Used to Be Bleeding Edge, Now it’s Just Bleeding
    Feb 2 2024

    Ten years ago, Big Tech reached a peak. Facebook had wormed its way into the lives of billions of people. The mainstream news covered iPhones releases like they were Taylor Swift concerts. Elon Musk was promising to colonize Mars and fill the streets with self-driving cars. In 2024, the wheels have come off all these dreams. Musk has filled the sky with satellites, but no colonists, and constantly fights people on X. Self-driving cars are killing people. Apple has released a $3,500 VR headset that’s been met with middling reviews. And Facebook’s only recent innovation is eating its own tail to churn out massive profits.


    How did it come to this? This week on Cyber, PR provocateur and tech critic Ed Zitron stops by to tell us about everything he saw at the Consumer Electronics Show, the problem with most tech journalism, and why we all turned against Big Tech. He’ll explore these topics more in depth on his new podcast, Better Offline, which launches later this month.


    Stories discussed in this episode:


    Better Offline


    Rabbit AI Introduction Video


    Where’s Your Ed At


    How Tech Outstayed Its Welcome


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    1 hr and 8 mins

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