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A daily Bri podcast briefing on the top Hacker News stories, startup debates, developer tools, and technology discussions worth catching up on.

  1. 5d ago

    1025 | AI Hype, Hacked TVs and a Very Old Turtle

    From AI's missing payoffs and LLM-written code to hacked TVs, exposed brain signals, and a 190-year-old turtle on a coin — a tour of what's new, what's broken, and what it means. Timeline: 00:00:04 Opening 00:00:29 AI's ROI problem and what AI can actually build 00:06:05 New tools written by machines, and an old language running out of money 00:09:51 Privacy, security and signals — from your TV to nuclear forces 00:13:42 Bodies and brains, plus tools that keep the lights on 00:17:01 Migration, longevity and unlocked hardware 00:20:04 Understanding the universe — and the animal that outlived us all 00:21:41 Closing View episode details → https://bri.so/show/episode/01a17137-cf23-70ca-a372-719c1783808a This episode is produced by Bri. Bri uses advanced AI technology to turn the feeds you care about into podcasts made for listening. https://bri.so Contact us at hi@bri.so.

    1025 | AI Hype, Hacked TVs and a Very Old Turtle

  2. 6d ago

    1024 | Models, Sandboxes, and one Retro Easter Egg

    From new open-weight language models and hardened AI sandboxes to dashboards replacing six-figure tools, phone privacy fights, and a handful of delightful web curiosities — a fast tour of what the tech world shipped, leaked, and argued about this week. Timeline: 00:00:04 Opening 00:00:57 New AI models and how they're kept in line 00:09:36 AI's growing footprint — trust, benchmarks, and one big claim 00:16:23 Privacy, platform lock-in, and phone security 00:22:32 Internet culture: time nerds, rediscovery, and retro charm 00:27:49 Quick hits: home, retro gaming, and code caveats 00:34:08 Closing View episode details → https://bri.so/show/episode/01a16c11-8ecd-775c-aed4-f6414656b80b This episode is produced by Bri. Bri uses advanced AI technology to turn the feeds you care about into podcasts made for listening. https://bri.so Contact us at hi@bri.so.

    1024 | Models, Sandboxes, and one Retro Easter Egg

  3. Oct 23

    1023 | Enclosures, Exploits, and Escape Hatches

    From AI claiming the scientific commons and forests cleared for data centers, to botched security disclosures, court-ordered DNS blackouts, a hacked phone, a Switch 2 jailbreak, and independent builders keeping open tech alive — a tour of who controls technology and who fights back. Timeline: 00:00:04 Opening 00:00:50 The AI enclosure: knowledge and land 00:05:57 Security disclosure gone wrong 00:10:27 Legal pressure reshaping infrastructure 00:14:58 Personal data as a weapon and a trap 00:18:14 What AI models say and what they run 00:22:00 Reverse engineering wins 00:24:59 Building it yourself: independent open tech 00:29:32 Closing View episode details → https://bri.so/show/episode/01a166eb-4557-760f-9205-e95dfab62c62 This episode is produced by Bri. Bri uses advanced AI technology to turn the feeds you care about into podcasts made for listening. https://bri.so Contact us at hi@bri.so.

    1023 | Enclosures, Exploits, and Escape Hatches

  4. Oct 21

    1021 | Critical Bugs, Cloud Outages and the Future of Open Knowledge

    A fast tour through this week's tech and security news: critical PHP patches, CA key leaks, ransomware turncoats, Google's outages and open-source releases, plus education, culture and a few playful projects. Timeline: 00:00:04 Opening 00:00:48 Security emergencies: PHP and certificate authorities 00:06:43 Trust broken: ransomware negotiators and malicious Tor exits 00:10:50 Google: outage and openness 00:14:49 Language tooling goes faster and freer 00:19:07 Information under pressure: AI, platforms and regulation 00:24:49 People, health and learning 00:29:19 Playful and practical side quests 00:33:26 Closing View episode details → https://bri.so/show/episode/01a15c9d-cac0-749f-8f44-622b1c47d9e3 This episode is produced by Bri. Bri uses advanced AI technology to turn the feeds you care about into podcasts made for listening. https://bri.so Contact us at hi@bri.so.

    1021 | Critical Bugs, Cloud Outages and the Future of Open Knowledge

  5. Oct 20

    1020 | Models, Agents, and Broken Trust

    A fast tour of the week: a wave of new AI models, AI agents reshaping software work, autonomous agents gone wrong in security, fights over platform and market power, big moves in open-source systems, and drones, space, and lab-grown science. Timeline: 00:00:04 Opening 00:00:51 The new model race: faster, cheaper, weirder 00:07:05 AI agents are changing how software gets built 00:14:43 When AI agents attack — and when machines fail us 00:20:53 Monopolies and platform power on trial 00:24:58 Open-source systems push new limits 00:30:45 Drones, space, and bodies: hardware doing new things 00:35:50 Closing View episode details → https://bri.so/show/episode/01a15777-6d80-765b-9425-7c0ab471f348 This episode is produced by Bri. Bri uses advanced AI technology to turn the feeds you care about into podcasts made for listening. https://bri.so Contact us at hi@bri.so.

    1020 | Models, Agents, and Broken Trust

  6. Oct 19

    1019 | AI Proxies, Agent Souls, and Retro Silicon

    From AI agents that can search your WhatsApp to the ethics of machine-made math, this episode rounds up the week: self-hosting LLM proxies, agent token costs, software losing its soul, and a grab bag of retro tech from the 8087 to a PalmOS Lemmings clone. Timeline: 00:00:04 Opening 00:01:16 AI agents get hands: WhatsApp search and DeepSeek APIs 00:05:32 Run your own LLM proxy — and trust your infrastructure 00:11:04 Smarter, cheaper agent reasoning — and math's golden or dark age 00:14:56 Understanding what you ship: code quizzes and product soul 00:17:44 Craft of code: parser combinators and Pascal's rebirth 00:20:32 Retro silicon and micro-machines 00:24:36 Trademarks, timelines, and broken OpenGL 00:27:45 Fine print everywhere: Java's switches, HOA lawsuits, Meta terms 00:32:03 Closing View episode details → https://bri.so/show/episode/01a15251-125f-723e-a239-00c47204a389 This episode is produced by Bri. Bri uses advanced AI technology to turn the feeds you care about into podcasts made for listening. https://bri.so Contact us at hi@bri.so.

    1019 | AI Proxies, Agent Souls, and Retro Silicon

  7. Oct 18

    1018 | XSLT Dies, Solar Surges, and Other Stories of the Week

    This episode tours the week's most talked-about stories: Chrome and Edge dropping XLT support, the OpenCode security breach, DeepSeek's new model, a new way to preview local LLM hardware, the first solar-beats-nuclear milestone, gold topping U.S. exports, an attack on diplomats in the West Bank, Linux kernel 7.2's statistics, plus lighter fare — a synthesized duck pond, transparent chicken, and one man's path to Japanese citizenship. Timeline: 00:00:04 Opening 00:01:05 Browsers drop XLT — what breaks and what survives 00:07:47 Pele: Mermaid diagrams as fast, themeable SVG 00:12:32 esp32sim: run real ESP32 firmware without hardware 00:17:51 OpenCode breach leaks user credentials 00:22:50 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: cheap, fast, agentic 00:29:03 llmspeed: feel local LLM speed before you buy 00:34:41 Linux kernel 7.2: record development, AI in the mix 00:39:52 Solar surpasses nuclear worldwide for the first time 00:45:58 Gold becomes the top U.S. export 00:54:36 Settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank 00:57:05 Making chicken transparent with Dorito dust 01:01:59 The Duck Pond: a synthesized flock 01:05:16 Becoming a citizen of Japan 01:12:57 Closing View episode details → https://bri.so/show/episode/01a14d2b-2da5-72da-9149-bb671dabdbe3 This episode is produced by Bri. Bri uses advanced AI technology to turn the feeds you care about into podcasts made for listening. https://bri.so Contact us at hi@bri.so.

    1018 | XSLT Dies, Solar Surges, and Other Stories of the Week

  8. Oct 17

    1017 | AI in the Engine Room: From Ring to RDMA

    A fast tour of this week's tech news: AI doing real engineering and security work, big models running on Macs and consoles, the classic Token Ring vs Ethernet battle, plus privacy, networking, and a few odd corners of computing culture. Timeline: 00:00:04 Opening 00:00:34 AI Does Real Work: Memory, Math Mysteries, and Circuits 00:08:20 Self-Writing Code and the AI Economy 00:12:50 Big Models on Unusual Hardware 00:15:41 Networks Old and New: Ring to IPv6-Only 00:18:31 Trust, Privacy, and Security 00:22:41 Culture Corners and City Streets 00:27:48 Closing View episode details → https://bri.so/show/episode/01a14804-9308-74a0-9b24-6f7fef250cd5 This episode is produced by Bri. Bri uses advanced AI technology to turn the feeds you care about into podcasts made for listening. https://bri.so Contact us at hi@bri.so.

    1017 | AI in the Engine Room: From Ring to RDMA
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