Episode NotesIn this episode we look at some news from the last month and a half, and discuss an article by Terms of Service with Chris Martin in which he reviews the book Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities (full disclosure: this is an affiliate link if you want to support my work). NewsApple News* Apple held their annual Fall event titled Wonderlust on September 12, 2023 — https://www.apple.com/apple-events/* [Wired] Apple kills its plan to scan your photos for CSAM. Here’s what’s next — https://www.wired.com/story/apple-photo-scanning-csam-communication-safety-messages/* [Ars Technica] Apple details reasons to abandon CSAM-scanning tool, more controversy ensues — https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/apple-details-reasons-to-abandon-csam-scanning-tool-more-controversy-ensues/Other Tech News* [Ars Technica] WinRAR Zero Day that uses poisoned JPEG and TXT files under exploit since April — https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/08/winrar-0-day-that-uses-poisoned-jpg-and-txt-files-under-exploit-since-april/* [NIST Vulnerability Database] CVE-2023-38831 Details — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38831?ref=blog.ecoit.com.br* [AEI] US District Court rejects AI-generated content as non-copyrightable — https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/us-district-court-rejects-ai-generated-content-as-not-copyrightable/* [Nintendo Life] Nintendo Switch has surpassed the Wii’s lifetime Sales in the US — https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/08/nintendo-switch-has-surpassed-the-wiis-lifetime-sales-in-the-us#:~:text=Nintendo%27s%20official%20website%20says%20the,55.46%20million%20units%20to%20date.Command Line Tool of the Week: wegowego is an open source, terminal-based weather app that is customizable and uses cool ASCII art to visualize the weather. It’s available for many different platforms, is written in Go, and is ISC licensed. For installation instructions, check out the project’s GitHub page.Main Topic: Sowing Internet Chaos* [Substack] Can we fix the internet by introducing chaos? The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

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