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The official podcast for the Switched to Linux Weekly News Roundup. The WNR Podcast is the full version of our show including comments. We cover privacy, security, and business news as it relates to our daily life in technology. Support the podcast at: https://switchedtolinux.com/support/monthly-support
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
A candid technology roundup that traces privacy, platform policy, AI, and Linux news into their practical consequences for everyday computing.
Weekly News Roundup Podcast turns technology news into an opinionated running conversation, moving from the week's articles to live comments and practical side routes.
A rest-stop broadcast makes device age checks sound as absurd as you suspected.
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Tech complaints, platform defaults, and a stream that keeps slipping away.
Weekly News Roundup leans into live tech friction: a YouTube stream that drops out, Android-to-iPhone texting defaults, and the way platforms nudge behavior when settings are left alone.
A blunt look at how everyday shopping data can turn into a surveillance tool.
The episode treats surveillance pricing as a real risk, showing how shopper cards can turn routine purchases into data trails. It moves from loyalty programs to an old county case where shopper-club records were cross-referenced with pet-license data, then to a Walmart anecdote…
A loose, sharp privacy-and-tech rant with a few memorable detours.
This episode comes across as a loose discussion of privacy, control, and the ordinary friction of modern tech, starting with unstable internet and a live-show setup the host only partly trusts.
Road-trip chatter turns into a skeptical look at privacy, power, and court fights.
The episode starts on a road trip and settles into two steady concerns: privacy anxiety and distrust of institutions. It moves from Meta, human reviewers, and contractor access to a Supreme Court geofence warrant case, and the throughline is clear enough: black boxes should not…
Colorado's age-verification push is tied to everyday money habits, and the blunt case mostly holds together.
It reads as a blunt critique of device-local age verification, with the host pressing on how enforceable Colorado's approach would really be. The argument is strongest when it stays close to everyday money habits: a friend who never looks at account statements, the habit of…
A storm-interrupted tech discussion about buffering, app-store policy, and platform control.
The episode stays centered on a rough live recording, with buffering tied to weak cellular service and Starlink still dropping frames. It then turns to Google and Epic's app-store antitrust settlement and the push for developer verification on certified Android devices, treating…
A loose Weekly News Roundup that turns podcast housekeeping and Windows talk into a conversational tech ramble.
The episode is a loose Weekly News Roundup that moves from support reminders to podcast-feed housekeeping, then into live chat, Windows, and old hardware.
Linux distro drama, policy friction, and a host working through the news in real time.
This episode is a live, talky tech roundup that jumps from Linux distro infighting and systemd rumors to age-verification backlash and Pokemon Go.
Apple details, software habits, and everyday technical friction.
Jason Snell and Myke Hurley debate Apple's product roadmap, leadership, and rumors weekly.
Apple decisions, examined down to the window corner.
Road noise comes with this one.
The show opens with the familiar live-stream scramble and the host waiting for each channel to confirm before going live.
The stream opens by wrestling the connection while the weather moves in.
A weekly roundup of technology news focusing on Linux, privacy, and security, with host commentary and community interaction.
The black box gets prodded.
The stream starts messy and live.
The stream stumbles before it settles.
Weekly News Roundup opens with a rough live start and a quick reset.
The host discusses testing new podcast software Castopod and shares personal anecdotes before diving into the weekly tech news roundup.
The host discusses relaunching the podcast, plans for an audio version, and teases topics like dystopian health startups and a Notepad++ hack.
The Weekly News Roundup opens with the usual infrastructure anxiety: the internet is questionable, the internet is being monitored, and the host is hoping OBS behaves.
A weekly roundup of technology news focusing on Linux, privacy, security, and business, with host commentary and community interaction.
A weekly roundup of technology news focusing on Linux, privacy, security, and business topics.
This episode covers a Pennsylvania court case about warrantless access to search history after accepting Google's privacy policy.