Tech News Weekly 297

• The Cult of the Dead Cow has developed new encryption technology that would allow messaging and social networking apps not to hold users' personal data. Joseph Menn of The Washington Post stops by the show to discuss this new technology.
• Did you know that 500+ cables are running across our ocean floor that can carry 400 terabits of data per second? Neither did we. Stephen Shankland of CNET joins the show to talk about these cables that run across our ocean floors.
• Jason Howell talks about how the IRS is allowing taxpayers to file every major tax form online thanks to President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.
• Finally, Mikah Sargent shares how IBM and NASA have teamed up to "build the GPT of Earth sciences" to monitor deforestation, predict possible crop yields, and monitor greenhouse emissions.

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• Transcripts: Tech News Weekly 297, Transcript

Links

• Hacking group plans system to encrypt social media and other app
• The Secret Life of the 500+ Cables That Run the Internet
• IRS expects faster refunds in 2024 for people who stop using paper
• IBM and NASA teamed up to build the GPT of Earth sciences