It’s a day of changing policies. US lets private companies hack back sometimes, Flock increases privacy controls, and Twitch lets you opt out of AI training.
Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao
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Show Notes
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/trump-enlists-private-sector-to-boost-cyber-offensive-arsenal
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/white-house-taps-security-firms-for-offensive-hack-back-operations/
In a first, US will allow some private firms to carry out cyberattacks
https://thenextweb.com/news/trump-cyber-memo-transnational-crime
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/flock-ceo-unveils-privacy-guardrails-we-re-not-big-brother
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/twitch-content-has-trained-amazon-ai-for-years-but-users-can-opt-out-now/
Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/apple-in-talks-to-pay-publishers-to-improve-ai-powered-siri-0641f64b
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/trevor-noah-hosted-the-made-by-google-event-but-why/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-merge-copilot-and-copilot-365-into-one-unified-app-retiring-features/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/whatsapp-rolls-out-new-feature-that-flags-potential-scam-messages/
https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-756k-australian-teen-accounts-removed
https://www.engadget.com/2236054/meta-donates-15000-ray-ban-meta-glasses-to-vision-ireland/
https://www.engadget.com/2235721/dji-mic-mini-2s-review/
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Chinese-memory-breaks-into-top-three-for-the-first-time-but-with-a-catch.1366443.0.html
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3363854/chinas-ymtc-breaks-global-top-three-flash-memory-suppliers-first-time
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/cxmt-overtakes-tencent-to-become-most-valuable-chinese-company
https://www.ft.com/content/a3803e70-cb4d-444f-a31e-05be2f2c44f6
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/anthropic-said-in-talks-to-buy-ai-startup-decart-for-6-billion
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2026/08/13/iphone-18-pro-event-tipped-as-apple-shifts-key-release-schedule-date/
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/12/everyone-at-apple-says-iphone-ultra/
https://thenextweb.com/news/love-and-deepspace-valko-cancelled-revenue-collapse-74-percent
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