Rethinking Tech

By Rethinking Tech

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The news often gives us a narrow, surface-level view of what’s happening in the tech world. We help you go deeper by connecting today’s events to the past, helping you zoom out to see the bigger picture - what’s happening, what’s coming, and how it all impacts you.

Episode Date
Europe, AI, and the Environmental Cost No One Wanted to See
May 07, 2026
WhatsApp, Encryption, and the Data You Never Really Controlled
May 06, 2026
PR Is Controlling What You Believe (Not the News)
May 05, 2026
Elon vs Altman Isn't Just About Ego
May 04, 2026
China, Meta, Manus — And The New Rules Of Tech Sovereignty
May 01, 2026
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting And The Collapse Of Trust
Apr 30, 2026
The EU’s Age Verification App: The Pros And Cons
Apr 29, 2026
Alex Karp, Palantir, and the Ideology Behind Defense Tech
Apr 29, 2026
How Social Media Turned Male Insecurity Into A Business
Apr 27, 2026
Is Elon Musk Claiming Space? The Politics of 1 Million Satellites
Apr 24, 2026
Is Death An Acceptable Cost? Like Big Auto, Big Tech May Think So.
Apr 23, 2026
The New Space Race: SpaceX’s 1 Million Satellites & The Hidden Power Grab
Apr 22, 2026
Inside China’s AI Boom: Tech Wars & the Future Beyond the West
Apr 21, 2026
Why The Gulf Is Rethinking US Tech After The Iran War
Apr 20, 2026
Why Sam Altman’s Most Personal Blog Post Still Raises Red Flags
Apr 17, 2026
Iran’s Threat to Apple, Google, and Nvidia Is Bigger Than It Looks
Apr 16, 2026
Meta Knew It Was Harming Kids… And Did It Anyway | Big Tech’s Tobacco Moment?
Apr 14, 2026
Walmart and OpenAI Broke Up - Because They Didn't Get It
Apr 13, 2026
Instagram Is Killing Encryption — And The Story Is Bigger Than Privacy
Apr 10, 2026
Microsoft Just Had Its Worst Quarter Since 2008 — Is AI to Blame?
Apr 09, 2026
Meta Built an AI Co-CEO - Is It Just About Efficiency?
Apr 08, 2026
Iran Hacked the FBI Director - Is It Bigger Than It Sounds
Apr 06, 2026
The U.S. Wants to Control AI… And Take Power From States
Apr 05, 2026
They Tried to Buy the Truth… Then Threatened Him When He Refused
Apr 04, 2026
AI Can Identify You From Just 5 Comments… For $4
Apr 03, 2026
Millions Fooled by an AI Influencer… And That’s the Real Story
Apr 02, 2026
DoorDash Isn’t Delivering Food Anymore… It’s Training AI
Apr 01, 2026
OpenAI’s ‘Naughty Mode’ Was Never Just About Sex
Mar 31, 2026
Flying Taxis Are Finally Here… But the US Is Already Behind
Mar 30, 2026
Did a Tech CEO Just Admit AI Will Shift Power… On Purpose?
Mar 29, 2026
ChatGPT Helped Cure Cancer… But Would It Be Allowed for Humans?
Mar 28, 2026
AI Sovereignty Is a Myth… And Everyone Is Still Chasing It
Mar 27, 2026
Elon Musk’s “Macrohard”… Could Replace Entire Companies?
Mar 26, 2026
A $99 Weapon on GitHub… And No One Can Stop It
Mar 25, 2026
Palantir Exposed: The AI Powering Modern War (And Why No One Can Replace It)
Mar 24, 2026
Is Data the New Oil? The Internet’s Hidden War & Global Power Shift
Mar 23, 2026
Google’s NotebookLM Privacy Scare: Is Your Data Actually Safe in AI Tools?
Mar 22, 2026
Are Chinese AI Models Rewriting Reality? DeepSeek, Bias & The Global Narrative War
Mar 21, 2026
Your Glasses Are Watching You: Meta AI, Hidden Cameras & The Privacy Illusion
Mar 20, 2026
AI Warfare Is Here: Drones, Algorithms & The End of Human Control?
Mar 19, 2026
Iran vs The AI Economy: Why Data Centers Are Becoming War Targets?
Mar 18, 2026
You’re Being Censored Without Knowing It | The Hidden Power of Algorithms
Mar 17, 2026
Anthropic’s AI Ethics Reversal: Did the “Safest AI Company” Just Break Its Promise?
Mar 17, 2026
Anthropic vs The Pentagon: The AI Lawsuit That Could Change Everything
Mar 16, 2026
AI Running for Office? Colombia’s Digital Avatar Candidate Explained
Mar 15, 2026
Is AI Becoming Conscious? Anthropic CEO Says Claude Might Feel “Anxiety”
Mar 14, 2026
Big Tech’s Secret AI Power Deal with Trump | Who Really Pays for AI’s Energy?
Mar 12, 2026
eBay’s Bizarre Scandal: Executives Sent Spiders & a Bloody Mask to Silence Critics
Mar 11, 2026
AI Targeted a Head of State: Inside the Tech Powering Modern Warfare | Anthropic vs Pentagon
Mar 10, 2026
Meta’s Creepy New Idea: AI That Talks as You After You Die
Mar 09, 2026
The Hidden AI Sweatshops: How Kenyan Gig Workers Train Military AI Without Knowing
Mar 08, 2026
Anthropic’s Distillation Attack: Is AI Model Theft the Next Cyber War?
Mar 07, 2026
🎙️ India’s AI Impact Summit: Sovereignty, Silicon Valley & Who Really Controls AI
Mar 03, 2026
OpenAI Poaches Instagram’s Celebrity Power Broker — Is AI’s Hollywood Moment Coming?
Mar 03, 2026
Microsoft Copilot “Bug” Read Your Draft Emails? AI Privacy Just Collapsed
Mar 02, 2026
NVIDIA x Meta: $50B AI Power Move Toward “Personal Superintelligence”
Mar 01, 2026
Apple + SpaceX = The End of Telcos? Starlink Internet Direct to iPhone
Feb 28, 2026
AI vs The Pentagon: Anthropic Draws a Line on Military Use. Who Controls the Ethical Guardrails?
Feb 27, 2026
The Vatican Enters Wall Street: Faith-Based Investing Goes Global
Feb 26, 2026
The Epstein Files & The Digital Blackmail State | Surveillance, Power & Data Sovereignty
Feb 25, 2026
Russia’s Global PsyOps Playbook: Inside the 1,430-Page Disinformation Leak
Feb 25, 2026
Meta, TikTok & Snap Agree to Teen Safety Ratings – Real Reform or Clever PR?
Feb 24, 2026
Google Employees Revolt Over ICE Contracts – Does Worker Activism Still Matter in Big Tech?
Feb 23, 2026
Dubai’s Global SWAT Games: When Elite Military Forces Become Reality TV
Feb 22, 2026
Meta’s Smart Glasses Can Identify You Instantly — Is Wearable Facial Recognition the End of Privacy?
Feb 21, 2026
OpenClaw’s Founder Joins OpenAI: Is This the Future of AI Agents — or the End of Open Source?
Feb 19, 2026
MrBeast Bought a Bank? The Influencer Play for Gen Z Finance
Feb 18, 2026
Super Bowl 2026: AI Propaganda, Claude vs ChatGPT, and the Politics of the Benito Bowl
Feb 17, 2026
AI Just Shook India’s $250B IT Industry — Is Outsourcing Dead?
Feb 17, 2026
Is TikTok Censoring U.S. Users? Free Speech, Ownership & Algorithmic Control
Feb 16, 2026
Betting on War? The Rise of Kalshi, Polymarket & Geopolitical Arbitrage
Feb 15, 2026
Is the EU Really Banning “Addictive Design”? TikTok, Dark Patterns & the DSA
Feb 14, 2026
The Silicon Valley Playbook: How Tech Billionaires Bend the Rules
Feb 10, 2026
An 8-Year-Old Used AI to Deepfake a Teacher — What Are We Failing to Protect?
Feb 10, 2026
France Is Ditching US Big Tech — Is Digital Sovereignty Finally Real?
Feb 09, 2026
India–EU Free Trade Deal: A New Power Bloc Emerges as the US Pushes Back
Feb 08, 2026
Moltbook: When AI Agents Get Their Own Social Network
Feb 07, 2026
Tesla Isn’t a Car Company Anymore: Elon Musk’s Bet on AI, Robots, and Space
Feb 06, 2026
Fighter Jets, Sovereignty, and Pressure Politics: Canada Pushes Back on the U.S.
Feb 05, 2026
Who Really Controls Africa’s Internet? Big Tech, Satellites, and Data Power
Feb 04, 2026
Davos 2026 Wasn’t Optimism — It Was a Power Map (AI, Greenland, and the Middle-Power Reset)
Feb 03, 2026
Apple Lets Google Into Siri — and Platform Power Quietly Shifts
Feb 03, 2026
DOGE, Elon Musk, and the Social Security Data Leak No One Can Fully Explain
Feb 02, 2026
TikTok Knows Where You Are Now — And That Changes Everything
Feb 01, 2026
Your Doorbell, Their Database: How Ring Cameras Ended Up in ICE Investigations
Jan 31, 2026
Canada Drops China EV Tariffs — What Happens Next?
Jan 28, 2026
ChatGPT Is Getting Ads — Is This the AI Industry’s Turning Point?
Jan 28, 2026
China’s Mega Embassy in London — Security Risk or Diplomatic Reality?
Jan 27, 2026
Who’s Making Your Music — Real Artists or Spotify's AI Algorithm?
Jan 26, 2026
Microsoft’s Data Center Bet — Who Pays When AI Drains Local Resources?
Jan 25, 2026
Why the U.S. Wants Greenland — National Security or Strategic Resources?
Jan 24, 2026
The Tony Blair Institute’s Pivot — From Think Tank to Defense Tech
Jan 23, 2026
When Public Broadcasting Walks Away — Trust, Funding, and the Erosion of Public Media
Jan 22, 2026
DJI’s Corporate Web — and How It Triggered a U.S. Tech Crackdown
Jan 21, 2026
2026 Predictions: How Tech, Geopolitics, and Ethics Collide Next
Jan 20, 2026
ICE Has a Bigger Tech Budget Than You Think — Here’s Where the Money Goes
Jan 20, 2026
Iran vs Starlink: What Happens When a State Loses Control of the Internet
Jan 19, 2026
The Spotify Clone That Nobody Can Shut Down - Is Napster Back?
Jan 17, 2026
This Crypto Bank Could Change Global Finance
Jan 16, 2026
The Renee Good Shooting — And the Fake News Spiral Putting People in Danger
Jan 15, 2026
Why Grok Has Governments Panicking - Sanctions, Safeguards, and Society
Jan 14, 2026
The World Is Rearming — Here Are The Tech And Geopolitics Driving It
Jan 13, 2026
TikTok Just Became Two Companies
Jan 13, 2026
The Dollar Is Losing Its Grip — And the World Is Preparing for What Comes Next
Jan 12, 2026
Iran Is Selling Weapons for Crypto — And It’s Changing Everything
Jan 11, 2026
The U.S. Just Armed Taiwan — Here’s What It Means for China
Jan 10, 2026
Trump Wants Greenland — And It Could Change Global Power
Jan 09, 2026
U.S. Border Agents Will Now Check Your Social Media
Jan 07, 2026
Jeff Bezos Is Building Something New — Here’s Why It Matters
Jan 06, 2026
Would You Date an AI? The Rise of Synthetic Relationships
Jan 05, 2026
We Predicted 2025 — Here’s What We Got Right (And Very Wrong)
Jan 01, 2026
EU–US Data Transfers Are Under Threat — Again
Dec 30, 2025
Trump Reopens Nvidia Chip Sales to China — With a Catch
Dec 29, 2025
OpenAI Declares Code Red — Everything Is Changing Or Is It?
Dec 26, 2025
China Names Dutch Spies — A Dangerous Escalation in the Nexperia Saga
Dec 25, 2025
Pax Silica: The Anti-China Chip Alliance That Could Rewire the World!
Dec 24, 2025
Australia Just Banned Social Media for Teens: Is This the Start of a Global Crackdown?
Dec 16, 2025
Technopolitics - Understanding How Geopolitics Is Reshaping Global Tech: What Business Leaders Need to Know
Dec 11, 2025
How Advertising in LLMs Could Reshape Power, Influence & Politics
Dec 09, 2025
European Values are being Rewritten by U.S. Big Tech | Digital Sovereignty, Geopolitics, AI & Ethics
Nov 25, 2025
Data Colonization: Are We Users or Resources? | Big Tech, Geopolitics & the Fight for Digital Power
Nov 18, 2025
Rethinking Tech // Unpacked: “The Auto Revolution No One’s Talking About: How Tech Took Over the Auto Industry"
Nov 11, 2025
"AI, Youth & The Loneliness Epidemic: Are We Raising a Generation Shaped by Algorithms?"
Nov 04, 2025
Big Tech’s Dangerous Power: How Deregulation Is Rewriting Politics — A Conversation with Pat de Brun
Oct 31, 2025
The Future of Learning: AI, Access & the Fight for Inclusive Education | UNICEF x Rethinking Tech
Oct 30, 2025
The Tech War: US-China Relations
Oct 21, 2025
Bitcoin or Bust: Why Fiat Currency Is the Real Scam — A Conversation with Aleks Svetski
Oct 16, 2025
Can Democracy Survive the Digital Age? 💻
Oct 07, 2025
Immigration at a Breaking Point: Who’s in Charge? 🌎
Sep 30, 2025
Living Neurons Running AI? FinalSpark’s Radical Biocomputing Breakthrough Explained 🧠⚡🌍
Sep 25, 2025
Trump’s TikTok Deal Explained: Security or Power Grab? 🔒🌍
Sep 23, 2025
Nepal Internet Blackout Triggers Riots and Global Shockwaves
Sep 16, 2025
Google Beats Antitrust: Capitalism on Trial, Trust on the Line 💥
Sep 09, 2025
Washington’s 10% Intel Stake: Capitalism Will Never Be the Same 💥
Sep 02, 2025
Ali Amin on Health Tech | Wearables, Data Privacy & the Future of Longevity
Aug 27, 2025
Rethinking Ethics of AI: Children, Work, and the Future of Human Connection 🤖🌍
Aug 26, 2025
The AI Hype Train: Billionaires, Geopolitics & the Gamble That Could Change Everything
Aug 19, 2025
Guest Episode: A Discussion with Eugenia Olliaro on Youth Engagement | Why Youth Voices Matter in Tech & Policy
Aug 13, 2025
🎙️E27: Trump’s Tariff Chess Game: How It’s Shaking Canada, China, India & Big Tech
Aug 12, 2025
Guest Episode: Bo Viktor Nylund on Navigating Crisis, Change & Liminality
Aug 06, 2025
🎙️E26: The American Dream Reimagined: Is It Still Alive in 2025?
Aug 05, 2025
🎙️E25: Rethinking How Tech is Changing Travel Forever
Jul 29, 2025
Guest Episode: Safir Jamal on Travel Tech - Rethinking How Politics, Algorithms & Data Shape Global Travel
Jul 24, 2025
🎙️ E24: Rethinking the Browser Wars: Big Tech, Privacy, and the Future of Browsing
Jul 22, 2025
Guest Episode: Stefaan Verhulst on PeaceTech - Rethinking Technology in Global Conflict
Jul 16, 2025
🎙️E23: Rethinking the Nobel Peace Prize: Politics, Tech, and the Future of “Peace” Awards
Jul 15, 2025
🎙️E22: Rwanda–DRC Peace Deal: Cobalt, Colonialism & Washington’s New Power Play
Jul 08, 2025
🎙️ EP 21: NATO 2025: Tech-Driven Defense, U.S. Leadership & the New Arms Race
Jul 01, 2025
🎙️ EP20: The Iran-Israel Flashpoint — Tech, Power & the New Rules of Conflict
Jun 24, 2025
🎙️ EP19: Rethinking the American Spring — Protests, Data, and the Fight for Autonomy
Jun 17, 2025
🎙️ EP18: Elon Musk’s First 130 Days — A Report Card for the Age of Geopolitical Disruption
Jun 10, 2025
🎙️ EP17: Rethinking Ivy League Education — The Crisis, The Future & The Global Stakes
Jun 03, 2025
Guest Episode: Rethinking Elections — Ruth Cabal on Elections, Journalism & Disinformation
May 30, 2025
🎙️ EP16: Rethinking Childhood — AI, Tech, and Social Media Transforming Kids’ Lives
May 27, 2025
🎙️ EP15: Rethinking the Middle East — Trillions, Tech & the Geopolitics of Soft Power
May 20, 2025
🎙️ EP14: Rethinking Non-Profit Structure - Profits, Power and Perception
May 13, 2025
🎙️ EP13: Rethinking Antitrust - The games played by David and Goliath
May 06, 2025
🎙️ EP12: Rethinking Religion and Technology — A New Faith in the Digital World
Apr 29, 2025
🎙️ EP11: Rethinking Intellectual Property — A Free-for-All Future?
Apr 21, 2025
🎙️ EP10: Rethinking Tariffs — When National Interest Meets Global Friction
Apr 15, 2025
🎙️ EP09: Rethinking xAI – Freedom, Power, and the New Data War
Apr 08, 2025
🎙️ EP08: Rethinking Open AI - Are we paying $20 a month towards our unemployment?
Mar 31, 2025
EP00: Meet the Co-Hosts — Aparna & Harinda
Mar 31, 2025
🎙️ E07: Rethinking Short Form Content - When Content Gets Too Fast to Digest
Mar 25, 2025
E06: Rethinking DOGEification - Is it a war on Value or Values?
Mar 17, 2025
E05: Rethinking Freedom of Speech – Who Really Owns the Right to Speak?
Mar 10, 2025
E04: Rethinking Rare Earth Minerals – The Secret War No One Is Talking About
Mar 03, 2025
E03: Rethinking 2025 Predictions - What the tech is going to happen in 2025?
Feb 24, 2025
E02: Rethinking the Paris AI Summit - Contemplating the EU's role in AI or AI's role in the EU
Feb 17, 2025
E01: Rethinking DeepSeek - the AI Disruptor We Were Not Ready For
Feb 11, 2025