The Tech Behind Signalgate + Dwarkesh Patel's "Scaling Era" + Is A.I. Making Our Listeners Dumb?
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Hard Fork examines the Signal messaging security breach involving Trump administration officials accidentally adding Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg to classified military planning discussions.
Notable Moment
Casey Newton discovers former landlord Kara Swisher somehow charged eighteen thousand dollars to his credit card through a heating company, leading to an awkward conversation about financial boundaries with the tech journalism icon.
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