#TBOT 6: Big Tech Power Plays, WiFi Sense Tingling, ICE See You, Going Back IRL

Welcome back to the TBOT show (now with a little positive news 💘)

Here’s the stories for the week:

Big Tech Makes Power Plays: Data centers around the US getting first dibs on energy infrastructure, using massive amounts of power, destroying the environment, and investing in 50% of new energy deals. All for the purposes of surveiling you. Learn which big tech companies and where their data centers are located.

Is Your WiFi sense tingling? - US Internet Giant, Comcast just rolled out a new “Wifi-Motion” feature, which tracks movement in your house by measuring WiFi signals. Learn about the history of this technology and how it can see through walls.

ICE See You: A developer faces political pressure after their app “ICE Block” gains 240,000 users that report on the movements of Immigrations Enforcement. Politicians are pissed, threatening criminal charges. Is the app legal? Is it moral? What other apps exist like it?

Going back IRL: Sick of phone zombies? Youths in the Netherlands are too, ditching the devices for “Offline Club”. Learn more abot the digital detox movement.

SOLUTION - Convert Units using FOSS Software: Want to calculate how much power your local data center is taking from the grid? ConverterNOW is a great app available on F-Droid that will help you with unit converisons.

🪄 We aim for our show to be well-researched, well-informed and focused on the most impactful stories all in 20 minutes (ain’t nobody got more time than that)

⭐ PLUS - Each story comes with recommendations and there’s one cool tech trick or open-source solution every week.

We’ll be publishing full posts and clips of each of these stories next week!

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