Off The Hook - Wed, 07 May 2025 19:00:00 EST

NYC tree lighting ceremony, new Twitter features, age verification laws.

KFC removes hacker ad campaign, ESPN radio station says it's signal was hacked, Emma Best of DDoSecrets joins the panel to discuss the release of Jeffrey Epstein emails.

Alex is in Buenos Ares, listener mail, new studio hardware, listener phone calls, controversy at St John's over HOPE, phone problems, Cloudflare outage.

Far-right UK activist cleared of charges for refusing to give police PIN to his phone, students using Google Docs as chat clients, Cody Kociemba joins the panel to discuss his No Longer Evil project to revive old Nest thermostats.

Feelings about the election results, reactions to last week's show, new life for old Nest thermostats, unnecessary complexity, listener email, ICE using facial recognition tech.

Alex is in Dublin, listener mail, Google ends support for old Nest thermostats, AI mistakes bag of chips for firearm, Musk's Grok AI asks 12 year old for nudes.

Remembering our friend Greg Newby.

Emmanuel and Alex are the only ones on the show tonight, Emmanuel and Kyle went to visit Greg Newby in hospice, benefits of train travel, Apple removed ICEBlock from app store, listener email.

Friend of the show Greg Newby is in hospice, listener complaints, feds dismantle illicit network of SIM servers in New York area, listener phone calls.

The backlash to the Charlie Kirk assassination, listener email, FCC objects to comments made by Jimmy Kimmel, Proton disables journalists' email accounts, NYC wireless emergency alert test.