Off The Hook - Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

Alex is driving, listener email, embarrassing corporate hacks, therapist caught secretly using ChatGPT, senator calls for FTC to investigate Microsoft.

Alex is in a cab, Emmanuel and Kyle were in Vermont, phone problems, listener complaints, Mastodon is unable to comply with age verification laws, court rules in Google monopoly case, DOGE put critical Social Security data at risk, ICE agents unmasked by AI.

Alex is still in Sicily, Denmark to stop delivering letters, listener phone calls.