TechGrumps

Techgrumps 3.31

• My wearable says please stand-up
  • https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2025/06/24/rfk-jr-wants-a-wearable-on-your-wrist-00419190
• Switzerland releases a public LLM
  • https://www…

Techgrumps 3.29

• The Fediverse and Bluesky
  • https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/27/revival/
• World Orb launches in the UK
  • https://eandt.theiet.org/2025/06/09/sam-altmans-eyeball-scanning-device-desi…

Techgrumps 3.28

• AI chatbots lie saying they are licensed therapists
• Open letter to Keir Starmer about technological sovereignty
• Self-hosting is Sovereignty?
  • AOB
    • Andor
    • Dr Who
    • F You Very Much: Understanding t…

Techgrumps

• Can't remove the Meta AI button from WhatsApp
• NAS DRM on hard drives?
• The Vatican guide to AI
• Digital Legacy and victim sentencing
• GDS playbook for AI
• Ryans Enshittification corner
  • Duolingo flys …

Techgrumps 3.26

• NHS prescription app
• Vape-o-gotchi
• Pebble is a sign of the times
• AOB
  • Torturing AI to get better results
  • AI being used for avoiding whale collisions
  • Mozilla Global Festival Nov 2025 in Barcel…

Techgrumps 3.25

• Secret UK order tells Apple to give up their users data
• HP is acquiring Humane for $116 million
• Computational Photography/capture, is getting boring and flattering everything
• My bed is sp…

Techgrumps 3.22.5 (2024 holiday special)

• Verbal review of Vapiano Great Portland Street, London
• Ed Zitron's very long rant
• House of Lords debate about AI scraping and Robots.txt
• Earl Pomerantz, "Your Pr…

Techgrumps 3.22

• The end of twitter again?
• The demise of 23andMe
• The top ten grossing films of this year are all sequels?

AOB

Techgrumps 3.21

• Sam Altman and that Worldcoin
• Digital legacy and death in the age of the internet and before
• The whole Webarchive/archive issue
• Russia fines Google more money than exists
• Any other busines…

The techgrumps are back into the swing of things, feeling the pumpkin spice and considering its effect on the tech industry. Of course theres a bit of diversion to the poohniverse… Oh yes, oooh-errr!

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The techgrumps are back from a busy summer holiday, straight into the nexus of tech news.

The grumps this time include the voices of Ian Forrester, Wendy Grossman, Andy Piper and Ryan Alexander. As th…

The techgrumps are back with a slew of mainly AI stories as they parse through the electronic chaff and wheat.

The grumps this time include the tones of Ian Forrester, Wendy Grossman, David Eastman an…

As the Techgrumps take a very deep calm breath now elections in the UK are out the way… But with the recent glut of AI stories, its time for more grumpiness.

The grumps this time include Ian Forrester…

Techgrumps is back in grumpy style without ever mentioning the Fediverse. Its hard work!

This time Ian Forrester and Ryan Alexander. Ponder over recent AI stories.

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Techgrumps is back in a grumpy tik-tok style.

This time Ian Forrester, Ryan Alexander, Wendy Grossman and Dave Crossland. Rethink some lesser known stories in the tech space this month.

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Techgrumps is back with its classic grumpy style.

This time Ian Forrester, Ryan Alexander, Brian Suda and Andy Piper. Chomp away at the key stories in the tech space this month.

Enjoy the mp3 audio and…

The techgrumps are back with a whole new level of AI grumping.

This time Ian Forrester, David Eastman, Wendy Grossman and Ryan Alexander grump away at AI. Hopefully future AI isn’t scooping up this di…