MacVoices #26191: Live! - Fox Buys Roku, Spotify Removed 57,000 Podcasts, and College AI Majors

Several tech stories kick off this session, including RAID software compatibility warnings, Bending Spoons' IPO, foreign influence campaigns around data centers, and Fox's reported Roku purchase. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Marty Jencius, Web Bixby, Jeff Gamet, and Eric Bolden focus heavily on streaming control, smart TV data collection, Apple TV's future, Spotify's removal of fake drug-related podcasts, and the rapid growth of AI majors in higher education.

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Show Notes:

Chapters:

00:00 Opening topics preview
00:30 Show notes and topic setup
00:50 RAID software compatibility warning
01:39 Bending Spoons IPO and Vimeo concerns
02:45 OpenAI, fake accounts, and data center influence campaigns
03:33 Fox buying Roku for $22 billion
04:14 Roku's role as both platform and device ecosystem
05:34 Why Fox may want Roku's reach and data
08:13 Why smart TVs already raise data questions
08:27 Preference for external streaming boxes
09:34 Concern over a future without dedicated streaming devices
10:15 Smart TV apps versus Apple TV experience
10:50 Will Apple update the Apple TV hardware?
11:34 Enterprise, education, and signage uses for Apple TV
12:15 Why Apple TV still matters in managed environments
14:43 Spotify removes 57,000 fake podcast episodes
15:19 Fake podcasts as funnels for illicit storefronts
16:15 Growth of AI majors and minors in U.S. colleges
16:38 University AI programs and funding pressures
17:37 Education's resistance to AI versus new AI degrees
18:38 AI programs as revenue streams
20:39 The challenge of building a four-year AI curriculum
21:52 AI and library science possibilities
23:48 Librarians and evolving search tools
24:41 Higher education concerns about AI-written assignments
25:29 Proposed bans and AI detection tools
26:08 Why banning AI may not be realistic
26:39 False positives, false negatives, and student paranoia
27:22 AI as an academic arms race
27:35 Panel wrap-up and final thoughts
27:55 Eric Bolden contact information
28:58 Jeff Gamet contact information
30:18 Web Bixby contact information
31:33 Marty Jencius contact information
33:07 Jim Rea contact information
34:11 David Ginsburg contact information
34:49 Live show information and closing
35:34 Closing credits and support information

Links:

Snap's slimmed down AR Specs go on sale later this year for $2,195
https://www.engadget.com/2195207/snap-ar-specs-launch-price/

If you rely on RAID array software on Mac, it's time to check with your supplier
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/06/11/if-you-rely-on-raid-array-software-on-mac-its-time-to-check-with-your-supplier

Bypass Siri AI Waitlist on macOS 27 Golden Gate Beta: Here's How
https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/bypass-siri-ai-waitlist-macos-27-beta/

Bending Spoons IPO: Mysterious owner of Vimeo, AOL, and Eventbrite files for stock market debut
https://www.fastcompany.com/91555784/bending-spoons-ipo-sec-s1-filing-mysterious-vimeo-aol-eventbrite-owner-files-for-stock-market-debut

OpenAI says fake accounts from China tried to turn Americans against data centers – Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/2191966/openai-china-influence-campaigns-against-data-centers-report

Fox is buying Roku for $22 billion – Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/2194058/fox-is-buying-roku-for-22-billion/

Spotify removed 57,000 fake podcast episodes selling illegal drugs after congressional pressure
https://thenextweb.com/news/spotify-removed-57000-fake-podcast-episodes-drug-spam

The researcher Microsoft threatened just dropped a seventh Windows zero-day hours after Patch Tuesday
https://thenextweb.com/news/chaotic-eclipse-rogueplanet-windows-defender-zero-da

Report: US colleges now offer 74+ AI majors and 89+ minors, and at least a dozen schools are set to add AI majors this year; only five had AI majors in 2021
https://www.techmeme.com/260609/p3#a260609p3

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