CYBER

Celebrating the End of the Usable Internet

It feels like the old internet is breaking apart and no one is sure where to go. The first three pages of search results on Google are dreck. Reddit is shutting down the third party apps that make it usable. AI generated content is flooding beloved old websites. This might just be the end of the usable internet. On this episode of Cyber, we talk it all out with Motherboard editor-in-chief, Jason Koebler. Stories discussed in this episode: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/93k3md/threads-the-motherboard-review" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Threads: The Motherboard Review</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvjmq/you-cant-look-at-porn-on-any-reddit-third-party-app-now" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">You Can't Look at Porn on Any Reddit Third-Party App Now</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7b774/ai-generated-books-of-nonsense-are-all-over-amazons-bestseller-lists" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AI-Generated Books of Nonsense Are All Over Amazon's Bestseller Lists</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5yykm/the-reddit-protest-is-a-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-human-internet" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Reddit Protest Is a Battle for the Soul of the Human Internet</a> We’re recording CYBER live on<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/vice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Twitch</a>. Watch live during the week.<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/vice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Follow us</a> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show. Subscribe to<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</a> or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Matthew Gault talks every week to Motherboard reporters about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.