Taylor Swift vs AI Scams; Epstein friendship w Peter Thiel; Andrew Tate loses lawsuit - NEWS ROUNDUP

May 1
54 mins

Episode Description

In this week's News Roundup, Bridget and Producer Mike cover the tech news stories you might have missed. Here are the stories we discuss on the podcast:

 

Taylor Swift files trademark applications to protect her voice and image from AI: https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/business/taylor-swift-trademark-ai-intl

 

Police have reportedly used Flock cameras to stalk romantic interests at least 14 times in recent years : https://ij.org/police-have-reportedly-used-license-plate-readers-to-stalk-romantic-interests-at-least-14-times-in-recent-years/

 

Jeffrey Epstein encouraged his friend Peter Thiel's political journey: 

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/epstein-thiel-tech-finance-trump

 

Andrew Tate loses lawsuit against Meta over his instagram ban: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/meta-sheds-influencer-andrew-tates-lawsuit-over-instagram-ban

 

Colleagues demand apology for esteemed scientist whose career and life were derailed by allegations of ties to China that never resulted in charges or discipline: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01113-7

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After the respected professor died by suicide, the family has sued and is speaking out: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/northwestern-jane-wu-lab-suicide-lawsuit-rcna217636

 

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