Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #173 (08/13/2026)

Tech

Zuckerberg’s superyacht ignored emergency channel, failed to aid stranded boat - Ars Technica

Salem Brought a Guillotine To Oppose New Data Center. Company Reps Left, Feeling “Unsafe”. - Gadget Review

City That Arrested Person for Clapping at Data Center Meeting Moves to Virtual Meetings for ‘Public Safety’

Roku Unleashes 24/7 AI Slop Channel

Apple is working on a way to authenticate that a photo came from an iPhone camera - 9to5Mac

Flock tries to make its cameras harder for cops to misuse - Engadget

US government to allow private companies to carry out cyberattacks on its behalf - Engadget

Cloud storage is great until your vendor goes out of business

Gaming

Saber Interactive’s CEO Matt Karch Can Get In The Bin

Indie game publisher Devolver Digital wants to go private | Eurogamer.net