The problem with Telegram

The Vergecast

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🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Telegram CEO being charged in a French criminal investigation over content moderation, Yelp suing Google for antitrust violations, a week in AI-generated nonsense, and more. Telegram says CEO has ‘nothing to hide’ after being arrested in France French authorities arrest Telegram’s CEO Why the Telegram CEO’s arrest is such a big deal Telegram CEO charged in French criminal investigation Telegram CEO Pavel Durov faces court questioning in France. French prosecutors explain why they arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov How Pavel Durov, Telegram’s Founder, Went From Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg to Wanted Man Can Tech Executives Be Held Responsible for What Happens on Their Platforms? How Telegram played itself Yelp sues Google for antitrust violations TikTok must face a lawsuit for recommending the viral ‘blackout challenge’ California State Assembly passes sweeping AI safety bill Mark Zuckerberg responds to GOP pressure, says Biden pushed to ‘censor’ covid post Google Gemini will let you create AI-generated people again xAI’s new Grok image generator floods X with controversial AI fakes X’s Grok directs to government site after sharing false election info Smart home company Brilliant has found a buyer ESPN ‘Where to Watch’ feature helps find where to stream sporting events Plaud’s NotePin is an AI wearable for summarizing meetings and taking voice notes The maker of the Palma has a new cheaper e-reader The Dyson Airwrap i.d. is a smarter hair curler Snapchat finally launched an iPad app Instagram adds what photos have always needed: words Apple’s iPhone 16 launch event is set for September Email us at [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.7	Hello and welcome to the Rich House, the flagship podcast, the Booges Palma fan club.
0:37.6	Again, might be true, like legitimately might be true. I have one. I've bought a lot of dumb gadgets because of David recently.
0:49.7	And I don't know that those are the right decisions. Well, you can't read.
0:55.0	We should say that up front.
0:57.0	Eli famously illiterate.
0:59.0	I hate reading.
1:01.0	Hi, I'm your friend, Eli.
1:02.0	I love reading, and I think you should do more of it David Pierce is here.
1:05.5	Hi Alex Granes is here. I'm just thinking about reading Rainbow now. You know it's a it's fun
1:10.9	when you have a small child you're like like in reading again, that's a real thing.
1:14.0	And what Max wants to read with me most is Calvin and Hobbs.
1:18.1	Which is, I love it.
1:19.5	The dream.
1:20.4	That rules.
1:21.4	Have you ever tried to read Calvin and Hobbs out loud to another person who doesn't understand the
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