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    <description>Greetings cyberspace. Tune in every Wednesday as Angelo and Brian discuss tech news and issues, as well as the fads and trends of yesteryear. Stick around as they also delve into the strange world of the paranormal.
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  <title>Episode 52: Cosmic Lag</title>
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  <itunes:title>Cosmic Lag</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>This week, Brian and Angelo continue their discussion on Facebook’s misuse of data, including an in-depth look at what they found in their respective “Download your Information” files. Continuing in the tech section, Brian expresses how elated he is that Billy Mitchell has received his comeuppance for cheating. The show then ends with a discussion about Art Bell, and how he influenced Brian’s views on the paranormal. Be sure to listen for the clip of Brian’s one and only interaction with Art Bell when he called into his show a few years ago.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;This week, Brian and Angelo continue their discussion on Facebook’s misuse of data, including an in-depth look at what they found in their respective “Download your Information” files. Continuing in the tech section, Brian expresses how elated he is that Billy Mitchell has received his comeuppance for cheating. The show then ends with a discussion about Art Bell, and how he influenced Brian’s views on the paranormal. Be sure to listen for the clip of Brian’s one and only interaction with Art Bell when he called into his show a few years ago. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week, Brian and Angelo continue their discussion on Facebook’s misuse of data, including an in-depth look at what they found in their respective “Download your Information” files. Continuing in the tech section, Brian expresses how elated he is that Billy Mitchell has received his comeuppance for cheating. The show then ends with a discussion about Art Bell, and how he influenced Brian’s views on the paranormal. Be sure to listen for the clip of Brian’s one and only interaction with Art Bell when he called into his show a few years ago.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Fact-checking Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony on Facebook and data collection - The Washington Post" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/04/13/fact-checking-mark-zuckerbergs-testimony-on-facebook-and-data-collection/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.1040d9aa608f">Fact-checking Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony on Facebook and data collection - The Washington Post</a></li><li><a title="Accessing Your Facebook Data | Facebook Help Center | Facebook" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/help/405183566203254">Accessing Your Facebook Data | Facebook Help Center | Facebook</a></li><li><a title="Facebook Is Tracking Me Even Though I’m Not on Facebook | American Civil Liberties Union" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/internet-privacy/facebook-tracking-me-even-though-im-not-facebook">Facebook Is Tracking Me Even Though I’m Not on Facebook | American Civil Liberties Union</a></li><li><a title="How to save your privacy from the Internet’s clutches | TechCrunch" rel="nofollow" href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/14/how-to-save-your-privacy-from-the-internets-clutches/">How to save your privacy from the Internet’s clutches | TechCrunch</a></li><li><a title="Facebook is now in the data-privacy spotlight. Could Google be next? - The Washington Post" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/04/11/facebook-is-now-in-the-data-privacy-spotlight-could-google-be-next/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.e55b00cda255">Facebook is now in the data-privacy spotlight. Could Google be next? - The Washington Post</a></li><li><a title="The public shaming of Mark Zuckerberg | The Outline" rel="nofollow" href="https://theoutline.com/post/4168/the-public-shaming-of-mark-zuckerberg?zd=2&amp;zi=6r56ku63">The public shaming of Mark Zuckerberg | The Outline</a></li><li><a title="King Of Kong&#39;s Billy Mitchell has been stripped of all his high scores, banned from competitive gaming" rel="nofollow" href="https://news.avclub.com/king-of-kongs-billy-mitchell-has-been-stripped-of-all-h-1825206768">King Of Kong's&nbsp;Billy Mitchell has been stripped of all his high scores, banned from competitive gaming</a></li><li><a title="Cheater! Billy Mitchell stripped of scores, banned from premiere scoreboard | Ars Technica" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/04/premiere-game-scoreboard-bans-billy-mitchell-in-donkey-kong-cheating-scandal/">Cheater! Billy Mitchell stripped of scores, banned from premiere scoreboard | Ars Technica</a></li><li><a title="Dethroned ‘King of Kong’ Has Evidence He Didn’t Cheat – Variety" rel="nofollow" href="http://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/billy-mitchell-reaction-cheating-1202753839/">Dethroned ‘King of Kong’ Has Evidence He Didn’t Cheat – Variety</a></li><li><a title="Hackers once stole casino database through lobby fish tank thermometer - Business Insider" rel="nofollow" href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/hackers-stole-a-casinos-database-through-a-thermometer-in-the-lobby-fish-tank-2018-4">Hackers once stole casino database through lobby fish tank thermometer - Business Insider</a></li><li><a title="Chinese media reports Apple cuts HomePod orders, cheaper model rumored for end of year | 9to5Mac" rel="nofollow" href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/04/12/cheaper-homepod-apple-cuts-orders/">Chinese media reports Apple cuts HomePod orders, cheaper model rumored for end of year | 9to5Mac</a></li><li><a title="Three years of staring lets scientists capture a neutron star “glitch” | Ars Technica" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/neutron-star-glitch-hints-at-superfluid-beneath-its-crust/?comments=1">Three years of staring lets scientists capture a neutron star “glitch” | Ars Technica</a></li><li><a title="Art Bell, the Radio Host Who Made America Believe in UFOs, Is Dead at 72 - Motherboard" rel="nofollow" href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wj7by9/ufo-radio-host-art-bell-dead-at-72">Art Bell, the Radio Host Who Made America Believe in UFOs, Is Dead at 72 - Motherboard</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week, Brian and Angelo continue their discussion on Facebook’s misuse of data, including an in-depth look at what they found in their respective “Download your Information” files. Continuing in the tech section, Brian expresses how elated he is that Billy Mitchell has received his comeuppance for cheating. The show then ends with a discussion about Art Bell, and how he influenced Brian’s views on the paranormal. Be sure to listen for the clip of Brian’s one and only interaction with Art Bell when he called into his show a few years ago.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Fact-checking Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony on Facebook and data collection - The Washington Post" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/04/13/fact-checking-mark-zuckerbergs-testimony-on-facebook-and-data-collection/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.1040d9aa608f">Fact-checking Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony on Facebook and data collection - The Washington Post</a></li><li><a title="Accessing Your Facebook Data | Facebook Help Center | Facebook" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/help/405183566203254">Accessing Your Facebook Data | Facebook Help Center | Facebook</a></li><li><a title="Facebook Is Tracking Me Even Though I’m Not on Facebook | American Civil Liberties Union" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/internet-privacy/facebook-tracking-me-even-though-im-not-facebook">Facebook Is Tracking Me Even Though I’m Not on Facebook | American Civil Liberties Union</a></li><li><a title="How to save your privacy from the Internet’s clutches | TechCrunch" rel="nofollow" href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/14/how-to-save-your-privacy-from-the-internets-clutches/">How to save your privacy from the Internet’s clutches | TechCrunch</a></li><li><a title="Facebook is now in the data-privacy spotlight. Could Google be next? - The Washington Post" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/04/11/facebook-is-now-in-the-data-privacy-spotlight-could-google-be-next/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.e55b00cda255">Facebook is now in the data-privacy spotlight. Could Google be next? - The Washington Post</a></li><li><a title="The public shaming of Mark Zuckerberg | The Outline" rel="nofollow" href="https://theoutline.com/post/4168/the-public-shaming-of-mark-zuckerberg?zd=2&amp;zi=6r56ku63">The public shaming of Mark Zuckerberg | The Outline</a></li><li><a title="King Of Kong&#39;s Billy Mitchell has been stripped of all his high scores, banned from competitive gaming" rel="nofollow" href="https://news.avclub.com/king-of-kongs-billy-mitchell-has-been-stripped-of-all-h-1825206768">King Of Kong's&nbsp;Billy Mitchell has been stripped of all his high scores, banned from competitive gaming</a></li><li><a title="Cheater! Billy Mitchell stripped of scores, banned from premiere scoreboard | Ars Technica" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/04/premiere-game-scoreboard-bans-billy-mitchell-in-donkey-kong-cheating-scandal/">Cheater! Billy Mitchell stripped of scores, banned from premiere scoreboard | Ars Technica</a></li><li><a title="Dethroned ‘King of Kong’ Has Evidence He Didn’t Cheat – Variety" rel="nofollow" href="http://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/billy-mitchell-reaction-cheating-1202753839/">Dethroned ‘King of Kong’ Has Evidence He Didn’t Cheat – Variety</a></li><li><a title="Hackers once stole casino database through lobby fish tank thermometer - Business Insider" rel="nofollow" href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/hackers-stole-a-casinos-database-through-a-thermometer-in-the-lobby-fish-tank-2018-4">Hackers once stole casino database through lobby fish tank thermometer - Business Insider</a></li><li><a title="Chinese media reports Apple cuts HomePod orders, cheaper model rumored for end of year | 9to5Mac" rel="nofollow" href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/04/12/cheaper-homepod-apple-cuts-orders/">Chinese media reports Apple cuts HomePod orders, cheaper model rumored for end of year | 9to5Mac</a></li><li><a title="Three years of staring lets scientists capture a neutron star “glitch” | Ars Technica" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/neutron-star-glitch-hints-at-superfluid-beneath-its-crust/?comments=1">Three years of staring lets scientists capture a neutron star “glitch” | Ars Technica</a></li><li><a title="Art Bell, the Radio Host Who Made America Believe in UFOs, Is Dead at 72 - Motherboard" rel="nofollow" href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wj7by9/ufo-radio-host-art-bell-dead-at-72">Art Bell, the Radio Host Who Made America Believe in UFOs, Is Dead at 72 - Motherboard</a></li></ul>]]>
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