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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Taylor Swift files trademark applications to protect her voice and image from AI: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2026%2F04%2F28%2Fbusiness%2Ftaylor-swift-trademark-ai-intl&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctariharrison%40iheartmedia.com%7C1a019e8af1004bae34cf08dea7142e4c%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C639131902322582404%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8qoTHxrCJrU2oGkgS6NsxPi%2FWIWnaWXwX3j8cEc12yE%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0">https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/business/taylor-swift-trademark-ai-intl</a>
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Police have reportedly used Flock cameras to stalk romantic interests at least 14 times in recent years : <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fij.org%2Fpolice-have-reportedly-used-license-plate-readers-to-stalk-romantic-interests-at-least-14-times-in-recent-years%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctariharrison%40iheartmedia.com%7C1a019e8af1004bae34cf08dea7142e4c%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C639131902322609893%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=eSYfWc3p38wo%2BI8kK5r8vGu7IF1ZerFk5M%2F3ocNfGAE%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1">https://ij.org/police-have-reportedly-used-license-plate-readers-to-stalk-romantic-interests-at-least-14-times-in-recent-years/</a>
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Jeffrey Epstein encouraged his friend Peter Thiel's political journey:&nbsp;
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjacobin.com%2F2026%2F04%2Fepstein-thiel-tech-finance-trump&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctariharrison%40iheartmedia.com%7C1a019e8af1004bae34cf08dea7142e4c%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C639131902322630265%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gY9sGLLTE%2BDOavOEn7C5AfcIrojRXZquKJlie7c3qXo%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2">https://jacobin.com/2026/04/epstein-thiel-tech-finance-trump</a>
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Andrew Tate loses lawsuit against Meta over his instagram ban: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.bloomberglaw.com%2Flitigation%2Fmeta-sheds-influencer-andrew-tates-lawsuit-over-instagram-ban&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctariharrison%40iheartmedia.com%7C1a019e8af1004bae34cf08dea7142e4c%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C639131902322649198%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wT45LCLCZQkxArQ%2BdqsWLGBIVqLa%2FPZNv7ImhLWa6%2BU%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3">https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/meta-sheds-influencer-andrew-tates-lawsuit-over-instagram-ban</a>
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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: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-026-01113-7%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dorganic_social%26utm_campaign%3DCONR_NCARS_AWA1_GL_PCOM_SMEDA_NATURECAREERS%26utm_content%3D240725%26utm_term%3Dnull%26linkId%3D61571224&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctariharrison%40iheartmedia.com%7C1a019e8af1004bae34cf08dea7142e4c%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C639131902322667676%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9vGqGt4RGwegoSQEED%2FkeGyF0h6W3Ft58s%2Fk0hFxgks%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01113-7</a>
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After the respected professor died by suicide, the family has sued and is speaking out: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fnews%2Fasian-america%2Fnorthwestern-jane-wu-lab-suicide-lawsuit-rcna217636&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctariharrison%40iheartmedia.com%7C1a019e8af1004bae34cf08dea7142e4c%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C639131902322686268%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=TZ3QKrme%2BLZvQCRuHRSTXDFh8cHTuw4IpfTTYrwttfM%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/northwestern-jane-wu-lab-suicide-lawsuit-rcna217636</a>
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