Meta’s New Move Makes Your Data Everyone’s Business
The Healthier Tech Podcast
Privacy did not disappear overnight. It was edited quietly in the background. In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, we unpack Meta’s recent shift back to looser privacy controls and why most people barely noticed it happening. No dramatic announcement. No alarm bells. Just a subtle rewrite of what platforms know, keep, and share about you. What we dig into How Meta went from “privacy-first” messaging back to expanded data sharing Why Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp sharing more data boosts ad precision and revenue The hidden tradeoff between personalization, convenience,...
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The Most Dangerous Thing About AI Is How Much We Trust It
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AI helps you write in seconds. But do you actually check it, or just hit send. In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, we zoom in on the ethical side of everyday AI use. Not from the perspective of Silicon Valley engineers, but from your side of the screen. The side where AI is quietly becoming the middleman between your decisions and someone else’s reality. You will hear about: Why ethical AI is not just a developer problem, and how the conversation actually starts the moment you copy and paste an AI generated answer The difference between using AI as a helpful draft tool and...
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George Shepherd Says AI Will End Most Jobs and Only the Adaptable Will Thrive
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What if the biggest threat to your career is not outsourcing, automation, or bad bosses but intelligence itself. In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, George Shepherd, founder of 360 Summits and creator of End of Employment, delivers a blunt, wide ranging warning about where AI is heading, why the traditional job model is breaking down faster than most people realize, and what it actually takes to stay ahead of what is coming This conversation goes far beyond marketing tactics or tech trends. It is about resilience, independence, and how to rethink work, income, and purpose in a...
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Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Let ChatGPT Think for You!
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What happens when you stop thinking first and start prompting first? In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, we dig into the uncomfortable side of AI convenience. Not the doomsday stuff. The everyday stuff that is already changing how you think, speak, decide, and even date. We explore how outsourcing your thinking to AI feels productive at first but slowly reshapes your confidence, intuition, and sense of self. Inside this episode, you will hear about: • Why AI makes your brain feel calm and why that is not always a good thing • How polished AI answers can collapse under real world...
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Dr. Beverly Jensen Says Your Phone Is Cooking Your Sperm and Your Router Might Be Rewiring Your Brain
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What if the most dangerous health device in your home is the one you use without thinking. In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, Dr. Beverly Jensen, founder of YouAndEMF.com, explains why modern EMF exposure is not just a fringe concern and how everyday tech habits may be quietly affecting fertility, brain health, childhood development, and long term wellbeing This is a practical, eye opening conversation that connects the dots between invisible radiation, chronic exposure, and the tech behaviors we have normalized. You will hear about: How sitting near a Wi Fi router for months...
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AI 2027 and the Silicon Evolution: How Artificial Intelligence Is Rewriting Human Progress Faster Than We Can Breathe
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Everyone is using AI — that’s not news. What’s news is how accurate the predictions about it have been. In April 2025, a scenario called AI 2027 laid out what would happen if artificial intelligence began advancing faster than human reflexes. Eight months later, nearly every part of that forecast has already unfolded. In this episode, we unpack what happens when technology doesn’t just evolve — it accelerates itself. We explore how AI has gone from creative assistant to autonomous researcher and what it means when innovation begins to outpace our ability to adapt. Inside this...
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Why Your Loan, Job Hunt, and Doctor Visit Might Be Rigged by AI Bias: The Hidden Tech Problem No One Told You About
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This episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast jumps straight into the surprising ways algorithmic bias shapes financial decisions, hiring processes, and even healthcare outcomes. If you have ever wondered how an invisible line of code could influence real life opportunities, this is the deep dive you will want to hear. We explore how AI systems quietly inherit decades of human bias through historical data and why this leads to unfair credit scores, skewed hiring recommendations, and medical risk assessments that miss the mark for entire groups of people. Key highlights include The real credit...
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Promptflux: A Malware That Rewrites Itself Using Gemini AI
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What happens when malware stops behaving like malware and starts behaving more like a living digital organism. In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, we break down Google’s latest discovery: malicious software that can rewrite its own code using artificial intelligence while it is already running on your device. This one shift turns a predictable threat into something far more flexible and far harder to detect. We walk through how traditional malware works and why this new generation breaks every rule cybersecurity has relied on for decades. You will learn what makes self-modifying...
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Is the AI Singularity Closer Than We Think? Inside the AISM Manifesto Shaking Up the Internet
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Is the future of artificial intelligence a quiet evolution, a full takeover, or something far stranger. In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, we pull back the curtain on a viral YouTube video and the controversial Artificial Intelligence Singularity Manifesto from AISM, which has generated hundreds of Reddit debates and nearly half a million views. You will hear why the creator claims the singularity is already underway and why she believes humanity is standing on the deck of a sinking ship without realizing the hull has been torn open. We trace the roots of her argument through...
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How Screen Time Shapes Your Child’s Mood, Attention, and Brain Development
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When your child seems peacefully absorbed in a screen, their brain is doing far more than relaxing. This episode breaks down how screen time actively shapes a child’s mood, attention, and long-term brain development in ways most parents never see. In this conversation, you will learn: Why a child’s brain reacts so intensely to fast paced digital stimulation How instant rewards from screens shape emotional reactions, especially meltdowns when screen time ends The surprising reason quiet, slow tasks feel uncomfortable for many kids after using screens How passive viewing and...
info_outlineJoining us today is Dhruvin Patel, an inspiring optometrist and the visionary founder of Ocushield! Dhruvin is passionate about eye health and has seen firsthand how prolonged screen time affects our vision in today's tech-driven world.
Motivated to make a difference, he created Ocushield, a company dedicated to protecting our eyes from the harmful effects of blue light emitted by digital screens. With innovative products designed to reduce eye strain and enhance visual comfort, Dhruvin is on a mission to make screen time safer and more enjoyable for everyone.
Get ready to hear some practical tips and eye-opening insights on how we can better care for our eyes in the digital age.
In this episode, you will hear:
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Misconceptions about blue light and eye health.
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Multiple sources of blue light.
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Ways to reduce eye strain and improve eye health while working on screens.
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Different shields for devices and glasses.
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Dhruvin’s experience appearing (and winning!) on Dragon’s Den.
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Creating behavior change around eye health care and making it more accessible.
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Why reading glasses are so common after a certain age.
Hey, I'm Dhruvin Patel, the founder of Ocushield. As an optometrist, I saw firsthand the impact that prolonged screen time was having on people's eye health.
This inspired me to create Ocushield, a company dedicated to protecting eyes from harmful blue light emitted by digital screens.
Our innovative screen protectors help reduce eye strain and improve overall visual comfort, making screen time safer and more enjoyable.
My mission is to promote eye health in our digital world and provide practical solutions to enhance visual well-being.
Connect with Dhruvin Patel:
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Listeners can visit Ocushield's website to explore our range of blue light filtering products. Use the promo code HT20 for a 20% discount on your first purchase.
Connect with R Blank and Stephanie Warner:
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