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Chris Blec is an unapologetic liberty maximalist, privacy advocate and tech decentralization activist. Listen in on some of the most based conversations you'll ever hear about freedom, Bitcoin, social issues and more.
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Mind Your Own Dog Business, hosted by Dog Business Strategist Kristen Lee, is a podcast focused on dog business entrepreneurs on being unapologetically successful and ready to disrupt their dog training and dog walking businesses. In this podcast, Kristen Lee challenges you to not only transform your business but transform your life while stepping into your real power as a dog business owner. You'll learn cutting-edge, proven 7-figure marketing and sales strategies, luxury branding skills al ...
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The European Commission is currently engaged in "direct" and "intensive" collaboration with California legislators, who have just approved a new AI bill that could "strengthen" and "complement" the EU’s AI regulation. In today's episode, we learn how the Commission works in California and explore whether the US state could prove an important ally i…
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A group of digital rights organisation said that Apple’s plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) are ineffective in a submission to the European Commission. The EU executive has opened three non-compliance investigations into Apple’s plans to conform to the DMA, the bloc’s landmark digital competition law. In one of these investigations,…
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The EU has set ambitious goals for securing its supply of critical raw materials, which are key to the digital and green transitions. Today we talk to Chad Blewitt, managing director of the Jadar Project, a highly-anticipated and highly-delayed lithium mining site in Serbia. Jadar is operated by Rio Tinto, the world’s second largest mining company.…
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On Friday afternoon, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced it is pausing plans to roll out artificial intelligence (AI) features that would use users’ public posts to train its AI models. The company cited a request from the Irish Data Protection Commission. Digital rights NGO Noyb filed 11 complaints against Meta’s AI plans…
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This week, together with Marco Scialdone, a lawyer and adjunct professor of law and management of digital content and services at the European University of Rome, we delve into the impact of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) on consumer protection in e-commerce, focusing on the responsibilities of online marketplaces and the role of consumer orga…
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In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Biz Podcast; Kristen Lee and Maggie Christina share the BTS work that Dog Biz School has been working on to BETTER and unite the training industry. What they covered: Fake Dog Biz Coaches: Rising number of fake dog business coaches exploiting the industry due to its lucrative nature. Industry Governance Issu…
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The European Commission kicked off plans to boost investments in its AI sector back in 2018. But they were neither clearly defined, nor well coordinated, argued the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in a report released this week. The gap of investments and innovation has only grown with the US since these plans were put in motion, research has foun…
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The Council of Europe, the bloc's human rights body, adopted its first framework convention on artificial intelligence (AI_, democracy and the rule of law on 17 May. It's heralded as the world's first binding international treaty to ensure the technology doesn't interfere with human rights. But the negotiations were riddled with criticism, particul…
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Tornado Cash co-founder Alexey Pertsev was sentenced to a little over five months in jail this week by a Dutch court, for helping to create a tool that obfuscates the trail of cryptocurrencies. The tool, built and run on Ethereum blockchain, was used by hackers to launder their illicitly obtained funds. The defense argued that this was a decentrali…
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This week, we are discussing the artificial intelligence liability directive (AILD), a key part of the EU's continuously evolving digital rulebook. The AILD is expected to fill an important legislative gap that will allow consumers to seek compensation for damages caused by AI products. We are joined by Beatrice Schütte, postdoc researcher at the U…
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This week, together with Andrea Renda, Senior Research Fellow and Head of the CEPS Unit on Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and the Digital Economy, we break down the Letta report's key technological insights, what is missing from the document, and what to anticipate from the report by Mario Draghi. Enrico Letta, a former Italian Prime Min…
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Last week, the EU Parliament voted to pass amendments to Eurodac, previously a fingerprints database, along with a new Migration Pact to boost border security. The expansion of Eurodac will see migrants’ biometric data, including facial images, collected and stored for 10 years and exchanged between police and border authorities. This includes chil…
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This week we talk to Max von Thun, Europe Director at the Open Markets Institute about competition policy.Amid a barrage of measures and investigations on digital competition in recent weeks, the think tank co-authored a manifesto calling for a revamp of competition policy, including structural changes within the Commission. Crucial to those is a c…
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This week, together with Pavlina Pavlova, Public Policy Advisor at the CyberPeace Institute, we look at cybersecurity issues, such as the 2024 Munich Security Report's revelation of heightened cyber-attack risks, the phone hacking of the European Parliament's defence committee, predictions for the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the Uni…
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*The following episode contains discussions on topics such as alcohol abuse and trauma that may be triggering some listeners. Please exercise caution and consider your personal experiences and sensitivities before listening. We approach these subjects respectfully and aim to provide insight and support, but we acknowledge that everyone's journey is…
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This week, together with the European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski, we look at data protection issues, including the regulation concerning the detection and removal of online child sexual abuse material, as well as Frontex’s handling of migrants’ data, and the recent news regarding the European Commission's violation of data pro…
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Great dog-owning clients aren't found. They are created. In this badass episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Biz, Kristen and Ashley discuss dog trainers' issues with getting their dog owners "compliant" in their training programs. Because one struggle that's across the board with any dog trainer? Getting owners to "do the work". Kristen and Ashley cov…
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Don't postpone your peace because chaos is familiar. In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business Podcast, Kristen Lee talks to the dog trainers of the industry who find themselves employed by toxic AF employers, whether that is employees of training facilities that do group classes, board and trains, day trains, or even dog training businesse…
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Together with Katja Muñoz, research fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations’ Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Technology, we talk about the impact of social media and technology on the 2024 European Parliament elections, TikTok and Meta’s election preparations, the lack of access for data for researchers, and even Taylor Swift.…
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"You will be paid in direct proportion to the value you deliver..." This episode of Mind Your Own Dog Business, a podcast for dog trainers and dog business owners, delves into the crucial aspect of delivering value in dog training businesses. This episode is a must-listen for dog trainers and dog business owners aiming to optimize their profitabili…
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As the security and resilience of submarine cables became a priority for Europe after the sabotage of a cable between Finland and Estonia in October 2023, EU countries requested the Commission to take action. The EU executive published a recommendation on 21 February, that we are analysing with to our invitee of the week, Louis Obry, public affairs…
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In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business podcast, Kristen Lee covers the toxic AF Hustle Crisis Cycle that many dog trainers and dog businesses unexpectedly find themselves cycling in and out of, leaving them in financial crisis mode and completely burned out. She covers what exactly the cycle and toxic dynamics are in your dog training bu…
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