# Nitter Shut Down After Cease-and-Desist Letters, Not a Court Order

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- Episode: S1E19
- Published: 2026-08-26
- HTML: https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e19
- Audio: https://csomediaweu.blob.core.windows.net/media/audio/s1e19.mp3
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hgb9c3UT34

## Summary

Public copies of Nitter, the no-login way to read posts on X, went dark after the maintainer received cease-and-desist letters and locked the project the same day. No court ruled. Alex and Jordan look at why a letter was enough, Apple's new 2 nm Mac mini that tops out at 32GB while the 512GB Studio starts at $5,499, Op

## Show notes

Public copies of Nitter, the no-login way to read posts on X, went dark after the maintainer received cease-and-desist letters and locked the project the same day. No court ruled. Alex and Jordan look at why a letter was enough, Apple's new 2 nm Mac mini that tops out at 32GB while the 512GB Studio starts at $5,499, OpenAI's Jalapeño chip whose "better than Nvidia" numbers came from OpenAI and ship in 2027, and Google's top camera authenticity badge, which a researcher got to stamp any file. The side of tech news nobody talks about. Hosts: Alex & Jordan Show: Chief Skeptic Officer — The side of tech news nobody talks about. Drop: Daily at 7:00 A.M. America/New_York Episode date: 2026-08-26 In this episode A letter, not a verdict — Cease-and-desist letters took down public Nitter and XCancel while the maintainer waited for a lawyer. Self-hosted copies can still work. Reading without an account is what died. The new chip and the expensive memory — Apple's first 2 nm chip is in the $899 Mac mini, which tops out at 32GB. The 512GB on-device AI machine is a $5,499 Mac Studio made of last year's chips, and that SKU is late October. Whose spreadsheet is this — SemiAnalysis headlined OpenAI's Jalapeño as better than Nvidia Blackwell, then said all numbers came from OpenAI, they skipped the long real-work test, and production ramps in 2027. The badge that signs anything — Pixel Camera holds the highest C2PA rating. With control of the phone, an app can ask the locked chip to stamp any file. Google paid $7,500, said it will not fix a related hardware attack, and kept the badge. Links GitHub - All public nitter instances do not work Hacker News - Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices Apple Newsroom - M6 and M5 Ultra Apple Newsroom - Mac mini with M6 Apple Newsroom - Mac Studio with M5 Ultra SemiAnalysis - OpenAI Jalapeño David Buchanan - C2PA cameras AI disclosure This episode was created with artificial intelligence. Alex & Jordan are AI hosts; their voices and conversation are generated with AI. Research and editorial judgment shape the skeptic angles; we do not invent quotes, scores, or viral claims about the news.

## AI disclosure

This episode was created with artificial intelligence. Alex & Jordan are AI hosts.