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Angry Tech News #20: Recursive Carrier

Activision Blizzard passes beyond the event horizon, Pour one out for IBM Watson, Mobile carriers declare war on VPNs, Rust vulnerability, and Google in legal hot water all over the world

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MSFT buys Activision Blizzard
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/18/microsoft-to-buy-activision.html

Apple’s built-in VPN rustles some jimmies
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/01/09/apple-fire-iphone-encryption-tech/

T-mobile blocks icloud privacy
https://9to5mac.com/2022/01/10/t-mobile-block-icloud-private-relay/

IBM selling off Watson Health division
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/business/ibm-watson-health.html

Rust standard library race condition can delete all of your files
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/security/advisories/GHSA-r9cc-f5pr-p3j2

Texas, Indiana, Washington, and DC sue Google saying it invades users’ privacy
https://apnews.com/article/de23ecc89b7f113de4e8fd49cda1305c

Google Analytics declared illegal in EU
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/google-analytics/

Google preaches doom if AUS court ruling is let stand
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/24/google-warns-of-devastating-impact-if-court-ruling-on-defamatory-hyperlinks-not-overturned

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Angry Tech News #19: Shatterproof Database

Another Y2k bug, NFT Paparazzi, Crow lasers, Safari data leak, Woke word processors, the end of SGX, and the Cybertruck delayed.

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y2k22 Exchange server bug
https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/microsoft-rolls-out-emergency-fix-for-exchange-y2k22-bug-that-affects-email-delivery/

NFT-enabled paparazzi
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-17-gaming-youtubers-have-had-their-likenesses-stolen-and-sold-as-nfts

Sunnyvale crows about crows
https://nypost.com/2022/01/18/california-town-resorts-to-lasers-to-stop-1000-pooping-crows/

Safari data leak
https://fingerprintjs.com/blog/indexeddb-api-browser-vulnerability-safari-15/

Microsoft Word Woke Checker feature
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/01/microsoft-offices-new-woke-spellchecker-is-perfectly-fine-and-will-cause-nobody-to-freak-out/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10398999/Blacklist-postman-mankind-just-words-wont-fly-Microsofts-woke-filter.html

SGX Deprecation
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-intel-chips-wont-play-blu-ray-disks-due-to-sgx-deprecation/

Cybertruck delayed
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10398845/Tesla-removes-promise-2022-production-maligned-Cybertruck-website.html

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Angry Tech News #18: Cartridge Leather

Radio Shack is back, Backfiring printer DRM, Crypto-mining security suite, and a rarely-spotted Powershell bug

Links:

Radio Shack to become a crypto brand
https://docs.radioshack.com/radioshack-defi/fundamentals/why-radioshack-in-crypto

Canon sells chipless ink, tells customers to bypass DRM
https://boingboing.net/2022/01/08/forced-by-shortages-to-sell-chipless-cartridges-canon-tells-customers-how-to-bypass-drm-warnings.html

Norton Crypto FAQ
https://community.norton.com/en/forums/faq-norton-crypto

Krebs on 7-month-old news
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptominer/

Grumpy Old Bens #165
https://grumpyoldbens.com/2021/06/04/episode-165-woke-donuts/

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Angry Tech News #17: Waterproof Fahrenheit

CES Rundown of useless crap, Tumblr app censorship, and AAA discovers what EV owners already know.

Links:

CES 2022 shortened one day
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/how-to-watch-ces-2022-big-reveals-live-from-home/

Samsung grasping for features for its new TVs
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/samsungs-2022-tvs-get-144-hz-support-and-a-built-in-nft-marketplace/

Kohler combines plumbing and apps
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/3/22858257/kohler-ces-2022-smart-bathroom-perfectfill

Tumblr ios app censored
https://9to5mac.com/2021/12/30/tumblr-ios-app-search/

AAA study shows EVs far less useful outside California
https://anewspost.com/electric-cars-useless-in-cold-weather/