Month: February 2022

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Angry Tech News #24: Nutshell Jammer

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Dad vs Internet, Roblox vs porn, Facebook vs human nature, Opera � Yat, and the end of 3G

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Paypal new user agreement
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/paypal-excludes-nft-transactions-over-124006173.html

HMRC seizes crypto tokens
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/14/22932824/hmrc-nft-seizure-fraud-investigation

Dad takes out internet
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/dad-takes-down-towns-internet-by-mistake-to-get-his-kids-offline/

Roblox: The seedy underbelly of the internet
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60314572

Facebook mandates virtual social distancing
https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/05/meta_grope_gap/

Opera � Yat
https://blogs.opera.com/news/2022/02/opera-emoji-links-yat/

No more 3G
https://www.axios.com/att-3g-sunset-wireless-disrupt-devices-728228cf-e15e-48b4-9896-d32dfd93e0ce.html

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Angry Tech News #23: Cocaine Lesbians

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Police use dark web biometrics, MoviePass back, with 100% more user hostility, Cent halts NFT transactions, Tesla deals with fart apps, and EA virtue signals!

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MoviePass now with 100% more user-hostility
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/moviepass-track-eyes-phone-cameras-b2013273.html

Cocaine dealer identified by palm image on dark web chat
https://metro.co.uk/2022/02/11/drug-dealer-busted-after-picture-of-his-hand-showed-fingerprints-16091399/

Cent marketplace halts all NFT transactions
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/nft-marketplace-shuts-citing-rampant-fakes-plagiarism-problem-2022-02-11/

EA refuses to sell Sims expansion in Russia
https://www.ea.com/en-au/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/our-commitment-to-you

Tesla platform moves past the fart app stage
https://www.inputmag.com/culture/tesla-owners-cant-make-cars-fart-pedestrians-us

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Angry Tech News #22: Evolve Battery

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GoFundMe loses trust, interesting Mac malware, California struggles with the weight of their own virtue signalling, and NFTs reach a milestone!

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Wash trading NFTs
https://www.engadget.com/nft-wash-trading-scams-chainanalysis-report-202537095.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/nft-sales-show-evidence-wash-trading-researchers-say-rcna14535

CA struggles with used EV batteries
https://www.ocregister.com/2022/01/27/what-happens-when-millions-of-electric-car-batteries-get-old/

Mac Malware Evolution
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/02/02/the-evolution-of-a-mac-trojan-updateagents-progression/

Go Fund Yourself
https://www.theepochtimes.com/gofundme-says-wont-give-10m-to-truck-protest-organizers-will-give-to-charity-instead_4257991.html

IRS facial recognition
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/7/22922212/irs-id-me-facial-recognition-end-privacy-concerns

UK revives age verification bill… again
https://www.engadget.com/uk-revives-age-verification-online-safety-bill-113839546.html

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Angry Tech News #21: Homework Destiny

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Sony+Bungie, Dark Souls hack, Apple emojis, and Google Drive’s algo copyright-strikes an output file. Plus Activision/Msft producer feedback

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Sony to buy Bungie
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/31/sony-to-buy-video-game-maker-bungie-in-3point6-billion-deal.html

Dark Souls networking code RCE exploit
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-person-whose-exploit-took-souls-servers-offline-is-worried-about-elden-ring/

New ios 15.4 emojis
https://mashable.com/article/ios-15-4-new-emoji-2022-sexting

Google vs output04.txt
https://torrentfreak.com/google-drive-flags-text-files-with-1-or-0-as-copyright-infringements-220125/