Month: February 2023

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Angry Tech News #49: Verified Inaccessible

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Facebook gets subscription fees, Kia issues software patch for theft, AMD drivers brick gaming PCs, Chatbots go mental, and Samsung develops a feature that should never have been needed

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Facebook to get paid subscription
https://about.fb.com/news/2023/02/testing-meta-verified-to-help-creators/
Samsung “Message Guard”
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/17/23603919/samsung-message-guard-malware-zero-click-exploit-security-feature
TikTok Kia Challenge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23599300/hyundai-kia-car-theft-software-update-free-tiktok-challenge
Latest AMD drivers brick PCs
https://wccftech.com/latest-amd-radeon-graphics-drivers-reportedly-causing-pc-boot-issues-corrupting-windows/
Bing chatbot claims Mars has 2.5Bn people
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34785437
Bing chatbot goes mental
https://futurism.com/the-byte/microsoft-stock-falling-as-bing-ai-descends-into-madness
MSFT demos AI-infused Office apps
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/10/23593980/microsoft-bing-chatgpt-ai-teams-outlook-integration
MSFT puts limits on Bing chat interactions
https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/20/ai_news_roundup/
Alibaba to develop chatbot
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/08/tech/china-alibaba-ai-bot-announcement-chatgpt-rival-intl-hnk

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Angry Tech News #48: Cupcake Bloatware

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:02 — 32.1MB)

Microsoft’s Reboot Tuesday, Android 14, Windows 11 and Android bloat, Google AI biffs it, and a Mastodon alternative from Cloudflare

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Reboot Tuesday highlights
https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/patch-tuesday-february-2023/
Edge, IE11 to be permanently disabled
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-edge-update-will-disable-internet-explorer-in-february/
Tiny11 = Win11 stripped of bloat
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tiny11-lean-windows-11
MSFT store offers even more ads
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/the-newest-feature-in-the-microsoft-store-is-more-ads/
Android 14 features
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/android-14
Android 14 blocks installation of old apps
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/android-14-preview-1-is-out-will-officially-ban-installation-of-old-apps/
Galaxy S23 bloats system image to 60Gb
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/the-samsung-galaxy-s23s-bloated-android-build-somehow-uses-60gb-of-storage/
Netflix on sharing crackdown
https://about.netflix.com/en/news/an-update-on-sharing
Google Bard’s fake news
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/09/1155650909/google-chatbot–error-bard-shares
Cloudflare presents ActivityPub as a service
https://blog.cloudflare.com/welcome-to-wildebeest-the-fediverse-on-cloudflare/

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Angry Tech News #47: Reboot Subscription

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:57 — 27.4MB)

Netflix death spiral reaches a new low, BMW doubles down on user-hostility, Blizzard outage in China, More Apple crash detection shenanigans, and Smart devices doing dumb things

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Apple crash detection sends more false alarms
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/apples-crash-detection-feature-triggers-false-911-calls-ski-resorts
Netflix pokes the hornets nest
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/netflix-backtracks-password-sharing-rules-162942246.html
https://thestreamable.com/news/confirmed-netflix-unveils-first-details-of-new-anti-password-sharing-measures
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/06/netflixs-unnecessary-password-crackdown-is-already-a-hot-mess/
BMW & subscriptions
https://www.carscoops.com/2023/01/bmw-now-offering-more-feature-subscriptions-in-the-u-s/
BMW won’t update if you live on a hill
https://www.thedrive.com/news/bmw-owner-discovers-cars-software-update-wont-install-when-parked-on-incline
WoW went dark in China
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/24/tech/blizzard-games-china-shutdown-intl-hnk/index.html
Smart-devices leaking pings
https://svrooij.io/2023/01/25/disconnect-your-smart-appliance/
Smart trash can for $33/mo (twice the cost of netflix)
https://9to5google.com/2023/01/17/mill-trash-can/
People are not connecting IoT devices
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/half-of-smart-appliances-remain-disconnected-from-internet-makers-lament/
MSFT pushes update for office telemetry
https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/21/microsoft_office_count_update/