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Angry Tech News #48: Cupcake Bloatware

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

Links

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 #14: Logging Emergencies

Log4j vulnerability explained, Android system is vulnerable to its own apps, Qualcomm finds yet another way to creep you out, and a new feature in the No Agenda podcast community.

Links:

No Agenda Stream
https://noagendastream.com

Log4Shell
https://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day/

Microsoft Teams bug disables emergency calls on Android
https://9to5google.com/2021/12/10/android-emergency-calling-bug/
https://redd.it/r4xz1f
https://www.androidpolice.com/notifications-feeling-sluggish-this-popular-android-game-may-be-to-blame/

Qualcomm Snapdragon Creepycam
https://www.techradar.com/news/why-qualcomm-believes-its-new-always-on-camera-for-phones-isnt-a-security-risk