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Angry Tech News #51: Moon Peripherals

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date March 14, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:50 — 14.5MB)

Data Centers on an AI-generated moon, Apple rules USB with an iron fist, Silicon Valley banking woes, and how IoT keeps a Massachusetts high school fully enlightened

Links

Silicon Valley Bank failure
https://apnews.com/article/svb-fed-bonds-rates-banks-inflation-a24b28b3caeede91c76cd120aa9b7966
Data centers on moon
https://gizmodo.com/startup-moves-closer-building-data-centers-moon-1850192177
Fake Samsung moon pics
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/samsung-caught-faking-zoom-photos-of-the-moon/ar-AA18z3aa
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/11nzrb0/samsung_space_zoom_moon_shots_are_fake_and_here/
Apple USB accessories still require certification
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/02/28/iphone-15-to-require-certified-accessories-for-full-access-to-usb-c
Mass high school can’t turn off its lights
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lights-massachusetts-school-year-no-one-can-turn-rcna65611

Tags apple, iot, moon, samsung, svb

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Angry Tech News #44: Multiplayer Scarf

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date December 20, 2022

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:03 — 12.1MB)

FTC makes its presence known, Apple and Google want you to trust them with your darkest secrets, Tesla releases a video game console, and Microsoft reduces update spam (for certain operating systems)

Links:

FTC, lawsuit seeking to block MSFT/ATVI acquisition
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/12/ftc-seeks-block-microsoft-corps-acquisition-activision-blizzard-inc
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/v/ar-AA15uQv7

FTC fines Epic Games over Fortnite dark patterns
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/12/epic-will-pay-520-million-to-settle-ftc-privacy-payment-complaints/

Apple announces E2E encryption in icloud
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/12/08/fbi-privacy-groups-icloud-encryption/

Google adds client-side encryption to gmail
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-introduces-end-to-end-encryption-for-gmail-on-the-web/

Tesla cars get Steam integration
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tesla-steam-model-s-x-054406511.html

Pixel 8 gets unnecessary upgrade
https://9to5google.com/2022/12/20/google-pixel-8-main-camera/

MSFT dropping all support for Edge, Win7, Win8 on January 10
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/microsoft-edge-will-stop-supporting-windows-7-and-8-in-january-2023/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/12/1643254/support-for-windows-7-and-8-fully-ends-in-january-including-microsoft-edge

Tags apple, edge, epic, ftc, google, microsoft, pixel, steam, tesla

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Angry Tech News #43: Type-C Credentials

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date November 23, 2022

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:29 — 17.7MB)

A rare live-to-tape ATN!

Reddit misses the point. Apple is in hot water over privacy, but at least they’re saving the earth by inconveniencing you. iOS devs aren’t doing much beter. And India jumps on the USBandwagon

Links

Reddit helps people reinforce their information bubbles
https://old.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/yqrdjs/announcing_community_muting_on_mobile/
Apple sued over privacy setting that doesn’t add any privacy
https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-privacy-analytics-class-action-suit-1849774313
iOS apps hardcoding AWS credentials (9/1)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-1-000-ios-apps-found-exposing-hardcoded-aws-credentials/
India to require USB-C charging
https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/18/india_usb_c_requirements/
ios Clean Energy Charging
https://www.macworld.com/article/1065566/ios-16-clean-energy-charging.html
Also…
https://www.bitchute.com/video/Os3NkVKsyiPw/

Tags apple, aws, india, ios, privacy, reddit, usb

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Angry Tech News #36: Cringe Conference

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date June 13, 2022

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:17 — 20.3MB)

WWDC roundup and Seth’s Ape

Links

Seth misplaces his NFT
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/seth-green/ar-AAXTHT9
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/spoke-owner-seth-greens-stolen-133938735.html
https://www.wired.com/story/seth-green-bored-ape-nft-stolen/

WWDC new features
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/ios-16-release-date-new-features-everything-we-know-from-wwdc/

Tags apple, ios, nfts

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Angry Tech News #35: Department Availability

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date May 25, 2022

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:25 — 12.9MB)

End of a pod era, Apple enables rate inflation, iphone and bluetooth vulnerabilities, and Coinbase spooks its customers

Links

Apple stops making ipods
https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-pull-plug-ipod-after-20-years-2022-05-10/

Apple changes app price hikes from opt-in to opt-out
https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/a/articleshow/91612137.cms

iphone low-power-mode vulnerabilities
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/05/researchers-devise-iphone-malware-that-runs-even-when-device-is-turned-off/

Bluetooth link-level relay attack
https://electrek.co/2022/05/17/tesla-singled-out-bluetooth-hack-unlock-cars/

Coinbase almost fulfils its own prophecy
https://nypost.com/2022/05/11/coinbase-warns-customers-they-may-lose-crypto-if-company-goes-bankrupt/

Netflix begins layoffs
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/netflix-layoffs-1235148614/

Google Russia warns bankruptcy
https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2022-05-18/googles-russian-subsidiary-files-for-bankruptcy-document

Tags apple, appstore, bluetooth, coinbase, iphone, ipod

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Angry Tech News #33: Ponzi Cinema

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date May 4, 2022

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:39 — 12.4MB)

Russian theaters do what they must to survive, Google has a bug, Apple hates developers, Browser numbers, New Google AMP features from Brave, and the most disgusting NFT story I’ve ever told

Links

Russian cinemas turn to piracy
https://torrentfreak.com/russian-cinemas-are-showing-pirated-movies-downloaded-from-torrents-220502/

Russia pulls out of ISS
https://www.ibtimes.com/russia-pulls-out-international-space-station-amid-mounting-sanctions-report-3491322

Google store credits are smaller than they appear
https://9to5google.com/2022/05/01/google-store-credit-500/

Apple hates stable niche apps
https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=gi6npkmf

Statcounter browser share numbers
https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-202103-202204

Anti-AMP features from Brave and DDG
https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/21/brave_duckduckgo_google_amp/

Yuga breaks ethereum
https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/crypto/how-bored-ape-yacht-club-broke-ethereum/

BAYC Instagram hacked
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/k/ar-AAWAJ0j

Tags amp, apple, brave, browsers, duckduckgo, google, nfts, piracy, russia, yuga

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Angry Tech News #28: Prank Driving

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date April 1, 2022

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:07 — 9.5MB)

Telegram in Brazil, Mercedes leapfrogs Tesla, Apple forever, and why we can’t have nice holidays anymore

Links

Telegram booted from Brazil
https://www.reuters.com/technology/brazil-court-gives-telegram-sunday-deadline-comply-with-order-2022-03-20/

Apple subscription rumors
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/25/apple-is-working-on-a-hardware-subscription-service-for-iphones/

Mercedes self-driving
https://www.popsci.com/technology/drive-pilot-mercedes-benz-test-ride/
https://www.jdpower.com/cars/shopping-guides/levels-of-autonomous-driving-explained

Tags apple, april-fools, brazil, mercedes, self-driving, telegram

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Angry Tech News #27: Inexplicably Microwave

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date March 22, 2022

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:51 — 11.6MB)

Duck Duck Go seppuku; Steps toward a new Russian internet; California’s newest grid storage scheme; Ford sells incomplete cars; UK cracks down on BCH ATMs; IoT + auto updates = hilarity; and Linux where it shouldn’t be!

Links

DDG plays with fire
https://mashable.com/article/duckduckgo-search-engine-russian-disinformation

Search engines
https://qwant.com
https://search.brave.com
https://startpage.com
https://searx.github.io/searx/

Russia creates TLS cert authority
https://www.techradar.com/news/russia-creates-its-own-tls-certificate-authority-to-bypass-sanctions

GM tests bidirectional charging
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/08/1085233003/gm-electric-vehicles-home-power

Ford ships incomplete vehicles
https://www.autonews.com/nada/ford-will-ship-and-sell-vehicles-without-chips-controlling-non-safety-critical-features

UK shuts down crypto ATMs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60709209

AEG Microwaves think they’re steam ovens
https://thenextweb.com/news/update-brainwashes-microwaves-thinking-theyre-steam-ovens

Linux on M1 chip
https://www.zdnet.com/article/asahi-linux-for-m1-apple-silicon-gets-its-first-alpha-release/

Tags apple, crypto, duckduckgo, electric-vehicles, ford, gm, iot, linux, russia, search, tls, updates

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Angry Tech News #26: Transmissible Groupthink

Post author By Ryan Bemrose
Post date March 9, 2022

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:43 — 11.2MB)

Silicon Valley vs Russia, Nvidia and Samsung hacks, Discord goes full Facebook, and my rants go a little bit off the rails!

Links

Western companies jumping on the “Hate Russia” bandwagon
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/5/22962848/paypal-pauses-service-russia-ukraine-invasion
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/04/russia-blocks-access-to-facebook.html
https://www.investopedia.com/microsoft-oracle-join-tech-exodus-from-russia-5221297
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/visa-mastercard-russia-ukraine-invasion/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/6/22964418/tiktok-suspends-creation-new-video-content-russia-ukraine
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/5/22962822/internet-backbone-provider-cogent-shuts-off-service-russia
https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-to-stop-all-product-sales-to-russia
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/samsung-suspends-shipments-phones-chips-230648742.html
https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/coinbase-blocks-25-000-crypto-wallets-linked-to-russian-users
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10579301/Social-media-platform-Reddit-block-links-coming-Russian-domain-name.html

Russia “fake news” law
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/01/russian-lawmakers-eye-15-year-prison-terms-for-fakes-about-ukraine-invasion-a76687

NVidia hacked
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nvidia-data-breach-exposed-credentials-of-over-71-000-employees/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-now-using-nvidias-stolen-code-signing-certificates/

Samsung hacked
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/samsung-confirms-hackers-stole-galaxy-devices-source-code/

Discord joins the censorship bunch
https://discord.com/blog/addressing-health-misinformation