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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

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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 #37: Unlocking Deathtraps

Tesla vs. Bluetooth, T-Mobile vs. Privacy, Netflix vs. the circling drain, Internet Explorer vs. Oblivion, and Toyota vs. Physics

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Tesla hack allows new keys to be authorized when NFC card is used
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/06/hackers-out-to-steal-a-tesla-can-create-their-very-own-personal-key/
https://www.teslakee.com/

Goodnight, Internet Explorer
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2022/06/15/internet-explorer-11-has-retired-and-is-officially-out-of-support-what-you-need-to-know/

Netflix to introduce ad tier
https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/27/n-16896753/

T-Mobile sells you via your app usage
https://www.adexchanger.com/mobile/t-mobile-rebrands-its-ad-biz-and-navigates-the-perilous-line-between-programmatic-and-privacy/
https://youradchoices.com/appchoices

Toyota EVs recalled
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/toyota-recalls-2700-electric-vehicles-2022-06-23/