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Angry Tech News #74: Terabyte Windmills

Western Digital and Hewlett Packard facing lawsuits, Dropbox ends unlimited storage, Microsoft uses the word “python” a lot, and IoT devices continue to be a security nightmare

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NPR listens to ATN (maybe)
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/26/1195695051/driverless-cars-san-francisco-waymo-cruise
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/18/cruise-told-by-regulators-to-immediately-reduce-robotaxi-fleet-50-following-crash/

Western Digital faces lawsuits over crappy SSD products
https://www.techspot.com/news/99831-western-digital-faces-class-action-lawsuit-over-failing.html

HP faces lawsuits over shady ink drivers
https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/11/judge_denies_hps_request_to/

Cloud “Python” coming to Excel
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/introducing-python-in-excel-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-data/ba-p/3905482

Dropbox dumps unlimited storage
https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/product/updates-to-our-storage-policy-on-dropbox-advanced
https://www.chia.net/chia-farming/

TP-Link smartbulb vulnerability
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tp-link-smart-bulbs-can-let-hackers-steal-your-wifi-password/

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Angry Tech News #31: Mute Gatekeeper

Dumb homes, How a mute button works, Riding the NFT hype wave all the way down, and a deeper analysis on European law than I ever wanted to do!

Links

Mute doesn’t necessarily mean mute
https://news.wisc.edu/youre-muted-or-are-you-videoconferencing-apps-may-listen-even-when-mic-is-off/
https://thenextweb.com/news/muting-your-mic-doesnt-stop-big-tech-recording-your-audio

Dorsey NFT flops
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/w/ar-AAWglx0

Insteon fails its existence-check
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/334350-insteon-kills-servers-without-warning-bricks-smart-home-devices
https://www.wired.com/story/insteon-shutdown/

Digital Markets Act
https://www.msn.com/en-my/money/topstories/t/ar-AAW9LP8
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220315IPR25504/deal-on-digital-markets-act-ensuring-fair-competition-and-more-choice-for-users
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52020PC0842&from=en
https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-eu-regulators-send-extra-antitrust-charge-apple-music-streaming-probe-2022-04-11/
https://www.engadget.com/korea-kcc-app-store-law-google-external-payments-114054384.html