Tech Talk Thursdays
122 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 days ago -A weekly podcast where we talk about the latest tech, gaming, and streaming news! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tech-talk-thursdays/support
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Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #119 (06/20/2024)
June 21, 2024 15:20 - 2 hours - 152 MBTech Amazon union workers and the Teamsters have inked a deal - The Verge Amazon faces nearly $6 million in fines over California labor law violations More than 1,000 students pledge not to work at Google and Amazon due to Project Nimbus US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel - The Verge US surgeon general wants tobacco-like warning labels on social media - The Verge Musk’s X demands money from laid-off employees, claims they were overpaid | Ars Technic...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #118 (06/13/2024)
June 14, 2024 13:11 - 3 hours - 169 MBTech Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo | PetaPixel Windows won’t take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in - The Verge Apple Intelligence: every new AI feature coming to the iPhone and Mac - The Verge Elon Musk calls iOS 18 a 'security violation' for integrating ChatGPT, says he will ban use of Apple devices at Tesla - 9to5Mac Some company heads hoped return-to-office mandates would make people quit, survey says | Ars...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #117 (06/06/2024)
June 07, 2024 07:32 - 2 hours - 162 MBTech Tesla CEO Elon Musk could leave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warned - The Verge Butts, breasts, and genitals now explicitly allowed on Elon Musk’s X | Ars Technica Israel reportedly used fake social media accounts to influence US lawmakers - The Verge Instagram is testing ‘unskippable’ ads that you can’t scroll past - The Verge Ex-Meta engineer sues company, claiming he was fired over handling of Palestine content Zoom CEO envisions AI deepfakes attending ...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #116 (05/23/2024)
May 24, 2024 03:54 - 2 hours - 131 MBHonestly, there were so many stories, it wouldn't be able to fit in the description. Please check out the shows live on Twitch, Thursday at 8:00pm ET! If there are any topics you'd like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: htt...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #115 (05/16/2024)
May 17, 2024 03:07 - 1 hour - 97.6 MBTech Apple Store workers in Maryland vote in favor of a strike over working conditions - 9to5Mac Amazon workers become the first to unionize at one of the company's Canadian warehouses Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them | Ars Technica Eight TikTok creators file their own suit against the divest-or-ban law Gaming Pre-orders for Ghost of Tsushima on PC are being canceled in countries without PSN access Ghost of Tsushima single-player only on Steam Dec...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #114 (05/09/2024)
May 10, 2024 13:39 - 3 hours - 170 MBTech Divestment vs. social media: a hard battle on a good day Bike Lock NYPD Insists Is 'Industrial' Protest Tool Is a Normal Lock Recommended by Columbia University TikTok sues the US government over ban - The Verge Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking | Ars Technica Dell hack: Personal info of 49 million customers allegedly breached | PCWorld Jack Dorsey claims Bluesky is 'repeating all the mistakes' he made at Twitter Gaming Xbox shuts slew of Beth...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #113 (04/11/2024)
April 12, 2024 15:50 - 2 hours - 158 MBTech Israel is rubber-stamping AI bombing targets MPA announces move to block piracy sites Apple Store employees in New Jersey want to unionize Twitter isn’t letting you hide the checkmark anymore Gaming Roblox says children developing on its platform is a gift Deck Nine is apparently no stranger to toxic dev culture Xbox plans to tackle game preservation Blizzard Games are returning to China EA Play is getting a bit more expensive Please check out the shows live on ...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #112 (04/04/2024)
April 05, 2024 12:24 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBTech AT&T has leaked nearly 70 million Social Security numbers Jon Stewart shows the AI segment that Apple didn’t want us to see Spotify wants more money…again…in less than a year Discord to start running ads even though it said it wasn’t going to Gaming Waffle House needs to let Tekken put the restaurant in game Please check out the shows live on Twitch, Thursday at 8:00pm ET! If there are any topics you'd like to see covered...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #111 (03/21/2024)
March 22, 2024 03:48 - 2 hours - 119 MBTech Uber and Lyft can’t be bothered to pay Minneapolis drivers more Tesla settles racism lawsuit with Black worker Dell becomes the latest company to reverse WFH policies DOJ urging the sale of TikTok instead of ban House bill doesn’t protect your data, just restricts the selling of it Gaming Steam Families beta is perfect for your gaming family Streaming Twitch is removing Prime Video watch parties on April 2, 2024 Please check out the shows live on Tw...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #110 (03/14/2024)
March 15, 2024 18:52 - 2 hours - 138 MBTech Twitter is considering taking a Midjourney FCC says that 100 Mbps or more is broadband Google engineer fired for speaking out against Project Nimbus Bobby Kotick interested in buying TikTok Gaming Capcom making smart moves amidst all the layoffs Sweet Baby hate shows people don’t know how games are made Looks like Saber got some good properties in the Embracer divorce Streaming Twitch is removing Prime Video watch parties on April 2, 2024 Please check out the shows live on ...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #109 (03/07/2024)
March 08, 2024 09:40 - 2 hours - 123 MBTech Automattic isn’t protecting user choice when it comes to gAI Meta hands NSO another “L” in court TikTok is again the Chinese boogeyman to American lawmakers HP finally did it! They’ve turned a printer into a subscription. Apple gives devs ability to disable Reactions by default in iOS 17.4 Apple is supporting DIY repairs of M3 Macs Microsoft is shutting down Android for Windows 11 next year Gaming Microsoft wants to bridge the super resolution gap Toys for Bob took its ball an...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #108 (02/22/2024)
February 23, 2024 18:28 - 2 hours - 151 MBTech Authy moved its desktop EOL to March Walmart is acquiring Vizio to better get to know you Apple releases a sports app Apple seems to have joined Signal in future-proofing encryption Nvidia driver updates no longer need a login thanks to new app Gaming Microsoft opened up about the future of Xbox Microsoft revealed which games are going where Xbox won’t release cloud app because it’s all about the money Sony is looking to bring PS VR2 to PC Sony is making it easier to sign int...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #107 (02/01/2024)
February 02, 2024 06:21 - 3 hours - 168 MBTech Tesla recalls 200,000 more cars due to backup camera Polestar is cutting jobs because EVs are too expensive Jamf couldn’t manage to keep the layoffs away Apple push notifications are sending data to companies Apple vastly changed their app store policies and I barely get it Japan to stop using floppy disks for bureaucratic work Spec Ops: The Line, TikTok, and media licenses Gaming No longer Embraced Embracer has let go of half of Black Forest Games staff Reikon Games, develo...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #106 (01/18/2024)
January 19, 2024 16:27 - 2 hours - 158 MBTech OpenAI unashamed that it needs copyrighted materials to train SEC is in trouble for not following a Tech Talk Commandment Discord is the newest company to be facing layoffs Amazon and Twitch cutting thousands of jobs Google the latest to lay off thousands of people YouTube staff are the latest casualties in Google’s layoff spree Gig workers to become employees under Department of Labor rule Gaming Tekken taking representation seriously with Julia and Michelle Game Pass gave us...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #105 (01/11/2024)
January 12, 2024 06:12 - 2 hours - 132 MBTech Authy to sunset desktop apps iPhone proves to be tougher than Boeing airplane doors Tesla is just as deadly in China as it is in the US thanks to Autopilot Musk is letting his hatred of unions show again Google guilty of breaking labor laws against YouTube Music staff Duolingo is letting AI take their jobs Gaming SAG-AFTRA struck deal for AI voice acting and didn’t tell the actors Bossa Studios kicks off 2024 with more layoffs Unity continues downward trajectory into the new y...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #104 (01/04/2024)
January 05, 2024 04:30 - 2 hours - 112 MBGaming Tekken claimed to be racist by rando who didn’t see Leroy or Raven Square Enix president still doesn’t quite get it with “emerging tech” Steam is leaving Windows 7, 8, 8.1 behind Meta has removed TV casting from Quest temporarily - Desk Chair Analysts Xbox has a toaster to go with your fridge Please check out the shows live on Twitch, Thursday at 8:00pm ET! If there are any topics you'd like to see covered, reach out to ttt@...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #103 (11/09/2023)
November 10, 2023 05:54 - 1 hour - 104 MBTech SBF found guilty on all counts Twitter would like to sell used handles for more than used cars No, Kendrick Lemar did not release a new phone called the Light Phone II Gaming Game Pass games to let you know when they’re leaving Microsoft employees will no longer have access to free Game Pass Your PlayStation won’t be posting to Twitter anymore Twitter’s removal from consoles has Musky Musk’s attention Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer news is giving the internet hope again The Steam ...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #102 (11/02/2023)
November 03, 2023 05:29 - 2 hours - 152 MBTech More subscriptions coming from Twitter On Twitter, you get fact checked, you won’t get a check Disney thinks subscribers are happy sitting through ads Netflix will reward you with one less ad if you stick to their platform Bandcamp United going after Songtradr for unfair labor practices DoorDash: “It’d be a shame if your fries got cold because of no tip” Gaming Xbox’s New Boss: Bond. Sarah Bond. Some third-party Xbox accessories may not be good anymore It’s the first of the mo...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #101 (10/19/2023)
October 20, 2023 05:06 - 2 hours - 113 MBTech Malicious translation to blame for Ubuntu 23.10 being pulled Just before sale, nearly half of Bandcamp’s employees have been cut Corporate social networking site, LinkedIn, lays off over 600 people Musky Musk wants to charge you $1 a year for Twitter To skirt responsiblity, Musk threatens to remove Twitter from EU Netflix decided you aren’t paying enough, again Gaming Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard is going through in the UK (Update: It’s a done deal) Pete Hines, B...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #99 (10/05/2023)
October 06, 2023 04:46 - 2 hours - 120 MBTech Tom Hanks calls out dental ad for using AI likeness of him TikTok is testing an ad-free monthly subscription plan - Android Authority Meta proposing ad-free Facebook and Instagram plans for up to $17/month - 9to5Mac ‘Some of You Lied About Your Gender:’ Men Swamp Tech Conference for Women Gaming SAG-AFTRA's Talks With Video Games Industry End With No Resolution - GameSpot 16-Year-Old Studio Shutting Down After Client Reportedly Refused To Pay - GameSpot Former Ubisoft Execs Repo...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #98 (09/21/2023)
September 22, 2023 08:18 - 3 hours - 219 MBTech Microsoft AI researchers mistakenly leaked 38TB of company data Uber Eats will start accepting food stamps for grocery delivery in 2024 - The Verge New 'Orion' App Turns Your iPad Into an HDMI Display for a Console or Mac - MacRumors Gaming Payday 3 gives controversial Denuvo the boot less than a week from release | VG247 Asus ROG Ally Base Model Has Arrived, Only Costs $600 - GameSpot Unity apologizes and promises to change its controversial game install fee policy Terraria dev...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #97 (09/14/2023)
September 15, 2023 04:53 - 2 hours - 143 MBTech MGM Resorts hit by 'cybersecurity issue,' leading to massive outage Caesars reportedly paid millions to stop hackers releasing its data Update everything: Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge just patched a big flaw Lyft aims to match women and nonbinary riders and drivers with each other more often California passes right-to-repair act guaranteeing seven years of parts for your phone Pixel Tablet gets repair guides, replacements parts from iFixit Apple iPhone 15 event: the seven big...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #96 (09/07/2023)
September 08, 2023 05:40 - 3 hours - 195 MBTech - Right to repair’s unlikely new adversary: Scientologists | Ars Technica - Apple finally admits the CSAM scanning flaw we all pointed out at the time - Future of iMessage safe in the UK, as government backs down on encryption - Apple signs new long-standing deal with Arm for making Apple Silicon chips - Third UK Apple Store has unionized, says customers also harmed - As X bleeds cash, Musk threatens Anti-Defamation League with defamation lawsuit | Ars Technica - “AI took my job,...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #95 (08/24/2023)
August 25, 2023 13:35 - 3 hours - 175 MBTech X suspends pro-Nazi account after two brands halt advertising | Ars Technica Elon Musk says Twitter will no longer let you block other people - 9to5Mac Twitter to hide news headlines as Musk asks journalists to publish directly on the platform Threads just graduated from the iPhone to the desktop - 9to5Mac Surprise: Apple now supports California's right-to-repair Apple security updates could be banned by British government Gaming Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023: Everything Anno...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #94 (08/17/2023)
August 18, 2023 03:58 - 2 hours - 139 MBTech Sam Bankman-Fried sent to jail as judge revokes bail over witness tampering, VPN use - The Verge AirTag helps woman recover stolen bike in the Netherlands Microsoft will let you uninstall more built-in Windows 11 apps soon for less bloat - The Verge TweetDeck is officially becoming a paid service - The Verge X is slowing down links to websites Elon Musk has publicly feuded with | Engadget An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban - The Verge Linus Tech...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #93 (08/10/2023)
August 11, 2023 16:42 - 2 hours - 144 MBTech US is number one for ransomware attacks, 7x more than the next country - 9to5Mac Elon Musk’s ‘fund your legal bill’ tweet is a brand new level of bullshit - The Verge Here are the funniest things on sale in X’s Twitter auction - The Verge Zoom tells employees to return to the office, responds to generative AI pushback - 9to5Mac Disney+ and Hulu Ad-Free Pricing Going Up in October, Password Sharing Crackdown Coming - MacRumors Gaming PS5 USB ports reportedly ‘melted’ at Evo 2023 e...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #92 (08/03/2023)
August 04, 2023 05:44 - 2 hours - 150 MBTech Twitter threatens to sue anti-hate group over its research | Engadget Elon Musk's extravagant 'X' sign atop the former Twitter HQ has been dismantled Twitter Blue subscribers can now hide their blue checks - The Verge Kenya suspends Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project - The Verge FBI investigation reveals that it was unknowingly using NSO-backed spyware | Engadget YouTube is adding more creator tools to Shorts to help it take on TikTok | Engadget Western Digital HDD capa...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #91 (07/20/2023)
July 21, 2023 05:16 - 2 hours - 137 MBTech Twitter sues four unknown entities for 'unlawful data scraping' | Engadget ‘Millions’ of sensitive US military emails were reportedly sent to Mali due to a typo - The Verge Peacock raises subscription prices for the first time | Engadget Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month Apple employee didn’t tell Google about exploit found in Chrome Apple says it would remove iMessage and FaceTime in the UK rather than break end-to-end encryption - 9to5Mac Gaming Larry...
Tech Talk Thursdays June Recap
July 14, 2023 06:01 - 2 hours - 161 MBJoin us as we recap the month of June! If there are any topics you'd like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux https://blacktwitter.io/@synxiec https://toot.majorshouse.com/@kevikevshow --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tech-talk-thursdays/support
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #90 (05/18/2023)
June 05, 2023 20:18 - 2 hours - 162 MBTech Most states halt use of Google and Apple's COVID-19 exposure notification system TikTok ban: First US state approves bill with $10,000 fines - 9to5Mac iPhones will be able to speak in your voice with 15 minutes of training - The Verge Musk’s Tesla tweets to remain on SEC leash, court rules | Ars Technica Musk defends enabling Turkish censorship on Twitter, calling it his “choice” AI-Powered text-based video editing & more released for Adobe's Premiere Pro Wendy’s latest test wil...
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May 19, 2023 15:34 - 2 hours - 128 MBTech Most states halt use of Google and Apple's COVID-19 exposure notification system TikTok ban: First US state approves bill with $10,000 fines - 9to5Mac iPhones will be able to speak in your voice with 15 minutes of training - The Verge Musk’s Tesla tweets to remain on SEC leash, court rules | Ars Technica Musk defends enabling Turkish censorship on Twitter, calling it his “choice” AI-Powered text-based video editing & more released for Adobe's Premiere Pro Wendy’s latest test will...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #89 (05/11/2023)
May 12, 2023 05:15 - 3 hours - 188 MBTech Buffett says Apple is the best business Berkshire owns; users would give up a 2nd car before iPhone Apple Announces Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad With Subscription Models - MacRumors Leaker claims Apple used 'multi-step sting' operation to identify and fire their source ahead of WWDC - 9to5Mac Twitter starts purging inactive accounts after quiet policy change | Ars Technica Elon Musk says a new Twitter CEO is starting in six weeks YouTube is testing blocking ad blockers Go...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #88 (05/04/2023)
May 05, 2023 05:15 - 3 hours - 188 MBTech You can now use passkeys to sign into your Google Account Study reveals top 20 most used passwords; 83% can be cracked in a second - 9to5Mac T-Mobile discloses its second data breach of 2023 - The Verge Elon Musk reportedly threatened to reassign NPR's Twitter account due to inactivity | Engadget Twitter just realized it was dumb to cut off automated public service tweets | Ars Technica Hollywood writers to strike over low wages caused by streaming boom. - The Verge 'Godfather ...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #87 (04/20/2023)
April 21, 2023 05:41 - 2 hours - 160 MBTech Hackers reportedly holding Western Digital data hostage - The Verge LockBit ransomware gang appears to be targeting Macs for the first time Chrome gets its second emergency patch in a week | PCWorld Bar theft tactic sees iPhone owners permanently locked out of Apple accounts FBI and others urge Meta to halt encryption plans, citing child abuse risk | Ars Technica Netflix delays its password-sharing crackdown to sometime before July - The Verge Twitter made it easier to harass tra...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #86 (04/13/2023)
April 14, 2023 06:00 - 3 hours - 187 MBTech AI can crack most passwords faster than you can read this article | PCWorld Meet PassGAN, the supposedly “terrifying” AI password cracker that’s mostly hype | Ars Technica “A really big deal”—Dolly is a free, open source, ChatGPT-style AI model | Ars Technica Tesla sued after report that workers shared invasive images from car cameras | Ars Technica NPR quits Twitter, says Musk-led platform is “undermining our credibility” | Ars Technica PBS also stops tweeting after being hit wit...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #85 (04/06/2023)
April 07, 2023 04:19 - 2 hours - 137 MBTech General Motors to Phase Out Apple CarPlay Starting This Year in EV Transition - MacRumors Twitter takes its algorithm ‘open-source,’ as Elon Musk promised - The Verge Twitter designates NPR as 'US state-affiliated media' | Engadget Tesla worker who rejected $15M award in racism case has payout cut to $3M | Ars Technica Court rules Elon Musk broke federal labor law with 2018 tweet | Engadget Musk revokes NYT’s Twitter badge after news org refused to pay $1K a month | Ars Technica ...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #84 (03/23/2023)
March 24, 2023 05:23 - 3 hours - 170 MBTech Amazon’s latest layoffs cut 9,000 more jobs in divisions including Twitch and AWS - The Verge Apple further cracks down on remote work by 'tracking employee attendance' via badges Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him—it exploded in his face | Ars Technica ChatGPT bug temporarily exposes AI chat histories to other users - The Verge Pixel Markup vulnerability lets some screenshots be un-redacted, un-cropped; fixed by March update Windows 11 security flaw exposes cropp...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #83 (03/16/2023)
March 17, 2023 15:16 - 3 hours - 181 MBTech Samsung caught faking zoom photos of the Moon - The Verge Samsung responds to fake Moon controversy - The Verge Discord promises outraged users it won’t store call recordings—for now | Ars Technica FBI says Americans lost $10.3 billion to internet scammers in 2022 | Engadget Ransomware attacks have entered a heinous new phase | Ars Technica Don’t use autofill on your password manager | PCWorld Bitwarden: The Curious (Use-)Case of Password Pilfering | Flashpoint Google: Turn off ...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #82 (03/09/2023)
March 10, 2023 14:54 - 3 hours - 179 MBTech Florida bill would make bloggers who write about governor register with state Thousands scammed by AI voices mimicking loved ones in emergencies Stealthy UEFI malware bypassing Secure Boot enabled by unpatchable Windows flaw How a single engineer brought down Twitter Elon Musk publicly trolled a Twitter employee who wanted to know if they still had their job: 'What work have you been doing?' Musk apologizes for mocking and firing Twitter exec with muscular dystrophy YouTubers can...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #81 (03/02/2023)
March 03, 2023 16:08 - 2 hours - 153 MBTech Twitter has reportedly laid off product manager Esther Crawford | Engadget Twitter Payments chief is out as layoffs cut 10% of Twitter staff, report says Texas Republican wants ISPs to block a wide range of abortion websites Conservative News Corp. empire says hackers were inside its network for 2 years | Ars Technica LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken | Ars Technica US Marshals Service says it's the victim of a 'major' ransomware attack V...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #80 (02/16/2023)
February 17, 2023 16:04 - 3 hours - 191 MBTech Cloudflare wants to help you set up your own Mastodon server in ‘minutes’ - The Verge Reddit was hacked in a phishing attack targeting its employees Fatality: 'Mortal Kombat' Ransomware Targets Windows Systems in US Hyundai and Kia forced to update software on millions of vehicles because of viral TikTok challenge - The Verge Health info for 1 million patients stolen using critical GoAnywhere vulnerability City of Oakland declares state of emergency in wake of ransomware attack T...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #79 (02/09/2023)
February 10, 2023 23:30 - 3 hours - 174 MBTech Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software Google announces ChatGPT rival Bard, with wider availability in ‘coming weeks’ - The Verge Microsoft’s ChatGPT-powered Bing is open for everyone to try starting today - The Verge Google Pixel 4 & 4 XL get final update w/ February security patch Bloatware pushes the Galaxy S23 Android OS to an incredible 60GB Legacy Sprint SIMs on T-Mobile are about to be shut down Gaming Grand Theft Auto 5 is now safe t...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #78 (01/19/2023)
January 20, 2023 20:52 - 3 hours - 169 MBTech 35,000 PayPal accounts breached, and users could've prevented it | PCWorld NVIDIA Broadcast will maintain eye contact even if you're looking away from the camera AI art tools Stable Diffusion and Midjourney targeted with copyright lawsuit - The Verge Apple Collecting Feedback From Dispatchers Receiving False 911 Calls From Skiers Samsung expands self-repair program to include S22 and Galaxy Book devices Twitter admits it’s breaking third-party apps, cites ‘long-standing API rules’...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #77 (01/12/2023)
January 13, 2023 23:27 - 3 hours - 198 MBTech ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware | Ars Technica CNET has used an AI to write financial explainers nearly 75 times since November More than 200 million Twitter users’ email addresses leaked by hackers - The Verge TikTok’s 2FA feature was briefly vulnerable to brute force attacks The FCC wants carriers to notify you sooner when there's a data breach FAA outage that grounded flights blamed on old tech and damaged database file | Ars Technica John Deere ...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #76 (01/05/2023)
January 06, 2023 06:02 - 2 hours - 161 MBTech Twitter sued for not paying San Francisco office rent First LastPass, now Slack and CircleCI. The hacks go on (and will likely worsen) | Ars Technica LockBit ransomware gang apologizes for SickKids hospital attack and offers free decryptor Black man wrongfully jailed for a week after face recognition error, report says Windows 7 and Windows 8 will stop getting critical security updates in one week AMD's Ryzen 7000 mobile CPUs feature up to 16 cores and 5.4GHz speeds AMD's Ryzen 9...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #75 (11/17/2022)
November 19, 2022 03:03 - 3 hours - 195 MBTech Twitter Blue signups disappear a day after fakes and mayhem - The Verge Musk trolls senator demanding answers on Twitter fake-account scandal | Ars Technica As more brands pull out of Twitter, SpaceX buys big Twitter ad package | Ars Technica Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue will relaunch on November 29th - The Verge Elon Musk demands Twitter employees commit to ‘extremely hardcore’ culture or leave - The Verge Elon Musk changes Twitter’s remote work rules, again | Engadget Tw...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #74 (11/03/2022)
November 04, 2022 23:29 - 2 hours - 154 MBTech Twitter is now an Elon Musk company - The Verge Elon Musk reportedly ordered company-wide layoffs at Twitter - The Verge Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has already emboldened the trolls | Engadget Elon Musk wastes no time changing Twitter Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification Twitter has removed 1,500 accounts following coordinated trolling campaign | Engadget Twitter chaos continues: 84-hour weeks, moderation frozen, ad-free articles gone Elon Musk ...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #73 (10/20/2022)
October 21, 2022 10:32 - 2 hours - 165 MBTech Apple store workers go on strike in Australia | Engadget Apple Announces 10th-Generation iPad With Complete Redesign, 10.9-Inch Display, USB-C, and More - MacRumors New iPad Only Supports First-Gen Apple Pencil, Requires Adapter to Charge - MacRumors Nvidia 'unlaunches' the unwanted RTX 4080 12GB | PC Gamer 8 RTX 4090s could crack most of your passwords in just 48 minutes | PC Gamer How a Microsoft blunder opened millions of PCs to potent malware attacks | Ars Technica Kanye West...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #72 (10/13/2022)
October 14, 2022 19:25 - 3 hours - 202 MBTech The iPhone 14 keeps calling 911 on rollercoasters Lufthansa says it is not banning AirTags from its flights despite tweets claiming otherwise Cyberattack delays patient care at major US hospital chain - The Verge Facebook security warning for 1M users: Scam apps stole login credentials Google starts rolling out passkey support for Android and Chrome Account handles are coming to all YouTube users very soon - Android Authority Apple ups education and healthcare benefits, but not f...
Tech Talk Thursdays Episode #71 (10/06/2022)
October 07, 2022 06:13 - 3 hours - 195 MBThis week, we take a special detour to talk about: Steam Deck Intel ARC Overwatch 2 Activision Blizzard King Stadia And so much more! Please check out the shows live on Twitch, Thursday at 8:00pm ET! If there are any topics you'd like to see covered, reach out to [email protected] or join the Discord at https://majors.house/discord You can follow us at: https://twitter.com/majorlinux https://twitter.com/synxiecbeta https://twitter.com/kevikevshow https://twitter.com/IdiosynAnc...