Tech Talk Thursdays

Tech 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 E...

Tech 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 G...

Tech 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 Studi...

Gaming 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...

Tech 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...

Tech 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 Bo...

Tech 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...

Tech 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 Stud...

Tech 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 - GameSpo...

Tech 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 Pix...

Tech - 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 t...

Tech 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 co...

Tech 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...

Tech 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 Sh...

Tech 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...

Tech 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 remov...

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Tech 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-Power...

Tech 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 Elo...

Tech 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 ​...

Tech 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-s...

Tech 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 i...

Tech 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 | En...

Tech 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 sc...

Tech 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 | PCWorl...