The Lighthouse IT Podcast

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - February 8th, 2023 This week, Matt & Griff are back! They discuss the many recent advancements and potential future of AI, two prominent data leaks, reduced ransomware gang profits, an FBI crackdown on cybercriminal assets, the VMware ESXi ransomware, and much more! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/post/back-in-business-lets-talk-ai

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 30th, 2022 This week, totally not robots, 'Matt' & 'Griff' reflect on the year by discussing some of the highlights that have made waves in one big wrap-up to finish 2022 off. We'll be taking a short break until the next one, so stay safe and have a great start to the new year! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/post/a-totally-not-ai-generated-wrap-up-of-2022

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 16th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss Google's infinity scroll, Waze being folded into Google Maps, Microsoft's Teams 2.0, Twitter and their drama, Apple allowing third-party app stores, new attempts to ban TikTok, Amazon and TikTok attempting to copy each other's homework, and much more! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/post/super-app-race-third-pa...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 2nd, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss Twitter 2.0, a host of new Google search/maps features, a disguised possible Russian software the U.S. is using, SuperGPS, a new rise in Qakbot, Alexa on life-support, and much more! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/post/google-search-updates-alexa-on-life-support-qakbot-twitter-2-0

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 18th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss a whole lot of Musk & Twitter news, a critical Android flaw, how WordPress hackers improved their SEO, the end of Google Hangouts, the birth of over 8 billion people, and much more. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/post/8-billion-people-android-accident-musky-twitter

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 4th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss lots (and we mean lots) of news about Elon Musk purchasing Twitter, as well as Apple's latest technologies and policies, Microsoft's latest computer, and video games being good for kids. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/post/musk-owns-twitter-apple-wants-ads-video-games-good-for-kids

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 21st, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss the impending Musk Twitter takeover, Kanye purchasing Parler, what's going on with Meta and their new headset, another round of TikTok copying, Apple becoming a bank, DALL-E 2 integration into Microsoft, Netflix's ad tier, the massive SHEIN data leak, and more! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/shein-data-leak-dall-e-i...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 7th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss hackers attempts to subvert MFA, Google's struggles and efforts against TikTok, Microsoft and Cisco fighting vulnerabilities, sliding and expanding computer, hacking tractors, and more. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/upgradable-chromebooks-google-v-tiktok-and-expanding-tablets

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 23rd, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss security breaches at Uber, Rockstar Games, and U-Haul, Apple's newest phone features, Twitter in court, Disney trying AR, and TikTok copying others' homework. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/uber-uhaul-and-rockstar-breaches-apple-features-and-disney-ar-movies

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 9th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss how Oracle was hit by a Class Action lawsuit, LastPass's source code was breached, Starlink partnering with T-Mobile to provide cell signal anywhere, Pinterest's Shuffle app goes viral, Snap laying off 20% of their staff, Deep sea messaging, Android apps going cross-platform, and more! https://blog.lighthousesol.co...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - August 26th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss the expected overtake of streaming vs traditional TV, bad news out of Twitter, more bad news out of Apple, even more bad news from Bitcoin ATMs, some interesting TikTok developments, the wild future that is text-to-images, and more! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/zero-day-patches-changes-coming-to-social-media-and-te...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - August 12th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss Avalara buyout, Amazon vacuums, more Twitter & Musk news, a whole bunch of TikTok news, Slack security slacking, ApplePay developments and more. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/slacking-security-tiktok-taking-over-more-applypay-and-amazon-vacuum

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 29th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss Nintendo's new animation studio, Elon Musk & Twitter, Microsoft imitating Facebook, Meta/Facebook/Instagram fumbling about, Snap on desktop, Amazon getting into healthcare, and more! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/nintendo-pics-facebook-fumbles-microsoft-changes-and-amazon-healthcare

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 15th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss two different satellite topics, deepfake interviews, the FCC's TikTok concerns, Pinterest Facebook and Twitter's new plans, Amazon's big investments, new Musk Twitter news, and more! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/satellites-deepfake-interviews-fcc-v-tiktok-musk-v-twitter

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 1st, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss Facebook & Twitter's new directions, Lego building new things, the latest app for influencers, tech workers thoughts on surveillance, Harmony's major blockchain blunder and more! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/lego-building-facebook-changing-harmonys-blockchain-blunder

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 17th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss major vulnerabilities in Linux, Meeting Owl, and Android, synthetic skin, questions about AI sentience, Amazon drone deliveries, ad blocking on Chrome vs Firefox, the final retirement of Internet Explorer, and more. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/linux-backdoor-ibank-self-aware-ai-amazon-drone-deliveries

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 3rd, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss a major hole in Microsoft Office, a huge vulnerability in Teslas and other BT devices using proximity authentication, Twitter news, the Apple DIY (except, you can't do it yourself) repair kit, DuckDuckGo's apparently not-so-private browser, modular laptops, and pizza vending machines. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/offi...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 20th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss what's new over at Twitter vs. Musk... again, the CISA warning to MSPs, Meta's new headset and store, Apple discontinuing the iPod and the lighting connector, Edge surpassing Safari, killing the password, Nvidia's totally unexpected release of their GPU's kernel as open-source and more from Netflix, Mastercard, Zyxel, a...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 6th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss Apple's new self service kit, Microsoft's new VPN feature, the collapse of CNN+, the predicted decline of Netflix, the buyout of Twitter, Europe's reaction to that, phone tracking, cereal in orange juice, and more.  https://blog.lighthousesol.com/apples-self-service-kit-minus-cnn-plus-twitter-talk-oj-in-cereal

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 22nd, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss Twitter's new feature and continued Elon Musk situation, Meta's new Horizon Worlds and monetization plans, TicTok's new AR development platform, Uber's new offerings, Etsy sellers on strike, a major GitHub hack, DuckDuckGo's new browser, and more. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/twitter-vs-elon-meta-monetized-etsy-sell...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 8th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss how police traced the hacking group Lapsus$ back to English teenager, how Mailchimp hackers phished cryptocurrency wallets from their clients, how the EU is attempting to help smaller messaging companies, and some Twitter changes that come right after Musk becomes the biggest shareholder. https://blog.lighthouseso...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - March 25th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss hacks of Microsoft and Okta, a major vulnerability in Linux, a massive outage at Apple, new phishing dangers for Chrome, a more secure Twitter, Netflix planning to charge for account sharing, and the future is now with invisibility shields. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/microsoft-and-okta-attacked-invisibility-shield...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - March 11th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss a Russian RaaS group getting exposed, Ukrainian hacktivists, a huge Nvidia ransom that weirdly relates to the recent Samsung Galaxy hack, TikTok extends their videos to 10min, Epic Games buys Bandcamp (for some reason), the new Amazon radio app that lets you be the DJ, Truth Social still not working, and Disney Plus a...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - February 25th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss Peloton fights rust, Google & Chrome bring updates, MoviePass is back, Worldle not Wordle, Truth Social having a rough launch, Emoji URLs in Opera & more! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/pelotons-plan-moviepass-the-sequel-chromes-journeys-emoji-urls

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - February 11th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss Apple allowing unlisted apps, Facebook's first ever slump in its userbase, Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and more! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/unlisted-apps-facebook-floundering-semiconductors-soaring-and-more