End of a pod era, Apple enables rate inflation, iphone and bluetooth vulnerabilities, and Coinbase spooks its customers Links Apple stops making ipodshttps://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-pull-plug-ipod-after-20-years-2022-05-10/ Apple changes app price hikes from opt-in to opt-outhttps://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/a/articleshow/91612137.cms iphone low-power-mode vulnerabilitieshttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/05/researchers-devise-iphone-malware-that-runs-even-when-device-is-turned-off/ Bluetooth link-level relay attackhttps://electrek.co/2022/05/17/tesla-singled-out-bluetooth-hack-unlock-cars/ Coinbase almost fulfils its own prophecyhttps://nypost.com/2022/05/11/coinbase-warns-customers-they-may-lose-crypto-if-company-goes-bankrupt/ Netflix begins layoffshttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/netflix-layoffs-1235148614/ Google Russia warns bankruptcyhttps://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2022-05-18/googles-russian-subsidiary-files-for-bankruptcy-document

Russia takes Silicon Valley to court, Investors take Silicon Valley to court, SEC takes Silicon Valley to court, Ransomware shuts down college, Ransomware shuts down planting season, Instagram gets NFTs, Discord Hackers get NFTs, and Xbox sucks!

Russian theaters do what they must to survive, Google has a bug, Apple hates developers, Browser numbers, New Google AMP features from Brave, and the most disgusting NFT story I’ve ever told Links Russian cinemas turn to piracyhttps://torrentfreak.com/russian-cinemas-are-showing-pirated-movies-downloaded-from-torrents-220502/ Russia pulls out of ISShttps://www.ibtimes.com/russia-pulls-out-international-space-station-amid-mounting-sanctions-report-3491322 Google store credits are smaller than they appearhttps://9to5google.com/2022/05/01/google-store-credit-500/ Apple hates stable niche […]

The end of the Chevy Spark EV, the end of an era for Netflix, and the end of the world for Twitter! Links Musk purchases twitterhttps://techcrunch.com/2022/04/24/elon-musk-twitter-offer-timeline/ No replacement battery for Chevy Spark EVhttps://www.ev-resource.com/blog/gm-kills-support-for-the-spark-ev-no-battery-replacement-available Netflix drops subscribers. Stock market piles on.https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/20/netflix-plunges-trading-subscriber-loss.html

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 mutehttps://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 flopshttps://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/w/ar-AAWglx0 Insteon fails its existence-checkhttps://www.extremetech.com/extreme/334350-insteon-kills-servers-without-warning-bricks-smart-home-deviceshttps://www.wired.com/story/insteon-shutdown/ Digital Markets Acthttps://www.msn.com/en-my/money/topstories/t/ar-AAW9LP8https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220315IPR25504/deal-on-digital-markets-act-ensuring-fair-competition-and-more-choice-for-usershttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52020PC0842&from=enhttps://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

AI-generated text is spam, Isle of Wight finds a way to spice up vehicle charging, hacks, hacks, hacks, and hacks! Links Reboot Tuesdayhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-april-2022-patch-tuesday-two-zero-day-vulnerabilities-tackled/ Google confirms AIs create spamhttps://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-says-ai-generated-content-is-against-guidelines/444916/ Isle of Wight charging stations suddenly worth watchinghttps://news.sky.com/story/isle-of-wight-councils-electric-car-charging-points-hacked-to-show-porn-12584211 Hacking story that has almost nothing to do with adult siteshttps://www.techradar.com/news/hackers-hijack-adult-websites-to-infect-victims-with-malware Phishing Microsoft accounts using Microsoft’s own certificateshttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/phishing-uses-azure-static-web-pages-to-impersonate-microsoft/ Microsoft […]

Malicious OSS, Netflix conjecture, A win in the right to repair fight, and yet another Chrome zero-day yawn Links node-ipc malicious updatehttps://www.wired.com/story/developer-altered-open-source-software-to-wipe-files-in-russia/https://www.zdnet.com/article/corrupted-open-source-software-enters-the-russian-battlefield/https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6 Malicious Azure-targeting NPM packageshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/malicious-npm-packages-target-azure-developers-to-steal-personal-data/ Netflix offers way to pay more if you share passwordshttps://about.netflix.com/en/news/paying-to-share-netflix-outside-your-household John Deere repair programhttps://www.deere.com/en/news/all-news/john-deere-expands-access-to-self-repair-resources/ Yet another critical Chrome vulnerabilityhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emergency-google-chrome-update-fixes-zero-day-used-in-attacks/

Telegram in Brazil, Mercedes leapfrogs Tesla, Apple forever, and why we can’t have nice holidays anymore Links Telegram booted from Brazilhttps://www.reuters.com/technology/brazil-court-gives-telegram-sunday-deadline-comply-with-order-2022-03-20/ Apple subscription rumorshttps://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/25/apple-is-working-on-a-hardware-subscription-service-for-iphones/ Mercedes self-drivinghttps://www.popsci.com/technology/drive-pilot-mercedes-benz-test-ride/https://www.jdpower.com/cars/shopping-guides/levels-of-autonomous-driving-explained

Duck Duck Go seppuku; Steps toward a new Russian internet; California’s newest grid storage scheme; Ford sells incomplete cars; UK cracks down on BCH ATMs; IoT + auto updates = hilarity; and Linux where it shouldn’t be! Links DDG plays with firehttps://mashable.com/article/duckduckgo-search-engine-russian-disinformation Search engineshttps://qwant.comhttps://search.brave.comhttps://startpage.comhttps://searx.github.io/searx/ Russia creates TLS cert authorityhttps://www.techradar.com/news/russia-creates-its-own-tls-certificate-authority-to-bypass-sanctions GM tests bidirectional charginghttps://www.npr.org/2022/03/08/1085233003/gm-electric-vehicles-home-power Ford ships […]

Today we review the now-ten-year-old remake of the 1990 Paul Verhoeven classic Total Recall. Spoiler: He liked it as an action movie. I had rant. Posting here as a sneaky backdoor pilot for a new show concept I’m doing with my brother Tony (aka Bemlet). If you like it, please comment here, or on the […]