The Weekly Tech Rant

Episode 28: It's time for chips and more chips, Exchange in a world of hurt, Airlines in a panic, Rich Hackers, McAfee in hot water, No AirTag stalking and wrecking some cars!


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This week we covered:

  • News
  • TSMC will produce 3nm chips this year and Apple has already grabbed them all - feed the Cupertino magic factory!
    TSMC was fully booked but now auctioning spare capacity - where did they find the excess capacity?
    Kaspersky says hackers made a mint during the COVID pandemic and will take a break - gotta spend the loot somewhere?
    SITA confirms that Airline passenger data accessed in hack - OH SITA!
    US National Security Council urges review of Exchange servers following attacks - not to be outdone by the Solarwinds hack, here's another one!
    John McAfee in US indictment over pump+dump Crypto scheme - is anyone really shocked?
    Stalkers won’t be able to track you with AirTags - no creepy stalking via the Find My app!
    Google confirms that NEXT21 event will take place in October - place your bets now on the format!
    NASA Perservence rover powered by IBM PowerPC CPU - old but still reliable!
    Apple Store lists the iMac Pro base model as available while supplies last,’ hinting it’s being discontinued - could a Mx powered version be on the way?
  • Games
  • Wreckfest - Demolition Derby for the 21st Century

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    The Weekly Tech RantBy Jay + Karl