Whether we like it or not, physical media is dying as we progress deeper into the digital age. The video game industry recently suffered a major blow with the death of physical media. Apple has also delivered a major blow to consumers with recent price hikes, and Flock delivers a major blow to privacy. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/25/apple-price-increases-mac-ipad-more/

https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/exposed-hacker-server-reveals-wp.html

https://www.cnet.com/home/security/when-flock-comes-to-town-why-cities-are-axing-the-controversial-surveillance-technology/

https://petapixel.com/2025/12/29/big-brother-left-the-door-open-flocks-ai-surveillance-cameras-exposed-to-the-internet/

https://youtube.com/watch?v=A3cMU55dIIc

https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-just-killed-discs-physical-disc-production-to-end-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles

https://github.com/vandivier/ladderly-3/issues/639

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One of the most common criticisms of Apple is how they don’t play nicely with third parties, but in this episode, we’ll take a fully software-based look into why those allegations are severely naïve and misguided. Bambu Lab has also been under fire recently, but we have a very hot take about why maybe you shouldn’t care about the outrage. Finally, we look into a case study where an access website wasn’t DNS (for once), and how to prevent it from happening to you. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/hackers-hijacked-instagram-accounts-by-tricking-meta-ai-support-chatbot-into-granting-access/

https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/

Discussion on certain models not working with OpenCode and Ollama and possible fixes: https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/issues/4428

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Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) just wrapped up this week, and you may have gotten déjà vu from 2024. If you did, you’re not alone. We’re breaking down all of the latest features, performance improvements, and announcements, as well as the legendary Hair Force One, a.k.a. Craig Federighi, lore drop we got. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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Some see Craig Federighi not being tapped as the next Apple CEO as a bummer and a letdown. While true, in this episode we make the argument for why Craig not becoming CEO is actually a good thing that fans of his work, antics, and status as a legend within Apple. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-copy-fail-flaw-gives-hackers-root-on-major-distros/

https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/etr-cve-2026-41940-cpanel-whm-authentication-bypass/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-cpanel-and-whm-bug-exploited-as-a-zero-day-poc-now-available/

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Meta has not had a very good past couple of weeks, especially from a public relations perspective. From courts finding them liable in two cases costing them hundreds of millions of dollars, but also, what might be, their worst user data privacy scandal ever. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/researchers-disclose-vulnerabilities-in-ip-kvms-from-4-manufacturers/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/25/meta-youtube-verdict-social-media-addiction/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/24/meta-jury-harm-children/

https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasses-and-data-privacy-concerns-workers-say-we-see-everything

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Apple just had multiple press releases this weekend, and we have a lot to talk about. The elephant in the room is, did they just kill the iPad? There are also multiple pieces of cybersecurity news, including Microsoft creating one of the most head-scratching remote code execution vulnerabilities ever, and Cisco coming out swinging with two perfect 10/10 CVEs. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/11/notepad_rce_flaw/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-warns-of-max-severity-secure-fmc-flaws-giving-root-access/

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Massive privacy violations, 10-year-old dormant vulnerabilities leading to easy button-level root access, billion-dollar AI deals, and it’s still January. In this episode, we tackle some of the wildest stories to come out of 2026 so far and break down what they mean, why they’re significant, and whether you should be concerned. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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Microsoft Giving Up BitLocker Keys:

• https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-bitlocker-encryption-keys-give-fbi-legal-order-privacy-nightmare

Telnet Vulnerability:

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nearly-800-000-telnet-servers-exposed-to-remote-attacks/

Google Lawsuit:

• https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/google-settles-google-assistant-privacy-lawsuit-68-million-2026-01-26/

DuckDuckGo Easter Eggs:

• https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/DuckDuckGo/Easter_Eggs

Plappa:

• https://plappa.me
• https://github.com/leoklaus/plappa

Apple's Gemini Deal:

• https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/joint-statement-google-apple/
• https://arstechnica.com/apple/2026/01/apple-says-its-new-ai-powered-siri-will-use-googles-gemini-language-models/

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Every musician has their greatest hits. Every homelab has one, or more, cornerstone servers that powers it. Every codebase has functions that are the fundamental building blocks which the project relies on. In this episode, we look at some of the best, funniest, and most informative moments from the past year of the Dark Assassins Podcast. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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Before the latest AI hype cycle, recommendation algorithms, or the systems behind recommending content or products to individuals, really spooked people, and still do. The reality is that, under the hood, these algorithms are actually quite dumb, and really have absolutely no idea what they are actually recommending you. In this episode, we break down how these algorithms work and even how you can make your own right now without knowing a single thing about what your users are actually interested in. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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https://www.anthropic.com/news/disrupting-AI-espionage 

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a major outage this week that caused large swaths of the internet to be either down or have significant availability issues. In this episode, we break down what happened, as well as what are some key takeaways about what we can learn from this incident and lessen the impacts that future cloud provider outages can have on our daily lives. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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AWS Timeline of events

AWS Outage Summary

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