The Weekly Tech Rant

The Weekly Tech Rant

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  • Episode 180: It's Time for OpenAI's $100 Billion Rescue, Concord's Shutdown, Starlink's Compliance, and Bluetooth's Upgrade

    Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!

    Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms

    In This Episode:

      • News
        • Microsoft, Apple, and NVIDIA will reportedly bail out OpenAI from the shackles of bankruptcy, pushing the ChatGPT maker’s market valuation to over $100 billion
        • Concord Is Suddenly Getting Pulled Offline With Sony Promising Full Refunds
        • Elon Musk's Starlink will comply with the Brazil X ban after all
        • Bluetooth 6.0 brings new technology that will help Apple improve its Find My network
        • Rumours
          • Nvidia RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 are reportedly 'scheduled to officially launch in September' and we'll believe it when we see them

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            41 min
          • Episode 179: It’s Time for ARM and AMD’s Bold Moves Against Nvidia, EU iPhone App Flexibility, and Apple’s‘Glowtime’ Event

            Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!

            Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms

            In This Episode:

              • News
                • Arm reportedly spooling up major new GPU architecture to take on Nvidia
                • AMD signs $4.9 billion deal to challenge Nvidia’s AI infrastructure lead
                • EU iPhones will be able to change the default phone and messaging apps soon
                • Meta pulls plug on plans for high-end Vision Pro competitor
                • Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
                • Apple September 9 event invite promises ‘It’s Glowtime’

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                  40 min
                • Episode 177: It’s Time for Intel’s Costly Reconfigurations, Expanded Game Worlds, and Apple Watch SE Speculations

                  Episode 177: It’s Time for Intel’s Costly Reconfigurations, Expanded Game Worlds, and Apple Watch SE Speculations

                  Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!

                  Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms

                  In This Episode:

                    • News
                      • Intel Bleeds Red, Plans 15% Workforce Layoff and $10B Cuts For 2025
                      • Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs get two additional years of warranty coverage
                      • Games
                        • Grey Zone Warfare
                        • Car destruction lovers rejoice, Wreckfest 2 is on the way
                        • Flight Simulator 2024's huge ambition means 'you can now exit the plane, walk around… you can land on every ship, and it looks like a first person shooter environment'
                        • Grand Theft Auto 6 is still on track for fall 2025, and there's still no sign of a PC version
                        • Rumours
                          • The next Apple Watch SE might be plastic, but is that worth the tradeoff?

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                            44 min
                          • Episode 176: It’s Time for Intel’s CPU Crisis, Delayed Apple Intelligence, Key Security Breaches, and Colourful iPhone 16 Revelations

                            Episode 176: It’s Time for Intel’s CPU Crisis, Delayed Apple Intelligence, Key Security Breaches, and Colorful iPhone 16 Revelations

                            Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!

                            Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms

                            In This Episode:

                              • News
                                • Intel has no plans to recall those crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs, hasn't halted sales, and the damage to affected chips may be permanent
                                • Apple Intelligence reportedly may not arrive until October with iOS 18.1
                                • Secure Boot useless on hundreds of PCs from major vendors after key leak
                                • OpenAI unveils SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine
                                • Google apologizes for breaking password manager for millions of Windows users with iffy Chrome update
                                • Rumours
                                  • The iPhone 16 color lineup looks like the best in years
                                  • New image shows off iPhone 16 Pro colors, including darker Black Titanium

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                                    For more episodes and tech insights, visit our website: Weekly Tech Rant


                                    47 min
                                  • Episode 175: It’s Time for CrowdStrike’s Global Windows Snafu, Musk’s Big Texas Shift, Cellebrite’s iPhone Conundrum, and Ultra-Slim iPhone Rumours

                                    Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!

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                                    In This Episode:

                                      • News
                                        • Elon Musk is moving X and SpaceX to Texas
                                        • Cellebrite can’t unlock most iPhones running iOS 17.4 and later
                                          • Trump shooter used Android phone from Samsung; cracked by Cellebrite in 40 minutes
                                          • FTC blasts Microsoft’s new ‘degraded’ Xbox Game Pass Standard tier and price increases
                                          • CrowdStrike code update bricking Windows machines around the world
                                          • Wiz rejects Google’s $23 billion takeover in favor of IPO
                                          • Rumours
                                            • New ultra-slim iPhone 17 to focus on form over function with just one camera

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                                              56 min
                                            • Episode 174: It's Time for Skeleton Key's AI Threat, TSMC's 2nm Milestone, Big Moves at Google and X, and Xbox's Pricing Strategy

                                              Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!

                                              Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms

                                              In This Episode:

                                                • News
                                                  • 'Skeleton Key' attack unlocks the worst of AI, says Microsoft
                                                  • TSMC ahead of schedule on trial production of 2nm chips; iPhone 17 first in line
                                                  • Humane execs leave company to found AI fact-checking startup
                                                  • Google is reportedly planning its biggest startup acquisition ever
                                                  • Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and launching a new ‘Standard’ tier
                                                  • Elon Musk’s X faces big EU fines as paid checkmarks are ruled deceptive
                                                  • Rumours
                                                    • iPhone 16’s new Capture button: Everything we know

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                                                      For more episodes and tech insights, visit our website: Weekly Tech Rant

                                                      47 min
                                                    • Episode 173: It’s Time for Cloudflare’s AI Defence, Tap-to-Pay Evolution, Security Breaches Galore, and Meta’s Smart Glasses Challenge

                                                      Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms

                                                      In This Episode:

                                                        • News
                                                          • Cloudflare debuts one-click nuke of web-scraping AI
                                                          • Tap-to-pay could get more capable and more complicated
                                                          • Authy hack exposes phone numbers of 33M users; Twilio confirms
                                                          • Microsoft’s Midnight Blizzard source code breach also impacted federal agencies
                                                          • Here comes a Meta Ray-Bans challenger with ChatGPT-4o and a camera
                                                          • Rumours
                                                            • Kuo: Apple to begin mass production of AirPods with cameras by 2026
                                                            • HomePod with display corroborated by references to a new Apple ‘HomeAccessory’

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                                                              For more episodes and tech insights, visit our website: Weekly Tech Rant

                                                              42 min
                                                            • Episode 172: It’s Time for Apple’s DMA Challenge, Encryption Policy Shifts, SpaceX’s ISS Mission, and Glimpses of Future Apple Innovations

                                                              Episode 172: It’s Time for Apple’s DMA Challenge, Encryption Policy Shifts, SpaceX’s ISS Mission, and Glimpses of Future Apple Innovations

                                                              Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!

                                                              Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms

                                                              In This Episode:

                                                              • June 2024 - ep172 (Season 5)
                                                                • News
                                                                  • Apple is first company charged with violating EU’s DMA rules
                                                                  • Europe and Australia both back down on CSAM scanning that would break encryption
                                                                  • Musk's SpaceX hired to destroy ISS space station
                                                                  • Thwarting cyberattacks from China is DHS’s top infrastructure security priority
                                                                  • Rumours
                                                                    • iPhone rear display and additional cameras described in Apple patent application
                                                                    • Report: Cheaper ‘Apple Vision’ headset could require a tethered iPhone or Mac
                                                                    • Alleged Apple Watch Series 10 schematics show larger 2-inch display, unchanged band attachment system

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                                                                      For more episodes and tech insights, visit our website: Weekly Tech Rant

                                                                      53 min
                                                                    • Episode 171: It’s Time for AMD’s Zen 5 Breakthroughs and Intel’s Counter Moves, Plus PlayStation VR2 and Apple’s Slim Future

                                                                      Episode 171: It’s Time for AMD’s Zen 5 Breakthroughs and Intel’s Counter Moves, Plus PlayStation VR2 and Apple’s Slim Future

                                                                      Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!

                                                                      Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | All Major Platforms

                                                                      In This Episode:

                                                                        • News
                                                                          • AMD
                                                                            • AMD’s first Zen 5 CPU is the ‘monster’ Ryzen 9 9950X
                                                                            • AMD unveils Ryzen AI 300 CPUs for Copilot+ laptops
                                                                            • AMD reveals the MI325X, a 288GB AI accelerator built to battle Nvidia's H200
                                                                            • AMD Announces Zen 5-based EPYC “Turin” Processors: Up to 192 Cores, Coming in H2’2024
                                                                            • Intel
                                                                              • Intel details new Lunar Lake CPUs that will go up against AMD, Qualcomm, and Apple
                                                                              • PlayStation VR2’s PC adapter hits this August, with missing features
                                                                              • Rumours
                                                                                • iPhone 16 Pro to feature world’s thinnest smartphone bezel
                                                                                • Apple planning redesigned iPhone, MacBook Pro, and Apple Watch that are significantly thinner

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                                                                                  51 min

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                                                                                Two guys, one podcast and a whole load of the latest technology news, games and gadget reviews, film insights and the occasional rant! Join us as we review the main tech talking points of the week!