The Weekly Tech Rant

By Jay + Karl

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!... more

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The podcast currently has 234 episodes available.

The Weekly Tech Rant episodes:

August 18, 2023Episode 142: It's time for WorldCoin, Elon legal fund, Telsa jailbreak, Amazon loves ARM, DPRK hacks Russia and M3 Max all the cores
This week we covered:
News
Hundreds sign up to ponder OpenAI founder's eye-scanning crypto orb despite data concerns

Elon Musk’s ‘fund your legal bill’ tweet is a brand new level of bullshit

'Unpatchable' vulnerability in Tesla's AMD chips allows free access to the cars' paywalled features

Amazon has more than half of all Arm server CPUs in the world

$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial

North Korean hackers had access to Russian missile maker for months, say researchers

iPhone 15 Pro’s 3 nm A17 chip will blow away competition thanks to TSMC sweetheart deal

Rumours
Apple testing M3 Max chip with up to 40 GPU cores for new MacBook Pro
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49min
August 06, 2023Episode 141: It's time for Apple slams UKGOV, Meta says no to ad choice, We remember Kevin Mitnick, Tesla silence to NHSTA, Musk asks Apple for a deal, FBI uses NSO spyware and new Apple Watch colours
This week we covered:
News
Apple slams UK surveillance-bill proposals

UK privacy watchdog warns Meta over plan to keep denying Brits a choice over its ad tracking

Kevin Mitnick, Once the ‘Most Wanted Computer Outlaw,’ Dies at 59

Fed’s deadline comes and goes without Tesla’s reply to Autopilot questions

Elon Musk says he’ll ask Tim Cook to lower App Store fees for X subscriptions

FBI found out who illegally used NSO spyware: It was the FBI

Rumours
Rumor: Apple Watch Series 9 to be available in new color option alongside black titanium Ultra
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47min
July 31, 2023Episode 140: It's time for X sues its law firm, Meta blocks VPNs and gets big Nordic fine, No more Netflix Basic, Li-Fi or Wi-Fi you choose, Sony gets COD deal and Russia iDevice ban
This week we covered:
News
Musk sues law firm for overcharging Twitter when Twitter was suing Musk

Meta blocking VPN access to Threads in EU

Meta facing a $100,000 daily fine if it doesn't fix privacy issues in Norway

Netflix Basic gone in the US and UK, doubling price of dumping ads

Infrared may no longer be a punchline, as IEEE approves 9.6Gbps wireless light

Sony agrees to 10-year Call of Duty deal with Microsoft

Russian security service bans all Apple devices, repeats nonsensical spying claims

Rumours
Apple’s first M3 Macs could arrive in October
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50min
July 14, 2023Episode 139: It's time for EU probes MS, Twitter doesn't pay up, Telsa autopilot woes, Razer breach, Meta Threads launches (except in the EU) and iPhone15 batt boost
This week we covered:
News
EU antitrust team closer to full-blown Microsoft probe, say sources

Twitter refuses to pay for arbitration it forced on 891 ex-employees, suit says

Tesla ordered to cough up data for Autopilot probe or face heavy fines

Razer is investigating a ‘potential breach’ after hacker tries to sell ‘encryption keys, database, backend access logins’ and more for $100,000

Threads
Meta's Threads races to 100 million users in under a week

Threads profiles can’t be deleted without removing your entire Instagram account

Here’s why Threads is delayed in Europe

Twitter threatens to sue Meta over the new Threads app

Rumours
iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro rumored to feature big boost in battery sizes
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55min
July 07, 2023Episode 138: It's time for Sony didn't care about COD, Plex layoffs, MacOS gaming, Meta App store, Twitter rate limit and Crimson iPhone
This week we covered:
News
Private email shows PlayStation chief unworried about Xbox-exclusive Call of Duty

Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff

Here’s why Apple’s latest effort to bring games to macOS is a big deal

The Mac Pro’s biggest problem is the MacBook

Meta wants to turn Facebook into an App Store replacement, at least in the EU

Musk annoys Twitter users by capping number of tweets they can view each day

Rumours
iPhone 15 Pro again said to come in new ‘crimson’ color; new green color planned for iPhone 15

2026 Apple Watch Ultra will be first to get micro-LED – TrendForce
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47min
June 29, 2023Episode 137: It's time for more Apple VR, Giphy sold, DMCA notices, Sonos layoffs, Meta Quest 3, Neuralink get FDA ok, Intel drops "i"
This week we covered:
News
Apple has bought an AR headset startup called Mira

Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock at a loss following UK order

Nintendo sends Valve DMCA notice to block Steam release of Wii emulator Dolphin

Sonos announces it needs to layoff 7% of employees and reduce real estate

Neuralink receives FDA clearance to begin human trials of its brain-computer interface

Meta Quest 3 Ships This Fall, Starting At $500

AMD's Ryzen 8000 CPU with Navi 3.5 graphics could kill low-end GPUs

Intel is officially killing off the ‘i’ in Core i7 — as it goes Ultra

Rumours
Second-gen Apple Watch Ultra coming this fall, new big iMac ‘in early development’ with larger than 30-inch screen
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53min
June 19, 2023 A quick announcement on latest Episode
A quick announcement on the delays with the latest Episode.

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1min
June 08, 2023Episode 136: It's time for the annual WWDC roundup
This week we covered:
Hardware
MacBook Air 15

Mac Studio

Mac Pro

Software:
iOS 17

iPadOS 17

tvOS 17

WatchOS 10

macOS Sonoma

AR/VR
Vision Pro
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1h 4min
May 29, 2023Episode 135: It's time for Crypto crackdown, Meta mega fine, GTA6 coming, Musk vs MSFT, Bezos to the Moon, Sony shows us the Q and Pixel temp sensor
his week we covered:
News
EU passes world's first regulatory framework for cryptocurrency

Meta hit with record-breaking $1.3 billion fine over Facebook data transfers to the US

There's good reason to believe that GTA 6 will release next year

Elon Musk's lawyer just accused Microsoft of violating the Twitter developer agreement

NASA picks Blue Origin to make a second human-crewed lunar lander

Sony’s new Q handheld is official: 8-inch screen, streams PS5 games

Rumours
Google's Pixel 8 Pro could have a built-in thermometer

Meta reportedly wants to license Magic Leap’s AR technology
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42min
May 21, 2023Episode 134: It's time for MSFT goes Nuclear, EU green lights merger, Intel iGPU rockets, Google I/O Hardware and AI updates and M3 news
This week we covered:
News
Microsoft just made a huge, far-from-certain bet on nuclear fusion

Microsoft's Activision takeover approved by EU after UK veto

Intel's Meteor Lake iGPU is set to shake up the entry level GPU market

Google IO
Google Pixel Fold: The thinnest foldable (with the biggest battery) in the US

Pixel Tablet hands-on: Basically a $500 smart display with a detachable screen

Google announces Pixel 7A with 90Hz display and wireless charging

Rumours
Apple’s Reality Pro Headset Might Have More Features Than We Think

Gurman: First M3 Macs may launch by end of the year, chip has more CPU/GPU cores compared to M2
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1h 3min

FAQs about The Weekly Tech Rant:

How many episodes does The Weekly Tech Rant have?

The podcast currently has 234 episodes available.