The Weekly Tech Rant

The Weekly Tech Rant

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The Weekly Tech Rant episodes

  • Episode 150: It's time for OpenAI is Sam in or out saga, SpaceX Starship launch 2, Embracer layoffs, Bye Bye VMware, Godzilla, and The Creator plus iPhone SE4

    This week we covered:

        • Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI
        • OpenAI reportedly considering reinstating just-ousted CEO Sam Altman
        • Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
        • Breaking: Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI
        • SpaceX’s second Starship flight test ends in an explosion minutes after launch
        • Gearbox and Crystal Dynamics owner Embracer report 900 layoffs during "one of our strongest quarters for new releases ever
        • Broadcom closes its $61 billion megadeal with VMware
          • TV
            • Monarch: Legacy of Monsters episode 1 and 2 review and references you might have missed
            • The Creator (2023 film)
            • Rumours
              • iPhone SE 4 Likely to Use Modified iPhone 14 Chassis

                • As always, we'd love to hear your comments

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                49 min
              • Episode 149: It's time for Apple says no to 27" iMac but YES to RCS, CMA slaps Meta/Amazon, Musk unveils GROK, GTA 6 trailer incoming, OLED iPads on the way

                This week we covered:

                  • News
                    • Apple says it is not making a new 27-inch iMac
                    • Apple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024
                    • Brits make Amazon, Meta stop using third-party data to undercut rivals
                    • xAI’s ‘Grok’ chatbot will be available to X Premium+ subscribers only
                    • Qualcomm and Iridium's satellite link-up loses signal
                    • The first GTA 6 trailer will launch in early December 2023, Rockstar confirm 
                    • Rumours
                      • Kuo: Apple to update all iPad models next year, including OLED iPad Pro and new 12.9-inch iPad Air

                        • As always, we'd love to hear your comments

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                        42 min
                      • Episode 148: It's time for SBF convicted, Apple launches M3, New X subscriptions, Smart Meter worries, Snapdragon X Elite, Apple BNPL, Forza Motorsport

                        This week we covered:

                          • News
                            • Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of fraud
                            • All the news from Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ Mac event
                            • X launches two new subscriptions to boost your replies
                            • Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off
                            • Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite looks like the Windows world’s answer to Apple Silicon
                            • Apple decides to launch Apple Pay Later now, no longer ‘early access’
                            • Games
                              • Forza Motorsport
                              • Rumours
                                • NVIDIA and AMD reportedly gearing up to offer ARM CPUs for Windows PCs

                                  • As always, we'd love to hear your comments

                                  Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

                                  50 min
                                • Episode 147: It's time for Meta and Google Hardware updates

                                  This week we covered:

                                    • Meta
                                      • Meta’s $499.99 Quest 3 headset is all about mixed reality and video games
                                      • Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Meta Quest 3 in December
                                      • Google
                                        • The Google Pixel 8 is official with 7 years of updates
                                        • The Pixel Watch 2 is official with a Snapdragon W5 chip
                                        • Google's Tensor G3 chip is focused on speeding up AI for the Pixel 8 phones
                                        • Rumours
                                          • Folding iPad as soon as 2024, says report – but 2025 more likely

                                            • As always, we'd love to hear your comments

                                            Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

                                            49 min
                                          • Episode 146: It's time for MSFT + Blizzard deal go/no-go, Mr PS Jim Ryan hangs up his controller, Cisco splunks $28bn, NASA brings back space dust, Epic layoffs and new MS Console

                                            This week we covered:

                                              • News
                                                • Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets preliminary approval from UK regulator
                                                • Game on: FTC tries again to block Microsoft Activision merger
                                                • Another console dad hangs up his spurs as PlayStation boss Jim Ryan announces he's retiring from Sony next year
                                                • Cisco to acquire Splunk in $28B mega deal
                                                • Online Safety Bill passes in the UK w/o iMessage impact, but government not giving up
                                                • NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters
                                                • Epic Games is laying off more than 800 people: 'We've been spending way more money than we earn'
                                                • Rumours
                                                  • Leaked Microsoft Docs Indicate Xbox Is Planning Next-Gen Hybrid Console For 2028

                                                    • As always, we'd love to hear your comments

                                                    Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

                                                    41 min
                                                  • Episode 145: It's time for UK voter hack, FSR3, Intel Super CPU and ULTRARAM, Thunderbolt5, Razzlekhan and Apple Watch X rumours, XBOX redesign

                                                    This week we covered:

                                                      • News
                                                        • Hackers had access to UK voter data for over a year before anyone noticed
                                                        • AMD’s FPS-doubling FSR 3 is coming soon, and not just to Radeon graphics cards
                                                        • Intel shows off 8-core, 528-thread processor with 1TB/s of co-packaged optics
                                                        • Intel confirms Thunderbolt 5 name, 120Gbps tech arrives in 2024
                                                        • Razzlekhan and husband guilty of $4.5bn Bitcoin launder
                                                        • ULTRARAM may be a silly name but it's the holy grail for memory tech and means your PC could hibernate for over 1,000 years
                                                        • Rumours
                                                          • Report: Major ‘Apple Watch X’ redesign coming as soon as next year, testing magnetic band attachments
                                                          • Microsoft patents 360-degree folding display — is this the Surface Duo 3?
                                                          • This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new controller

                                                            • As always, we'd love to hear your comments

                                                            Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

                                                            45 min
                                                          • Episode 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

                                                                    • As always, we'd love to hear your comments

                                                                    Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

                                                                    49 min
                                                                  • Episode 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

                                                                            • As always, we'd love to hear your comments

                                                                            Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

                                                                            47 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!