The Weekly Tech Rant

The Weekly Tech Rant

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The Weekly Tech Rant episodes

  • Episode 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

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

            Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

            50 min
          • Episode 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

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

                      Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

                      55 min
                    • Episode 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

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

                              Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

                              47 min
                            • Episode 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

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

                                      Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

                                      53 min
                                    • Episode 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

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

                                              Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

                                              42 min
                                            • Episode 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

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

                                                        Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

                                                        1 hr 3 min
                                                      • Episode 133: It's time for the DAME tax, Apple + Google get serious on tracking, Twitter purges and new CEO, Nvidias fix for less vRAM and Watch S9 to get chip boost and iPhone 16 screen goes big

                                                        This week we covered:

                                                          • News
                                                            • Biden proposes 30 percent tax on cryptominers' power bills
                                                            • Apple and Google team up to bring AirTag-like unwanted tracking alerts to all item trackers on iPhone and Android
                                                            • Twitter is going to purge and archive inactive accounts
                                                            • Nvidia's Neural Texture Compression technology should alleviate VRAM concerns
                                                            • Rumours
                                                              • Apple Watch Series 9 could include the first speed boost in years
                                                              • Largest iPhone screens ever coming to iPhone 16 Pro models – Ross Young

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

                                                                Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

                                                                47 min
                                                              • Episode 132: It's time for CMA says no to MSFT, Apple wins appeal, UKGOV goes in all AI, Lookout sells up, ARM floats, Musk legal woes and Action buttons

                                                                This week we covered:

                                                                • News
                                                                  • UK regulators block Microsoft's Activision acquisition in potentially fatal surprise blow
                                                                  • Apple’s App Store can stay closed but developers can link to outside payments, says appeals court
                                                                  • That's cute. UK.gov gathers up £100M for AI super-models
                                                                  • Lookout sells its consumer cybersecurity business to F-Secure for $223M and goes all-in on the enterprise
                                                                  • UK chip giant Arm files for blockbuster US share listing
                                                                  • Judge knocks back Elon Musk's ridiculous claim in fatal Tesla crash lawsuit: His statements about auto-driving safety could have been deepfaked
                                                                  • Rumours
                                                                    • Latest iPhone 15 Pro CADs reveal ‘Action button’ and camera changes

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

                                                                      Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

                                                                      42 min

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