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 Weekly Tech Rant episodes:

September 23, 2022Episode 104: It's time for breaches galore, big tech woes, fines and Nvidia 40 series and Ryzen 7000 updates, Game Pass friends and family leaks
This week we covered:
A bad few weeks for big tech!
Google fails to overturn EU Android antitrust ruling but reduces its fine by 5 percent

Google and Meta fined over $70m for privacy violations in Korea

Google faces fines of up to $25.4b in UK and EU ad tech case

Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard will face ‘in-depth’ UK investigation

ARM sues Qualcomm, alleging its subsidiary breached a licensing agreement

The SEC revealed today that it charged VMWare with fraud . . . then settled for next to nothing

Meta axes internal team responsible for asking ‘are we the baddies?’

NVIDIA reveals new US government rule restricting export of AI chips to China and Russia
Breaches Everywhere
LastPass Suffers Data Breach, Source Code Stolen

Critical hole in Atlassian Bitbucket allows any miscreant to hijack servers

Optus (Austrialian Telco) Breached
Ryzen 7000 Series Launch AMD makes Ryzen 7000 official: Launching September 27, starting at $299

AMD Announces B650E Chipset for Ryzen 7000: PCIe 5.0 For Mainstream

Xbox Game Pass ‘Friends & Family’ leak suggests you can share with friends

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56min
September 14, 2022Episode 103: It's time to go Far Out as we cover the annual iPhone updates
This week we covered:
Event Impressions

Watch
Watch 8
Watch SE
Watch 8 Ultra
AirPods Pro 2

iPhone
14/14 Plus
14 Pro/14 Max
iOS 16
Dynamic Island video
What Apple Didn’t Announce
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1h 17min
September 02, 2022Episode 102: It's time Apple to go Far Out, GPUs for everyone, Intel shares the bill, BB the movie, Meta VR updates, Twitter goes to war with Mudge and the PS5 price hikes
This week we covered:
News
iPhone 14 in-person event confirmed for September 7: ‘Far out’
Nvidia to announce next-gen GPU architecture in September amid RTX 4090 rumours
The GPU shortage is over. The GPU surplus has arrived!
Intel Kicks Off Fab Co-Investment Program with Brookfield: New Fabs to be Jointly Owned
Get ready for a movie based on the rise and fall of BlackBerry
Mark Zuckerberg confirms new Meta VR headset will launch in October
Twitter whistleblower to testify about company's 'widespread security failures' at Senate hearing
Phishers who hit Twilio and Cloudflare stole 10k credentials from 136 others
Gaming
Sony hikes price of PS5 in Europe, Japan, and more
Microsoft won’t raise Xbox prices after PlayStation 5 price hike
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58min
August 24, 2022Episode 101: It's time for Embracer to buy all the studios, Leaky iOS VPNs, iPhone event 7/9, Janet Jackson as WMD, Bitcoin theft and Apple Car spy, plus PS VR2
This week we covered:
News
Embracer goes on spending spree: buys Lord of the Rings IP rights, Tripwire Interactive, and more
iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for more than 2 years, researcher claims
Bloomberg: iPhone 14 event slated for September 7, release on September 16
Janet Jackson music video declared a cybersecurity exploit
UK blocks sale of chip design software company to China
Hackers Stole Crypto from Bitcoin ATMs by Exploiting Zero-Day Vulnerability
Engineer admits he stole trade secrets while working on the Apple Car
Gaming
Sony says the PlayStation VR2 is coming in early 2023
Rumours
M2 Pro and M2 Max Production Date Leaked, Prepare for Launch!
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57min
August 18, 2022Episode 100: It's time for the big 1-0-0 episode, MS claims Sony blocks games, Arc goes Pro, Zoom Flaw, Signal and Cloudflare hack, Russians get M1, iOS16, and Supersonic flights
This week we covered:
It’s Episode 100 - lets have a look back to Episode 1 (published on the 31st July 2020, Ep2 was 8th Aug 2020)
News
Microsoft claims Sony pays for ‘blocking rights’ to keep games off Xbox Game Pass
Intel launches Arc Pro GPUs that are designed for workstations and pro apps
The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root access on macOS
1,900 Signal users’ phone numbers exposed by Twilio phishing
Meta iOS apps accused of injecting code into third-party websites
Quest v43 Officially Transitions From Facebook To Meta Accounts
Russians Soon To Get Laptops With Its Homegrown Baikal M1 CPUs, First BitBlaze PC Shows Up & Listed Online
iOS 16 beta 6 now available as Apple finalizes features ahead of September launch
American Airlines places order for 20 supersonic jets from Boom Supersonic
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1h 5min
August 12, 2022Episode 99: It's time for MediaTek/Intel deal, FileWave woes, Apple buys new Campus, Ping goes private, Tencent eyes up Ubi, Ryzen spec leaks and iPad redesign rumours
This week we covered:
News
Now another Meta acquisition in jeopardy: VR biz Within
Intel’s foundry business strikes MediaTek chip production deal
FileWave fixes bugs that left 1,000+ orgs open to ransomware, data theft
Apple buys HP’s 67-acre San Diego campus as it expands footprint and works on custom modem
Tencent makes megabucks offer to buy majority stake in Ubisoft
Ping Identity to Go Private After $2.8B Acquisition
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, Ryzen 9 7900X, Ryzen 7 7700X, Ryzen 5 7600X CPU Specs Leaked: Up To 16 Zen 4 Cores, 5.7 GHz Boost, 170W TDP
HUGE: Apple’s VR/AR Headset is Coming in January, Plus Pricing in Report
Rumours
Gurman talks M1 Mac Pro, Mac mini redesign, and iMac Pro ‘active development’ for as soon as 2023
Here’s Our First Look At The Redesigned Entry-Level iPad
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58min
August 04, 2022Episode 98: It's time for Apple Lawsuits, Android malware, Twitter breach, Tesla dumps bitcoin, Meta sues Meta, GTAVI or is it, GTX40xx performance
This week we covered:
News
Apple Pay lawsuit filed by firm that won ebook and developer antitrust cases
Google will let European developers use their own billing systems
Google: Kremlin-backed goons spread Android malware disguised as pro-Ukraine app
Tesla sold 75 percent of its Bitcoin
Apple AR Glass now in design development stage; iPhone 15 Pro’s periscope camera raises questions
Meta is being sued by Meta for using the name Meta
Hardcoded password in Confluence app has been leaked on Twitter
Twitter data breach exposes contact details for 5.4M accounts; on sale for $30k
Gaming
Rockstar posts hundreds of new job listings and we bet they're for Grand Theft Auto 6
Rumours
The Core i5 13600K looks mighty in this early leak
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 & RTX 4070 “Expected” 3DMark Time Spy Performance Revealed
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57min
July 29, 2022Episode 97: It's time for Windows 12, Russian fines for Google, Giphy merger back on, E2E scans, All stop on UK safety law, Intel GPU update and M2 Pro Q4 2022
This week we covered:
News
Microsoft could be readying Windows 12 for 2024 in a major shakeup
Russia hits Google with fine for 'illegal content’
UK regulator’s order for Meta to sell Giphy is under review — again
UK could force E2E encrypted platforms to do CSAM-scanning
UK’s Online Safety Bill on pause pending new PM
Intel Arc A-Series desktop GPUs to retail for less than $399, according to leak
Rumours
Gurman: M2 Pro and M2 Max MacBook Pro expected between fall 2022 and spring 2023
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50min
July 20, 2022Episode 96: It's time for NSO to USA, Twitter fights back, Starlink for boats, BMW $$, DMA comes to pass, UK probes Activision deal!
This week we covered:
News
US military contractor moves to buy Israeli spy-tech company NSO Group
Twitter reportedly hires the firm that invented the ‘poison pill’ to sue Elon Musk
Starlink’s Dishy McFlatface internet now available for Boaty McBoatfaces — just $5,000 per month
BMW starts selling heated seat subscriptions for $18 a month
App Store apps can now use third-party payment providers in South Korea
Digital Markets Act passes, could force Apple to allow competing app stores, and more
Meta Quest VR headsets won't require a Facebook account from next month
UK launches antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s $69B proposed Activision acquisition
Rumours
Kuo: More affordable model of Apple’s mixed reality headset coming in 2025
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50min
July 11, 2022Episode 95: It's time for TikTok bans, GPU stock, Deepfakes, M2 no go, AMD data breach, Apple insider trading and HomePod rumours
This week we covered:
News
The GPU shortage is over - according to the Verge!
TikTok commits to changes to avoid App Store ban
FBI warning: Crooks are using deepfakes to apply for remote tech jobs
You should probably skip the base M2 MacBook Pro model
Zendesk drama concludes with $10.2 billion private equity acquisition
Uh oh! European carriers are trying to get into ‘personalized’ ad targeting
AMD targeted by RansomHouse, cybercrims claim to have '450Gb' in stolen data
Apple's guy in charge of stopping insider trading guilty of … insider trading
Rumours
Apple Watch Series 8 will reportedly be able to detect if you have a fever
Gurman: New HomePod coming in 2023, featuring S8 chip, similar audio quality of original model
Apple’s mixed reality headset will reportedly come with an M2 chip
These iOS 16 features won’t be available at launch
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1h 1min

FAQs about The Weekly Tech Rant:

How many episodes does The Weekly Tech Rant have?

The podcast currently has 234 episodes available.