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The Weekly Tech Rant
By Jay + KarlTechnology
The Weekly Tech Rant episodes
- Episode 32: It’s time for Google SoC’s, the Silicon wars heats up, Apple needs charging, Virtual Build (again), Big money Mario, LG exit stage left and Kong bashes Godzilla and we get minions!
This week we covered:
- News
Google will reportedly use its own chip in the Pixel 6 - homegrown chips are the way forwardTSMC bumps spending up 50% to meet increased demand - the latest round of the silicon wars have begun!SK Hynix to Build $106 Billion Fab Cluster: 800,000 Wafer Starts a Month - its fab to be in the chip businessApple to buy over $50 million worth of batteries from Tesla for a new energy storage project - that's one large Duracell bunny!Microsoft Build will take place May 25th–27th - one more big virtual conferenceA sealed copy of'Super Mario Bros.' just sold for $660,000 - holy Luigi that's a lot!Facebook Breach leaks over 500 million users info - more like an open book!Apple begins rejecting apps that use advertising SDKs for fingerprinting users - think it's clear now that Apple wants to ensure privacy!LG Calls it Quits, to Close Mobile Phone Business - after 14 years Life isn’t that Good for LG!- Films
UpgradeKong vs Godzilla- Games
Evil Genius 2As always we'd love to hear your comments
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1 hr 8 min - News
- Episode 31: It's time for Intels big plans, Oh no more Exchange hacks, Rough and Ready Apple Watches, Cheap(ish) AirTags, Lego goes to Space, It's Total War in Rome(again) and Ever Given in MSFS!
This week we covered:
- News
Updates from Intel Press conferenceIntel to build two new US fabs in the US - Intel breaks open the war chestIntel to build ARM chips for other companies in new strategy - Intel adds ARMs!New Intel HPG specs show up - leaky leakyAnother Exchange hack but it's not Brian Krebs - holes everywhere!Apple considering a new ruggedised version of the Watch - watch out Casio!Leaker suggests AirTags may have a $40 price point! - cheaper than expected!- Gadget
Lego NASA Shuttle Discovery - more bricks more money- Games
Isonzo a new WW1 shooter set in the Alps - looks cold!Total War: Rome remake on the way - wasn’t this Rome: Total WarStuck cargo ship Ever Given shows up in MSFS - Life imitating art or something like that!As always we'd love to hear what you think!
1 hr 3 min - News
- Episode 30: It's time for Russian iPhones, iOS looks to Android for Security, Privacy, Privacy and more Privacy, Blizzard payoff, Google goes Fuschia and Intel readying the HPG, whilst we play all the
This week we covered:
- News
Apple allows Russia to pre-install apps on iPhones as part of device setup… its the beginning of the endiOS security fixes could soon be delivered separately from other updates, beta code suggests - following the Android model here!A new Apple Patent Describes 3D Touch Reinvented…. Please bring it back!Apple wins the first battle in French fight over iOS 14 privacy protectionsChip shortage affecting everybody except Apple,’ Android flagships could be delayedActivision Blizzard lays off roughly 50 esports employees as online events grow in priority… you’re fired and here’s $200 in Battle.net gift cards to spend on the games you were working on, to buy that skin you probably made..!GeForce Now doubles its price for newcomers to $10 a monthAndroid 12 Developer Preview 2 landsGoogle readies the first Dev release of Fuschia - will it see the light of day finally!Intel teaser hints long-awaited Xe HPG gaming GPUs may be revealed on March 26th - HPG/LPG are these gas powered GPU's ;)- Games
EA Play now available on Game Pass PC - all the games!As always we'd love to hear what you think!
Bonus - Jon Prosser explains what happens with the March Apple event! [Youtube]
1 hr 11 min - News
- Episode 29: It's time for hacked limiters, Chrome Birthday cake, Are we off to MWC, no backdown on Huawei, welcome to our (amazon) robot overlords, and the Homepod is dead, long live the Homepod!
This week we covered:
- News
Nvidia's unhackable GeForce RTX 3060 hash rate limiter supposedly hacked in just two weeks - hahahahahahahahahahahahah (breathe Karl)Chrome OS is getting a big redesign for its 10th birthday - Cake all round its Birthday time!Mobile World Congress seemingly serious about in-person Barcelona event in June, shares safety plan - Maybe this could actually go ahead!Qualcomm reportedly struggling with chip shortages - we need more silicon cap’n!Biden Administration adds new limits to Huawei suppliers - not easing upAmazon’s secret home robot Vesta reportedly in late-prototype stage’ of development - I for one welcome our robot overlordsApple event rumours continue with 23rd March likely - waiting and waiting and waitingApple discontinues HomePod, but HomePod Mini will live on - actually not a bad idea!- Games
20 Bethesda games now available on Xbox Game PassAs always we'd love to hear what you think!
1 hr 10 min - News
- Episode 28: It's time for chips and more chips, Exchange in a world of hurt, Airlines in a panic, Rich Hackers, McAfee in hot water, No AirTag stalking and wrecking some cars!
This week we covered:
- News
TSMC will produce 3nm chips this year and Apple has already grabbed them all - feed the Cupertino magic factory!TSMC was fully booked but now auctioning spare capacity - where did they find the excess capacity?Kaspersky says hackers made a mint during the COVID pandemic and will take a break - gotta spend the loot somewhere?SITA confirms that Airline passenger data accessed in hack - OH SITA!US National Security Council urges review of Exchange servers following attacks - not to be outdone by the Solarwinds hack, here's another one!John McAfee in US indictment over pump+dump Crypto scheme - is anyone really shocked?Stalkers won’t be able to track you with AirTags - no creepy stalking via the Find My app!Google confirms that NEXT21 event will take place in October - place your bets now on the format!NASA Perservence rover powered by IBM PowerPC CPU - old but still reliable!Apple Store lists the iMac Pro base model as available while supplies last,’ hinting it’s being discontinued - could a Mx powered version be on the way?- Games
Wreckfest - Demolition Derby for the 21st CenturyAs always we'd love to hear what you think!
1 hr 5 min - News
- Episode 27: It's time to let the intern be in charge, LastPass tracking, Samsung long term love, Apple gets its Steam (data), Lets buy all the companies, M1 smashing SSD's and Sony's Twisted Metal!
This week we covered:
- News
SolarWinds Hackers downloaded some Microsoft source code for Azure, Exchange and Intune - slurping the secret Redmond “source”!Former Solarwinds CEO blames intern for the weak password - yeah yeah of course it was!Seven trackers found in Lastpass Android app - What?Google has finally added iOS’s privacy labels to Gmail - Hooray at last!Judge Says Apple’s subpoenas in Epic case are OTT, but it gets Steam data - a small victory!Samsung’s recent Galaxy devices will now get at least four years of Android security updates - Samsung showing how it should be done (in the ‘Droid world)Apple buys a company every three to four weeks - with a market cap of $2Trn I guess you can afford to splash outApple M1 Mac’s are hammering the SSD’s, potentially shortening the lifespan - chewing through the silicon!Rumour: Redesigned Apple Silicon iMac might be available in iPad Air-style colours - the return of the G3 style iMacs!- Films
Sony is bringing back Twisted Metal... as a TV show - Rock on!- Games
Sifu - Kung Fu MasteryAs always we'd love to hear what you think!
1 hr 2 min - News
- Episode 26: It's time for an Epic update, Apple turns the Valve, More Chrome less Mac, Android 12 teases devs, Nvidia goes mining, M1 gets Malware and we go Monster Hunting
This week we covered:
- News
Epic Games brings its antitrust feud with Apple to Europe's competition watchdog - now will the EU side with them?Apple want Valve to hand over revenue data as part of legal fight with Epic - Apple calls in reinforcementsNo March 16th Apple event say tipsters - but will there still be product launches?ChromeOS devices outsold MacOS devices in 2020 - was 2020 the year of Chrome?What’s new in the first Android 12 Developer Preview - New flavour of Android brings new features!Nvidia is nerfing its new RTX 3060 for Ethereum cryptocurrency mining & Nvidia says its cryptocurrency mining limiter can not be hacked' - Come on Nvidia really!Mysterious macOS malware discovered with M1 optimization, the threat remains unclear - what is going on here?MWC insists on holding potential COVID-19 super spreader event in Barcelona - come for the phones, get covid for free!- Films
Monster HunterAlso here is the Nvidia eBay auction for a 3090 (jpg)! No bidding now :)
As always we'd love to hear what you think!
1 hr 3 min - News
- Episode 25: It's time for 'Biden our time on Tik Tok, iOS 14.5 feature party, Privacy is key but do you want a Google Business phone along with those app updates, Lastpass nerfs itself and what city i
This week we covered:
- News
TikTok sale to US company on hold as Biden administration looks at other options - what did we say!Time for an iPad Pro Max - do we really need a bigger iPad?The iPhone 13 rumour mill is in full swing - we are at least 8 months away from any announcement to be clear!iOS 14.5 feature round up - lots of goodies ahead!You can set Spotify as your default music player in iOS 14.5 beta - Apple slowly opening up the ecosystem in a good way!Apple Maps will get crowdsourced incident reporting with iOS 14.5 - Watch out Waze!Google launches Pixel for Business site - a pure google experience for the business types!Alleged Android 12 screenshots show a privacy indicator and conversation widget - Android 12 looks to emulate the iOS 14 privacy featuresApple puts additional walls between your browsing data and Google on iOS 14.5 - This data shall not pass!Google returns to updating major iOS apps after months-long waitLastPass…. What have you done! - Free tier nerfed!- Games
You thought you lost time with GeoGuessr, have you met City Guesser?Steam Lunar SaleAs always we'd love to hear what you think!
1 hr 4 min - News
- Episode 24: It's time for Masked unlocks, Fitness casting, health-check for your wallet, iCloud Passwords here and then gone, Stadia concerns and we all go to Greenland, plus logging that flight!
This week we covered:
- News
Apple raises credit for the return of Dev Kit Macs - please can we have our dev units back!iOS 14.5 Unlock with Apple Watch(for Mask wearing) - finally no more fumbling to unlock your phone when out and about in 2021!Rumours of Financial Health info coming to Apple Wallet - Not just looking after your physical health!Another 14.5 update brings Fitness+ casting to supported devices - too late shouts Karl!New Chrome extension for adding Apple iCloud passwords to the browser - and Google Apple have pulled it from the store! (Well pulls iCloud 12 which the extension needs)In wake of Apple privacy controls, Facebook mulls just begging its iOS app users to let it track them over the web - Desperate measures from Book of faces!Google Stadia closes two studios and cancels multiple projects - So how long before the plug is pulled on Stadia?Google is reportedly working on an anti-tracking feature for Android - Karl hasn’t stopped laughing at this one!- Films
Greenland - another apocalyptic action thriller!- Games
Volanta - Flight tracking app for MS FS2020 and DCSAs always please let us know your thoughts in the comments!
58 min - News
- Episode 23: It's time for Extended Free trials, iOS VM's, Walking and Watches, no more Loons, HomePod reviews and Bond or Agent 47?
This week we covered:
News
- Apple Extends Apple TV subscription again - Is there a subscriber conversion problem?
- Corellium makes its iOS virtualisation available to individuals - fancy some virtual iPhones?
- Looks like the Huawei Ban isn’t going away anytime soon - No change in China relations
- Hackers publish Gov files after Ransom is refused - We do not negotiate with Terrorists/hackers
- Apple unveils new Fitness+“Time to Walk” activity - These boots were made for walking!
- Apple Watch saves kidnapped woman - A first!
- Alphabet is shutting down the Loon Internet service - someone popped that balloon!
- LG considers exiting smartphones in 2021 - is the market too crowded?
- Weeks later, Google still hasn’t added privacy labels to its most popular iPhone apps
- Update on the story from last week
Gadgets
- Jay has got his HomePod Minis!
Games
- Hitman 3 first thoughts
- Hitman Dev’s Bond Project could end up being a Trilogy
- Cyberpunk 2077 1.1 Patch - fix or bust?
As always please let us know your thoughts in the comments!
1 hr 6 min
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