The Tech Thread

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Qualcomm wants to buy Intel

[iHeart]

They've outlasted their comic and now their own phone game I do regret is that I didn't install it on my phone either

 

https://deadline.com/2024/09/the-simpsons-tapped-out-game-ending-2025-electronic-arts-1236100859/

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/meta-fined-102-million-for-storing-passwords-in-plain-text-110049679.html

 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/03/rare-apple-macintosh-prototype-from-1983/

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/15/ipad-mini-7-smaller-changes/

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.404media.co/apple-quietly-introduced-iphone-reboot-code-which-is-locking-out-cops/

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Canada passes new right to repair rules with the same old problem

[FrostyWinnipeg]

AI almost needs its own thread on MBB. Ah it'll probably make its own by now.

I'm a security expert, and I almost fell for a North Korea-style deepfake job applicant …Twice

[FrostyWinnipeg]

The U.K. has ordered Apple to build a backdoor that would allow the British government to download and read the private encrypted data of any iPhone user anywhere in the world.

Would you like to know more?

Edited February 11, 2025 by FrostyWinnipeg

[Brandon]

54 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

The U.K. has ordered Apple to build a backdoor that would allow the British government to download and read the private encrypted data of any iPhone user anywhere in the world.

Would you like to know more?

Good luck with that U.K.   

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.apple.com/ca/newsroom/2025/02/apple-debuts-iphone-16e-a-powerful-new-member-of-the-iphone-16-family/

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/amazon-alexa-costs-19-99-free-for-prime-members

[iHeart]

https://deadline.com/2025/02/microsoft-shutting-down-skype-in-may-1236305253/

 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://gizmodo.com/a-dev-built-a-kill-switch-that-activated-when-he-got-fired-now-hes-convicted-of-criminal-sabotage-2000574032

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Google rolling out Cast fix for 2nd-gen Chromecast and Chromecast Audio

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Japan’s Nissan tests driverless vehicles in city streets filled with cars and people

Driverless ‘bus of the future’ is tested in Barcelona

[FrostyWinnipeg]

For those using Plex for 'legit purposes' 😉

Upcoming Change to Remote Playback for Personal Media

[FrostyWinnipeg]

My local Walmart has the onn Google TV boxes in stock. I was wondering what happened to the Google products.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Apple has officially updated the App Store Guidelines to comply with the injunction handed down yesterday in its legal case.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ankermake/eufymake-e1-the-first-personal-3d-textured-uv-printer

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/05/krebsonsecurity-hit-with-near-record-6-3-tbps-ddos/

[iHeart]

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Edited June 26, 2025 by iHeart
I can't tell if it's click bait but I only saw it on one news article

[FrostyWinnipeg]

That white guy who can't get a job at Tim Hortons? He's AI https://www.cbc.ca/news/ai-generated-fake-marketing-1.7578772

[iHeart]

On 2025-06-26 at 1:03 PM, iHeart said:

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It turns out RogersOpen and ShawOpen really are going away I was at Rogers trying to get a case for my mothers phone and wanted to surprise her by getting a code into one of the opens but the guy told me that it would be pointless and it will be going away all because they said that "There's not enough demand for it" tell it to the people that do use it and don't have unlimited wifi. I thought it was only going to be for freedom mobile users.