Thu. 09/26 – The Orion Smartglasses

Moar… hacking news. McDonalds. Electronic Arts. Le sigh. Apple wants to do away with passwords too. Elon Musk unveils the Model S Plaid. An interesting Apple Car hire. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: TheLogic.co/subscribe promo code RIDE for 50% off Cybereason.com Links: McDonald’s Hit by Data Breach (Wall Street Journal) Hackers Steal Wealth of Data from Game Giant EA (Vice) Apple says its new logon tech is as easy as passwords but far more secure (Cnet) Tesla begins deliveries of its new Model S Plaid (CNBC) Apple Hires Former BMW Executive for Its Rebooted Car Project (Bloomberg) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The hard truth about ransomware: we aren’t prepared, it’s a battle with new rules, and it hasn’t near reached peak impact. (Double Pulsar) When ransomware strikes, this company helps victims make bitcoin payments (CNBC) APPLE ISN’T JUST A WALLED GARDEN, IT’S A CARRIER (The Verge) THE APP THAT MONETIZED DOING NOTHING (The Atlantic) Marcus Graham: Looking back on 10 years of Twitch’s experiment with livestreaming (Venture Beat) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Kesä 202118min

Another payoff to Ransomware hackers. Facebook to launch a smartwatch? Microsoft to launch a dedicated game streaming device? Samsung unveils a tiny, tiny camera sensor. Stripe wants to handle your sales tax headache. And can the creator economy take off in a world of App Stores with 30% rakes? Sponsors: Skiff.org/ride Cybereason.com Links: JBS Paid $11 Million to Resolve Ransomware Attack (Wall Street Journal) Facebook plans first smartwatch for next summer with two cameras, heart rate monitor (The Verge) Microsoft is building its own streaming devices as part of a major Xbox Game Pass expansion (Protocol) Samsung pushes pixel size even further with new camera sensor (The Verge) Payments giant Stripe launches Stripe Tax to integrate sales tax calculations for 30+ countries (Tech Crunch) The creator economy is running into the Apple Tax — this startup is fighting back (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Kesä 202118min

El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. Biden reverses the TikTok and WeChat bans. Did one single customer cause that Fastly internet outage? Interesting raise for a faster Ethereum. Interesting new browser option. And maybe my favorite honey pot operation of all time. Sponsors: Masterworks.io promocode RIDE Cybereason.com Links: El Salvador becomes first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after passing law (CNBC) Biden revokes and replaces Trump orders banning TikTok and WeChat (The Verge) Fastly claims single customer responsible for widespread internet outage (The Verge) Solana Labs raises $314 million in new funding led by A16z and Polychain Capital (The Block) Vivaldi 4.0 launches with built-in email and calendar clients, RSS reader (Tech Crunch) FBI and Australian police ran an encrypted chat platform to catch criminal gangs (The Record) Encrypted messaging app used by criminals was actually an FBI honeypot (Input) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Kesä 202116min

Fastly takes down the internet, highlighting how the internet is still really centralized. The US seized most of the bitcoins those hackers got from the Colonial Pipeline hack, highlighting how Bitcoin is actually eminently traceable. Facebook pokes Apple in the eye on WWDC day, and I give you a wrap-up of the bits a pieces we missed from WWDC yesterday. Sponsors: Kraken.com/techmeme or search "Kraken" in the app store Cybereason.com Links: Twitch, Pinterest, Reddit and more go down in Fastly CDN outage (Tech Crunch) U.S. Retrieves Millions in Ransom Paid to Colonial Pipeline Hackers (Wall Street Journal) Facebook will show creators how much money Apple and Google take from them (The Verge) EXCLUSIVE Apple in talks with CATL, BYD over battery supplies for its electric car (Reuters) Adobe launches M1 Mac-native versions of Lightroom Classic and more (The Verge) iOS 15: Find My network can still find your iPhone when it is powered off, or factory reset (9to5 Mac) Apple adds digital legacy service so users can prepare for the inevitable (Cnet) Apple will let users stay on iOS 14 and receive security updates, even after iOS 15 is released (9to5 Mac) Apple’s iCloud Plus bundles a VPN, private email, and HomeKit camera storage (The Verge) Book Recommendation: Network Effect by Martha Wells Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Kesä 202117min

All the headlines from WWDC 2021. Bezos in space! France brings the first hammer down on this round of anti-competitive action, this time against Google. And Jane Manchun Wong has the details on the upcoming Twitter Super Followers thingy. Sponsors: Netgear.com/bestwifi promocode: tech10 Cybereason.com Links: Jeff Bezos and his brother will fly on Blue Origin's first human spaceflight with auction winner (TechCrunch) Google Settles Antitrust Case Over Advertising Practices (WSJ) Twitter may be close to launching Super Follows, as new research shows what it could look like (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Kesä 202119min

A sampler of four different spaces from our new feed SpaceCasts! Search your podcast app for SpaceCasts and subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Kesä 20212h 2min

Is MagSafe charging coming to iPads? Is the Biden administration actually cracking down harder on China than the Trump administration did? Is the recent slate of ransomware attacks the new normal or the sign of something bigger brewing? And, in the weekend longreads suggestions, we meet a guy who’s job is to negotiate with ransomware hackers. Sponsors: Cybereason.com Metalab.com Links: Apple Working on iPad Pro with Wireless Charging, New iPad Mini (Bloomberg) Facebook to end special treatment for politicians after Trump ban (The Verge) Biden Expands Trump-Era Ban on Investment in Chinese Firms Linked to Military (New York Times) Exclusive-U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrorism, official says (Reuters) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How to Negotiate with Ransomware Hackers (The New Yorker) Inside The ‘World’s Largest’ Video Game Cheating Empire (Motherboard) The NFT Market Has Collapsed, Oh No (Kotaku) Armed Low-Cost Drones, Made by Turkey, Reshape Battlefields and Geopolitics (Wall Street Journal) Developer relations (Marco Arment) Apple WWDC 2021: iOS 15, new MacBook Pros, and what else to expect (The Verge) Subscribe to Spacecasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Kesä 202117min

Twitter takes the wrapping off its subscription product, Twitter Blue. Multi-device support hints at a future WhatsApp app for iPads. Stack Overflow is the latest part of the developer ecosystem to sell for big bucks. And taking the temperature of Google’s Ethical AI team. Sponsors: Metalab.com Cybereason.com Links: Twitter launches its first subscription service (CNBC) Apple asks staff to return to office three days a week starting in early September (The Verge) WhatsApp to Roll Out Multi-Device Support, Hints at Future iPad App (Mac Rumors) Cybersecurity firm NortonLifeLock will let customers mine crypto (CNN) Stack Overflow Sold to Tech Giant Prosus for $1.8 Billion (Wall Street Journal) Google says it’s committed to ethical AI research. Its ethical AI team isn’t so sure. (Recode) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Kesä 202120min