okay yeah give me the tech news i'm ready for it
april fool's i wouldn't accept it anyway
apple meta and discord mistakenly gave
up user data to hackers posing as law enforcement according to a bloomberg
report meaning that for some people what happened on their iphone did not stay
there because apple gave it to hackers
good old privacy it is continually proven that the billboard was a mistake
great meme potential though the fake emergency data requests or edrs
occurred in 2021 and resulted in sensitive data like ip addresses not
that sensitive phone numbers more sensitive and even home addresses much
more sensitive being handed over to a group of hackers the same ones also sent
edr's to snap incorporated but it's not clear whether snap complied with the
order discord did though when they were sent to edr earlier this year according
to krebs on security frankly i totally understand the mistake
like one time i handed over my wallet to a guy dressed as a cop at a halloween
party he didn't even ask april fools
that didn't happen i don't go to parties gotcha again i got him after partnering
with microsoft and valve to offer official parts and repair tools for
devices made by those companies ifixit has announced a new corporate buddy
samsung as pressure from the right to repair movement heats up
because real friends bond over looming legislation which will enforce consumer
rights that should have already been protected that's what it's all about
that's what it's all about samsung will provide ifixit with official smartphone
parts like the original display assemblies and back glass to sell to the
public and ifixit is also expanding its samsung focused repair guides so people
will actually know what to do with those parts because look we can't all be lewis
rossman the world would just be too sassy
could you imagine everyone would be upset all the time and
apple has begun rolling out its previously announced app store policy
that allows some apps to link to their website where users can sign up for
subscriptions thank you maybe Floatplane can finally work the policy applies to
reader apps a category apple made up for services like netflix and our very own
Floatplane that refused to use the app store's in-app purchasing all developers
of reading wraps have to do is fill out an application for external link account
in titlind i mean come on we're talking about posting a link here you have to
fill out the forms fill out the form gotta do it it's worth pointing out that
apple only announced it would make this change after pressure from japanese
regulators marking yet another instance of tech giants doing the bare minimum to
help consumers only when they're basically forced to do so by legislation
speaking of which i am legally required to throw it to riley now
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watch the LTT april fool's video we were too busy doing that to make one for tech
linked also quick bits even microsoft thinks that still using
internet explorer is a bit cringe as the kids say and if that program is set as
your default browser in Windows 10 the company won't let you upgrade to Windows
11. what for how many times they just say hey
let's just switch to edge you'd think they just do it right thankfully
microsoft has finally taken its head out of its ass and made switching default
browsers in Windows 11 and all in one setting like it used to be you're
swearing a lot these days Anthony riley whoa
we don't usually get excited about the features of dell's business-focused
laptops today yourself
but today is an exception because the newest version of dell's express connect
feature allows the company's new work notebooks to use two internet
connections at the same time either two wi-fi connections are or one wi-fi and
one Ethernet to increase speed and reduce latency which frankly sounds like
something that should be in gaming laptops first why are we worried that people are gonna
cut each other off on zoom because of lag it's part of the fun you can waste
time in meetings steal your boss's money why not Intel has enjoyed industry hype
about its arc graphics cards but we're actually getting another player in the
industry thanks to chinese company more threads what more threads
that's what they're called i didn't realize that
more threads the mtt more thread tech i guess it just
announced two graphics cards the mtt s2000 for servers and the mtt s60 for
desktops which is demo playing league of legends at 1080p pretty sure my phone
can do that so i don't know what that means exactly except china number one or
number four that's more than two numbers
carry the three i don't know
seems like everybody forgot about april fool's day today and nobody posted any
jokes i got you again oh
so good oh so tricky some tech and game
companies did participate in the traditional holiday razer announced a
metaverse suit which actually a full body tracking suit with
like haptics and stuff would probably be pretty pretty you can make them they're
you can get vests and stuff but like a full body like bodysuit yeah really nice
that would be pretty nice nzxt made a slick video for a steam deck
like thing with mouse buttons and a keyboard inside i don't know
but i think hyperx has to take the crown for its
touch grass keyboard caps
now some of you can actually know what it feels like oh man the zingers oh man
it's actually kind of sad because like there are kids who grow up in concrete
jungles who actually look literally cannot touch grass okay don't make this serious okay
and in slightly dystopian news of the day
robot dogs are now being used to guard the site of an ancient natural disaster
okay boston dynamics robot dog spot is
being enlisted in the smart at pompeii project to patrol for signs of looting
or damage okay wouldn't want to damage all those
collapsed buildings or anything right oh don't worry i'm sure tom holland or
nicholas cage will be able to outsmart them and access the secret illuminati
vault no problem i give the movie six out of ten six out of ten it's kind of
fun get in past all the spot dogs with like lasers and
machine guns not again and i'm sure it'll be no problem for you
to come back on monday for more tech news hopefully with way less jokes what
come on riley more joke to be fair it is hard to know what is real or not on
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