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Today · 8 min
OpenAI Pushes "Compute Campus" Rebrand, France Votes for Per-Gigabyte Tech Tax, Claude Code Blocks Game Cloning + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/mh0iP Timestamps 0:00 OpenAI rebrands data centers as compute campuses 1:02 France votes for an internet data tax 2:13 Anthropic stops Claude from cloning games 4:18 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:27 DirectX update cuts ray tracing memory 4:59 Android SMS of death flaw 5:43 Hackers cook European supermarket fridges 6:21 Deepfake apps disguised in app stores 7:05 Flying police vehicle heads to Florida Poly 7:39 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Saturday · 11 min
Binance Loses $6.3B to Hackers, Google Adds More Ads to AI Search, Linux Kernel Flaw Rated 9.8 + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/93n8t Timestamps 0:00 Binance hit with $6.3B heist 1:51 Google AI Mode ads and Reddit’s traffic drop 3:46 Critical Linux kernel flaw 6:29 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:51 GitHub’s AI agent boom 7:37 GM’s $220M driver data settlement 8:15 Sam Altman on consumer DRAM 9:21 Flock reinstalls banned cameras 10:00 Sony’s glasses-free 3D companion display 10:44 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thursday · 10 min
Apple Unveils OLED Touchscreen MacBook Pro, Anthropic Files for Nasdaq Listing, Discord Messages Hit Google + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/twioM Timestamps 0:00 Apple’s touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro 1:31 Anthropic files for IPO 3:29 Discord messages coming to Google search 5:46 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:53 Google uses Gmail and Drive data for ads 6:25 UEFI network boot flaw threatens servers 7:00 Anduril is making laptops 7:41 Modders unlock hidden Nvidia AI performance 8:21 Robot dog walker is a real job 9:00 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
October 27 · 7 min
Hacker Says Samsung TVs Spy for Ads, Apple Posts iPhone Duo Repair Guides, Switch Games Now Run on macOS + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/8iM0B Timestamps 0:00 Samsung TV data collection claims 1:03 iPhone Duo repairability and hinge cracks 1:52 Switch games run natively on Mac and iPhone 3:48 QUICK BITS INTRO 3:54 iPad mini goes OLED 4:28 Valve adds CD-ROM support to Steam Frame 4:56 Sony discontinues its last 4K Blu-ray player 5:37 Jailbroken PS5 runs Windows Steam games 6:10 Japan’s chainsaw robots clear railways 6:36 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
October 24 · 12 min
iPhone Duo Screens Crack, Spotify Requires Family Plan QR Scans, Meta Fined $25B in New Mexico + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/P7bXT Timestamps: 0:00 iPhone Duo launches with crease and crack reports 2:02 Spotify cracks down on Family plan sharing 3:51 Meta fined $25 billion in New Mexico 6:32 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:47 Greece bans social media for under-15s 7:40 RTX 5090 shipment stolen in Brazil 8:29 Apple ordered to allow rival app stores in Australia 9:07 Phishing PC found behind hotel fridge 9:44 Palmer Luckey and Ben Lamm’s gene-edited military dogs 11:11 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
October 22 · 12 min
Critical PHP Flaws Leak Before Patches, Meta Muse Exposes Shared Chats, Google Cloud Outage Hits UK Banks + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/mYuah Timestamps: 0:00 PHP flaws, eMudhra certs & Google outage 2:59 Meta Muse leaks shared chats 6:18 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:28 Spotify pulls AI slop 7:09 Amazon Bee AI wearables 7:56 Ofcom can’t collect 4chan fine 8:43 Atlanta bans armed police robots 10:10 Lime e-bike jousting 11:07 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
October 20 · 8 min
PS6 Could Cost Over $1,000, Modder Ports DLSS 5 to AMD GPUs, Anthropic's 50-Death AI Safety Bill + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/ev8L5 Timestamps: 0:00 PS6 could cost over $1,000 1:24 AMD GPUs get DLSS 5 via mod 2:33 Anthropic’s draft AI safety bill 4:31 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:35 Disney’s Character.AI deal 5:06 AI agents dumbing down smart TVs 5:43 Meta suspends No Kings account 6:17 Plex servers hijacked for crypto mining 7:01 Professor arrested for blocking Uber Eats robot 7:46 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
October 17 · 12 min
Tesla's "Flying" Roadster Jumps a Semi, Ads Deliver Zero-Click Spyware, Nvidia RTX Spark Falls Short + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/v0Q8X Timestamps: 0:00 Tesla’s new Roadster 2:27 Zero-click spyware delivered through ads 4:21 Nvidia RTX Spark laptops 6:43 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:53 Power to the Players Act 7:44 MapQuest maps surveillance cameras 8:33 Ledger wallets sold with spy chips 9:18 Meta’s Muse Spark 10:24 Danfoss refrigeration hack 11:17 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
October 15 · 9 min
Apple Unveils HomeView Display, Nvidia Reportedly Kills RTX 5090, OpenAI Engineer Arrested for Bugging Office + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/DKSm1 Timestamps: 0:00 Apple’s Home View smart home hub 1:09 Nvidia reportedly halting RTX 5090 production 2:19 OpenAI engineer arrested for bugging HQ 4:48 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:57 Palantir CTO’s AI smoking rant 5:34 ESA targets Anbernic 6:10 Fortnite coming to Linux 6:41 Yandex data center strikes and bot traffic 7:30 Russia cracks down on AI bear images 8:08 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
October 10 · 10 min
PS5 Operating System Now Runs on PC, SpaceX Spectrum Deal Rattles Big 3 Carriers, PC Shipments Plunge in Q3 + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/K5f0v Timestamps: 0:00 PS5 OS emulated on PC 1:27 SpaceX buys RF spectrum 2:52 PC shipments drop 20% 5:34 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:47 AI music streaming fraudster sentenced 6:37 Homemade Nvidia macOS driver 7:19 Sony hands VR patents to Meta 7:59 MonsterCloud CEO secretly paid ransoms 8:55 California stops human vs robot fights 9:35 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
October 8 · 11 min
AI Renamed Super Intelligence, Microsoft's RTX Spark Surface Laptop Ultra, Paramount Closes Warner Bros. Deal + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/nAOAy Timestamps: 0:00 White House AI executive order 1:35 Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra & RTX Spark 3:22 Paramount Skydance closes Warner Bros. Discovery deal 5:00 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:02 States sue TP-Link 7:52 Google SynthID detector goes public 8:41 Finland halts Google data centers 9:19 Brain-IT AI reconstructs what you see 10:04 Amazon’s “About you” profile 10:40 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
October 6 · 8 min
Chinese-Made DDR5 Kit Costs $600, Judge Rules Flock Search Unconstitutional, Used CPU Carries Valorant Ban + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/IdPz2 Timestamps: 0:00 Colorful's Chinese DDR5 RAM gets a price 1:00 Judge tosses Flock evidence 2:06 Used CPU came with a Valorant ban 4:41 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:52 Tool strips Apple Intelligence from macOS 27 5:30 Google pauses OSS bug bounty over AI slop 6:00 Windows 11 update crashes games 6:31 Alexa won't stop singing 7:16 Figure melts its old robots 7:43 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
October 3 · 11 min
Reddit Ends API, Limits Old Reddit, OpenAI's Dots and $500 Pro Plan, YouTube Throttles Slop Shorts + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/zhToC Timestamps: 0:00 Reddit kills its API, RSS, and old Reddit access 1:55 OpenAI DevDay and the Dots demo fail 3:41 YouTube cracks down on Shorts slop 6:10 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:27 Amazon delivery driver smart glasses 7:12 NYC click-to-cancel law 7:56 Tokyo court protects a voice actor's voice 8:53 RAM shortage price hikes 9:48 Micro Center RTX 5090 ID checks 10:38 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 29 · 9 min
Rogue OpenAI Agents Breach Government Sites, Jury Finds 43M Meta Violations, Flock Fights Camera Map + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/cnwkc Timestamps: 0:00 OpenAI agents probe government websites 1:19 States take on Meta and TikTok 2:51 Flock Safety targets camera map researcher 5:11 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:26 Apple loses $5.7B Taptic Engine case 6:03 $1.7M solid gold mini PC 6:44 Copilot contractors review disturbing prompts 7:26 GPU thieves steal trailers full of sand 8:06 Meta's AI agent botches Marketplace sale 8:34 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 26 · 10 min
Microsoft Kills Copilot+ PCs, Meta's VR Glasses and Muse Charm, Google Tests Gemini Phone Calls + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/qLjDJ Timestamps: 0:00 Microsoft drops the Copilot+ PC name 2:06 Meta Connect glasses and Muse security flaw 3:40 Gemini makes phone calls for you 5:58 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:12 AMD radar chip turns up in China 6:51 INMO Air 3 smart glasses recalled 7:21 WiCi wireless eGPU 7:57 AI stalker drone 8:29 Kids hang out in NPR comments 9:02 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 24 · 11 min
Discord Age Verification Hits All Users, ShinyHunters Claim FBI Hack, Apple Solders M6 Mac Mini Storage + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/ewrdI Timestamps: 0:00 Discord age verification goes live 1:50 ShinyHunters claim FBI hack 3:36 Mac mini SSD and iPhone 18 storage 6:59 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:07 Made on YouTube Gemini features 8:02 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 8:39 Waymo drives through farmers market 9:35 China probes AI firms over Claude distillation 10:20 Samsung update breaks Bespoke AI fridges Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 22 · 8 min
Googlebooks Launch, macOS 27 Breaks Mission Control, AI Hallucination Misleads US Military + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/FhgB5 Timestamps: 0:00 Googlebook laptops launch October 4 1:27 macOS 27 Golden Gate breaks Mission Control 2:34 AI hallucination nearly triggers ship boarding 4:19 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:36 High-end CD players are dying 5:05 Meta's petabyte subsea cable 5:33 Amazon blocks Meta's Muse agent 6:07 Disney Plus "ad-free" plans still show ads 6:37 Unitree Dex5-1 robot hand 7:15 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 19 · 8 min
Meta One Plans Reach $499 a Month, Microsoft Exec Called AI Scraping Labor Theft, AI Songs Hit Spotify Artist Pages + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/1wZI0 Timestamps: 0:00 Meta One subscriptions 1:30 Microsoft memo in the New York Times lawsuit 3:01 AI slop songs on artists' Spotify pages 4:36 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:46 Piracy site blocking bill 5:23 Nvidia chips still reaching China 6:02 EU Kids Act 6:36 AM radio bill passes the House 7:27 Japan's airport clothing compressors 7:52 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 17 · 9 min
Apple Verifies iPhone Photos to Fight Slop, Hackers Crack Open Flock's Software, US Confirms Weapons in Orbit + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/FknLu Timestamps: 0:00 Apple Reference Image verifies iPhone photos 1:44 Flock cameras hacked, Boston drops Flock 3:20 US military confirms space weapons 5:19 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:26 Denuvo sues Voices38 6:12 Meta's camera-free Luna glasses 6:43 Chipotle hires Palantir for food safety 7:16 MW's robot arm homes 7:59 Agility's Digit 5 squats for safety 8:38 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 15 · 9 min
Valve's Steam Frame Starts at $1060, AI CEOs Call for a Slowdown, iOS 27 Launches the New Siri + more!
News Sources: https://lmg.gg/dHfBc Timestamps: 0:00 Steam Frame price and specs 1:29 AI CEOs call for a slowdown 2:46 iOS 27 and the new Siri 5:13 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:21 Flock license plate searches 6:05 OpenAI contractors reading chats 6:47 Revolut data leak 7:23 Waymo reports its riders 7:47 Home lab server from landfill parts 8:17 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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