After security researchers discovered a new round of malware on nearly 30,000 Macs, they set to work trying to understand its mechanisms. On MacBreak Weekly, Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Alex Lindsay discuss this latest bit of malware and talk about how they protect their Macs.
Karl Bode wrote for VICE about the changes that are imminent in the California courts to bring Net Neutrality back into the lime light.
On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt, and Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt discuss Google’s announcement that it will stop tracking individual users for the purposes of ad tracking and rely on anonymous group-based tracking instead.
On This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, Alex LIndsay, Wil Harris, and Lisa Schmeiser talk about Apple’s confirmation that the iMac Pro is going away for good and the downsides of all-in-one computers.
There have been no new iterations or models of the Apple TV since Apple introduced the Apple TV 4K. Given the rumors of a potential redesign, Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay, and Rene Ritchie discuss what they think a new Apple TV would look like.
• Ian Sherr from CNET breaks down the amendment to an Arizona bill that might influence the battle between Epic Games, Google, and Apple.
• Lance Ulanoff, writing for Medium, gives a deep dive explanation of Non Fungible Tokens and how they are being used in the creative space.
• Square announced its majority stake in the Tidal music streaming service, and Alex Wilhelm from TechCrunch has some thoughts on what it could mean.
• Jason is flabbergasted by the use of AI to analyze and animate recordings of piano performances.
• Mikah details TALON, an enormous collection of AI-powered surveillance cameras blanketing much of the US.
Remoting in to other people’s PC’s.
Windows 7 security, updating your wireless mouse drivers, internet radio, converting old TV signals, laptop choices for professionals, buying or leasing an electric vehicle now and days, chatting with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle, and more of your calls!
Brenden O’Leary of GitLabs joins This Week in Enterprise tech to discuss the proper uses of GitLab. Co-host, Curtis Franklin, asks about the responsibility of code repositories regarding malicious code that may be stored. Are code repositories responsible for malware leaks into the wild?
Seven Exchange 0-days, Firefox Enhanced Tracking Protection, SolarWinds Password.
• Chrome to default to trying HTTPS first when not specified.
• Firefox’s “Enhanced Tracking Protection” just neutered 3rd-party cookies!
• As easy as “SolarWinds123”.
• Rockwell Automation’s CVE-2021-22681 is a CRITICAL 10 out of 10.
• VMware’s vCenter troubles.
• SpinRite update.
• Microsoft issues emergency patches for 4 exploited 0-days in Exchange.
• CNAME Collusion.
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