Hackers Demand Reddit Reverts (Plus LLMs “Aren’t” Giving Away Windows Keys) | June 20th, 2023

Hackers Demand Reddit Reverts (Plus LLMs “Aren’t” Giving Away Windows Keys) | June 20th, 2023

In Today’s Tech News: Hackers Demand Reddit Reverts Ransomware group BlackCat has claimed responsibility for the phishing attack on Reddit that occurred in February.  The group asserts that it has obtained 80GB of data and threatens to publicly release it unless Reddit pays a $4.5 million ransom and rolls back its proposed API pricing changes,…

Mac-Based Gaming & Apple’s AR Acquisition (Plus LLM Hallucinations) | June 9th, 2023

Mac-Based Gaming & Apple’s AR Acquisition (Plus LLM Hallucinations) | June 9th, 2023

In Today’s Tech News: Mac Gaming Is Right Around the Corner The Worldwide Developers Conference has brought incredible news for Mac gamers. The Game Porting Toolkit was announced bringing Windows gaming capabilities to macOS Sanoma using similar translation methods as Valve’s Proton. Under the hood, Apple is using Code Weavers CrossOver source code, specifically recognizing…

Apple’s New VR Goggles & Operating Systems (Plus Reddit’s Price Hike Blackout) | June 6th, 2023

Apple’s New VR Goggles & Operating Systems (Plus Reddit’s Price Hike Blackout) | June 6th, 2023

In Today’s Tech News: Apple’s Vision Pro Magic VR Goggles Apple has finally announced its entry into the world of VR with the Vision Pro, a hybrid augmented and virtual reality headset. The goggles are slated to be $3500 and are planned to be released in Q1 or Q2 of 2024. The Vision Pro is…

Reddit’s API Price Hikes (Plus CrowdStrike’s AI and Chrome’s Big Bounty) | 2MTB June 2nd, 2023

Reddit’s API Price Hikes (Plus CrowdStrike’s AI and Chrome’s Big Bounty) | 2MTB June 2nd, 2023

In Today’s Tech News: Reddit’s API Price Hikes Reddit is showing signs of mutiny as Apollo creator Christian Selig posted about upcoming Reddit API price changes. Apollo is a 3rd-party Reddit browsing app known for its customization, affordable ad-free subscription, and user-friendly experience. In the post found in our sources in the description below, Selig…

Tesla’s Massive Document Leak (Plus Apple & Google Both Fined Millions) | May 30th, 2023

Tesla’s Massive Document Leak (Plus Apple & Google Both Fined Millions) | May 30th, 2023

In Today’s Tech News: Tesla’s Massive Document Leak Tesla is in the hot seat as over 23,000 internal files and documents were leaked to the german news organization Handelsblatt. The documents hold information from 2015-2022 and include PII, or personally identifiable information, for over 100,000 current and former employees. Along with the PII, the documents…

Apple’s Multi-Billion Dollar US Deal (Plus Photoshop Gets an AI Upgrade) | 2MTB May 26th, 2023

Apple’s Multi-Billion Dollar US Deal (Plus Photoshop Gets an AI Upgrade) | 2MTB May 26th, 2023

Today In Tech News: Photoshop Gets an AI Upgrade Adobe has given Photoshop an incredible facelift with its new integration with the Firefly generative AI. The go-to design platform will now allow creators to add, extend, and remove content using simple text prompts with  the “worlds-first” co-pilot in creative and design workflows. The changes created…

Apple Trademarks Augmented Reality Product Names (Plus Meta Was Fined, Again) | May 23rd, 2023

Apple Trademarks Augmented Reality Product Names (Plus Meta Was Fined, Again) | May 23rd, 2023

Today In Tech News: EU Fines Meta For Data Privacy Violation Meta has yet again crossed a line in the EU as the company has been fined €1.2 billion for infringing the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. The GDPR is a set of regulations and standards that define what is OK to do with…

Ex-Apple Employee Steals Source Code (Plus OpenAI CEO’s Congressional Hearing) | May 18th, 2023

Ex-Apple Employee Steals Source Code (Plus OpenAI CEO’s Congressional Hearing) | May 18th, 2023

Today In Tech News: Apple Car System – Stolen Trade Secrets The United States is suing an ex-Apple employee for six counts of trade secret theft allegedly committed in 2016. Weibao Wang was a member of the team responsible for developing algorithms for annotating real-world objects for the Apple Car system.  He had broad access…

Top Google I/O AI & Pixel Announcements (plus FTC Sues Robocaller: XCast) | May 16th, 2023

Top Google I/O AI & Pixel Announcements (plus FTC Sues Robocaller: XCast) | May 16th, 2023

Today In Tech News: Google Goes All-In on AI Google IO happened last Wednesday, May 10th, and brought with it Google’s new initiatives, most of which revolve around the world of AI. We will be running through them quickly, so if any of these announcements piques your interest, check out our sources in the description…

Wendy’s New AI Order Taker (plus Spotify Purges AI) | May 11th, 2023

Wendy’s New AI Order Taker (plus Spotify Purges AI) | May 11th, 2023

Today In Tech News: Wendy’s AI Order Takers Wendy’s is preparing for the rise of skynet by rolling out an AI order-taker to one of their restaurants.   The burger chain, known for their square patties and frostys has partnered with Google to test out a drive thru assistant built using a fast-food trained Large Language…