Episode 28: It’s time for chips and more chips, Exchange in a world of hurt, Airlines in a panic, Rich Hackers, McAfee in hot water, No AirTag stalking and wrecking some cars!
Welcome to Episode 28 as Karl and I discuss the latest tech news and gadgets and games & films!
We are available on Apple and Spotify Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcasts sources!
This week we covered:
- News
- TSMC will produce 3nm chips this year and Apple has already grabbed them all – feed the Cupertino magic factory!
- TSMC was fully booked but now auctioning spare capacity – where did they find the excess capacity?
- Kaspersky says hackers made a mint during the COVID pandemic and will take a break – gotta spend the loot somewhere?
- SITA confirms that Airline passenger data accessed in hack – OH SITA!
- US National Security Council urges review of Exchange servers following attacks – not to be outdone by the Solarwinds hack, here’s another one!
- John McAfee in US indictment over pump+dump Crypto scheme – is anyone really shocked?
- Stalkers won’t be able to track you with AirTags – no creepy stalking via the Find My app!
- Google confirms that NEXT21 event will take place in October – place your bets now on the format!
- NASA Perservence rover powered by IBM PowerPC CPU – old but still reliable!
- Apple Store lists the iMac Pro base model as available while supplies last,’ hinting it’s being discontinued – could a Mx powered version be on the way?
As always we’d love to hear what you think!
