Weekly Tech Rant: Episode 85

Episode 85: It’s time for more Lapsus$ news, EU plots more tech laws, bad week for Apple, AWOL Bored Apes, Musk buys Twitter or has he?, Intel GPU flood

Welcome back to the WTR as Karl and I discuss the latest tech news, gadgets, games, & films!

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This week we covered:

• News
  • Okta says Lapsus$ breach affected only two customers
  • Lapsus$ hackers breached T-Mobile’s systems and stole its source code
  • EU to unveil landmark law to force Big Tech to police illegal content
  • Its a bad week for Apple…
    • EU continues to fight to make USB-C the new charging standard
    • Apple’s grip on iOS browser engines disallowed under latest draft EU rules
    • Japanese antitrust report calls for multiple app stores and more; Apple protests
  • Thief steals $1 million of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs with Instagram hack
  • Twitter
    • Elon Musk still wants Twitter—and he now has $46.5 billion in financing
    • Twitter is reportedly re-examining Elon Musk’s $43 billion takeover bid
    • Twitter accepts buyout, giving Elon Musk total control of the company
• Rumours
  • iPhone 14 camera upgrades coming for FaceTime and more, predicts Kuo
  • Intel could flood retailers with up to eight different Arc graphics cards

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