From the archive

2022

#1615 48:26

SpaceX has upgraded their Satellites but needs Starship

SpaceX has upgraded their Satellites but needs Starship to get them to orbit as the new Starlink antennas are bigger and heavier. So the pressure will mount for Elon Musk to get Starship headed to orbit and make it re-useable. Astronomers will be very happy with this, but many very bright Starlink satellites are still in orbit.

#1614 55:58

Discovery of new UEFI Rootkit is bad news!

The UEFI Rootkit that has been discovered has been in the wild since 2016, with it only now being discovered is an absolute disaster primarily at this point for Windows users! How something so sinister can go undetected for this long is a tragedy. We had some boosts to the show from the fountain podcast app thank you to those early adopters.

#1613

Download the Fountain Podcast App

The Fountain Podcast app is a new app that I have been using that allows me to earn money while listening to shows I love while at the same time being able to boost shows that I love with a small or large donation in the form of Boosts that allow me to give satoshis aka derivative of a bitcoin to shows. There is much tech news today, but check out the Fountain Podcast App that supports Podcast 2.0 initiatives.

Facebook Shifts Resources Away From News To Focus On Creator Economy

Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook is reallocating resources from its Facebook News tab and newsletter platform Bulletin, as the company focuses more on the creator economy, senior executive Campbell Brown told employees in a memo, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ms. Brown, a former journalist who leads Facebook’s global media partnerships, said the company would

Internal Documents Show Tech Giants Pushing Out Competitors

Internal documents from Google and Amazon provided to Politico show new examples of how companies favor their own products over competitors’ - adding ammunition to the push for Congress to toughen antitrust laws, Politico reported. According to Politico, the documents, which include emails, memos and strategy papers, were shared by the House Judicial committee, which obtained them as part of

YouTube Says: “Ready, Set, Shop!”

YouTube announced that it is launching a new partnership with Shopify and giving all eligible creators access to live shopping tools. A YouTube Official Blog post is titled: “Ready, Set, Shop on YouTube”, and was written by Vice President Shopping Product, David Katz. …We know that creators and viewers have a unique relationship and it’s this trust between them that

Instagram Rolls Searchable Map Of Nearby Businesses

Instagram’s latest update aims to make it easier for users to find local businesses or attractions by adding a searchable map that lets you “discover popular local businesses near you”, according to an Instagram Story from Mark Zuckerberg, The Verge reported. The map will show you a list of places nearby and will let you see posts about a certain