Podcast

Amazon Building Shopping Centers? #1547

Amazon has decided that they want in the shopping center business after them and Walmart knocked out almost every small retail business in America. What say you? Become an Insider today to get access to this very private, very personal…

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Todd Cochrane
Podcast
Podcast

Power’s Out! #1546

I am in the middle of the longest power outage I have experienced in many years. Going on six days without power while we have a generator it’s been interesting how you have to manage power resources. Yet the show…

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Kirk
Podcast
Technology

Huawei Allegedly Created “Back Door” in Pakistan Project

A dispute between Huawei Technologies Co. and a small U.S.-based contractor has escalated to a federal court, with the contractor alleging Huawei stole its technology and pressured it to build a “back door” into a sensitive law-enforcement project in Pakistan,…

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JenThorpe
Twitter

Twitter Needs to Fix the Eye Strain Problem

You may have noticed that Twitter changed its font. It appears that Twitter’s goal was to make its platform more accessible. Unfortunately, Twitter ended up making it inaccessible for some. TechCrunch reported that the new font style is called “Chirp”.…

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JenThorpe
Facebook

Facebook Messenger Updated End-to-End Encrypted Chats

Facebook Messenger announced that they are rolling out the option to make voice and video calls end-to-end encrypted on Messenger, along with updated controls for disappearing messages. People expect their messaging apps to be secure and private, and with these…

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JenThorpe
Gaming

Niantic Says the Metaverse is a Dystopian Nightmare

Niantic wrote a blog post on its website titled: “The Metaverse is a Dystopian Nightmare. Let’s Build a Better Reality”. Niantic starts by pointing out some of the sci-fi books in which the metaverse is harmful to people. Some examples…

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JenThorpe
Twitter

Twitter Paused its Verification Applications – Again

Are you among the many people who really want to get that little, blue, verified checkmark on Twitter? Sadly, you are going to be stuck waiting for an indefinite period of time. Twitter has paused its verification process (once again).…

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JenThorpe