Two and a Half Bens
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The tech podcast not hosted by a Chief Twit or Tech Bros
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The podcast delves into topics surrounding Windows Security, vulnerable hardware, and unconventional programming methods, with episode highlights including discussions on Microsoft’s SecureBoot exploits, Apple's potential changes to iPhone security, and the implications of LG TVs’ personalized advertising technology, emphasizing overviews of current tech vulnerabilities and the intersection of security and everyday consumer technology.

The tech podcast not hosted by a Chief Twit or Tech Bros
- Man Used a Robot Vacuum to Catch His Wife Cheating
- Samsung SmartThings firmware update bricks “smart” refrigerators
- The AI Industry Has a Jurassic Park Problem
- More AI caught trying to break into systems – this time US & Canadian gov’t
- Anthropic has a press release showing how well their latest model (GLM 5.3) breaks into other systems
- Gemini getting in on the model-escaping hype
- OpenAI says rogue agents may have affected more than 100 organizations
- Micro Center requires photo ID and signed no-export pledge to buy Nvidia RTX 5090 gaming GPU — buyer forced to sign declaration disclosing install location and promise GPU will remain in the US
- It’s not just LG. Every TV company is spying on you
- Nearly 3 million people’s personal data was exposed in a Pentagon breach that went undetected for months
- ESA Says It Has Two Lawsuits Pending Against ‘Illegal’ Private Minecraft Servers
- How Cloudflare addressed a cross-tenant data exposure vulnerability in Containers
- Microsoft deletes nonprofit customers’ M365 data — and says it can’t get it back
- NightmareEclipse BigDiskBuster blocks antivirus updates
- Microsoft to block Entra ID script injection attacks starting October
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