566: Down the Metahole

Technology no one wants: palm scanners, the Metaverse, NFTs & crypto; buying real art; Apple's return to work, hiring freeze, Maps & looking into tripling it's ad revenue; Neumann's back, again; fighting for your right to party at an Airbnb; the Sandman, Better Call Saul nail it; Westworld... WTF; the Most Hated Man on the Internet; She-Hulk; Light & Magic; the Slits; VPNs, AirTags, Simplisafe & fitness apps; Jason Bumbles with a bot; Signal third-party breach; Google shutters IoT Core; getting jiggler with it; Apple 0-days updates; Galaga; it's like camping, but involuntary!

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Light & Magic

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APPS & DOODADS

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SimpliSafe

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Fitness Blender

Peloton may open its workout content to competing bikes and treadmills

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

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Caveat

Control Loop

Signal says third-party data breach exposed 1,900 phone numbers

Google Cloud will shutter its IoT Core service next year

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Apple security updates fix 2 zero-days used to hack iPhones, Macs

Better Call Saul prop auction

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