[Bradford] New IT Stuff podcast up - ITStuff220818

[shi]

If you've missed the recent live broadcast of IT Stuff on BCBRadio, you can
listen to the extended, uncensored version here (podcasts are posted at
least a week after the live broadcast):

Also, if you'd like to contribute, do get in touch :}

*http://itstuff.org.uk/blog/2018-08-22-ITStuff220818*
<http://itstuff.org.uk/blog/2018-08-22-ITStuff220818>


Our topics include:
Verizon limited unlimited plan pettiness with Santa Clara County Fire
Department
MEP Julia Reda's online paper on automatic content filters gets filtered
and disappears
Data breaches by Dixons trickling down to PC World, Currys, SuperDrug, mass
ransomware
Amazon facial recognition remix by American Civil Liberties Union show
racial bias

Security Nightmare of the Month:
Belkin Wemo Insight smartplug is used to hack your smart tv to spy on you
BitFi secure wallet is a $30 phone that you can open with your fingernails

Anniversary Corner:
The Pirate Bay is 15 years old

Singularity Watch:
Microsoft’s chatbot Xiaoice has composed a book of poems
Facebook adorned messages of Indonesian earthquake with party balloons and
confetti

World of Stuff:
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue drones on BBC Breakfast
New 5GHz high speed wireless in Bradford city centre
China's regulatory authority for games hasn’t approved any in months
Apple drops OpenGL and OpenCL

Local Events :
Bradford Coder Dojo on hiatus til September

Go home, Elon, you're drunk:
More social media stuff too boring to state here - go listen instead



On behalf of Team Stuff - derp,

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shi
wetgenes.com
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