RMP 037 — Is Accountability Software Actually Just Spyware?

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Episode Notes

News

• Mac Mini redesign rumors — https://www.macrumors.com/guide/m4-mac-mini/

• Apple applying 30% fee to in app purchases of Patreon subscriptions — https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon

• Framework introducing a RISC-V mainboard — https://frame.work/blog/introducing-a-new-risc-v-mainboard-from-deepcomputing

• Milk-V introduces Jupiter; a RISC-V powered mini ITX motherboard — https://milkv.io/jupiter

• August 2024 Patch Tuesday includes fixes for 9 zero days (6 of which were actively exploited — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-august-2024-patch-tuesday-fixes-9-zero-days-6-exploited/

• Google ruled to be a search monopoly — https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-rules-google-broke-antitrust-law-search-case-2024-08-05/

• National Public Data breach exposed 4 terabytes of personal information for nearly every US, UK, and Canadian citizen — https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/08/nationalpublicdata-com-hack-exposes-a-nations-data/

• MIT’s AI Risk Repository — https://airisk.mit.edu

• Lost recordings of The Famous Computer Cafe found, restored, digitized, and archived for the public — https://blog.archive.org/2024/08/19/archiving-the-famous-computer-cafe/

Command Line Tool of the Month: WordGrinder

WordGrinder is a simple, Unicode-aware word processor that runs on the console. It's designed to get the hell out of your way and let you write; it does very little, but what it does it does well.

Main Topic:

• DT’s video

• ScreenZen app — https://www.screenzen.co

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