Mon. 05/10 – No PlayStation For Me Until 2023?

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🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Sony warns that it might be literal years before I can finally win one of those PlayStation 5 sales windows on Walmart.com. The big ransomware attack that threatened fuel supply on the US East Coast, and the hackers allegedly behind it. Clubhouse hits Android. A researcher claims to have already hacked AirTags. And Elon Musk’s SNL appearance, and Dogecoin, and everything. Sponsors: Netgear.com/bestwifi Promocode: Tech10 Cybereason.com Links: Sony warns tight Playstation 5 supply to extend into next year (Bloomberg) Colonial hackers stole data Thursday ahead of pipeline shutdown (Bloomberg) Here’s the hacking group responsible for the Colonial Pipeline shutdown (CNBC) Clubhouse comes to Android after more than a year of iOS exclusivity (The Verge) AirTag hacked for the first time by security researcher [Video] (9to5 Mac) Apple's 2023 iPhone could ditch Qualcomm and launch with its own 5G chip (Laptop Mag) Apple Awards iPhone Glass Supplier Corning Additional $45M From Advanced Manufacturing Fund (Mac Rumors) Tesla privately admits Elon Musk has been exaggerating about ‘full self-driving’ (The Verge) SNL was a good night for Elon Musk — and a bad one for Dogecoin (Protocol) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Monday, May 10th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.0	Sony warns that it might be literally years before I can finally win one of those PlayStation 5
0:14.2	sales windows on Walmart.com, the big ransomware attack that is threatening the
0:20.0	fuel supply on the US East Coast and the hackers allegedly behind it.
0:23.7	Clubhouse hits Android, a researcher claims to have already hacked air tags, and
0:28.0	Elon Musk's SNL appearance and the Dogecoin price roller coaster and everything.
0:33.0	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:38.0	Look, if like me you've been looking to get your hands on a PlayStation 5,
0:42.0	I don't know what to tell you. Sony has had to... been looking to get your hands on a PlayStation 5.
0:42.7	I don't know what to tell you.
0:43.8	Sony has had to warn that the PlayStation 5
0:48.0	might remain in short supply all the way
0:50.3	into the year 2023. Sony cited several challenges despite a supply boost recently and they said they only have a goal of selling
1:00.0	14.8 million units this fiscal year, calling it a goal suggests to me that even that
1:06.7	number might not be achievable, quoting Bloomberg. I don't think demand is
1:11.6	calming down this year and even if we secure a lot more
1:14.4	devices and produce many more units of the PlayStation 5 next year our supply won't
1:18.3	be able to catch up with demand chief financial officer Heroki Tautoki said at the briefing,
1:23.7	according to several people who attended and asked not to be named as it wasn't public.
1:28.4	Tautoki told analysts that Sony needs to ramp up production as soon as possible and make sure there are consoles on store shelves.
1:35.8	Demand will remain high regardless of the COVID-19 situation, the CFO assured an analyst
1:40.7	wary about Sony's ability to fully capitalize on the stay-at-home
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