TNW 330: Checking In With Apple Vision Pro - Tesla Chargers, MFA Bombing, Snapchat
Tech News Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
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🗓️ 28 March 2024
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Tesla has opened its superchargers to non-Tesla vehicles! However, how easy is it to find one that's compatible with one in a big city? Mikah shares a PSA about "MFA Bombing" targeting Apple users. The FTC could sue TikTok over how the company handles its users' privacy and security. What is 'Project Ghostbusters'? And what does one tech reviewer think of the Apple Vision Pro after using it for over a month?
- Emily Dreibelbis of PCMag joins us for this Tech News Weekly episode! She shares her experience using Tesla's superchargers with a regular EV vehicle and how difficult it is to find a Tesla charger that will work with non-Tesla EVs.
- Mikah talks about a recent phishing attack targeting Apple users by exploiting a bug in Apple's reset feature called 'MFA bombing.'
- Karissa Bell of Engadget talks about how TikTok is now facing possible charges from the FTC for handling users' privacy and security within the platform.
- Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai of TechCrunch discusses how Facebook probed into Snapchat traffic to gain a competitive advantage over its competitors through a secret project dubbed 'Project Ghostbusters.'
- Finally, Scott Stein of CNET returns to the show to share his thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro after using it for over a month.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Emily Dreibelbis
Guests: Karissa Bell, Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, and Scott Stein
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Tech News Weekly, it's Emily Dry Belbus's turn from PC Mag. |
| 0:05.6 | Emily Dry Belbus is here as my co-host. |
| 0:08.4 | Emily's story of the week is all about how superchargers are being made available to more EV brands, but how you may not |
| 0:16.9 | be able to find one around you that will actually work. I also take some time to ask some general |
| 0:22.0 | questions. I've always wondered about |
| 0:24.0 | electric vehicles so maybe that will be an answer that you're looking for as well. |
| 0:29.1 | My story of the week is all about MFA bombing attacks. |
| 0:33.3 | Yes, how bad actors are using multi-factor authentication |
| 0:37.5 | to try to get you to reset your passwords |
| 0:39.9 | and gain access to your accounts. |
| 0:41.9 | Then, Carissa Bell of N-Gadget stops by |
| 0:44.4 | to talk about the FTC, potentially suing Tik-Toc, |
| 0:48.8 | certainly investigating the company |
| 0:51.0 | in regard to user privacy and security. |
| 0:54.0 | Tech Runch's own Lorenzo Francescke Bikiari is back on the show to talk about Facebook |
| 1:00.0 | using some interesting techniques to bypass encryption in order to spy on the |
| 1:07.0 | activity of its rivals, Snapchat, Amazon, and more. Lastly, yes, a third interview. This was Scott Stein of CNET, who joins |
| 1:17.4 | us to talk about his experience with the Apple Vision Pro after spending more than a month with a device. |
| 1:24.1 | It is a jam-packed show. |
| 1:26.2 | All of that coming up on Tech News Weekly. |
| 1:29.4 | This episode is brought to you by Z-Scaler, |
| 1:32.0 | the leader in Cloud Security. |
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