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Unpacking SoftwareWordPress dumpster fire, open-source maintainers overworked, and cloud providers go nuclear!WordPress continues to burn in a dumpster of their own making as WP Engines' lawsuit moves forward. Unfortunately, it's not just two corporate toddlers squabbling in an isolated sandpit. It has implications for the rest of the WordPress ecosystem and beyond into open-source. With open-source maintainers already overworked and going gray, the rush of new blood to pick up when the old guard leaves is drying up! Finally, it's time for the mega-corporation to buy their own nuclear power and play out one of those dystopian movies I'm sure we've all seen. Join Chocolatey Software's Gary Ewan...
2024-10-181h 00
Unpacking SoftwareRecall says "I'll be back" but can't be removed, Toyota leaks GPS data and Mono moves to WineWindows Recall makes a return in October. If you don't want it then, tough, because you can't remove it! Toyota isn't having a good time as more data leaks, this time from a third party. But this time car GPS data is grabbed too. And finally, some good news in the open-source world, Mono moves under the stewardship of the Wine project. Join Chocolatey Software's Gary Ewan Park, Paul Broadwith and Stephen Valdinger as we go through the latest tech and security news of the last month. Add to your calendar and find everything we...
2024-09-201h 00
Unpacking SoftwareX using your data, again, Microsoft under fire, again, CrowdStrike has a sense of humour, maybe.Meta and X are using your data again for their own ends. The global presence of Microsoft is being seen as a potential disadvantage in light of the CrowdStrike debacle, while it points to the EU as the reason it can't lock down the kernel. And CrowdStrike accepts an award at Black Hat but loses its sense of humour for ClownStrike. Join Chocolatey Software's Gary Ewan Park, Paul Broadwith and Stephen Valdinger as we go through the latest tech and security news of the last month. Add to your calendar and find everything we talked...
2024-08-161h 00
Unpacking SoftwareFirefox data collection hot water, Windows 11 gets worse and Polyfill CDN malwares all the things!Firefox gets into hot water with its latest 'prototype' that collects data without consent. Windows 11 gets more ads and helpfully uploads your data to OneDrive and Polyfill. What is there to say about that? So much, it turns out. Join Chocolatey Software's James Ruskin, Josh King and Paul Broadwith as we go through the latest tech and security news of the last month. Add to your calendar and find everything we talked about today in the episode resources. Complete our survey to help shape our content. Chocolatey Software: Chocolatey For Business. Chocolatey C...
2024-07-191h 06
Unpacking SoftwareLatest Broadcom-VMware saga, and Microsoft recalls Recall defaults and server installed CoPilot appFind out what the latest is in the Broadcom-VMware saga as AWS is the next target and why Microsoft is recalling the Recall defaults. Remember the CoPilot app silently installed on your Windows Servers? We talk about that too. All this and Paul trying so very hard to stay composed. Join Chocolatey Software's Gary Ewan Park, Paul Broadwith and Stephen Valdinger as we go through the latest tech and security news of the last month. Add to your calendar and find everything we talked about today in the episode resources. Complete our survey to help...
2024-06-211h 09
Unpacking SoftwareBroadcom offers VMware freebies, Linux package managers disagree on AI and broken VPNs everywhere.We chat about the latest software news, including JetBrains doubling down on process after the Rapid7 spat and Python having a bad time with PyPI and packages. Join Chocolatey Software's Gary Ewan Park, Paul Broadwith and Stephen Valdinger as we go through the latest tech and security news of the last month. Add to your calendar and find everything we talked about today in the episode resources. Complete our survey to help shape our content. Chocolatey Software: Chocolatey For Business. Chocolatey Central Management. Chocolatey For Business Azure Environment. Chocolatey website. Chocolatey Community...
2024-05-171h 05
Unpacking SoftwareJetBrains doubles down on process, and Python is having a bad time with packages.We chat about the latest software news, including JetBrains doubling down on process after the Rapid7 spat and Python having a bad time with PyPI and packages. Join Chocolatey Software's Gary Ewan Park, Paul Broadwith and Stephen Valdinger as we go through the latest tech and security news of the last month. Add to your calendar and find everything we talked about today in the episode resources. Complete our survey to help shape our content. Chocolatey Software: Chocolatey For Business. Chocolatey Central Management. Chocolatey For Business Azure Environment. Chocolatey website. Chocolatey Community...
2024-04-2946 min
Unpacking SoftwareBroadcom squeezes VMware and Avast need a rethink.We chat about the latest software news, including Broadcom continuing squeeze with VMware subscriptions and Avast loses to the FTC over user data. Join Chocolatey Software's Gary Ewan Park, Paul Broadwith and James Ruskin as we go through the latest tech and security news of the last month. Add to your calendar and find everything we talked about today in the episode resources. Complete our survey to help shape our content. Chocolatey Software: Chocolatey For Business. Chocolatey Central Management. Chocolatey For Business Azure Environment. Chocolatey website. Chocolatey Community Repository. Chocolatey documentation. Community H...
2024-03-2245 minUnpacking SoftwareWindows gets a sudo command, open-source fragmentation and Ivanti having a bad week.We wrestle with Windows getting a sudo command (didn't it already have one?), Bluesky going GA and nginx fragmenting. We also dig into the recent security news, where Ivanti is having a bad day. Join Chocolatey Software's Gary Ewan Park, Paul Broadwith and Stephen Valdinger, as they chat through the latest tech and security news of the last month. Add to your calendar and find everything we talked about today in the episode resources. Complete our survey to help shape our content. Chocolatey Software: Chocolatey For Business. Chocolatey Central Management. Chocolatey For...
2024-02-1936 min
Question of the Week, from the Naked ScientistsWhy doesnt old soap make suds effectively?When a bar of soap gets used a lot and gets smaller, it seems to struggle to form suds properly. Is something other than just a smaller surface area going on? Eva Higginbotham has been scubbing up to answer this question with the help of Phillip Broadwith, Business Editor at Chemistry World, and Paul Dauenhauer from the University of Minnesota... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2019-01-1404 min