PODCAST · technology
Two and a Half Bens
by Pheonix, PhoneBoy, and SirBemrose
The tech podcast not hosted by a Chief Twit or Tech Bros
Episodes
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33 - Pocket Narcissist
Man Used a Robot Vacuum to Catch His Wife Cheating Samsung SmartThings firmware update bricks "smart" refrigerators The AI Industry Has a Jurassic Park Problem More AI caught trying to break into systems - this time US & Canadian gov't Anthropic has a press release showing how well their latest...
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32 - Regulatory Propaganda
Attacker stole a METR API key, used $600K worth of credits, and no one noticed for weeks DefCon 34 - Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later - Cliff Stoll US says Chinese firms extracted billions of tokens from frontier AI models This shirt is like an AI invisibility cloak ASCII smuggling isn't...
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31 - You Are The Beta
SNICKERS® HUNGR.AI | Even AI Can Get Hungry SNICKERS Built a Digital Candy Bar For When Your AI Your Acts "Hungry" Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code Data centers’ ‘oh s--t’ moment Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime Comcast Turns Millions Of Routers…
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30 - Now With More AI Slop
Young US adults are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and other US tech giants are hiding $1.65 trillion in AI debt Hey, Your AI Is Showing DraculaGPT to destroy entry-level medical jobs Prior authorization consumes more clinician full-time-equivalents...
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Bonus 1 - Fungal Slab
Passkeys by default and retirement of Microsoft-provided SMS and voice authentication - Microsoft Entra ID miniOTP-2-i programmable Two-Factor Security Token with time sync Microsoft August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 400 flaws, 3 zero-days New Microsoft Defender 'ShieldBreak' zero-day grants SYSTEM...
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29 - AI VD
Meta AI model hacked a company during misconfigured cyber test Hugging Face is being used to easily undress women and children Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI...
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28 - Vibe-Coded Sandbox
John C. Dvorak on Computer Chronicles in 1987 This latest frightening ransomware attack was orchestrated entirely by an LLM Claude can now use your 1Password credentials for you Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie. OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security...
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27 - Goatse Systems
Your smart home may be whispering your secrets to strangers Microsoft patches RoguePlanet Defender zero-day vulnerability Sony erases digital content from libraries; we’re reminded we don’t own what we buy Studio Canal Removal (UK) Sony latest company to delete purchases from digital libraries…
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26 - Acronym Salad
Google's New CAPTCHA Plans Will Create A Two-Tier Internet Only Accessible To Those With 'Approved' Devices Callback 8020: The Future of Flip-Phones Google says ShinyHunters hackers targeting education sector via Oracle exploit The First Company-Wide AI Ban Just Hit My Inbox. Here’s What It Means...
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25 - Cumshot on the Motherboard
AI Startup Says It Will Pay People $2,000 A Month to Masturbate... Yes, Really Google API Keys Weren't Secrets. But then Gemini Changed the Rules. United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name MyPillow must decide whether to be firm or soft as ransomware crims demand pay...
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24 - Marginally Plausible Bullshit
Microsoft testing adjustable taskbar, Start menu in Windows 11 DOJ Is Asking Apple and Google to Hand Over Data on 100,000 Users of a Car App 60% of MD5 password hashes are crackable in under an hour CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses...
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23 - Zero-Day Explitive
Canvas hack forces some Tennessee universities to push back finals. What happened? GoDaddy customer claims registrar transferred 27-year-old domain without any security checks British kids using fake mustaches, IDs, and VPNs to bypass online age checks, study finds Why is Claude always…
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22 - Raw Dogging the Internet
Firestarter malware survives Cisco firewall updates, security patches Apple and Google Broke Their Own Rules by Promoting 'Nudify' Apps, Report Says Anthropic quietly pulls Claude Code from Pro plan and hands local model advocates their strongest argument yet You’re about to feel the AI money...
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21 - May Cause Silent Data Corruption
iOS 26.4 age verification is proving a disaster for some users — here's how to fix it or stop the update Apple age verification failing for some – here's what to try Apple asked to investigate after Jersey users hit by age-check barriers Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on...
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20 - C-Suite FOMO
GrapheneOS won't comply with age check laws for operating systems Linux Distros Resistance against Age-Verification Laws GitHub - BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify: The age verification status of Open Source Operating Systems · GitHub Ageless Linux - Wikipedia THAT law and it's copies here and abroad...
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19 - K-Y Jelly For Your Data
You're paying AI companies a monthly subscription AI Can Now Unmask Anonymous Internet Users, New Study Finds US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump’s ban FBI seeks victims of Steam games used to spread malware FBI seeks victims of Steam games used to spread malware Dev...
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18 - AI Arsonist
Klaatu thread on OpenClaw Why Trying to Secure OpenClaw is Ridiculous OpenClaw AI agents targeted by infostealer malware for the first time An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me Gatekeeping in Open Source: The Scott Shambaugh Story Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated...
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17 - Open Source Freeballing
Windows 11 Notepad flaw let files execute silently via Markdown links Notepad++ Official Update Mechanism Hijacked to Deliver Malware to Select Users Microsoft’s Pivotal AI Product Is Running Into Big Problems It’s incredible. It’s terrifying. It’s OpenClaw. | 1Password From magic to malware: How...
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16 - HTML Motherfuckers
Saying "please" to ChatGPT costs OpenAI $millions, but Sam Altman says it's well-spent Treating AI like a Human OpenAI says its data centers will pay for their own energy and limit water usage Google Patches Zero-Click Gemini AI Flaw Leaking Workspace Data Lexus uses OTA update to disable remote...
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15 - Hell-LM
Stolen LastPass backups enable crypto theft through 2025 Microsoft may soon allow IT admins to uninstall Copilot The Downside to Using AI for All Those Boring Tasks at Work Google: Don’t make “bite-sized” content for LLMs if you care about search rank This Holiday it is Time to Acknowledge Fraud…
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14 - Alphabet Mafia
California startup's new fire-suppression system uses sound instead of water The Sound of Silence: How Waves Snuff a Flame Using Sound Waves to Put Out Fire: The Story of Two George Mason University Students | Emergent New UEFI flaw enables pre-boot attacks on motherboards from Gigabyte, MSI…
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13 - A New Error
React2Shell React2Shell: Decoding CVE-2025-55182 – The Silent Threat in React Server Components Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner Brave browser starts testing agentic AI mode for automated tasks AI will play an even bigger role in our love lives in 2026, experts say GA man...
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12 - From Caffeine to Hate
Decades-old ‘Finger’ protocol abused in ClickFix malware attacks Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand How The $10 Trillion AI Bubble Pops Why can’t ChatGPT tell time? Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy OpenAI...
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11 - Antisocial Media
Hackers found a way to weaponize CAPTCHA pages, and it's incredibly effective 'Orthosomnia' Might Be Ruining Your Sleep. Here's What You Should Know. Hackers turn Cisco and Citrix zero-days into a malware nightmare Why Windows sucks and how to fix it, according to a former Microsoft engineer MSFT...
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10 - Societal Fuckery
Researchers show that training on “junk data” can lead to LLM “brain rot” When AI writes code, humans clean up the mess Digital ID is now less about illegal working, more about rummaging through drawers BRUSH EXPLOIT CAN CAUSE ANY CHROMIUM BROWSER TO COLLAPSE IN 15-60 SECONDS EY EXPOSES 4TB SQL...
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9 - Refrigerator Porn
Pheonix and PhoneBoy are joined by DameBemrose and discuss the latest AI bullshit, Microsoft Bugs, F5's Secuity Breach, and More!
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8 - BrokebackGPT
Walmart CEO expects AI will 'change literally every job' - not just engineering | ZDNET Chatbots Play With Your Emotions to Avoid Saying Goodbye Self-driving Waymo pulled over for illegal U-turn, officer has no one to ticket Three Ai agents realize they're all AI, then switch to a Secret…
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7 - Goatse and Fail
The Bens talk AI everywhere we don't want it to be, CISA wants to pwn CVE, self-replcating worms thanks to npm, and more!
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6 - Reddit in a Box
The Bens discuss the Salesloft Breach, Perl, More AI flaws, trademarking telepathy, infostealer porn, the cult of cryptocurrency, and more!
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5 - Hardened Like LibreWolf
Your favorite Bens get discuss their objections to AI, and yet somehow find a story that isn't so bad.
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4 - Percussive Maintenance
The Bens discuss the latest Microsoft, AI and car bullshit, pointless phishing training, EV adoption, and more!
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3 - Siri Leak My Data
Call Center workers complain about being called a robot after acting like a robot on Yahoo and Slashdot Reddit is the source of LLM hallucinations Carrot isn't working for Win11. MSFT gets the stick on PCWorld and Techspot Man goes on sodium bromide diet on ChatGPT's suggestion; starts...
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2 - Public Code Suppository
Pheonix, PhoneBoy, and SirBemrose talk about Windows Security, Vulnernable Hardware, stupid programming tricks, and hiding malware in DNS
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1 - Asshole with a Shoelace
Microsoft only fixing one of two SecureBoot Exploits Apple’s Kill Switch Would Completely Change Your Next iPhone MIT brain scans suggest that using GenAI tools reduces cognitive activity LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions 40,000 Cameras, From Bird...
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