Amazon unveiled a new Echo device lineup. Proton’s AI manifesto. Understanding the PHP2Shell flaws, and Apple unveiled its first-ever touchscreen MacBook Pro!
• Mikah looks at Amazon’s new Echo lineup the company unveiled earlier this week, including the Echo Show 16, Echo Studio, and Amazon’s first digital photo frame.
• 404 Media’s Joseph Cox joins the show to discuss his reporting on Proton’s aggressive AI push, including employee re-interviews about AI use and a CEO who called pen-testing concerns “loser thinking.”
• TechCrunch’s Zack Whittaker talks about the recent PHP2Shell critical vulnerability that was discovered last week and how the coordinated patch rollout largely held, why a mass-hacking wave seems to have been avoided, and why millions of sites may still be vulnerable.
• And D. Griffin Jones breaks down Apple’s announcements of new hardware this past week, including the first touchscreen MacBook Pro and a new iPad mini.
Host: Mikah Sargent
Guests: Joseph Cox, Zack Whittaker, and D. Griffin Jones
Tech News Weekly Episode 461
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