We have just posted up Episode #431 of Weekly Tech Update! In this episode we will be discussing Facebook is on trial and it's not looking any better, Spotify and Hulu join forces and finally removing the sticker no longer voids warranty. We have those stories and more...


Download Episode #431
Subscribe to the feed.
Subscribe in iTunes!
Now on Google Play.





Facebook is the Least Trusted Major Tech Company


Mark's Reputation is Hurting


Mark's Not Going Anywhere


Mark Says Fixing Facebook is Going to be Expensive


Facebook to Hire 20,000 Employees to Monitor 'Hate Speech'


Facebook's Fines from the FTC Could Hit $7.1 Trillion


Spotify and Hulu Team up to Offer Bundle Deal


Aftermarket iPhone Screen Replacements Experiencing Issues after iOS Update


The "Removing This Sticker Will Void Your Warranty" Plot Isn't Exactly Legal


Meme's:


"don't forget to drink the water, humans like water"








Recent Articles:
LG V30 Smartphone



Upcoming Reviews:
Something from TUNAI


Follow us on Twitter
Ben Heide is twitter.com/bcchardware
WeeklyTechUpdate is twitter.com/wtupdate


Send your comments directly to us at podcast@bcchardware.com or post them below in the forum.

If you have an iPhone and have broken the screen out of warranty, you know how expensive it is to get Apple to fix it. Thankfully there are a number of companies that can replace the screens for MUCH cheaper with units that are equal in vibrance, color, brightness and more. The downside is that if you have the nerve to let someone other than Apple touch your device, the latest iOS update may actually kill the digitizer on your device so touch input will no longer work. This is a move by Apple to protect you from yourself (and make sure they make way more money doing costly repairs). Thanks Apple!

   According to Oberthingy, every iPhone screen is powered by a small microchip, and that chip is what the repair community believes to be causing the issue. For the past six months, shops have been able to replace busted iPhone 8 screens with no problem, but something in the update killed touch functionality. According to several people I spoke to, third-party screen suppliers have already worked out the issue, but fixing the busted phones means re-opening up the phone and upgrading the chip.Source: Vice

Click here to read this article!

BlackBerry was pretty much out of the fight for a few years, but with TCL at the helm of the hardware ship, they are once again making pretty compelling hardware. The Passport was their big (emphasis on BIG) return to the physical keyboard and was followed up by the KEYone. Now they are following up the KEYone with the Athena. I've got a big of a soft-spot for physical keyboards and with a name like Athena, well, I'm sure it going to be great!

   The rear looks to be made from a different texture from the KEYone and you can also see that Athena will have dual camera sensors and an LED flash. Furthermore, the physical buttons like the power, volume rocker, and convenience key - have all been moved to one side. The Athena will still have a 3.5mm headphone jack, USB Type C, and downward firing speaker. While things look good, we still do not have any information about a release date or a price.Source: Neowin

Click here to read this article!

We have just posted up Episode #429 of Weekly Tech Update! In this episode we will be discussing the Facebook crap-tacular, Apple's upcoming release event and Uber suspended from Autonomous vehicle testing in Arizona. We have those stories and more...


Download Episode #429
Subscribe to the feed.
Subscribe in iTunes!
Now on Google Play.





Facebook May Have Violated FTC


Facebook Stock's 'a Droppin'


Facebook Tracking Text and Calls on Android, Because You Said They Could!


Maybe It's Time for Mark Zuckerberg to Resign?


New Upcoming Stuff from Apple


Foxconn Buys Belkin


Uber Gets Suspended from Autonomous Testing in Arizona





Recent Articles:
LG V30 Smartphone



Upcoming Reviews:



Follow us on Twitter
Ben Heide is twitter.com/bcchardware
WeeklyTechUpdate is twitter.com/wtupdate


Send your comments directly to us at podcast@bcchardware.com or post them below in the forum.

Facebook doesn't actually offer user privacy - and we all knew that. The thing is, Facebook does some pretty shady stuff with user data that breeches the FTC rules on user privacy. That is not good - but again, not suprising. The downside is that at this point, your data is probably in the hands of Russian hackers and Kim Jong Un. The good news is that I expected that and have won the office pool. In the end, the fine could be huge, but it is probably payable from Facebooks petty cash drawer.

   Such a violation, if eventually confirmed by the Federal Trade Commission, could lead to many millions of dollars in fines against Facebook, said David Vladeck, who as the director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection oversaw the investigation of alleged privacy violations by Facebook and the subsequent consent decree resolving the case in 2011. He left that position in 2012.Source: WashingtonPost

Click here to read this article!

SSD storage is usually pretty small when compared to the mechanical counterpart, but that is changing with the latest drive from Nimbus Data. The drive is the ExaDrive DC100 and they manage to cram an incredible 100TB of data into a 3.5-inch drive. It won't fit in your laptop, and it certainly won't fit into many budgets at this time. The price isn't available, but it will be into the "tens of thousands of dollars". Still, it kind of makes me want to see how long it would take to fill up. Four of these in a NAS would be pretty epic.

   As you might guess, this is intended for servers where capacity takes priority over everything else, including performance (the 500MB/sec is nothing to write home about). A data center could hold 100 petabytes of data in a single rack instead of needing large swaths of server room space. That's helpful for cloud services, AI and other technologies that may need massive amounts of data.Source: Engadget

Click here to read this article!

The good folks over at Kaspersky Lab have just found another malware strain that is likely produced and paid for by the governemnt. This nasty bit of code affects MikroTik routers and is called "Slingshot". It spies on PCs through a multi-layered attack that is pretty complex in the exectution. The guys over at Kaspersky call the two-pronged attack a "masterpiece" in a very bad way for the user. Congratulations, your government hates you and wants to render you useless to protect yourself against attacks, both cyber and physical.

   The combination of this sophistication with the spying focus led Kaspersky to believe that it's likely the creation of a state agency -- it rivals the Regin malware GCHQ used to spy on Belgian carrier Belgacom. And while text clues hint that English speakers might be responsible, the culprit isn't clear. Just shy of 100 individuals, government outfits and institutions fell prey to Slingshot in countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Libya and Turkey.Source: Engadget

Click here to read this article!

We have just posted up Episode #427 of Weekly Tech Update! In this episode we will be discussing BlackBerry sues everyone, Dell jumps on the Ryzen mobile bandwagon and if you can't steal Bitcoins, steal the computers used to mine them. We have those stories and more...


Download Episode #427
Subscribe to the feed.
Subscribe in iTunes!
Now on Google Play.





TV Piracy on the Rise


BlackBerry Sues Everyone


Dell Shows off New Ryzen Machines


Amazon Moving into the Banking Space


Maybe Driving for Uber isn't as Good as Everyone Thought?


Pizza Hut High Tech Sneakers


Geek Squad Employees Helping out the FBI


Thieves Steal 600 Bitcoin Servers



Recent Articles:
iwown P1 Power Sport Watch
HP Tackles Print Security
HPs Commercial PC Strategy



Upcoming Reviews:
LG V30 Smartphone


Follow us on Twitter
Ben Heide is twitter.com/bcchardware
WeeklyTechUpdate is twitter.com/wtupdate


Send your comments directly to us at podcast@bcchardware.com or post them below in the forum.