Two and a Half Bens

Pheonix, PhoneBoy, and SirBemrose

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The tech podcast not hosted by a Chief Twit or Tech Bros

JAN 24

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 start in Germany because climate authoritarianism Expired certificate completely breaks macOS Logitech apps, user customizations 840,000+ users hit by malicious browser extensions. Uninstall these ASAP! Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health" Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars Cisco’s Zero-Day RCE Nightmare: UC Flaw Sparks Urgent Patching Frenzy MSFT rolls out OOB updates to fix broken Reboot Tuesday LastPass Warns of Fake Maintenance Messages Targeting Users' Master Passwords GitLab patches major security flaw - here's what we know Follow SirBemrose, Pheonix, and PhoneBoy on Mastodon

2h 24m
JAN 10

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 at Palo Alto Networks AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse Newer models are more prone to silent but deadly failure modes MSFT quibbles on what AI behavior constitutes a "vulnerability" Microsoft pushes huge Copilot update with features like Clippy 2.0 ChatGPT falls to new data-pilfering attack as a vicious cycle in AI continues Texas gets TRO to prevent Samsung from collecting SmartTV data Stewart Cheifet, PBS host who chronicled the PC revolution, dies at 87

2h 17m
2025-12-28

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, ASUS, ASRock Riot is forcing Valorant players to update their PC firmware to keep playing Our king, our priest, our feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages Malicious npm package steals WhatsApp accounts and messages Fraudsters are using AI systems to forge art documents The scientist who helped create AI says it’s only ‘a matter of time’ before every single job is wiped out—even safer trade jobs like plumbing Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030 Google Search Traffic Drops 25 Points To News Publishers In Two Years LangGrinch Vulnerability in LangChain Core Enables RCE via Prompt Injections From AI to analog, cybersecurity tabletop exercises look a little different this year Elon Musk Says He's Removing 'Sustainable' From Tesla's Mission Tesla is the most unreliable used car brand in America, even behind Jeep and Chrysler

2h 13m
2025-12-13

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 arrested for destroying evidence by erasing his phone Python plan to boost software security foiled by Trump admin’s anti-DEI rules Over 10,000 Docker Hub images found leaking credentials, auth keys The Worst Thing About AI Is That People Can’t Shut Up About It Smart bed owners experience AWS outage nightmare as they're left sweating and stuck in upright position Linux founder Linus Torvalds defends Windows’ Blue Screens of Death Google DeepMind agrees to sweeping partnership with government: 'Incredible potential to drive a new era' ChatGPT's 'Adult Mode' Is Coming in 2026 FuckU-F****e Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale” New ConsentFix attack hijacks Microsoft accounts via Azure CLI

2h 16m
2025-11-29

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 discloses API customer data breach via Mixpanel vendor hack What to know about a recent Mixpanel security incident Flights disrupted after Airbus discovers intense sun radiation could impact flight control data Cloudflare out for 6hrs - internet goes dark AWS outage in October 2025 AWS denies global outage, blames ‘inaccurate speculation’ after Fortnite, Arc Raiders and other platforms suffer simultaneous outages Experts warn of ‘ChatGPT psychosis’ among users of AI chatbots Fake “Windows Update” screen fuels new wave of ClickFix attacks

1h 51m
2025-11-15

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 Teams feature to block screen capture Unsurprisingly, X users locked out in the cold after botched authentication switch Google is rolling out conversational shopping—and ads—in AI Mode search DoorDash hit by new data breach in October exposing user information Original Mac calculator design came from letting Steve Jobs play with menus for 10 minutes

1h 51m
2025-11-01

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 SERVER BACKUP PUBLICLY ON MICROSOFT AZURE Meet the new Clippy: Microsoft unveils Copilot's "Mico" avatar Here’s How the AI Crash Happens Why AI Breaks Bad Study: AI Models Trained On Clickbait Slop Result In AI ‘Brain Rot,’ ‘Hostility’ AI enabled browsers are a security nightmare

1h 51m
2025-10-18

9 - Refrigerator Porn

Pheonix and PhoneBoy are joined by DameBemrose and discuss the latest AI b******t, Microsoft Bugs, F5's Secuity Breach, and More!

1h 8m

The tech podcast not hosted by a Chief Twit or Tech Bros

Creator

Pheonix, PhoneBoy, and SirBemrose
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

16
Rating

Explicit
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Two and a Half Bens