327: Two Hours of War
From Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. by Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith
February 22, 2026 · 1h 4m · Episode 327
About this episode
The episode discusses recent news including Discord's age verification policy, cybersecurity issues with Notepad++, and the impact of the computing supply crisis on gaming hardware.
There's... a lot going on lately, so we're rounding up some of that news this week, starting with Discord's forthcoming age verification policy rolling out globally, with cursory discussion of some of the alternative platforms starting to assert themselves out there. We also touch on the targeting and compromise of Notepad++ by state-level actors, and the latest effects of the computing supply crisis on hard drives, the Steam Machine, and the PlayStation 6. Lastly, we talk about the bizarre case of the autonomous AI agent that started a flame war against an open source maintainer that... well, you really need to just hear/read about that one yourself.
People in this episode
Hosts: Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith
Topics covered
- age verification
- cybersecurity
- computing supply crisis
- autonomous AI
- gaming news
Keywords
- Discord
- Notepad++
- cybersecurity
- Steam Machine
- PlayStation 6
- AI agent
- gaming news
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Discord, Notepad++
Products: Steam Machine, PlayStation 6
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