About this episode
The episode discusses various technology news including Nintendo's price increase for the Switch 2, a data breach involving Canvas, and AI security vulnerabilities.
Nintendo raised the Switch 2 price to $500 amid a global memory shortage. ShinyHunters forced Canvas offline during finals season. Researchers found 5,000+ insecure vibe-coded apps, Mozilla credits Mythos for 423 Firefox bug fixes in April, and France escalates its Musk probe. Nintendo says it will increase the price of the Switch 2 globally on September 1, from $450 to $500 in the US, and the price of the original Switch in Japan (Bloomberg) Instructure disables its Canvas edtech platform, used by thousands of schools, universities, and companies, amid a data extortion attack claimed by ShinyHunters (Krebs on Security) Researchers: 5,000+ web apps built using AI coding tools like Lovable, Base44, and Replit have little to no authentication, and ~40% exposed sensitive data (Wired) Mozilla says Anthropic's Mythos Preview and other AI models helped it identify and ship 423 Firefox security bug fixes in April, compared to 31 a year earlier (TechCrunch) French prosecutors escalate an investigation into Elon Musk and X, focused on alleged algorithmic manipulation and sexual deepfakes, to a criminal probe (CNBC) Longreads Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark explains why there's a 60%+…
Topics covered
- gaming
- technology news
- data security
- AI research
- financial technology
Keywords
- Nintendo
- Switch 2
- ShinyHunters
- Canvas
- Mozilla
- AI coding tools
- Elon Musk
- data security
- financial technology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Nintendo, ShinyHunters, Canvas, Mozilla, Mythos, France, Delta SkyMiles, Import AI, NY Mag
Products: Switch 2
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