Two and a Half Bens
The tech podcast not hosted by a Chief Twit or Tech Bros
31 episodes
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fortnightly cadence
English language
Explicit rating
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The tech podcast not hosted by a Chief Twit or Tech Bros
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The Bens discuss AI shenangians, Microsoft ditching Manifest v2, unsustainable patching, Waymo, Ubuntu in Windows, AI destroying physical books, losing a PBS station's history, and more!
The Bens do a "bonus" episode and discuss the implications of Microsoft retiring SMS/Voice authentication as well as foisting Passkeys on everyone.
The Bens discuss more AI misbehavior, Microsoft UDIDs, Xbox going 100% digital, ads in your beemer, China probes Palo Alto Networks, and more!
The Bens are joined by DameBemrose to recognize the passing of John C. Dvorak and discuss autonomous AI cyber attacks, among other AI shenanigans, selfies for Google, Microsoft forcing passkeys, more evidence you don’t own your tech, and more!
The Bens discuss not owning your digital content, data breaches, AI shenanigans, AI-hallucinated espionage, Microsoft’s Quantum-Safe Roadmap, and more!
The Bens discuss CAPTCHA, the Commodore Flip Phone, breaches, AI-bans in the workplace, more AI bullshit, Nightmare Eclipse, and more!
The Bens discuss AI (of course), breaches, Google unclear on the concepts of credentials, sad song signals, and more!
The Bens discuss Windows feature parity, AI all up in everyone's business, unnecessary tech in vapes, Unpatched Bugs in Chrome, and more!
The Bens discuss Firestarter malware, nudify apps, AI shenanigans, BlueHammer, quantum computing hype, password resets, and more!
The Bens discuss Firestarter malware, nudify apps, AI shenanigans, BlueHammer, quantum computing hype, password resets, and more!
The Bens discuss age verification, support nightmares, forced multi-factor authentication, GPS, poisoned and leaked AI, rowhammer comes to GPUs, and more!
The Bens discuss age verification on Linux systems, Android sideloading, Hide My Email not so hidden, AI sneaking into the Farm Bill, lots of other AI shenanigans, and more!
The Bens discuss more AI shenangigans, Steam and malware, expsenive API key theft, data leaks from identity verifiers, glassholes, Amazon outages, age verfification, and more!
The Bens discuss OpenClaw, Scott Schambaugh, AI news, Doordashing Waymos, Microsoft, password managers, Texas suing TP-LINK, and more!
The Bens discuss interships, Notepad(++) flaws, OpenClaw, AI Assistant flaws, surrender as a service, database disclosures, and more!
The Bens discuss more AI bullshit, disabling car functionality via OTA updates, malicious browser extensions, cURL kills theer bug bounty program, and more!
The Bens discuss more fallout from the LastPass breach, Clippy 2.0, bad TACs, more AI bullshit, SmartTV data, and more!
The Bens discuss fire suppression, UEFI flaws, malicious npm packages, Microsoft replacing it's codebase, LonGrinch, tabletop exercises, and more!
The Bens discuss React2Shell, lots of AI bullcrap, Python, Docker leaks, dumb beds, BSODs, ConsentFix, and more!
The Bens discuss finger C2C, the AI bubble, ChatGPT, fake Windows Updates screens, and more!
The Bens discuss weaponized CAPTCHAs, Orthosomnia, AI-generated malware, Teams cock-blocking, data breaches, Google adding ads to AI search, and some Mac history.
The Bens discuss AI losing its mind, Digital ID in the UK, the security nightmare of (AI) web browsers, Clippy 3.0, and stupid IT tricks!
Pheonix and PhoneBoy are joined by DameBemrose and discuss the latest AI bullshit, Microsoft Bugs, F5's Secuity Breach, and More!
The Bens talk more AI, spying Android phones,UK's Online Safety Act, bakelite phones making a comeback, and more!
The Bens talk AI everywhere we don't want it to be, CISA wants to pwn CVE, self-replcating worms thanks to npm, and more!
