The Lighthouse IT Podcast
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Take a listen to the #LighthouseITPodcast every other week as we discuss both cybersecurity and digital marketing news! It's time to stop dreaming IT. Let's start doing IT. #GetLITS
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The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 19th, 2024
This week, Matt & Griff discuss how some big tech companies have been involved in some shady activities lately. Apple has been accused of holding a monopoly on its App Store, Facebook intercepted messages from Snapchat and colluded with Netflix, and Google has finally agreed to make Incognito mode actually private. Also, Alphabet is looking to acquire HubSpot, while LinkedIn is introducing a TikTok-like video feed. Finally, a Microsoft developer found a supply chain attack within a major code library.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/big-tech-troubles-almost-a-cyber-catastrophe-306
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 5th, 2024
This week, Griff has fallen down a well... but that means it's another chance to meet more of the Lighthouse team! This time, Matt talks with our Operations Manager, Nicole, about how she came to work here, how her role has changed, her study of initiatives for increasing employee wellness, Gallup/Clifton strengths, Arthur Brooks, and more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/a-new-voice-our-operations-manager-nicole-305
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - March 22nd, 2024
This week, Matt & Griff discuss once again why it is so important to be proactive with your cybersecurity because even the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency isn't immune to hacks. They also go over Change Healthcare's recent hack, how the amount of ransomware victims who break and pay the ransom is down to 29% compared to the 85% it was in 2019, TikTokPhotos, Google updates, BlueSky, Apple's cancellation of Epic Games' developer account as well as some other Apple news, and much more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/ransomware-vs-cyber-extortion-tiktok-vs-instagram-apple-vs-epic-300
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - March 8th, 2024
This week, Matt & Griff discuss WcDonald's, Bluesky seeing mass signups, statistics on lurkers, Reddit going public and selling user content as training data, some fascinating AB testing stats, and more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/wcdonald-s-rddt-bluesky-the-power-of-ab-testing-299
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - February 23rd, 2024
This week, Griff is missing, but that means Matt gets to talk with fellow Lighthouse team member Sara, who fills our Technical Dispatch role. They discuss her time here at Lighthouse IT Solutions thus far, what she enjoys about it, what she has learned while being here, what she like about Lego, and much more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/a-new-voice-our-technical-dispatcher-sara-289
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - February 9th, 2024
Welcome back to season five of the Lighthouse IT Podcast! We're glad to have you, and we hope you'll enjoy the changes we are making to the format.
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the release of the Apple Vision Pro, the latest developments in the AI sphere, increased scrutiny on social media companies and their failures to protect children, and the big game making an IT tsunami, and more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/new-year-new-season-286
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 15th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the tactics of hackers, good and bad AI news, some more bad news for Google, some good news for Canada, some very bad news for Bluetooth, the massive growth of TikTok, and more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/the-lighthouse-it-podcast-december-15th-2023
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 1st, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss hackers self-reporting their victims, Microsoft’s latest efforts in advancing AI, OpenAI’s drama, Amazon’s auto dealings, Google’s improvements to their Search, bad passwords, and more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/the-lighthouse-it-podcast-december-1st-2023
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 3rd, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss drugs via drone, unfortunate open-source news, more unfortunate cybersecurity news from both hackers and end users, Disney’s latest acquisition, Meta’s latest updates, and the Cybertruck.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/the-lighthouse-it-podcast-november-17th-2023
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 3rd, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss a potential breakup between Reddit and Google, Chrome and Google Map's latest/upcoming new features, Meta’s attempt to align with EU regulations, Musk’s latest aim to turn X into something more than a social media platform, an US executive order on AI, and official fraud charges against SolarWinds for that 2020 hack!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/the-lighthouse-it-podcast-november-3rd-2023
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 20th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the “Netflix House,” the Microsoft Activision Blizzard merger, Tesla’s open API, X’s design decisions, Google’s AI image generation, Threads’ edits, and more!
Also, Happy National Cybersecurity Awareness Month!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/the-lighthouse-it-podcast-october-20th-2023
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 6th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the big WebP vulnerability, the big new improvement to ChatGPT, people looking to use ChatGPT and similar Large Language Model AI as voiced virtual assistants, websites trying to keep ChatGPT out, and the cost of business verification on social media platforms. Also, Happy National Cybersecurity Awareness Month!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/webproblem-ai-assistants-financially-verified
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 22nd, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the latest insights into Musk’s personality, Apple changing their mind (certainly not due to external pressure or anything), X switching up their financial model, mistakes at MGM leading to ransomware attacks, TikTok & TransUnion partnering up, a whole bunch of bad news for data privacy, and more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/changes-at-apple-pay-to-x-dying-data-privacy
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 8th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss several new and old data breaches, hundred year old websites, the latest craziness going on over at Xwitter, Meta changing their advertising, advances in deep-fake technology, and more.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/data-breaches-and-leaks-and-events-oh-my
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 28th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss TikTok challenging Twitter (or X?), Threads slowly dying, Reddit drama carries on, the latest major security patches from Apple and Microsoft, and much more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/365-hit-tiktok-texts-stray-threads-sending-xs
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 11th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the latest cybersecurity vulnerabilities, including a huge Fortinet affecting 70% of firewalls, the ongoing debacle around popular social media platforms, Apple's VR headset, and TikTok's influence on book publishers!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/huge-fortinet-bug-booming-booktok-and-twitter-or-threads
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 30th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the ongoing Reddit drama, the ongoing TikTok drama, Squarespace purchasing Google Domains, and the EU's latest push for consumer rights... Oh and also Canada is still on fire.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/reddit-rumbles-tiktok-technicalities-squaredomains
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 16th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the latest news from Apple like the Vision Pro and their gaming initiative, the latest missteps from Reddit, the latest newcomer to the search engine API market, the latest major computer vulnerability this time courtesy of Gigabyte, and consuming vast quantities of taurine.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/apple-gaming-reddit-dying-a-spoonful-of-taurine
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 5th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss a new opportunity for the unscrupulous, several vulnerabilities and several patches for them, Apple and Windows latest feature update, threats to internet freedom, and more.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/macOS-Stealer-WordPress-Weakness-Age-Verification-Laws-and-more
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 21st, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss bans on TikTok, the rise of new social media platform Lemon8, new changes to Twitter, new competition to Twitter, and AI village, and more.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/tweaking-twitter-challenging-instagram-ai-adventures
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