T-E-L-E-M-E-T-R-Y! What does that spell? EVIL!!! Hey guys, it’s that guy who can’t talk about the news on time! Corporations are all collecting data about you, most of the time covertly! Time to grab those tinfoil hats because it’s time to raise our pitchforks and get ready to rumble! But hang on, before you go light your torches, I want to take a step back and view real world telemetry for what it is. We’re going to be diving into privacy policies, source code, and how telemetry can affect your privacy and if it can be done ethically. ...

Intro Hey guys, it’s Trafotin. Everywhere across the internet, people brag about the choice of Linux, and while not too complicated, Linux actually has less choice if your someone who cares about your decisions and I’m going to unpack why in my TED talk just shy of 20 minutes. B… BUT MY CHOICE! People like to think their computer is in all about choice and go ahead and crucify me, choice is actually very limited and I say this as someone with a channel who needs to recommend things to others. Linux just so happens to be the desktop OS that offers the most choices, but I would argue that most of them are “fake choices” at best or serious pitfalls at worst. Let’s back that up with an example, like say, your desktop environment or window manager. ...

Microsoft has been dragged to court again because they decided to buy out the beloved video game giant Activision/Blizzard. Everyone’s gathered around to see what the outcome will be, so why not pile in on the crystal ball peering? Because I’m making the prediction the buyout of Activision holds dire consequences for Microsoft’s monopoly way off into the future and why it will harm everyone, and not just gamers, going forward! ...

Have you enabled Secure Boot on your computer? I sure have, but what is it and why it’s so important to the fabric of computing today? Why is Windows 11 pushing Secure Boot so hard? Is it a way for Microsoft to block off third party operating systems? Did someone on a forum or Discord tell you to turn it off? All of this and more as we learn together why UEFI Secure Boot should be required for everyone! ...

It’s Apple’s big day and they have a lot to prove! Can they hold their dominance in personal computing or will they succumb to the failed promises of virt… augmented reality?