Another week, another tech reckoning! In this episode of Tech News of the Week, we dive into Microsoft's AI coding claims, password security doomscrolling courtesy of Hive Systems, Meta's courtroom drama, and Apple getting absolutely obliterated (again) in the Epic Games case. It's a smorgasbord of corporate shenanigans and judicial sass.
👨💻 Satya Nadella says up to 30% of Microsoft’s code is AI-generated—but how much of that is just glorified boilerplate? https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_meta_autocoding/
🔐 Hive Systems’ 2025 Crackability Index is here to crush your password confidence. https://www.hivesystems.com/blog/are-your-passwords-in-the-green
📚 A judge grills Meta’s fair use defense like it’s last week’s tofu. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/judge-on-metas-ai-training-i-just-dont-understand-how-that-can-be-fair-use/
🍏 Apple’s greed gets them held in contempt, and we’re here for every delicious legal dunk. https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/read-the-juiciest-bits-from-the-apple-epic-court-ruling/
We wrap things up with a reminder that you should stop being greedy, be better about your passwords, and that nobody—NOBODY—should try to merge Excel, Word, and PowerPoint into a productivity chimera.
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