Unpacking Software Livestream and Podcast, Episode 8

We have just published episode 8 of our livestream, and podcast, Unpacking Software. You can watch it now on YouTube.

On the third Thursday of each month we livestream to Twitch, YouTube and LinkedIn Unpacking Software. Each month we chat about the latest news & opinion on the world of software focusing on packaging, software deployment & lifecycle management. We also publish a podcast of our stream, for you to save and enjoy using your favorite podcast manager.

Where do we get our news? In short, everywhere. As a technical team with decades of experience we practice what we preach and ensure we are up-to-date in the software world. Our customers and community often pass us links to articles, blog or forum posts they find relevant or interesting. The resources we used for this month's livestream, and podcast, are below.

Software News

1. It appears Microsoft may finally be killing control panels.
   • System configuration tools in Windows.
2. AI worse than humans in every way at summarising information, government trial finds.

Chocolatey News

1. Exporting Chocolatey Packages.
2. What Is Chocolatey Central Management?.

Open-Source News

1. Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team.
2. Elasticsearch is open source, again.

Miscellaneous News

1. New Anti-Toxicity Features on Bluesky.

Security and Privacy News

1. Toyota confirms customer and employee data stolen, says breach at third party to blame.
   • Toyota finds more misconfigured servers leaking customer info - May 2023
2. Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall feature is coming back in October, and it’s not going to be optional.
   • Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional — a glitch made it appear so in the Windows 11 24H2 KB5041865 update.
3. Mozilla removes telemetry service Adjust from mobile Firefox versions.
   • A Word About Private Attribution in Firefox - Firefox CEO in r/Firefox on Reddit.

Honorable Mentions

1. Access Archived Webpages Directly Through Google Search.
2. Unity is dropping its unpopular per-install Runtime Fee.
3. Microsoft patched Copilot vulnerability that could leak data.
4. Microsoft addressed 79 vulnerabilities, and Adobe patched 28 vulnerabilities, on Patch Tuesday last week.

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