LITS bits:
This week, Matt and Griff discuss the recent discovery of the largest prime number known to date, and holy cow, it's a big one. Also, do you remember when Windows 10 was going to be Microsoft's last OS? Lighthouse IT Solutions remembers. But unfortunately, it doesn't matter anymore since Microsoft announced Windows 10's end of life will happen in less than a year! Hurricane Helene caused terrible damage; the most directly relevant to our industry wasn't first obvious but could be an interruption to the semiconductor supply chain. We go through some more WordPress drama, and The Internet Archive recently suffered a massive DDoS attack, taking down much of their services. In some good news, the FTC has finalized a rule to help consumers by forcing companies to make it easy and quick for users to unsubscribe from their services. Finally, an intern at ByteDance, owners of TikTok, was fired for embedding malicious code into their AI models. Also, this is a day late, but Happy Halloween.
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