#TBOT Show 8: Monero Attacked By a Centralized AI Coin, Linux Users who use PCs - watch out, Australian Age Verification

#TBOT show 8 and feeling great. Raising the alarm on an important story.

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Here’s the stories for the week:

Monero Attacked By a Centralized AI Crypto: A new cryptocurrency focused on training AI has devoted its network resources to Mining Monero, openly announcing its intention for a 51% attack. What’s the scoop on this crypto and do they have a chance at killing Monero? We’ll investigate.

Australian Social Media & Search Engines Require Age Verification: Australia’s ban of under 16s from social media goes into effect in December. Online services like social media and search engines will be required to perform age checks under threat of fines. What’s your exposure risk, and is there a way to get around these checks?

Microsoft Certificate Keys Expiring, Threaten Alternative OS’: Do you use an older computer and want to install Linux? Well, better disable secure boot. Microsoft’s shim keys are expiring in September 11th, which means you won’t be able to install alternative OS’ past that point.

New LED Tech Could Transform Indoor Food Production: A new patented narrow-band lighting technology could hit plants just right for massive gains in nutrition.

Solution: Mine Monero On Your Computer in 3 Minutes with Gupax.

🪄 We aim for our show to be well-researched, well-informed and focused on the most impactful stories all in 20 minutes (ain’t nobody got more time than that)

⭐ PLUS - Each story comes with recommendations and there’s one cool tech trick or open-source solution every week.

We’ll be publishing full posts and clips of each of these stories soon.

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