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Episode 167: Tariffs are in effect

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2025/04/08

Follow UpiOS 18.4 (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/apple-updates-all-its-operating-systems-brings-apple-intelligence-to-vision-pro/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social )iOS 18.4 and macOS 15.4 Sneakily Enable Automatic Updates on Your iPhone and Machttps://lifehacker.com/tech/ios-184-macos-154-sneakily-enable-automatic-updates-on-your-iphone-maciOS 18.4’s Messages app adds RCS features for lots of new

01:16:09

Episode: 166: Set your own defaults

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2025/04/01

Follow UpEU will go easy with Apple, Facebook punishment to avoid Trump’s wrathhttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/eu-will-go-easy-with-apple-facebook-punishment-to-avoid-trumps-wrath/iPhone users in the EU can now set Google Maps as their default navigation apphttps://9to5mac.com/2025/03/28/google-maps-default-iphone-app-eu/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blueskySatya Nadella: DeepSeek is the new bar for Microsoft’s AI

01:14:42

Episode: 165: The Greater Good

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2025/03/25

Follow UpHow to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want Tohttps://www.wired.com/story/trump-era-digital-expat/Apple and Google in the hot seat as European regulators ignore Trump warningshttps://arstechnica.com/apple/2025/03/eu-accuses-google-and-apple-of-stifling-competition-under-digital-markets-act/Google Search charged with breaking EU antitrust ruleshttps://www.theverge.com/news/618168/google-search-eu-dma-charge-violationEU orders Apple to open up access to iOS notifications,

01:26:44

Episode 164: Vive la France

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2025/03/18

Follow UpFrench Universities offering american scientists placementhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/14/france_us_science_offer/Meanwhile Trump killing grass rootsUMass disbands its entering biomed graduate class over Trump funding chaoshttps://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/umass-disbands-its-entering-biomed-graduate-class-over-trump-funding-chaos/Apple Winning : Jonathan Ruizhttps://mastodon.online/@refactoredd/114156916632667031Eight days later, Microsoft Outlook users still struggle on iOS

Episode 163: May you live in interesting times

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2025/03/11

Stuff a Pi-hole in your router because your browser is about to betray youhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/08/pi_hole_6_flyby/ChatGPT Now Integrates Directly with Xcode and VS Code on Machttps://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/07/chatgpt-integrates-with-xcode-mac/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodonhttps://birchtree.me/blog/watch-me-write-a-task-manager-in-30-minutes/Brazilian court gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on

Episode: 162: Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus

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2025/03/04

Follow UpGot my kindle books…hope you did toohttps://youtu.be/EGJDisov240Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teamshttps://www.theverge.com/news/621353/microsoft-skype-shutting-down-retirement-may-2025First lab tests show new Apple modem in iPhone 16e is comparable to iPhone 16 speeds, but much more efficienthttps://9to5mac.com/2025/02/27/iphone-16-e-cellular-modem-tests/Does the e mean enterprise??Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Suggests UK Broke Agreement in Secretly

Episode 161: A Massive Influx

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2025/02/25

Follow UpPSA Kindle book download going awayhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/download-your-kindle-books-right-now-amazon-is-killing-this-option-in-a-few-days/https://github.com/treetrum/amazon-kindle-bulk-downloaderhttps://sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/how-to-bulk-download-kindle-files-while-you-can/Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of

01:17:00

Episode 160: Slightly More Positive Chris

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2025/02/18

Follow UpAirPods Pro volume increases automatically in windArgos instead of Amazonhttps://www.argos.co.uk/Social Media Lifespanshttps://vis.social/@infobeautiful/113986535718924599US lawmakers press Trump admin to oppose UK's order for Apple iCloud backdoorhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/us_demand_uk_apple_backdoor_close/Apple Maps cycling directions expand across UK and Irelandhttps://9to5mac.com/2025/02/13/apple-maps-cycling-directions-expand-across-uk-and-ireland/Testing the New ASUS

01:18:58

Episode 159: Both very positive on Europe

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2025/02/11

Follow UpUK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor orderhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/home_office_apple_backdoor_order/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/uk-demands-apple-break-encryption-to-allow-govt-spying-worldwide-reports-say/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=socialGoogle tells employees why it’s ending DEI hiring goalshttps://www.theverge.com/google/607012/google-dei-hiring-goals-internal-memoHugging Face clones

01:11:45

Episode 158: Ends up cryogenically frozen

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2025/02/04

Follow UpDell ends hybrid work policy, demands return-to-office despite remote work pledgehttps://www.theregister.com/2025/01/31/dell_ends_hybrid_work_policy/Apple may walk back a major brand safety decision from 2023https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/30/apple-may-walk-back-a-major-brand-safety-decision-from-2023/#more-988233https://thedesk.net/2025/02/ntsb-moves-plane-crash-press-updates-x-twitter/Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle Trump account suspension

01:08:48

Episode 157: Capitalism has some negative features

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2025/01/28

Follow UpApple Removes '2024' Timeframe From Next-Generation CarPlay Pagehttps://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/23/apple-removes-2024-from-next-gen-carplay-page/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodonUK competition authority formally investigating iPhone App Store monopolyhttps://9to5mac.com/2025/01/23/uk-competition-authority-formally-investigating-iphone-app-store-monopoly/DEI

Episode 156: Januaryish

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2025/01/21

Follow UpRods Car about to get more appshttps://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344560/google-android-automotive-play-store-apps-car-ready-programTikTok Ban is a thinghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6p1g54q85oAlso marvel snaphttps://www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24347034/marvel-snap-banned-tiktok-bytedanceLawmakers press Meta, Apple, Google, and others on massive Trump donationshttps://www.theverge.com/2025/1/17/24345244/elizabeth-warren-senator-press-big-tech-trump-donationsApple suspends

01:23:58

Episode 155: I've said a swear word in the notes

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2025/01/14

Follow UpChris’ new machttps://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-mac-mini-20th-anniversary/Apple Intelligence isn’t helping Apple boost iPhone sales, says analysthttps://9to5mac.com/2025/01/10/apple-intelligence-iphone-sales/Google and Microsoft donate $1 million apiece to Trump’s inaugurationhttps://www.theverge.com/2025/1/9/24340039/google-microsoft-trump-inauguration-donationApple Intelligence summaries might get warning labels. That’s not

Episode 154: gonna call him Tim Apple

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2025/01/07

Apple News+ Seems to be full of adsApple Vision Pro May Now Be Out of Productionhttps://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/31/vision-pro-may-be-out-of-production/Apple Intelligence errors with news alerts keep piling up, here’s the latesthttps://9to5mac.com/2025/01/03/apple-intelligence-errors-with-news-alerts-keep-piling-up/Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay

Episode153: Potential winners in every category

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2024/12/31

Follow UpEddy Cue says apple wont make a search enginehttps://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zgvoalybovd/apple%20declaration.pdfDMA.100203 - Consultation on the proposed measures for interoperability between Apple’s iOS operating system and connected deviceshttps://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/dma100203-consultation-proposed-measures-interoperability-between-apples-ios-operating-system-and_enNewsHertz continues EV purge, asks renters if they want to buy instead of