Follow Up

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-era-digital-expat/ 

Apple and Google in the hot seat as European regulators ignore Trump warnings

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2025/03/eu-accuses-google-and-apple-of-stifling-competition-under-digital-markets-act/ 

Google Search charged with breaking EU antitrust rules

https://www.theverge.com/news/618168/google-search-eu-dma-charge-violation 

EU orders Apple to open up access to iOS notifications, allow alternatives to AirDrop and AirPlay on the iPhone

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/19/eu-order-apple-interoperability/ 

Apple loses antitrust appeal in Germany, could face new App Store rules

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/18/apple-loses-antitrust-appeal-in-germany-now-faces-new-app-store-rules/ 

Apple won’t have to enable sideloading for users in Brazil, at least for now

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/19/apple-wont-have-to-enable-sideloading-for-users-in-brazil-at-least-for-now/ 

HP Inc settles printer toner lockout lawsuit with a promise to make firmware updates optional

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/hp_printer_lawsuit_settled/ 

Asahi Linux loses another prominent dev as GPU guru calls it quits

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/asahi_linux_asahi_lina/ 

Euro techies call for sovereign fund to escape Uncle Sam's digital death grip

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/17/european_tech_sovereign_fund/ 

‘APPLE NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY WITH AI’

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/03/19/apple-needs-to-get-out-of-the-way-with-ai 

News 

US Mac growth suggests Microsoft may have done Apple a huge favor

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/19/us-mac-growth-suggests-microsoft-may-have-done-apple-a-huge-favor/

Apple hallucinated Siri's future AI features, lawsuit claims

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/21/apple_hallucinated_siri_ai_features/ 

French lawmakers seem happier with encryption

https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2025/03/21/l-assemblee-vote-pour-le-maintien-de-la-confidentialite-des-messageries-cryptees-lors-d-une-nuit-agitee_6584121_3224.html 

This is one of the most sophisticated phishing attacks ever made against Mac users

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/20/this-is-one-of-the-most-sophisticated-phishing-attacks-ever-made-against-mac-users/ 

UK's biggest mobile operator starts 3G switchoff, hopes it won't catch out April fools

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/vmo2_3g_switch_off/ 

First look at iPhone 17 Air case shows large camera bar cutout

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/19/first-look-at-iphone-17-air-case-shows-large-camera-bar-cutout/ 

The iPhone 17 Air makes other models look chunky in new leaked dummy shots

https://www.theverge.com/news/630917/iphone-17-air-pro-max-dummies-leak 

Car Corner

New EV battery boasts 5-min charge time, adding 250 miles of range

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/new-ev-battery-boasts-5-min-charge-time-adding-250-miles-of-range/

Official: the new R5 Turbo gets 536bhp, a massive 3,540lb ft, and a rally handbrake

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/first-look/official-new-r5-turbo-gets-536bhp-a-massive-3540lb-ft-and-a-rally-handbrake

Media 

Severance

Season finale

Hit Apple TV+ drama Severance officially renewed for season three

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/21/severance-renewed-season-three-apple-tv/ 

Apple loses $1B a year on prestigious, minimally viewed Apple TV+: report 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/apple-tv-reportedly-loses-1-billion-a-year-and-thats-okay-for-now/

Wheel of Time

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_wheel_of_time

Dope Thief

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dope_thief

Oppenheimer - rewatch

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oppenheimer_2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saj2Q92wBkU 

Games

Commandos: Origins available for pre-order

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1479730/Commandos_Origins/

Factorio (demo)

https://www.factorio.com/ 

Main Show

Passwords

Apple’s Passwords app was vulnerable to phishing attacks for nearly three months after launch

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/18/apples-passwords-app-was-vulnerable-to-phishing-attacks-for-nearly-three-months-after-launch/

Apple Passwords

Chris

KeePass 

Keepass XC

https://keepassxc.org/

Keepassium 

https://keepassium.com 

Vaultwarden/Bitwarden

https://bitwarden.com/pricing/ 

https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden 

App of the Week 

Debian Linux 

https://www.debian.org/ 

Thing of the Week 

Apple Trade In

https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/trade-in

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