Follow Up 

Microsoft has “finally” turned on passwordless by default

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/microsoft-pushes-unphishable-logins-forward-with-new-sign-in-options/

End of line for Firefox?

https://www.theverge.com/news/660548/firefox-google-search-revenue-share-doj-antitrust-remedies

Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech independence

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_getting_nervous_about_europes/ 

30 percent of some Microsoft code now written by AI - especially the new stuff

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_meta_autocoding/ 

Starlink’s got company — and orbital overcrowding is a disaster waiting to happen

https://www.theverge.com/space/657113/starlink-amazon-satellites 

Apple now actually marketing what Apple Intelligence features are available:

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/02/apple-intelligence-features-ad-2/

News 

May the 4th be with you lego

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/categories/sales-and-deals?filters.i0.key=categories.id&filters.i0.values.i0=571ed551-f375-4b0b-925b-057aa50973f0&filters.i1.key=variants.attributes.availabilityStatus.zxx-JP&filters.i1.values.i0=%22E_AVAILABLE%22

Apple Warns Consumers in 100 countries

https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/01/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-100-countries-that-they-are-victims-of-spyware/

Apple Announces Results

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/beware-the-tariffs-inside-apples-latest-financial-results/

Apple reports Q2 2025 earnings with $95.4 billion in revenue

https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/01/apple-reports-q2-2025-earnings-with-95-4-billion-in-revenue/ 

Apple AirPlay Potential Hack

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/millions-of-apple-airplay-enabled-devices-can-be-hacked-via-wi-fi/

Apple Ordered to Pay $700 million dollars in patent case

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/01/apple-must-pay-over-700-million-in-patent-case/

UK Shops hit with cyber attacks

M&S

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wx092exlzo

Co Op

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkx3vy54nzo

Harrods

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62x4zxe418o

Media 

Andor Season 2

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/andor/s02 

Silo Season 3 is coming

​​https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/silo-season-3-digs-up-a-massive-update/ar-AA1E61Rd

Taskmaster

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/taskmaster/on-demand/75957-001 

Greg Davies Live

https://www.swansea-arena.co.uk/shows/greg-davies-full-fat-legend 

Games

GTA VI delayed until May 2026!

https://www.theverge.com/news/660233/gta-6-trailer-rewatch-delay

 EA aren't making any more rally games, but there are alternatives

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ea-arent-making-any-more-rally-games-but-there-are-alternatives 

New Starcraft game

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-new-starcraft-game-is-on-the-way-from-the-publishers-of-dave-the-diver-and-the-finals-according-to-reports 

Main Show

Apple and Epic

Brief timeline of events

https://www.igeeksblog.com/apple-vs-epic-games-lawsuit/

Last week’s announcement

https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/01/epic-win-apple-link-out-to-web-free-reign/

Actions since announcement

Fortnite coming back

​​https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/30/fortnite-will-return-to-the-app-store-for-iphone-and-ipad-in-every-country-on-one-condition/

App Store Developer guidelines updated:

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/02/spotify-out-of-app-payment-options/

Epic helping developers

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/01/epic-games-webshops-ios-developers/

Patreon

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/01/patreon-ios-app-update-in-app-purchases/

Spotify: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/02/spotify-out-of-app-payment-options/

STS on DMA Repercussions

https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/114431521474316998 

Apple exec lied:

Apple referred for possible criminal contempt investigation

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62xv43xqq5o 

https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/01/a-senior-apple-exec-could-be-jailed-in-epic-case-its-time-to-end-this-disaster/

App of the Week 

Kagi

https://kagi.com/

Thing of the Week 

Omlet App (and connected chicken run tech)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=omlet.app&hl=en-US

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