Episode Notes

News

Apple News

* New device announced

* New iPhone 5e

* M3 iPad Air

* M3 Ultra chip

* M4 MacBook Air

* M4 Mac Studio

Linux/FOSS News

* Firefox Terms of Use controversy — See NOS 035: The Firefox Situation is Crazy

* Firefox FINALLY adds vertical tabs

* Ubuntu 25.10 Looks To Make Use Of Rust Coreutils & Other Rust System Components

* Pipewire 1.4 now supported on RISC-V systems

* Thunderbird 136 release notes

* Orion browser is getting a Linux port

Microsoft News

* Skype is shutting down

* Windows 11 OOBE Microsoft Account bypass no longer available

Other Tech News

* DOGE targets IRS’ COBOL and Assembly systems — see NOS 039: The IRS Modernization Problem

* 23andMe files for chapter 11 bankruptcy — see NOS 039: The IRS Modernization Problem

* Nintendo released their Switch 2 Direct — see NOS 042: Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Review

Retro Gaming/Tech News

* Gamecube games coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion

Command Line Tool of the Month: edhita

* Edhita is an open source text editor for iOS

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