Follow Up

iOS 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 Mac

https://lifehacker.com/tech/ios-184-macos-154-sneakily-enable-automatic-updates-on-your-iphone-mac 

iOS 18.4’s Messages app adds RCS features for lots of new users

https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/01/ios-184s-messages-app-adds-rcs-features-for-lot-of-new-users/

iOS 18.4 reinstalling previously deleted iPhone apps for some users 

https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/02/ios-18-4-reinstalling-previously-deleted-iphone-apps-for-some-users/

iOS 18.4 breaks CarPlay connectivity for some iPhone users

https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/03/ios-18-4-carplay-bugs/ 

Windows intros 365 Link, a black box that does nothing but connect to Microsoft's cloud

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/windows_365_link/ 

Apple a ‘gangster’ company which finds crime pays, says Epic Games CEO

https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/03/apple-a-gangster-company-which-finds-crime-pays-says-epic-games-ceo/ 

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00938-y 

News 

Gmail unveils end-to-end encrypted messages. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/are-new-google-e2ee-emails-really-end-to-end-encrypted-kinda-but-not-really/ 

Trump tariffs attack key parts of the Apple supply chain, Apple stock drops 7% in after-hours trading

https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/02/trump-tariffs-apple-stock-down/ 

Thunderbirds are Pro: Open-source email client to get message hosting, appointment scheduling, more

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/thunderbird_pay_services/ 

Genetic data repo OpenSNP to self-destruct before authoritarians weaponize it

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/01/opensnp_shutdown/ 

France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/france-fines-apple-e150m-for-excessive-pop-ups-that-let-users-reject-tracking/ 

LLM providers on the cusp of an 'extinction' phase as capex realities bite

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/llm_providers_extinction/ 

Steve Jobs’ famous ‘third device’ may not have much time left

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/31/steve-jobs-famous-third-device-may-not-have-much-time-left/

18.5 betas are out

https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-18-5-beta-features/ 

Media 

MacOS 15.4 blocked my Sonos

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse swings into theaters in 2027

https://www.theverge.com/news/640415/spider-man-beyond-the-spider-verse-release-date 

Paradise 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/paradise_2025/s01 

The Studio

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

Games

GT7 played (and beat) GT Sophy

I got to play Nintendo Switch 2: hands-on with 2025’s gaming must-have

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/apr/03/i-got-to-play-the-nintendo-switch-2-all-new-slight-improvements-revealed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3CR6RiWS2U MKBHD

Nvidia confirms the Switch 2 supports DLSS, G-Sync, and ray tracing

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/nvidia-confirms-the-switch-2-supports-dlss-g-sync-and-ray-tracing/ 

Switch Pre-ORders in the US in jeopardy

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/nintendo-delays-switch-2-preorders-to-assess-trump-tariff-effects/

Delta emulator adds online multiplayer for Nintendo DS games

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/31/delta-emulator-nintendo-ds-online-multiplayer/ 

Games Turning 30:

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@djlink/114261452154413451 

Main Show

Microsoft at 50

https://news.microsoft.com/microsoft-50/ 

https://www.theverge.com/news/643336/microsoft-50-years

Rods First few PCs

(opus 386/33) https://nosher.net/archives/computers/pcw_1987-04-00_010_opus 

Dos 5.2, Windows 3.1 (40mb HDD)

Escom Pentium  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escom_AG (windows 95)

AJP computing laptop https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/57474/AJP-Computers/ (win 98 / Me

(cant remember what I got next, think I started building my own at this point) 

WinXP, 2000 and at this point all my work computing was Windows (NT, 2000, Vista, 7 and 8) 

Chris

486SX 25: DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.11

AMD ‘Pentium’ 233MHZ (home built) - Windows 95/DOS

Microsoft is redesigning the Windows BSoD to get you back to work ‘as fast as possible’

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/01/microsoft_is_redesigning_the_windows/ 

App of the Week 

Sonophone

https://sonophone.de/ 

Thing of the Week 

Score Board

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DGPRX4DG?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

Contact

@[email protected]

@g5maniac.bsky.social

@[email protected] 

youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link

email  : [email protected]

Follow Up

EU will go easy with Apple, Facebook punishment to avoid Trump’s wrath

https://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 app

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/28/google-maps-default-iphone-app-eu/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky 

Satya Nadella: DeepSeek is the new bar for Microsoft’s AI success

https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/637496/microsoft-satya-nadella-deepseek-chatgpt-ai-investments-notepad

Garmin adds AI and a subscription tier to its app

https://www.theverge.com/news/636211/garmin-connect-plus-subscription-wearables 

StS has a new phone

https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/114223634605827576 

EU to Close Antitrust Investigation into Apple's Browser Choice Screen

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/25/eu-close-antitrust-probe-browser-choice-screen/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

News 

Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account

https://www.theverge.com/news/638967/microsoft-windows-11-account-internet-bypass-blocked?utm_content=bufferc0511&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bsky.app&utm_campaign=verge_social 

Apple donates $4M for Chinese app development; visit to DeepSeek’s hometown

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/26/apple-donates-4m-for-chinese-app-development-visit-to-deepseeks-hometown/ 

Sixteen Organizations Endorse the UN Open Source Principles

https://unite.un.org/news/sixteen-organizations-endorse-un-open-source-principles 

EU OS drafts a locked-down Linux blueprint for Eurocrats

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/eu_os_free_govt_desktop/ 

Deepin LInux

https://www.deepin.org/index/en 

Apple Preparing to Release New Beats Charging Cables

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/26/new-beats-charging-cable-listings/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

Apple barred from Google antitrust trial, putting $20 billion search deal on the line

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/apple-barred-from-google-antitrust-trial-putting-20-billion-search-deal-on-the-line/ 

Apple is about to spend $1 billion on NVIDIA servers for AI: analyst

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/25/apple-is-about-to-spend-1-billion-on-nvidia-servers-for-ai-analyst/ 

Car Corner

Rod got his apple wallet car key working

Media 

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

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

DareDevil Born Again 

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

The Studio (on Apple TV+)

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

Severance Series 1 (on Apple TV+)

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

A Complete Unknown

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

Paradise

https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/browse/entity-2b4b8988-50c9-4097-bf93-bc34a99a5b4f 

Games

Gran Turismo 7 expands its use of AI/ML-trained NPCs with good effect

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/03/gran-turismo-7-gets-an-npc-upgrade-with-improved-gt-sophy-ai/ 

Diplomacy is not an Option

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272320/Diplomacy_is_Not_an_Option/ 

Nordhold

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3028310/Nordhold/ 

Ixion

https://www.metacritic.com/game/ixion/ 

Settlements Rising on Steam

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2378910/Settlements_Rising/

F1 2025 - Pre-order time!

https://www.ea.com/games/f1/f1-25

Main Show

WWDC announced 

https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2025/03/apples-worldwide-developers-conference-returns-the-week-of-june-9/

Glass iOS?

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/29/ios-19-rumors-recap/

App of the Week 

LibreOffice

https://www.libreoffice.org/

Thing of the Week 

eBay + Post Office

https://www.ebay.co.uk/

Contact

@[email protected]

@g5maniac.bsky.social

@[email protected] 

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

Contact

@[email protected]

@g5maniac.bsky.social

@[email protected] 

Follow Up

French Universities offering american scientists placement

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/14/france_us_science_offer/ 

Meanwhile Trump killing grass roots

UMass disbands its entering biomed graduate class over Trump funding chaos

 https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/umass-disbands-its-entering-biomed-graduate-class-over-trump-funding-chaos/ 

Apple Winning : Jonathan Ruiz

https://mastodon.online/@refactoredd/114156916632667031 

Eight days later, Microsoft Outlook users still struggle on iOS devices

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/11/outlook_ios_problems/ 

Apple Music Classical expands to the web

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/13/apple-music-classical-expands-to-the-web/ 

Cider

https://cider.sh/downloads/client 

Apple Sports adds F1 support and more in latest iPhone update

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/10/apple-sports-adds-f1-support-and-more-in-latest-iphone-update/ 

Sonos has canceled its streaming video player

https://www.theverge.com/tech/628297/sonos-pinewood-streaming-box-canceled 

Report: Apple will be fined by EU for alleged violation of DMA

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/10/report-apple-will-be-fined-by-eu-for-alleged-violation-of-dma/ 

News 

iPhone 16e users have been experiencing issues with Bluetooth audio

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/13/iphone-16e-bluetooth-audio-issues/ 

Weak M4 Mac mini Wi-Fi

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/03/10/weak-m4-mac-mini-wi-fi/ 

End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone coming in future software update

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/end-to-end-encrypted-rcs-messaging-on-iphone/ 

Man with artificial heart survives over 100 days outside hospital

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/bivacor/ 

Large study shows drinking alcohol is good for your cholesterol levels

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/large-study-shows-drinking-alcohol-is-good-for-your-cholesterol-levels/ 

UK investigation says Apple and Google are ‘holding back’ mobile browsers

https://www.theverge.com/news/628472/apple-safari-ios-google-android-chrome-cma-competition 

DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next

https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/03/doj-google-must-sell-chrome-android-could-be-next/ 

Amazon is ending the option to not send Echo voice recordings to the cloud 

https://www.theverge.com/news/630049/amazon-echo-discontinues-do-not-send-voice-recording-setting 

Car Corner

BMW i Drive X

https://www.bmw.co.uk/en/digital-services/bmw-idrive.html?hemaid=4d48df2807a4fc83eee1571d33fc2171492bcc30efe06a8cc80ee23053fca8dd&cid=bmwDM2039002&bid=2118844036&tl=app-nsp-BMW_NPL_PaniDrive/bmwOP25338-ecrm-mn-M3-UK_PaniDrive_4_SOC_APP/bmwDM2039002-1-20250311-.-Vehicle%20Leads-New_Product_Launch_NPL-1-bmwOP25338-1g1001gY1a01aH0-.&clc=1g1001gY1a01aH0

Media 

Thunderball

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

New Apple TV+ show is a ‘riveting’ crime thriller with 90% Rotten Tomatoes score

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/new-apple-tv-show-dope-thief/ 

A Real Pain

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

Official Secrets

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

Cheeky iMac G4 in the background

Theres a mine Craft movie coming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJO_vIDZn-I

Games

Epic Games is addressing one of Windows-on-Arm’s last big app compatibility gaps

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/epic-games-is-addressing-one-of-windows-on-arms-last-big-app-compatibility-gaps/ 

Steam Spring Sale

https://store.steampowered.com/ 

Apple Arcade announces six new games coming, including RollerCoaster Tycoon

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/11/apple-arcade-announces-six-new-games-coming-including-rollercoaster-tycoon/ 

Fortnite is set to return to Brazilian iPhones

https://www.theverge.com/news/626935/epic-games-fortnite-store-brazil-apple-ios 

Main Show

iOS 19 Rumors

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/apple-has-been-hinting-at-ios-19s-new-design-heres-what-clues-say/ 

Apple delays upgraded Siri: it’s taking ‘longer than we thought’

https://www.theverge.com/news/626035/apple-delays-upgraded-siri-intelligence-longer-than-we-thought 

Something Rotten At Apple

https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino 

John Gruber Says 'Something is Rotten' at Apple 

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/12/gruber-says-something-is-rotten-at-apple/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

Hardware Dreams, AI Nightmares: Apple's Crisis of Imagination

https://www.ianbetteridge.com/hardware-dreams-ai-nightmares-apples-crisis-of-imagination/ 

Where is Swift Assist

https://www.macstories.net/linked/wheres-swift-assist/ 

App of the Week 

Nextcloud (pi)

https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi 

Thing of the Week 

Apple MacBook Air

https://www.apple.com/uk/macbook-air/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwmp16aSgdk

Contact

@[email protected]

@g5maniac.bsky.social

@[email protected] 

Stuff a Pi-hole in your router because your browser is about to betray you

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/08/pi_hole_6_flyby/ 

ChatGPT Now Integrates Directly with Xcode and VS Code on Mac

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/07/chatgpt-integrates-with-xcode-mac/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

https://birchtree.me/blog/watch-me-write-a-task-manager-in-30-minutes/ 

Brazilian court gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/06/brazilian-court-apple-sideloading-ios/ 

HPE revenue outlook feels the thump of Trump tariffs

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/hpe_q1_2025/ 

Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/apple_reportedly_ipt_complaint/ 

Unifi Access Points

https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/products/u7-lite 

News 

Eutelsat in talks with Euro leaders as they mull Starlink replacement in Ukraine

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/eutelsat_starlink_ukraine/ 

RISC-V

Do you DARE? Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing sovereignty

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/dare_europe_risc_v_project/ 

As Alibaba launches server-grade RISC-V CPU, Beijing throws its weight behind ISA

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/china_alibaba_risc_v_c930/ 

Tapbots teases a new Bluesky app, Phoenix, saying it can’t ‘survive on Mastodon alone’ 

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/tapbots-teases-a-new-bluesky-app-phoenix-saying-it-cant-survive-on-mastodon-alone/ 

iOS users left refreshing in vain as Microsoft Outlook woes drag on

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/outlookcom_ios/ 

Digg is coming back, thanks to its founder — and Reddit’s

https://www.theverge.com/social/624073/digg-relaunch-2025 

Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after promises to not sell their data go up in smoke

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/02/mozilla_introduces_terms_of_use/ 

Lenovo teases solar-powered and folding screen concept laptops

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/03/lenovo_brings_solar_folding_laptops/ 

DuckDuckGo Is Getting Into AI Search Results, Too

https://lifehacker.com/tech/duckduckgo-ai-assist-tool?utm_medium=RSS 

Trump DOJ

https://www.theverge.com/news/626502/trump-doj-recommends-google-breakup-antitrust-search-chrome 

Car Corner

Waze Rolls Out Instrument Cluster Integration—Here’s What You Need to Know

https://www.bmwblog.com/2025/03/01/waze-instrument-cluster-carplay-android-auto-update/ 

Volkswagen gets the message: Cheap, stylish EVs coming from 2026

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/volkswagen-gets-the-message-cheap-stylish-evs-coming-from-2026/ 

Media 

Apple Music enlists the King as a special radio DJ

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/07/apple-music-enlists-the-king-as-a-special-radio-dj/ 

Photo of Enola Gay aircraft among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge

https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2025/03/photo-of-enola-gay-aircraft-among-26000-images-flagged-for-removal-in-pentagons-dei-purge.html?outputType=amp 

Amazon wants to adapt Iain M. Banks' Consider Phlebas

https://transfer-orbit.ghost.io/amazon-culture-iain-banks-consider-phlebas-adaptation-scifi/ 

Daredevil Born Again

https://www.marvel.com/tv-shows/daredevil-born-again/1 

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

Drive to Survive

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/formula-1-drive-to-survive-season-7-release-date-cast-news

Main Show

New Apple Accessories

Apple releases spring iPhone case and Apple Watch band collection 

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/04/apple-releases-spring-color-iphone-cases-and-apple-watch-bands/ 

New iPads

iPad

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad 

iPad Air

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-air 

Apple unveils new iPad Air, here’s what you need to know 

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/04/apple-unveils-new-ipad-air-powered-by-m3-chip/ 

New Magic Keyboard launches for iPad Air with lower price, feature upgrades

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/04/new-magic-keyboard-launches-for-ipad-air-with-lower-price-feature-upgrades/ 

New Macs

Apple Macbook Air

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air 

Sky (blue)’s the limit: M4 MacBook Air offers lower price, improved camera, and new color

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/03/sky-blues-the-limit-m4-macbook-air-offers-lower-price-improved-camera-and-new-color/ 

Apple discontinues two of its most popular Macs

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/05/apple-discontinues-m2-and-m3-macbook-air-models/ 

Apple Has Finally Solved One of the MacBook Air's Biggest Limitations

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/05/m4-macbook-air-two-displays-with-lid-open/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

Apple Studio

Apple Studio M3+M4

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio 

Apple announces M3 Ultra—and says not every generation will see an “Ultra” chip

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2025/03/apple-announces-m3-ultra-and-says-not-every-generation-will-see-an-ultra-chip/ 

App of the Week 

Drinkable

https://github.com/MOIMOB/drinkable?tab=readme-ov-file 

Thing of the Week 

Drive to Survive

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/formula-1-drive-to-survive-season-7-release-date-cast-news

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Got my kindle books…hope you did too

https://youtu.be/EGJDisov240

Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teams

https://www.theverge.com/news/621353/microsoft-skype-shutting-down-retirement-may-2025 

First lab tests show new Apple modem in iPhone 16e is comparable to iPhone 16 speeds, but much more efficient

https://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 Demanding That Apple Build iCloud Backdoor 

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/02/26/gabbard-letter-to-wyden-and-biggs 

FBI Warns iPhone, Android Users—We Want ‘Lawful Access’ To All Your Encrypted Data

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/02/24/fbis-new-iphone-android-security-warning-is-now-critical/ 

Apple b​​oss says its DEI programmes may change

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyjv8e49deo.amp

Trump administration threatens tariffs for any nation that dares to tax Big Tech

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/trump_administration_dst_countertariffs/

News 

Meta apologises over flood of gore, violence and dead bodies on Instagram

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/28/meta-apologises-over-flood-of-gore-violence-and-dead-bodies-on-instagram?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus

https://www.theverge.com/news/619755/amazon-alexa-ai-upgrade-artificial-intelligence-smart-assistant 

Ubiquiti launches three new 10G cloud gateways for next-level networking

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/25/ubiquiti-launches-three-new-10g-cloud-gateways-for-next-level-networking/ 

Google’s free Gemini Code Assist arrives with sky-high usage limits

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/02/googles-free-gemini-code-assist-arrives-with-sky-high-usage-limits/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social 

https://www.theverge.com/news/618278/microsoft-office-free-windows-apps-ad-supported-version 

Car Corner

VR46 BMW M4

https://www.bmw-m.com/en/all-models/overview-m-and-m-performance/bmw-m4-cs-edition-vr46.html 

Media 

From Russia with Love

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

Blew my mind that the bad guy is Quint in Jaws

Goldfinger

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

Mostly aged ok, bit ‘rapey’ 

Reacher Season 3

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Reacher/0H1T1C23B07HLZPPHJSSPMYSL7 

Music to refine too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnDYB28bL8 

Jony Ive Desert Island Discs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00289vf 

PSA: Netflix Series 7 on March 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cQZlovbS-o

Games

EA hand Command & Conquer modders the source code for Tiberian Dawn, Renegade, Red Alert and Generals

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ea-hand-command-conquer-modders-the-source-code-for-tiberian-dawn-renegade-red-alert-and-generals 

Fresh leaks suggest Half-Life 3 development may be nearing completion

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/02/fresh-leaks-suggest-half-life-3-development-may-be-nearing-completion/ 

Main Show

A world where apple pulls out of the UK 

New Framework Devices

Refreshed 13:

https://community.frame.work/t/introducing-the-framework-laptop-13-powered-by-amd-ryzen-ai-300-series/65007

New 12

https://community.frame.work/t/introducing-the-framework-laptop-12/65009 

New ‘gaming ’desktop

https://community.frame.work/t/introducing-the-framework-desktop/65008  

Framework gives its 13-inch Laptop another boost with Ryzen AI 300 CPU update

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/framework-gives-its-13-inch-laptop-another-boost-with-ryzen-ai-300-cpu-update/ 

App of the Week 

Hyperspace

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/25/hyperspace-for-mac-is-a-new-app-that-reclaims-disk-space-without-actually-deleting-files/ 

Thing of the Week 

F1 Expo London

https://f1exhibition.com/london/

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PSA Kindle book download going away 

https://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-downloader 

https://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 seeding

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-defends-its-vast-book-torrenting-were-just-a-leech-no-proof-of-seeding/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social 

HP Inc to build future products atop grave of flopped 'AI pin'

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/19/hp_acquires_humane/ 

https://www.theverge.com/news/614883/humane-ai-hp-acquisition-pin-shutdown 

WhatsApp is now a Very Large platform in the EU, and will face tougher regulation

https://www.theverge.com/news/614445/whatsapp-channels-very-large-platform-vlop-digital-services-act-eu 

News 

Adidas plugs its website and app into Amazon’s ‘Buy with Prime’ program

https://www.theverge.com/news/616891/amazon-adidas-buy-with-prime-direct-to-consumer 

European alternatives for popular services

https://european-alternatives.eu/alternatives-to 

HP Adds .. then removes artificial waiting times

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/hp_deliberately_adds_15_minutes/ 

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/hp_ditches_15_minute_wait_time_call_centers/ 

Dark mode might be burning more juice than you think

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/dark_mode_energy_saving/ 

Eero announces its new Wi-Fi 7 line-up

https://www.theverge.com/news/614754/eero-wi-fi-7-pro-mesh-router-price-availability 

https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en?category=all-wifi 

Acer is the first to raise laptop prices because of Trump 

https://www.theverge.com/news/614607/acer-ceo-laptop-price-increase-trump-tariffs-china-warns-price-gauging 

Huawei to bring massively expensive trifold smartphone to world market

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/huawei_triple_fold_mate_xt/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NECBCxEFMCo&t=349s 

A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul the FAA’s air traffic control system

https://www.theverge.com/news/614078/faa-air-traffic-control-spacex-elon-musk-layoff-staff-shortage 

Apple releases iOS18.4 betas

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/21/everything-new-ios-18-4-beta-1/

Media 

Amazon now has creative control over the James Bond franchise

https://www.theverge.com/news/616488/amazon-now-has-creative-control-over-the-james-bond-franchise 

Severance

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/19/apple-severance-most-popular-show-ever/

F1 75 Live

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/f1-75-live-how-to-watch-the-2025-season-launch-event-from-london-the-o2.5fZBspHIlE3YJP7QTSarrZ

Games

Monster Train 2 revealed for 2025 release and you can play the demo right now

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/monster-train-2-revealed-for-2025-release-and-you-can-play-the-demo-right-now 

Forza 5 Coming to PS5

https://forza.net/news/forza-horizon-5-comes-to-ps5

Main Show

Apple and the UK gov

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo 

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/21/apple-pulls-encrypted-icloud-security-feature-uk/ 

Silent Rebellion

It's not easy, it's necessary 

https://iamkonstantin.eu/blog/its-not-easy-its-necessary/?v=1 

Leverage

https://www.massicotte.org/leverage 

Iphone 16e launch 

Apple reveals C1, its first in-house 5G iPhone modem, replacing Qualcomm

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/19/apple-reveals-c1-its-first-in-house-5g-iphone-modem-replacing-qualcomm/ 

Jason Snell

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/some-first-thoughts-about-the-iphone-16e/ 

Too expensive

https://mastodon.social/@film_girl/114031547274415876 

No magsafe

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/19/apple-drops-magsafe-support-on-new-iphone-16e/ 

Apple No Longer Sells Any iPhones With a Home Button

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/19/rip-iphone-home-button/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

App of the Week 

Rustdesk

https://rustdesk.com/ 

Thing of the Week 

Shokx Headphones

https://uk.shokz.com/products/openrun?_gl=1*nfve4d*_up*MQ..*_ga*NjE2OTM0MzUuMTc0MDE3MzU5NQ..*_ga_SF96052XJD*MTc0MDE3MzU5NC4xLjAuMTc0MDE3MzU5NC4wLjAuMTMxMDMwNjY4OA..

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Follow Up

AirPods Pro volume increases automatically in wind 

Argos instead of Amazon

https://www.argos.co.uk/

Social Media Lifespans

https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/113986535718924599 

US lawmakers press Trump admin to oppose UK's order for Apple iCloud backdoor

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/us_demand_uk_apple_backdoor_close/ 

Apple Maps cycling directions expand across UK and Ireland

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/13/apple-maps-cycling-directions-expand-across-uk-and-ireland/ 

Testing the New ASUS ProArt 5K Display

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/12/asus-proart-5k-display/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

Benq: https://www.benq.com/en-us/monitor/professional/pd2730s.html

Apple Resumes Advertising on X

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/12/apple-resumes-advertising-on-x/ 

AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/bbc_ai_news_accuracy/ 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40670-025-02293-z  

Apple officially owns Pixelmator and Photomator

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/11/apple-officially-owns-pixelmator-and-photomator/ 

News 

Apple warns 'extremely sophisticated attack' may be targeting iThings

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/apple_ios_ipados_patches/ 

Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead

 https://marcan.st/2025/02/resigning-as-asahi-linux-project-lead/ 

Man offers to buy city dump in last-ditch effort to recover $800M in bitcoins

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/man-offers-to-buy-city-dump-in-last-ditch-effort-to-recover-800m-in-bitcoins/ 

Microsoft Outlook’s new minimize button makes mobile emails much easier

https://www.theverge.com/news/612853/microsoft-outlook-mobile-minimize-button-email-drafts 

Apple teases special product launch coming February 19

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/13/apple-teases-special-product-launch-coming-february-19/ 

Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/larry_ellison_wants_all_data/ 

Apple TV Is Finally Available on Android

https://lifehacker.com/tech/apple-tv-finally-available-on-android?utm_medium=RSS 

Nvidia’s RTX 5090 power connectors are melting

https://www.theverge.com/news/609207/nvidia-rtx-5090-power-connector-melting-burning-issues 

Media 

Blazing Saddles

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

Back to Black

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

F1 Updated Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGicWJQh_o0

Netflix and Apple TV app

Coming: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/14/netflix-shows-in-apple-tv-app-for-some-users/

Going: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/14/netflix-no-apple-tv-integration/

The Gorge

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

Games

Civ 7

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1295660/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VII/

Commandos: Origins

https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/commandos-origins-finally-with-a-release-date-the-classic-strateg/z6790f

Main Show

AI Makes you lose your faculties

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/microsoft_study_ai_critical_thinking/ 

Back to the Mac

https://birchtree.me/blog/matt-gemmell-is-back-on-the-mac/

https://mattgemmell.scot/back-to-mac/?ref=birchtree.me 

App of the Week 

Bookplayer

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bookplayer/id1138219998 

Thing of the Week 

Chris Harris and Friends Podcast

https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42KzCP/ 

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Follow Up

UK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor order

https://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=social 

Google tells employees why it’s ending DEI hiring goals

https://www.theverge.com/google/607012/google-dei-hiring-goals-internal-memo 

Hugging Face clones OpenAI’s Deep Research in 24 hours

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/02/after-24-hour-hackathon-hugging-faces-ai-research-agent-nearly-matches-openais-solution/ 

China considering antitrust investigation into Apple, likely as leverage in trade war

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/05/china-considering-antitrust-investigation-into-apple-likely-as-leverage-in-trade-war/ 

Apple confirms ‘Invites’ app and iCloud+ feature, here’s how it works [Video]

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/04/apple-confirms-invites-feature-coming-to-icloud-heres-how-it-will-work/ 

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-invites/id6472498645 

DeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled servers

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/02/deepseek-ios-app-sends-data-unencrypted-to-bytedance-controlled-servers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social 

News 

National Institutes of Health radically cuts support to universities

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/new-nih-policy-will-slash-support-money-to-research-universities/ 

Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing users’ data with Facebook without permission

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/08/gambling-firms-secretly-shared-users-data-with-facebook-without-permission?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-torrented-over-81-7tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/ 

Leica made a $329 iPhone camera grip

https://www.theverge.com/news/607434/leica-lux-grip-apple-iphone-photography-camera 

https://www.mi.com/uk/product/xiaomi-13t-leica/?srsltid=AfmBOorSPWhl-AiQjs90IiyZ_-4I7Y_iQdN6jWicEkqgD99Uojyngeo4 

Microsoft Teams is getting a Facebook-like feed and follow button

https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/607383/microsoft-teams-storyline-facebook-like-feed-notepad 

iPhone apps found on App Store with malware that reads your screenshots for key data

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/05/iphone-apps-on-app-store-malware-reads-screenshots/ 

After a bruising year, Sonos readies its next big thing: a streaming box

https://www.theverge.com/sonos/606025/sonos-pinewood-video-player-features 

Apples Luxo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHJa_CyJjdc&t=105s 

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/a-second-look-at-the-2024-report-card/ 

Car Corner

Norway nears 100% goal of all-electric cars

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250203-norway-nears-100-goal-of-all-electric-cars 

Tesla Sales

Teslas turn toxic as sales crash in Europe and the UK

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/tesla-sales-plummet-in-the-uk-france-and-germany/ 

https://mastodon.social/@asymco/113958476847595730 

$58 billion Honda-Nissan merger is in deep trouble

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/58-billion-honda-nissan-merger-is-in-deep-trouble/ 

BT unplugs plans to turn old cabinets into EV chargepoints

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/20/bt_ev_chargepoints/ 

Media 

Conclave

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

Bullet Train 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bullet_train_2022 

Severance Season 2

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

Hulu might be rebooting Buffy the Vampire Slayer

https://www.theverge.com/news/605375/buffy-vampire-slayer-reboot-hulu 

Games

PSN is finally back after a huge outage

https://www.theverge.com/news/608946/playstation-network-down-outage 

Humankind

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1124300/HUMANKIND/ 

Door Kickers

https://store.steampowered.com/app/248610/Door_Kickers/ 

Civ 7 Reviews are out

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/02/civilization-vii-review-a-major-overhaul-solves-civs-oldest-problems/ 

Civilization VII is getting a Quest VR port this spring

https://www.theverge.com/news/609029/sid-meiers-civilization-vii-is-coming-to-the-quest-soon?utm_content=buffer46400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bsky.app&utm_campaign=verge_social 

CIV VII Pre-Order

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1295660/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VII/

Main Show

Apple Report Card

Apple in 2024: The Six Colors report card

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/apple-in-2024-the-six-colors-report-card/ 

A second look at the 2024 Six Colors Report Card

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHJa_CyJjdc&t=105s 

Gruber

https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/my_2024_apple_report_card 

App of the Week 

Tapestry 

https://blog.iconfactory.com/2025/02/enter-tapestry/ 

Thing of the Week 

Simon Mason Author

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Mason_(author)

A Killing In November

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Follow Up

Dell ends hybrid work policy, demands return-to-office despite remote work pledge

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/31/dell_ends_hybrid_work_policy/

Apple may walk back a major brand safety decision from 2023

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/30/apple-may-walk-back-a-major-brand-safety-decision-from-2023/#more-988233 

https://thedesk.net/2025/02/ntsb-moves-plane-crash-press-updates-x-twitter/ 

Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle Trump account suspension suit

https://www.theverge.com/news/602577/meta-trump-facebook-lawsuit-settlement 

White House asks millions of govt workers if they would be so kind as to fork right off

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/us_government_workers_resign_deal/ 

Jeff Bezos deletes 'LGBTQ+ rights' and 'equity for Black people' from Amazon corporate policies

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/jeff-bezos-deletes-lgbtq-rights-34533955 

iOS 18.3 includes Starlink satellite connectivity for select iPhone users

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/28/ios-18-3-includes-starlink-satellite-connectivity-for-select-iphone-users/ 

News 

Android 16's Linux Terminal will soon let you run graphical apps, so of course we ran Doom

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-linux-terminal-doom-3521804/ 

Tesla’s 2024 financial results are out—and they’re terrible

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/01/teslas-2024-financial-results-are-out-and-theyre-terrible/ 

Vodafone aims to offer satellite-to-phone connectivity starting later this year

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/vodafone_aims_to_offer_satellitetophone/ 

Apple Chips Vulnerable 

Apple chips can be hacked to leak secrets from Gmail, iCloud, and more

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/newly-discovered-flaws-in-apple-chips-leak-secrets-in-safari-and-chrome/ 

SLAP, Apple, and FLOP: Safari, Chrome at risk of data theft on iPhone, Mac, iPad Silicon

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/flop_and_slap_attacks_apple_silicon/ 

The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/27/24352968/pebble-smartwatch-open-source-google-comeback 

Media 

Public Domain Image Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/infinite-view/ 

Apple TV+ series ‘Silo’ ranks on Nielsen Top 10 streaming chart for the first time ever

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/30/apple-tv-series-silo-nielsen-top-10-streaming-chart/#more-988277 

Alien: Earth will bring the horror home

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/01/alien-earth-teaser-gives-us-xenomorphs-pov/ 

Alien Romulus

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

Conclave

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

Small Things Like These

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

Games

GT7 January Update

​​https://www.gran-turismo.com/us/news/00_4747793.html

Main Show

Apple Quarterly Results

Apple reports record Q1 2025 earnings with $124.30 billion in revenue

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/30/apple-reports-record-q1-2025-earnings-with-124-30-billion-in-revenue/ 

Six Colours

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/01/apples-reports-record-revenue-for-q1-2025/ 

Deep Seek R1

DeepSeek panic triggers tech stock sell-off as Chinese AI tops App Store

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/deepseek-spooks-american-tech-industry-as-it-tops-the-apple-app-store/ 

How does DeepSeek R1 really fare against OpenAI’s best reasoning models?

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/how-does-deepseek-r1-really-fare-against-openais-best-reasoning-models/ 

Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek censors itself in realtime, users report

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/28/chinese-ai-chatbot-deepseek-censors-itself-in-realtime-users-report?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

OpenAI has evidence that its models helped train China’s DeepSeek

https://www.theverge.com/news/601195/openai-evidence-deepseek-distillation-ai-data 

Microsoft catapults DeepSeek R1 into Azure AI Foundry, GitHub

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/microsoft_deepseek_azure_github/ 

DeepSeek isn't done yet with OpenAI – image-maker Janus Pro is gunning for DALL-E 3

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/27/deepseek_image_openai/ 

Run it yourself

Network Chuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TR-FLWNVHY&t=51s 

App of the Week 

Origin Story Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/origin-story/id1624704966 

Thing of the Week 

Nintendo Switch Gameboy App

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/game-boy-advance-nintendo-switch-online-switch/

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