Episode 161: A Massive Influx

Follow UpPSA 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 seedinghttps://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 regulationhttps://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’ programhttps://www.theverge.com/news/616891/amazon-adidas-buy-with-prime-direct-to-consumer European alternatives for popular serviceshttps://european-alternatives.eu/alternatives-to HP Adds .. then removes artificial waiting timeshttps://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 thinkhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/dark_mode_energy_saving/ Eero announces its new Wi-Fi 7 line-uphttps://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 markethttps://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 systemhttps://www.theverge.com/news/614078/faa-air-traffic-control-spacex-elon-musk-layoff-staff-shortage Apple releases iOS18.4 betashttps://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/21/everything-new-ios-18-4-beta-1/Media Amazon now has creative control over the James Bond franchisehttps://www.theverge.com/news/616488/amazon-now-has-creative-control-over-the-james-bond-franchise Severancehttps://9to5mac.com/2025/02/19/apple-severance-most-popular-show-ever/F1 75 Livehttps://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/f1-75-live-how-to-watch-the-2025-season-launch-event-from-london-the-o2.5fZBspHIlE3YJP7QTSarrZGamesMonster Train 2 revealed for 2025 release and you can play the demo right nowhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/monster-train-2-revealed-for-2025-release-and-you-can-play-the-demo-right-now Forza 5 Coming to PS5https://forza.net/news/forza-horizon-5-comes-to-ps5Main ShowApple and the UK govhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/21/apple-pulls-encrypted-icloud-security-feature-uk/ Silent RebellionIt's not easy, it's necessary https://iamkonstantin.eu/blog/its-not-easy-its-necessary/?v=1 Leveragehttps://www.massicotte.org/leverage Iphone 16e launch Apple reveals C1, its first in-house 5G iPhone modem, replacing Qualcommhttps://9to5mac.com/2025/02/19/apple-reveals-c1-its-first-in-house-5g-iphone-modem-replacing-qualcomm/ Jason Snellhttps://sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/some-first-thoughts-about-the-iphone-16e/ Too expensivehttps://mastodon.social/@film_girl/114031547274415876 No magsafehttps://9to5mac.com/2025/02/19/apple-drops-magsafe-support-on-new-iphone-16e/ Apple No Longer Sells Any iPhones With a Home Buttonhttps://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/19/rip-iphone-home-button/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon App of the Week Rustdeskhttps://rustdesk.com/ Thing of the Week Shokx Headphoneshttps://uk.shokz.com/products/openrun?_gl=1*nfve4d*_up*MQ..*_ga*NjE2OTM0MzUuMTc0MDE3MzU5NQ..*_ga_SF96052XJD*MTc0MDE3MzU5NC4xLjAuMTc0MDE3MzU5NC4wLjAuMTMxMDMwNjY4OA..Contact@[email protected]@g5maniac.bsky.social@[email protected] youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube linkemail  : [email protected]