Episode 163: May you live in interesting times

Stuff a Pi-hole in your router because your browser is about to betray youhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/08/pi_hole_6_flyby/ ChatGPT Now Integrates Directly with Xcode and VS Code on Machttps://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 iOShttps://9to5mac.com/2025/03/06/brazilian-court-apple-sideloading-ios/ HPE revenue outlook feels the thump of Trump tariffshttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/hpe_q1_2025/ Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' orderhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/apple_reportedly_ipt_complaint/ Unifi Access Pointshttps://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/products/u7-lite News Eutelsat in talks with Euro leaders as they mull Starlink replacement in Ukrainehttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/eutelsat_starlink_ukraine/ RISC-VDo you DARE? Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing sovereigntyhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/dare_europe_risc_v_project/ As Alibaba launches server-grade RISC-V CPU, Beijing throws its weight behind ISAhttps://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 onhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/outlookcom_ios/ Digg is coming back, thanks to its founder — and Reddit’shttps://www.theverge.com/social/624073/digg-relaunch-2025 Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after promises to not sell their data go up in smokehttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/02/mozilla_introduces_terms_of_use/ Lenovo teases solar-powered and folding screen concept laptopshttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/03/lenovo_brings_solar_folding_laptops/ DuckDuckGo Is Getting Into AI Search Results, Toohttps://lifehacker.com/tech/duckduckgo-ai-assist-tool?utm_medium=RSS Trump DOJhttps://www.theverge.com/news/626502/trump-doj-recommends-google-breakup-antitrust-search-chrome Car CornerWaze Rolls Out Instrument Cluster Integration—Here’s What You Need to Knowhttps://www.bmwblog.com/2025/03/01/waze-instrument-cluster-carplay-android-auto-update/ Volkswagen gets the message: Cheap, stylish EVs coming from 2026https://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 DJhttps://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 purgehttps://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 Phlebashttps://transfer-orbit.ghost.io/amazon-culture-iain-banks-consider-phlebas-adaptation-scifi/ Daredevil Born Againhttps://www.marvel.com/tv-shows/daredevil-born-again/1 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/daredevil_born_again Drive to Survivehttps://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/formula-1-drive-to-survive-season-7-release-date-cast-newsMain ShowNew Apple AccessoriesApple 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 iPadsiPadhttps://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad iPad Airhttps://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 upgradeshttps://9to5mac.com/2025/03/04/new-magic-keyboard-launches-for-ipad-air-with-lower-price-feature-upgrades/ New MacsApple Macbook Airhttps://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air Sky (blue)’s the limit: M4 MacBook Air offers lower price, improved camera, and new colorhttps://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 Macshttps://9to5mac.com/2025/03/05/apple-discontinues-m2-and-m3-macbook-air-models/ Apple Has Finally Solved One of the MacBook Air's Biggest Limitationshttps://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/05/m4-macbook-air-two-displays-with-lid-open/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon Apple StudioApple Studio M3+M4https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio Apple announces M3 Ultra—and says not every generation will see an “Ultra” chiphttps://arstechnica.com/apple/2025/03/apple-announces-m3-ultra-and-says-not-every-generation-will-see-an-ultra-chip/ App of the Week Drinkablehttps://github.com/MOIMOB/drinkable?tab=readme-ov-file Thing of the Week Drive to Survivehttps://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/formula-1-drive-to-survive-season-7-release-date-cast-newsContact@[email protected]@g5maniac.bsky.social@[email protected]