Episode: 165: The Greater Good

Follow UpHow to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want Tohttps://www.wired.com/story/trump-era-digital-expat/ Apple and Google in the hot seat as European regulators ignore Trump warningshttps://arstechnica.com/apple/2025/03/eu-accuses-google-and-apple-of-stifling-competition-under-digital-markets-act/ Google Search charged with breaking EU antitrust ruleshttps://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 iPhonehttps://9to5mac.com/2025/03/19/eu-order-apple-interoperability/ Apple loses antitrust appeal in Germany, could face new App Store ruleshttps://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 nowhttps://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 optionalhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/hp_printer_lawsuit_settled/ Asahi Linux loses another prominent dev as GPU guru calls it quitshttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/asahi_linux_asahi_lina/ Euro techies call for sovereign fund to escape Uncle Sam's digital death griphttps://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 favorhttps://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 claimshttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/21/apple_hallucinated_siri_ai_features/ French lawmakers seem happier with encryptionhttps://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 usershttps://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 foolshttps://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/vmo2_3g_switch_off/ First look at iPhone 17 Air case shows large camera bar cutouthttps://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 shotshttps://www.theverge.com/news/630917/iphone-17-air-pro-max-dummies-leak Car CornerNew EV battery boasts 5-min charge time, adding 250 miles of rangehttps://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 handbrakehttps://www.topgear.com/car-news/first-look/official-new-r5-turbo-gets-536bhp-a-massive-3540lb-ft-and-a-rally-handbrakeMedia SeveranceSeason finaleHit Apple TV+ drama Severance officially renewed for season threehttps://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 Timehttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_wheel_of_timeDope Thiefhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dope_thiefOppenheimer - rewatchhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oppenheimer_2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saj2Q92wBkU GamesCommandos: Origins available for pre-orderhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1479730/Commandos_Origins/Factorio (demo)https://www.factorio.com/ Main ShowPasswordsApple’s Passwords app was vulnerable to phishing attacks for nearly three months after launchhttps://9to5mac.com/2025/03/18/apples-passwords-app-was-vulnerable-to-phishing-attacks-for-nearly-three-months-after-launch/Apple PasswordsChrisKeePass Keepass XChttps://keepassxc.org/Keepassium https://keepassium.com Vaultwarden/Bitwardenhttps://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 Inhttps://www.apple.com/uk/shop/trade-inContact@[email protected]@g5maniac.bsky.social@[email protected]