Episode 186: What Could Go Wrong?

Follow Up UK Reportedly Withdraws Demand to Access Encrypted iCloud User Datahttps://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/19/uk-withdraws-icloud-user-data-demand/ Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers toldhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cellshttps://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/microsoft_adds_copilot_ai_formulas/GitHub will be folded into Microsoft proper as CEO steps downhttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/github-will-be-folded-into-microsoft-proper-as-ceo-steps-down/ Breathe easy: Apple Watch can read your oxygen levels againhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/apple_watch_revives_blood_oxygen/   Apple says the App Store is 'fair and free of bias' in response to Musk's legal threatshttps://www.engadget.com/ai/apple-says-the-app-store-is-fair-and-free-of-bias-in-response-to-musks-legal-threats-235555807.html?src=rss Pebble 2 Designs are outhttps://ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-time-2-design-reveal News You've got drought: UK gov suggests you save water by deleting old emailshttps://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/uk_government_delete_emails_water/ RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi and 5G conspiracies appear to make it into MAHA report drafthttps://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/maha-draft-takes-on-electromagnetic-radiation-echoing-rfk-jr-s-conspiracies/ GenAI FOMO has spurred businesses to light nearly $40 billion on firehttps://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/generative_ai_zero_return_95_percent/Report: Siri to Get New Design on iPhone and iPad as Early as Next Yearhttps://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/14/siri-redesign-report/ Apple Still Working on Studio Display 2https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/13/apple-still-working-on-studio-display-2/ Seven Deadly Sins (in tech)https://social.vivaldi.net/@brucelawson/115026635400837274 Philips Hue ‘Bridge Pro’ leaks with ‘more capacity,’ turns lights into motion sensorshttps://9to5google.com/2025/08/14/philips-hue-bridge-pro-leak-motion/ DARPA’s Cylon raider autonomous fighter jet advances to next phasehttps://www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/darpas_scylon_raiders_autonomous_fighter/Car CornerForget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscriptionhttps://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/367566/forget-netflix-volkswagen-locks-horsepower-behind-paid-subscriptionHyundai: Want cyber-secure car locks? That'll be £49, please https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/hyundai_want_secure_locks_on/$30K Ford EV truck due in 2027 with much-simpler production processhttps://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/ford-bets-big-on-universal-ev-production-system-and-30k-truck/ Media Thursday Murder Club on Netflixhttps://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/thursday-murder-club-cast-release-date-plotTerminator 2: Judgement Dayhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator_2_judgment_day Moonrakerhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1014217-moonraker For Your Eyes Onlyhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/for_your_eyes_only Alien Earthhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/alien_earth GamesDonkey Kong Bananzahttps://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-2-games/Donkey-Kong-Bananza-2785804.html?srsltid=AfmBOor0noOGCHE5JavEZ0rv_51VwazQO_dBnKhhFqcWJkTs9WQQU_Sl Tetris 99https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_99 Main ShowThe Apple BetasApp of the Week Infuse Media ClientInfuse Thing of the Week Moving a Churchhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cde3xp4xlw9oContact@[email protected]@g5maniac.bsky.social@[email protected]