Episode: 208: The Big D

Follow Up Stop dragging feet on AI nudification ban, UK government toldhttps://www.theregister.com/2026/01/14/uk_government_nudification_ban/X says Grok will no longer edit images of real people into bikinishttps://www.engadget.com/ai/x-says-grok-will-no-longer-edit-images-of-real-people-into-bikinis-231430257.html?src=rssX claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’thttps://www.theverge.com/news/862372/x-grok-ai-policy-update-deepfake-bikini-posesElon Musk is looking for a $134 billion payout from OpenAI and Microsofthttps://www.engadget.com/big-tech/elon-musk-is-looking-for-a-134-billion-payout-from-openai-and-microsoft-171824945.html?src=rss The Setapp Mobile iOS store is shutting down on February 16thhttps://www.theverge.com/news/863978/setapp-mobile-ios-store-shutdown Google is appealing the ruling from its search antitrust case to avoid sharing data with rivalshttps://www.engadget.com/big-tech/google-is-appealing-the-ruling-from-its-search-antitrust-case-to-avoid-sharing-data-with-rivals-215107905.html?src=rssNews X1 Carbon Gen 14. It's Lenovo’s Most Repairable Ultraportable Yethttps://au.pcmag.com/laptops/115174/i-tried-the-slick-new-thinkpad-x1-carbon-gen-14-its-lenovos-most-repairable-ultraportable-yet ChatGPT to carry adverts for some usershttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgjn012k3do“I am very annoyed”: Pharma execs blast RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccineshttps://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/big-pharma-is-openly-railing-against-rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-agenda/ Musk and Hegseth vow to “make Star Trek real” but miss the show’s lessonshttps://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/01/pentagons-arsenal-of-freedom-tour-borrows-name-from-star-trek-episode-about-killer-ai/Digg is back https://digg.com/West Midlands police chief apologises after AI error used to justify Maccabi Tel Aviv banhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/14/west-midlands-police-chief-apologises-ai-error-maccabi-tel-aviv-banApple introduces Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of the most powerful creative appshttps://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/introducing-apple-creator-studio-an-inspiring-collection-of-creative-apps/Joint statement from Google and Applehttps://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/joint-statement-google-apple/ MediaRewatched Season 1 of RATWThe Lego Movie https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lego_movie GamesQuake 2 Switchhttps://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/quake-iiPeter Molyneux's final game Masters of Albion will release in April - "it's the culmination of my life’s work"https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/peter-molyneuxs-final-game-masters-of-albion-will-release-in-april-its-the-culmination-of-my-lifes-workMain Show?Escaping big techPhones are a problem https://www.fairphone.com/nlhttps://grapheneos.org/ OPerating SystemsLinux instead of Mac/Windowshttps://get.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/ https://www.debian.org/https://bazzite.gg/Web BrowsersFirefox/Vivaldi/Arc instead of Chrome/Edge/SafariSearch EnginesDuck Duck Go, Kagi, Qwant, Ecosia instea of Googlehttps://www.ecosia.org/https://www.qwant.com/https://duckduckgo.comGet a Switch/PS5 for AAA games Netbird/Headscale instead of tailscale https://docs.netbird.io/selfhosted/selfhosted-quickstart https://github.com/juanfont/headscale Harper instead of grammarlyhttps://github.com/automattic/harperProton instead of google mail/docs https://proton.me/ Libreoffice instead of Office https://www.libreoffice.orgOR Nextcloudhttps://nextcloud.com/Photopea instead of photoshophttps://www.photopea.com/ For video editing Blackmagic, Shotwell, or KDENLiveBitwarden/Vaultwarden, Proton Pass instead of Apple Passwords, Google Pass...https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden https://proton.me/passhttps://bitwarden.com/Immich instead of Apple Photos/Google Photoshttps://immich.app/App of the Week immich Framehttps://github.com/immichFrame/ImmichFrame Thing of the Week Switch 2https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Hardware/Nintendo-Switch-2/Nintendo-Switch-2-2785301.htmlContact@[email protected]@[email protected]