Episode 382: DeepSeek, AppleCare, and Did Apple Approve a Porn App in the EU?

A change may be coming in the way you'll be paying for Apple Care. Apple doesn't approve of an app that it has approved—semantics are at the heart of a porn app problem. DeepSeek is this past week's big artificial intelligence story. What's different about this new AI contender? Does it secure your data? And Apple's new Invites app doesn't seem to be too inviting.

Show Notes:

• iOS 18.3 re-released on Monday only for the iPhone 11 line


• Introducing Apple Invites, a new app that brings people together for life’s special moments


• Apple Invites app


• Partiful


• How to Use iCloud+, with Additional Security and Privacy Features, and More


• Apple in 2024: The Six Colors report card


• Is DeepSeek safe? What happens to your data when you use it


• Is DeepSeek lying to you about sending your data to China? (video)


• DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China


• Apple Says It Doesn't Approve of EU Porn App


• Hot Tub “has been approved for distribution” by Apple


• sreegs — alright let's talk about Apple and Tumblr's…


• Netgear warns users to patch critical WiFi router vulnerabilities


• iOS App Store apps with screenshot-reading malware found for the first time

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