Episode 164: Vive la France

Follow Up

French Universities offering american scientists placement

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/14/france_us_science_offer/ 

Meanwhile Trump killing grass roots

UMass disbands its entering biomed graduate class over Trump funding chaos

 https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/umass-disbands-its-entering-biomed-graduate-class-over-trump-funding-chaos/ 

Apple Winning : Jonathan Ruiz

https://mastodon.online/@refactoredd/114156916632667031 

Eight days later, Microsoft Outlook users still struggle on iOS devices

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/11/outlook_ios_problems/ 

Apple Music Classical expands to the web

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/13/apple-music-classical-expands-to-the-web/ 

Cider

https://cider.sh/downloads/client 

Apple Sports adds F1 support and more in latest iPhone update

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/10/apple-sports-adds-f1-support-and-more-in-latest-iphone-update/ 

Sonos has canceled its streaming video player

https://www.theverge.com/tech/628297/sonos-pinewood-streaming-box-canceled 

Report: Apple will be fined by EU for alleged violation of DMA

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/10/report-apple-will-be-fined-by-eu-for-alleged-violation-of-dma/ 

News 

iPhone 16e users have been experiencing issues with Bluetooth audio

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/13/iphone-16e-bluetooth-audio-issues/ 

Weak M4 Mac mini Wi-Fi

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/03/10/weak-m4-mac-mini-wi-fi/ 

End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone coming in future software update

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/end-to-end-encrypted-rcs-messaging-on-iphone/ 

Man with artificial heart survives over 100 days outside hospital

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/bivacor/ 

Large study shows drinking alcohol is good for your cholesterol levels

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/large-study-shows-drinking-alcohol-is-good-for-your-cholesterol-levels/ 

UK investigation says Apple and Google are ‘holding back’ mobile browsers

https://www.theverge.com/news/628472/apple-safari-ios-google-android-chrome-cma-competition 

DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next

https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/03/doj-google-must-sell-chrome-android-could-be-next/ 

Amazon is ending the option to not send Echo voice recordings to the cloud 

https://www.theverge.com/news/630049/amazon-echo-discontinues-do-not-send-voice-recording-setting 

Car Corner

BMW i Drive X

https://www.bmw.co.uk/en/digital-services/bmw-idrive.html?hemaid=4d48df2807a4fc83eee1571d33fc2171492bcc30efe06a8cc80ee23053fca8dd&cid=bmwDM2039002&bid=2118844036&tl=app-nsp-BMW_NPL_PaniDrive/bmwOP25338-ecrm-mn-M3-UK_PaniDrive_4_SOC_APP/bmwDM2039002-1-20250311-.-Vehicle%20Leads-New_Product_Launch_NPL-1-bmwOP25338-1g1001gY1a01aH0-.&clc=1g1001gY1a01aH0

Media 

Thunderball

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/thunderball 

New Apple TV+ show is a ‘riveting’ crime thriller with 90% Rotten Tomatoes score

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/new-apple-tv-show-dope-thief/ 

A Real Pain

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_real_pain

Official Secrets

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/official_secrets

Cheeky iMac G4 in the background

Theres a mine Craft movie coming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJO_vIDZn-I

Games

Epic Games is addressing one of Windows-on-Arm’s last big app compatibility gaps

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/epic-games-is-addressing-one-of-windows-on-arms-last-big-app-compatibility-gaps/ 

Steam Spring Sale

https://store.steampowered.com/ 

Apple Arcade announces six new games coming, including RollerCoaster Tycoon

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/11/apple-arcade-announces-six-new-games-coming-including-rollercoaster-tycoon/ 

Fortnite is set to return to Brazilian iPhones

https://www.theverge.com/news/626935/epic-games-fortnite-store-brazil-apple-ios 

Main Show

iOS 19 Rumors

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/apple-has-been-hinting-at-ios-19s-new-design-heres-what-clues-say/ 

Apple delays upgraded Siri: it’s taking ‘longer than we thought’

https://www.theverge.com/news/626035/apple-delays-upgraded-siri-intelligence-longer-than-we-thought 

Something Rotten At Apple

https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino 

John Gruber Says 'Something is Rotten' at Apple 

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/12/gruber-says-something-is-rotten-at-apple/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

Hardware Dreams, AI Nightmares: Apple's Crisis of Imagination

https://www.ianbetteridge.com/hardware-dreams-ai-nightmares-apples-crisis-of-imagination/ 

Where is Swift Assist

https://www.macstories.net/linked/wheres-swift-assist/ 

App of the Week 

Nextcloud (pi)

https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi 

Thing of the Week 

Apple MacBook Air

https://www.apple.com/uk/macbook-air/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwmp16aSgdk

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