Episode 170: 170: Societal impact is not small

Follow Up 

UNRAID

https://unraid.net/?srsltid=AfmBOoqvEVmH89DmruSsPQt-y8BvmAvI9XkT2ctEP1LL91Qb3u7BjkHS 

TrueNAS

https://www.truenas.com/

Commission finds Apple and Meta in breach of the Digital Markets Act

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1085 

Apple and Meta furious at EU over fines totaling €700 million

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/apple-and-meta-furious-at-eu-over-fines-totaling-e700-million/ 

Matt Gemmel on the Apple Fine

https://mastodon.scot/@mattgemmell/114398193042171247 

Google is paying Samsung an ‘enormous sum’ to preinstall Gemini

https://www.theverge.com/news/652746/google-samsung-gemini-default-placement-antitrust-trial 

News 

Report: TP-Link’s low router prices probed in criminal antitrust investigation

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/tp-links-low-router-prices-and-china-ties-reportedly-spark-us-investigation/

IPad and iPhone Getting more features

Is iPadOS 19 getting more Mac-like?

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/04/is-ipados-19-getting-more-mac-like/ 

iOS 19 Rumored to Add Stage Manager Support to USB-C iPhones

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/24/ios-19-iphone-stage-manager-rumor/ 

Rumor Suggests iPadOS 19 to Get Some Mac-Like Tweaks, Like a Menu Bar

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/04/25/ipados-19-menu-bar 

STS

https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/114397811932030118 

Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads/ 

Why are companies lining up to buy Chrome?

https://www.theverge.com/chrome/656613/google-chrome-buyers-openai-yahoo-perplexity 

Employee monitoring app leaks 21 million screenshots in real time

https://cybernews.com/security/employee-monitoring-app-leaks-millions-screenshots/ 

iPhone Air looks thin

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/24/iphone-17-air-thin-as-buttons/

Car Corner

A $20,000 electric truck with manual windows and no screens? Meet Slate Auto.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04/amazon-backed-startup-wants-to-sell-a-bare-bones-ev-truck-for-20000/ 

Dacia Spring

https://www.dacia.co.uk/hybrid-and-electric-range/spring-city-car.html?CAMPAIGN=uk-en-d-l-def-model-spring-crossenergy-bi-classic-core-search-salespower_2025&ORIGIN=SEA&&ppc_keyword=Dacia%20Spring&msclkid=9a7c55ba598c164910213db7b7fc251f&gclid=9a7c55ba598c164910213db7b7fc251f&gclsrc=3p.ds

Media 

Race Across the World

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0029sst/race-across-the-world-series-5-episode-1

Grand Designs on Channel 4

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs

Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith

https://www.fandango.com/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-20th-anniversary-re-release-2025-239973/movie-overview

Live and Let Die 

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

Games

Robocop Rogue City

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1681430/RoboCop_Rogue_City/

Nintendo Switch 2 Preorders live in the US at 3rd party resellers (Target et al)

Includes details on Switch 2 upgrade costs for original Switch games

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/nintendo-switch-2s-gameless-game-key-cards-are-going-to-be-very-common/

Main Show

Apple Watch turns 10

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/04/apple-watch-turns-10/ 

Original Apple Watch Introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uo5bpDYtIE

Original Gold Apple Watch Absolute in 2023

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/2/23900158/apple-watch-edition-gold-2015-obsolete-unsupported-beyonce

App of the Week 

FreshRSS

https://freshrss.org/index.html 

Thing of the Week 

TV Launcher (for Apple TV/iPadOS)

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/tv-launcher-live-uk-channels/id1622598042

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