Apple Advances User Security in a big way with announcements today about beefing up encryption across many facets of iCloud storage. The FBI of course is not happy about this as they do not have a backdoor to access those encrypted files. At this point, the more security, the better.
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Show Notes:
- 13:08–6 social media predictions for 2023
- 14:47–6 cool things you can do with your old iPhone
- 13:49–SpaceX to launch satellites
- 07:15–Jeep recalls over 64,000 Wranglers
- 15:59–The ten best Chome extensions for holiday shopping
- 16:58–Telsa may bring back radar-autopilot hardware
- 18:44–A Warren Buffet-backed Tesla competitor
- 20:12–Pixel Fold rumors
- 21:15–Elon Musk posts photos of his son X
- 21:57–Watch the moon’s eclipse
- 11:18–“Why is SBF getting treated with kid gloves?”
- 23:39–Biden signs bill
- FBI calls end-to-end encryption “deeply concerning”
- 26:08–Chrome will get memory and energy saver modes
- 27:01–A new mixture may prevent EV batteries from catching fire
- 28:42–Europe’s USB-C deadline
- 29:43–Amazon and others will share Pentagon’s contract
- 30:51–NASA team preparing for Orion’s return
- 31:45–Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover “is the most complex character.”
- 32:47–Tesla investors tell Elon Musk to stop wasting time on Twitter
- 36:33–Disney+ ad-supported tier
- 37:04–Elon Musk plans to charge more for Twitter Blue
- 37:37–Indiana is suing TikTok
- 38:40–Google merges Maps with Waze
- 39:17–Dyson’s Air Purifying Headphones for $949