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Follow Up Apple escalates its appeal of a $2 billion fine from a UK antitrust lawsuithttps://www.engadget.com/big-tech/apple-escalates-its-appeal-of-a-2-billion-fine-from-a-uk-antitrust-lawsuit-201922558.html?src=rssFinally - a terminal solution to the browser warshttps://www.theregister.com/2026/01/02/brow6el_browser_terminal/2025 has been a disaster for Windows 11https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/2025-has-been-an-awful-year-for-windows-11-with-infuriating-bugs-and-constant-unwanted-featuresPublic Domain in 26https://www.theverge.com/policy/852332/public-domain-2026-betty-boop-nancy-drew-plutoI switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/i-switched-to-esim-in-2025-and-i-am-full-of-regret/News Visualisation of Oil Ownershiphttps://vis.social/@infobeautiful/115731942870001309Firefox Will Ship with an “AI Kill Switch” to Completely Disable all AI Featureshttps://9to5linux.com/firefox-will-ship-with-an-ai-kill-switch-to-completely-disable-all-ai-featuresGrok and its problematic deepfakesxAI silent after Grok sexualized images of kids; dril mocks Grok’s “apology” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/xai-silent-after-grok-sexualized-images-of-kids-dril-mocks-groks-apology/Woman felt 'dehumanised' after Musk's Grok AI used to digitally remove her clotheshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98p1r4e6m8oCLICKS COMMUNICATOR & BATTERY https://www.clicks.tech/en/products/powerkeyboardhttps://www.clicksphone.com/en/communicatorPebble brings its round-faced smartwatch back from the deadhttps://www.engadget.com/wearables/pebble-brings-its-round-faced-smartwatch-back-from-the-dead-150000172.html?src=rssThe Open Printer Is a Raspberry Pi Zero W-Powered, Fully-Open, Highly-Flexible Inkjet Printerhttps://www.hackster.io/news/the-open-printer-is-a-raspberry-pi-zero-w-powered-fully-open-highly-flexible-inkjet-printer-30948a1787ccMediaTaskmasters New Year Treathttps://www.channel4.com/programmes/taskmasters-new-year-treatThe Night Manager Season 2https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0fty7vj/the-night-managerMy Old Asshttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_old_assLawrence of Arabiahttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lawrence_of_arabiaAdolescence https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/adolescenceGamesCyberpunk 2077https://www.metacritic.com/game/cyberpunk-2077/Main ShowTech we are excited for in 2026Apple (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/what-to-expect-from-apple-2026/ )Steam Hardware (https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/)App of the Week Best FOSS Alternativeshttps://github.com/geraldohomero/best-foss-alternativesThing of the Week Braun Alarm Clockhttps://braun-clocks.com/products/bc27-braun-led-digital-alarm-clock-blackContact@g5maniac@mastodon.scot@g5maniac.bsky.social@_cjp@mastodon.social

Follow UpOpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your postshttps://www.theverge.com/2024/5/16/24158529/reddit-openai-chatgpt-api-access-advertisingGoogle promised a better search experience — now it’s telling us to put glue on our pizzaArs Dangerous Googlehttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/05/googles-ai-overview-can-give-false-misleading-and-dangerous-answers/Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in searchhttps://www.theverge.com/2024/5/24/24164119/google-ai-overview-mistakes-search-race-openaiSwitch back to old googlehttps://www.theverge.com/24162621/google-search-ai-overviews-get-rid-ofVerge trieshttps://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24162896/google-ai-overview-hallucinations-glue-in-pizzaSlack and AI Traininghttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/slack-defends-default-opt-in-for-ai-training-on-chats-amid-user-outrage/https://awscommunity.social/@Quinnypig/112452921509401306Apple Puts Rival App Stores Behind a Tall Barricadehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-20/altstore-goes-to-absurd-lengths-for-third-party-iphone-appshttps://fosstodon.org/@altstore/112486085494364227It looks a lot like VMware just lost a 24,000-VM customerhttps://www.theregister.com/2024/05/22/computershare_vm_migration_project/NewsHead of Canada’s intelligence agency warns Canadians not to use TikTokhttps://www.theverge.com/2024/5/17/24159310/canadian-security-intelligence-service-tiktok-china-user-dataEU NOT happy with Microsofthttps://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/112456752185288753Google Cloud shows it can break things for lots of customers – not just one at a timehttps://www.theregister.com/2024/05/20/google_cloud_network_outage/Bing down for many; Copilot, DuckDuckGo, and ChatGPT search tooBing outage shows just how little competition Google search really hashttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/bing-outage-shows-just-how-little-competition-google-search-really-has/https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/23/bing-down/Scarlett Johansson told OpenAI not to use her voice — and she’s not happy they might have anywayhttps://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24161253/scarlett-johansson-openai-altman-legal-actionhttps://www.theverge.com/2024/5/22/24162429/scarlett-johansson-openai-legal-right-to-publicity-likeness-midler-lawyersMicrosoft Power BI users warned over pace of Fabric migrationhttps://www.theregister.com/2024/05/21/microsoft_power_bi_users_warned/Apple RumoursCanada and UK in line for first Vision Pro international rollout – Gurmanhttps://9to5mac.com/2024/05/20/vision-pro-international-rollout-2/The Mac Pro and Studio won’t get the M4 nod until mid-2025https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/19/24160117/ipad-pro-m4-single-core-mac-pro-m2-ultrahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effectApple’s M5 foldable-display MacBook expected to feature 18.76-inch screen, similar to 13-inch Air when foldedhttps://9to5mac.com/2024/05/23/foldable-display-macbook-expected-to-feature-1876-inch-screen/MediaWeb Only Apple Musichttps://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/05/16/web-only-apple-music-features/Apple’s time travel comedy Time Bandits starts streaming in Julyhttps://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24160764/time-bandits-streaming-release-date-apple-tv-plusInside Out 2https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22022452/ - 14th JuneDeadpool and Wolverinehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt6263850/ - July 25thGamesMicrosoft to add next Call of Duty to Xbox Game Pass, WSJ reportshttps://www.theverge.com/2024/5/17/24158934/microsoft-call-of-duty-xbox-game-pass-plansXDefianthttps://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/xdefiantMain ShowMicrosoft Surface event: the 6 biggest announcementshttps://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24160711/microsoft-surface-event-ai-windows-biggest-announcementsRewindAIhttps://www.rewind.ai/New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PChttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/Inside Microsoft’s mission to take down the MacBook Airhttps://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24160463/microsoft-windows-laptops-copilot-arm-chips-m1Dell’s reworked, Intel-free XPS 13 lasts an incredible 27 hourshttps://www.stuff.tv/news/dells-reworked-intel-free-xps-13-lasts-an-incredible-27-hours/App of the WeekSteam Deckhttps://store.steampowered.com/steamdeckContact@g5maniac@mastodon.scot@_cjp@mastodon.social email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com