Episode 36: It’s time for the EPIC court case and its off with a bang, UK Gov wants IOT security and spare (tech) parts, Sony cross(not) play, what another FB leak and no lost AirTags!
The Weekly Tech Rant with Jay and Karl
English - May 05, 2021 08:25 - 59 minutes - 55.3 MBTechnology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we covered:
News
UK.gov wants mobile makers to declare death dates for their new devices from launch - best before dates for your phone!
The UK Right to Repair law - on the subject of old tech!
Brace yourselves. Facebook has a new mega-leak on its hands - again…surely there can’t be many FB users not leaked?
Epic vs Apple witness details disclosed - it's a long list of notable Tech giants!
Tim Sweeney uses an iPhone because of Apple’s stance on Security + Privacy - who would have guessed?
Apple runs App Store with 78% profit margin, according to court testimony - money money money!
Fortnite isn’t on Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service because Epic won’t allow it - Come one Epic, free the Fortnite ;)
Sony charges for crossplay support to protect PSN revenue, documents show - well this explains the lack of crossplay!!
Gadgets
AirTag review - we give our first impressions on the new Apple AirTag
Films
Mortal Kombat - REVIEW now coming next week! (come on Karl!)
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