It's been a weird week, cadets, with a lot of storm clouds on the horizon. But the Google updates are finally rolling in, some bipartisan proposals from the US Congress, and a few fun stories to round things out, plus ... our number one cadet revealed!

https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/06/apple-discontinues-imac-pro-available-while-supplies-last
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/06/microsoft-exchange-server-hack-affects-over-30000-us-organizations
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/03/arizona-bill-that-could-force-apple-to-allow-third-party-payments-one-step-closer-to-law
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/02/apple-aggressively-lobbies-against-arizona-bill-that-would-allow-third-party-app-store-payment-systems
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/06/adult-content-filters-for-iphone-and-ipad-required-under-utah-bill
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/04/linkedin-will-stop-using-idfa-ahead-of-ios-app-tracking-transparency-launch
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/03/twitter-cfo-says-ios-14-privacy-changes-could-level-the-playing-field
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/01/google-docs-calendar-for-ios-updated-with-privacy-labels
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/02/new-apple-card-customers-get-6-daily-cash-in-march
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/01/apple-card-offering-3-daily-cash-for-all-apple-pay-transactions-in-march
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/03/new-tool-allows-users-to-transfer-icloud-photos-content-to-google-photos
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/04/plex-officially-adds-apple-tv-app-support-for-on-demand-content
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/03/amazon-launches-short-form-gameplay-video-service-gameon-on-ios
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/05/lawsuit-over-refurbished-apple-service-replacements-heading-to-trial-in-august
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/02/mlb-returns-game-video-to-dugout-ipads-kills-mlbtv-on-third-gen-apple-tv-support
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/05/apple-tv-earns-three-saturn-award-nominations
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/03/privacy-centered-browser-brave-launching-brave-search-engine
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/04/nikon-releases-free-nx-studio-photo-management-editing-app-for-mac-users
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/05/microsoft-releases-m1-native-visual-studio-code-for-developing-apps
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/03/australia-approves-apple-watch-ecg-function
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/01/apple-sued-in-portugal-iphone-6-iphone-6s-battery-patch-designed-obsolescence
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/03/google-chrome-to-emulate-apples-safari-ad-tracking-privacy-ethos
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/04/bipartisan-senator-group-calls-on-fcc-to-dramatically-boost-broadband-definition
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/05/leading-big-tech-critic-tim-wu-tapped-to-help-shape-us-competition-policy
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/02/intel-to-pay-218b-to-vlsi-for-patent-infringement
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/02/australian-man-seeks-compensation-after-iphone-explodes-in-pocket
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/04/square-buying-streaming-music-service-tidal-in-297-million-deal
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/03/youtuber-builds-first-apple-silicon-imac-using-old-imac-m1-mac-mini
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/02/avoidable-chain-of-events-with-apple-card-led-to-disabled-apple-id
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/06/coding-error-locks-true-author-out-of-icloud
https://gizmodo.com/a-1990s-imac-processor-powers-nasa-s-perseverance-rover-1846380844
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/06/iphone-11-reunited-with-owner-after-spending-6-months-in-a-lake