We're back with a news round recording made in July 2024, covering Musk and newly awarded billions, Adobe's Ts and Cs regarding AI, Microsoft Copilot+ Recall feature. and Apple's stirrings with ChatGPT.

Then we turn to the main topic of the day that the Duck went down and the search for a backup search engine.

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In this episode, Dan and Shaz look at the announcements made at the Apple "Let Loose" event, the pricing and a particular fallout. Everyone's doing it, so we would like to share our opinion on it, too. Dan's relationship with Alexa has got complicated, then Shaz has an announcement of the Windows kind.

Oh, and, there's another special announcement. This time there's no spoilers.

References:

• The Verge: Apple announces new iPad Pros with OLED displays and thinnest design ever
• XDA: AMD CPUs explained: Demystifying AMD's confusing product names

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Today is a bit of a rant day. We revisit some interesting news what with Tesla issues and range anxiety. There's also Microsoft's continued advertising experiments, leading to talks about ditching it. Shaz has created his own music streaming experience. Then finally the rant about subscriptions are becoming central to our lives.

News references
CNN: Tesla recalls Cybertruck due to accelerator pedal that can stick
National Grid (UK): What is EV charging anxiety – and is range anxiety a thing of the past?
9to5Google: Roku effectively disables your TV unless you agree to new 'Dispute Resolution Terms'
The Verge: Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone
Ars Technica: German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating
Proton blog: Proton and Standard Notes are joining forces
Beeper blog: Beeper is joining Automattic

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