This week we covered: News SolarWinds Hackers downloaded some Microsoft source code for Azure, Exchange and Intune - slurping the secret Redmond “source”! Former Solarwinds CEO blames intern for the weak password - yeah yeah of course it was! Seven trackers found in Lastpass Android app - What? Google has finally added iOS’s privacy labels to Gmail - Hooray at last! Judge Says Apple’s subpoenas in Epic case are OTT, but it gets Steam data - a small victory! Samsung’s recent Galaxy devices will now get at least four years of Android security updates - Samsung showing how it should be done (in the ‘Droid world) Apple buys a company every three to four weeks  - with a market cap of $2Trn I guess you can afford to splash out Apple M1 Mac’s are hammering the SSD’s, potentially shortening the lifespan - chewing through the silicon! Rumour: Redesigned Apple Silicon iMac might be available in iPad Air-style colours - the return of the G3 style iMacs! Films Sony is bringing back Twisted Metal... as a TV show - Rock on! Games Sifu - Kung Fu Mastery As always we'd love to hear what you think!

This week we covered: News Epic Games brings its antitrust feud with Apple to Europe's competition watchdog - now will the EU side with them? Apple want Valve to hand over revenue data as part of legal fight with Epic - Apple calls in reinforcements No March 16th Apple event say tipsters - but will there still be product launches? ChromeOS devices outsold MacOS devices in 2020 - was 2020 the year of Chrome? What’s new in the first Android 12 Developer Preview - New flavour of Android brings new features! Nvidia is nerfing its new RTX 3060 for Ethereum cryptocurrency mining & Nvidia says its cryptocurrency mining limiter can not be hacked' - Come on Nvidia really! Mysterious macOS malware discovered with M1 optimization, the threat remains unclear - what is going on here? MWC insists on holding potential COVID-19 super spreader event in Barcelona - come for the phones, get covid for free! Films Monster Hunter Also here is the Nvidia eBay auction for a 3090 (jpg)! No bidding now :) As always we'd love to hear what you think!

This week we covered: News TikTok sale to US company on hold as Biden administration looks at other options - what did we say! Time for an iPad Pro Max - do we really need a bigger iPad? The iPhone 13 rumour mill is in full swing - we are at least 8 months away from any announcement to be clear! iOS 14.5 feature round up - lots of goodies ahead! You can set Spotify as your default music player in iOS 14.5 beta - Apple slowly opening up the ecosystem in a good way! Apple Maps will get crowdsourced incident reporting with iOS 14.5 - Watch out Waze! Google launches Pixel for Business site - a pure google experience for the business types! Alleged Android 12 screenshots show a privacy indicator and conversation widget - Android 12 looks to emulate the iOS 14 privacy features Apple puts additional walls between your browsing data and Google on iOS 14.5 - This data shall not pass! Google returns to updating major iOS apps after months-long wait LastPass…. What have you done! - Free tier nerfed! Games You thought you lost time with GeoGuessr, have you met City Guesser? Steam Lunar Sale As always we'd love to hear what you think!

This week we covered: News Apple raises credit for the return of Dev Kit Macs - please can we have our dev units back! iOS 14.5 Unlock with Apple Watch(for Mask wearing) - finally no more fumbling to unlock your phone when out and about in 2021! Rumours of Financial Health info coming to Apple Wallet - Not just looking after your physical health! Another 14.5 update brings Fitness+ casting to supported devices - too late shouts Karl! New Chrome extension for adding Apple iCloud passwords to the browser - and Google Apple have pulled it from the store! (Well pulls iCloud 12 which the extension needs) In wake of Apple privacy controls, Facebook mulls just begging its iOS app users to let it track them over the web - Desperate measures from Book of faces! Google Stadia closes two studios and cancels multiple projects - So how long before the plug is pulled on Stadia? Google is reportedly working on an anti-tracking feature for Android - Karl hasn’t stopped laughing at this one! Films Greenland - another apocalyptic action thriller! Games Volanta - Flight tracking app for MS FS2020 and DCS As always please let us know your thoughts in the comments!

This week we covered: News Apple Extends Apple TV subscription again - Is there a subscriber conversion problem? Corellium makes its iOS virtualisation available to individuals - fancy some virtual iPhones? Looks like the Huawei Ban isn’t going away anytime soon - No change in China relations Hackers publish Gov files after Ransom is refused - We do not negotiate with Terrorists/hackers Apple unveils new Fitness+“Time to Walk” activity - These boots were made for walking! Apple Watch saves kidnapped woman - A first! Alphabet is shutting down the Loon Internet service - someone popped that balloon! LG considers exiting smartphones in 2021 - is the market too crowded? Weeks later, Google still hasn’t added privacy labels to its most popular iPhone apps Update  on the story from last week Gadgets Jay has got his HomePod Minis! Games Hitman 3 first thoughts Hitman Dev’s Bond Project could end up being a Trilogy Cyberpunk 2077 1.1 Patch - fix or bust? As always please let us know your thoughts in the comments!

News Intel rumoured to be looking at outsourcing with TSMC - what did we say last year! Pat Gelsinger returning to Intel - the prodigal son returns to Chipzilla Apple rumoured to be dropping Touch Bar in next Macbook Pro - Personally no tears from me if this is true! New studies show how Apple Watch can help detect COVID-19 prior to symptoms and testing Gadgets CES Round of the best gadgets and Tech - This year everyone can go to [virtual] Vegas! More CES gadgets and tech LG Rollable Phone - Ah yes the wacky designs keep on coming! Games HITMAN 3 - 47 is back again! As always please let us know your thoughts in the comments!

Welcome back to the first episode of 2021! News With only days left in Office, Trump targets 8 Chinese payment apps – Trade war not over yet! Adobe Flash is dead (finally) …. but Windows 7 is still alive, all 100 million of them Report speculates that Google hasn’t updated its iOS apps in weeks to avoid providing privacy details – Remember Google don’t be evil! Talking of don’t be evil….Facebook appeals ruling that it stole tech. So, Italian judge issues new judgment: Pay 10 times the original fine Tiktok hit with a class action style lawsuit in the UK – not Trump-related this time! Now is the right time for Apple to bring iMessage and Facetime to Android – would ‘droid users want an app from Cupertino? Gadgets Apple AR Glasses – get the Steve Jobs look (maybe) While we wait for AirTags… how about a Tile Games Skypark for MSFS TV The Midnight Sky As always please let us know your thoughts in the comments!

This week we covered: Podcast state of the union Best Tech of 2020 HP Reverb G2 Nvidia 3080Ti Sony WH-1000XM4 Headphones Apple M1 Chip What are looking forward to in 2021 Topgun 2: Maverick No Time to Die Matrix 4 Dune Halo Infinite We wish all our listeners a very happy Holiday season and all the best for 2021 - we'll see you on the other side!

This week we covered: News Samsung pulls the plug on older Smart devices in 2021 - not so smart now! Talking of plugs…. Samsung to stop including power adapters in the box… just 3 months after mocking apple about it Uber sells self-driving project to startup Aurora & Air Taxi Apple reportedly working on a 32-core processor for high-end Macs Trump administration quietly lets TikTok deadline lapse Facebook hit with antitrust probe for tying Oculus use to Facebook accounts Gadgets Ex-Apple Mapping Cars up for sale - so you can buy an Apple car (sort of)! Overclocker pushes 14yr old CPU to 8.6Ghz - super celery! Games CyberPunk 2077 First thoughts - bug laden or not? Microsoft surprise announcement….. Perfect Dark TV Aliens TV Series - so many questions! Obi-wan TV series - plus Vader! Indy is back - but he’s 78! As always please leave us a comment and let us know what you think!

This week we covered: News Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 888 - more dragons more speed! Apple could be planning a mysterious December Product release? - What could this be - maybe Tags? MS Project“Latte” could bring Android apps to Windows - who would have ever thought we’d see this! Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7bn! - no slacking this week for them! Gadgets Karl has a new 34” Ultrawide monitor! - is it fixed? We pick up our new iPhone 12 Pro Max’s! - First thoughts Games Red Dead Online CyberPunk 2077 release draws near! Karl's Xbox Series X - it's finally out of the box! As always please leave us a comment and let us know what you think!