• Microsoft to officially abandon passwords and support their deletion.
• Meta's RayBan smart glasses weaken their privacy terms.
• 30% of Microsoft code is now being written by AI.
• Google says prying Chrome from it will damage its security.
• Nearly 1,000 six-year-old eCommerce backdoors spring to life.
• eM Client moves to version 10.3
• A bunch of terrific listener feedback creates talking points.
• A little-known, insecure message archiving service comes to light.

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-1024-notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Stephen Robles from the Primary Technology podcast joins the show this week! A federal judge blasts Apple and Tim Cook for violating an antitrust ruling against the company's control over its App Store. Results from Apple's Q2 2025. Could Apple be shaking up its iPhone release calendar? And would you want to view your favorite celebrities that can be found in Apple services? Well, now you can with Apple's 'Snapshot'!

• Judge blasts Apple for violating antitrust ruling.
• From Six Colors: Apple Q2 2025 results and charts: $95.4B revenue.
• Tim Cook addresses Apple's delay of personalized Siri features.
• Beware the tariffs! Inside Apple's latest financial results.
• Apple to shake up iPhone release calendar with base iPhone 18 launch in spring 2027, six months after Pro models.
• London's Court of Appeal rules Apple must pay Optis $502M as a lump sum for using Optis' 4G patents from 2013 to 2027.
• Apple launches a new celebrity hub that's all about Apple.
• Apple continues leadership changes, restructuring Apple Music and Global Affairs.
• New Apple TV+ trailer reveals first ever full-length 'immersive' film.

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• Stephen's Picks: The Anker MagGo Power Bank, Ultra Slim & MoFT iPad Dynamic Folio
• Leo's Pick: ADHD Planner
• Andy's Pick: Joplin
• Alex's Pick: Midjourne 7 - Omni Reference

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko

Guest: Stephen Robles

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• Judge Blasts Apple For Violating Antitrust Ruling
• Google's Sundar Pichai Calls US Remedies 'De Facto' Spinoff of Search - Slashdot
• Firefox could be doomed without Google search deal, says executive
• Visa Announces Plans to Give AI Agents Your Credit Card Information
• The Age of Realtime Deepfake Fraud Is Here
• The TAKE IT DOWN Act: A Flawed Attempt to Protect Victims That Will Lead to Censorship
• Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act
• White House Slams Amazon After Report it Will Highlight Tariff Costs
• The Kickstarter you backed may soon ask for more money to cover Trump's tariffs
• Microsoft Raises Xbox Prices 20% as Tariffs Drive Up Cost of Development
• UPS will cut 20,000 jobs because fewer Amazon packages are coming
• Elon Musk's DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability
• President Trump's fiscal 2026 budget proposal suggests slashing $491M from CISA's ~$3B budget, claiming the cut "refocuses CISA on its core mission"
• Government Actually Threatens Wikipedia's Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans
• Mark Zuckerberg Sailed 5,300 Miles With Two Superyachts Only to Helicopter Up a Mountain and Ski
  Down in Billionaire Style - Sustainability Times
• Massive power outage in Spain, Portugal leaves millions in dark
• Wall Street Banks Sell Final Slug of Elon Musk's X Debt
• Elon Musk's SpaceX gets a company town in Texas
• Amazon deploys the first Project Kuiper internet satellites
• Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users
• How Badly Did ChatGPT and Copilot Fail to Predict the Winners of the Kentucky Derby? - Slashdot
• Quantum message travels record distance over fiber optic network
• Photo appears to show Mike Waltz using Signal-like app that can archive messages
• Chinese university designed 'world's first silicon-free 2D GAAFET transistor,' claims new bismuth-based tech is both the fastest and lowest-power transistor yet
• The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers

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