Apple is losing a BILLION dollars a year on TV+. The EU is looking at stricter regulations for Apple’s anti-competitive business practices. AI researchers say our current progress on AI is a dead end. The Trump administration is firing the Democrats at the FTC. France rejects proposals for tech backdoors. Plex is raising prices.

Google showed off a new phone, but we dont know exactly when you can buy it.

And we should chat about my first weekend with the Xiaomi 15 Ultra!

Let’s get our tech week started right!

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• Pebble is back, and Apple is Scared https://somegadgetguy.com/b/4Js
• Xiaomi Buds Pro 5 Review https://www.patreon.com/posts/xiaomi-buds-pro-124872174
• Acasis 4 Bay NVME RAID Enclosure Review https://www.patreon.com/posts/acasis-4-bay-4-124862580
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• GoChess Mini: World’s Smartest Chessboard? https://somegadgetguy.com/b/4Jv
• Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro Review https://www.patreon.com/posts/xiaomi-pad-7-pro-124310282
• Goovis ART HMD: A goofy name, but a great cinema headset! https://www.patreon.com/posts/goovis-art-hmd-124146739
• Vivo X200 Pro Camera Review https://www.patreon.com/posts/vivo-x200-pro-124000040
• The best accessories for the Pixel (also work great on other phones too) https://somegadgetguy.com/b/4JW
• Xiaomi 15 Not a Review https://www.patreon.com/posts/xiaomi-15-not-123472388
• Xiaomi 15 By the Benchmarks https://www.patreon.com/posts/xiaomi-15-by-we-123487332
• What you NEED to know about smartglasses https://somegadgetguy.com/b/4JS
• OnePlus 13 Camera Conclusion https://www.patreon.com/posts/oneplus-13-water-123028550
• Meze 105 AER Review – Battling Planars! https://somegadgetguy.com/b/4JH
• Trump dumping FTC Democrats https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/trump-fires-both-ftc-democrats-in-challenge-to-supreme-court-precedent/
• France rejects backdoors https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/win-encryption-france-rejects-backdoor-mandate
• Apple loses a Billion a year on TV+ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-losing-over-1-billion-130738665.html
• EU investigating Apple accessories competition https://www.ft.com/content/a9d0bde3-f10e-4113-b21c-cb02bf31a8f2
• AI researchers say current AI is dead end https://futurism.com/ai-researchers-tech-industry-dead-end
• Plex JACKING prices https://www.plex.tv/blog/important-2025-plex-updates/#are-you-going-to-continue-to-invest-in-features-for-personal-media-plex-pass
• Google announces Pixel 9a https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/the-pixel-9a-arrives-this-month-for-499-with-streamlined-design-and-larger-battery/
• Pebble officially returns https://repebble.com/
• Juan rambles on about some Xiaomi stuff…
  

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