Verizon lost a small claims court case which might help others! Roomba’s parent company is bankrupt! Samsung might end their SSD business. Disney invests in OpenAI. EU launches another anti-trust probe into Google search. Apple loses their appeal in their payments case.

And maybe we could talk a LITTLE about this new phone on my desk…

Let’s get our tech week started right!



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• Verizon small claims loss https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/verizon-refused-to-unlock-mans-iphone-so-he-sued-the-carrier-and-won/
• iRobot Bankrupt https://www.reuters.com/technology/irobot-enters-chapter-11-lender-acquire-roomba-maker-2025-12-15/
• Samsung ends SATA SSD biz https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-to-halt-SATA-SSD-production-leaker-warns-of-up-to-18-months-of-SSD-price-pressure-worse-than-Micron-ending-consumer-RAM.1184896.0.html
• Disney invests in OpenAI https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/disney-openai-sora-characters-video.html
• EU anti-trust against Google https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/eu-launches-antitrust-probe-into-googles-ai-search-tools/
• Apple loses payments case appeal https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/epic-celebrates-the-end-of-the-apple-tax-after-appeals-court-win-in-ios-payments-case/
• Juan rambles on about wherever the chat takes us.

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