More drama around Elon Musk’s defrauding of twitter investors. UK government backtracks on AI permissions. Adobe penalties listed in subscription lawsuit. Tim Cook claims he’s not political. OpenAI plans to double current employee count.
FireFox is adding a free VPN tier. Microsoft starts damage control on Windows 11 reputation. Amazon might try another phone. Google details the silly restrictions on installing apps.
And I’ve been spending some quality time with the iQOO 15R!
Let’s get our tech week started off RIGHT!
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- iQOO 15R ASMR Unboxing https://www.patreon.com/posts/iqoo-15r-asmr-is-152814537
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- Infinix Note 60 Ultra Review https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/03/04/infinix-note-60-ultra-embarrassing-samsung-and-google/
- RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review https://www.patreon.com/posts/rayneo-air-4-pro-151813636
- Mid-Ranger By the Benchmarks! https://www.patreon.com/posts/by-benchmarks-151659390
- The NexPhone Hands on! https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/01/21/this-android-phone-is-also-a-linux-and-windows-pc-nexphone-hands-on/
- Elon Twitter damages https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/20/elon-musk-determined-to-be-liable-for-misleading-twitter-investors.html
- UK AI backtrack https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg1gr5v333o
- adobe settlement and damages https://www.newsshooter.com/2026/03/13/adobe-has-agreed-to-a-150m-settlement-for-hiding-fees-and-preventing-consumers-from-easily-cancelling-software-subscriptions/
- Tim Cook isn’t political LOL https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-cook-response-trump-relationship-criticism-2026-3
- OpenAI doubles hiring https://fortune.com/2026/03/21/openai-double-headcount-this-year-sam-altman-anthropic-google/
- Personal tech and the decline of humanity https://news.mit.edu/2026/personal-tech-social-media-and-humanity-decline-0306
- Firefox free VPN https://www.notebookcheck.net/Firefox-adds-free-built-in-VPN-with-50-GB-data-cap-in-new-update.1256756.0.html
- Microsoft blog windows 11 improvements https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/03/20/our-commitment-to-windows-quality/
- Amazon’s new phone? https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/exclusive-amazon-plans-smartphone-comeback-100051690.html
- Android side-loading https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html
- Keep Android Open https://keepandroidopen.org/
- Juan rambles on a whole bunch about the iQOO 15R…
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