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Security Bits — 16 March 2025

March 16, 2025
by Bart Busschots

Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. The UK’s secret campaign to compel Apple to break its iCloud Advanced Data Protection feature is reportedly continuing apace (still without official confirmation), with a hearing having apparently taken place in a […]

Deskpad virtual desktop with Mona moving up into it coming up from below

Create a Virtual Display on Your Mac with DeskPad

March 14, 2025
by podfeet

I’ve got one of the weirdest and head-bendy tool reviews for you today. Let’s see if I can set up a problem to be solved to get you interested first. The Problem to be Solved Let’s say you’re doing a presentation and you need to share your screen. This causes a few challenges, especially if […]

End view of the Zoox autonomous Robotaxi showing a black rounded-rectangular vehicle with red taillights, wheel fenders highlighted in red, a blackened-out window, and a red light bar at the top of the vehicle. Also visible are radar/camera sensors at the top left and right corners of the vehicle and another sensor on the roof. The company name Zoox is visible in the lower left of the window and also on the license plate. The background is black as well.

CES 2025: Zoox Robotaxi Funded by Amazon

Allison discusses the Zoox Robotaxi, an operational vehicle built for riders, not drivers, and funded by Amazon. Zoox is a full Level-4 autonomous vehicle designed to hold four passengers and pick up, navigate, and drop off passengers in a city environment. The seating positions are symmetrical so each rider gets the same level of comfort […]

Photo of a city map generated by the HERE Maps and Navigation system as it appears on an automotive display. The city map shows a home location designated by a small graphic of a house from which a navigation route throughout the city is displayed as a blue path. The route connects 8 stops across the city starting and ending with the home location.

CES 2025: HERE Automotive Navigation Solutions

Allison interviews Sowmya Gopal from HERE about their unified navigation solutions for electric vehicles, including automated driving, EV routing/charging, and a digital cockpit for driver interface. Sowmya demonstrates the HERE’s Maps and Navigation system on a hyper-SUV, the Lotus Eletre Carbon, and explains how it integrates the navigation experience with range management. The HERE system […]

CES 2025: j5create Matter-Enabled Smart Plugs and Thunderbolt 5 Dock

Allison interviews Brandon Thweatt from j5create about their Matter-enabled Smart Plugs and new Thunderbolt 5 dock. Brandon starts by explaining that Matter allows smart devices made by different companies to interact with various home automation systems using a common standard. So Matter-enabled devices can be controlled through and work seamlessly across Apple, Android, and Alexa […]

NC #1035 iFixit Smart Soldering Iron, XEBEC Snap-On Monitors, My Boyfriend Claude AI, Maono Mics, Music Tech with Steve Mallard

Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, March 9, 2025, and this is show number 1035. mp3 download Thank You, Claude! – DTNS Live 4967 – Daily Tech News Show This week I got to […]

CES 2025: Maono Podcasting and Lavelier Microphones

Allison interviews Tobias Helenstein from Maono about their collection of microphones designed for podcasting as well as their wireless lavalier mics. Tobias starts with their podcasting mics including the PD200X and PD400X, both of which are dynamic and have XLR and USB outputs. The more affordable PD100X has colored lights on the rear of the […]

Sorry Steve, I’m Having an Affair with Claude

Like most developers, I’ve been using AI to help me with my little coding projects. In case you doubt that “most” devs are using AI, in June of 2023, which is a long time ago in AI years, Inbal Shani reported on the GitHub blog the results of a survey of developers. They wrote: A […]

Front view of the Xebec Snap used with a MacBook Pro laptop. The laptop sits on a table with a Zoom call in progress showing on the main display. Two additional displays are attached to the main display, one on the immediate right and the other on the immediate left. The left display is mounted in a portrait orientation while the right display is in landscape. The left display shows a graph and spreadsheet of a Monthly Budget while the right display show a presentation entitled Understanding the Market. Two USB-C cables are attached the left two ports on the laptop with their cables neatly tucked behind the computer. Above the laptop and displays are the words XEBEC SNAP.

CES 2025: XEBEC Portable Snap-On Monitors

Allison interviews Alex Levine, XEBEC CEO & Cofounder, about their portable monitors that snap onto any laptop to expand your display area and optimize your work setup. Alex describes their Xebec Snap which can turn a regular laptop into a modular portable workstation for office productivity on the go. Up to three additional displays can […]

CCATP #810 — Steve Mallard on Evolution of Music Tech

You know I’m not a music person, but I’ve invited Steve Mallard onto the show to talk about a topic he’s quite passionate about – the evolution of music tech. He is not an expert in this field, he just finds the history fascinating. Steve will take us back to the first acoustic guitars, and […]

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