318: ‘Holes in the Blast Door’, With Matthew Panzarino
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Matthew Panzarino returns to the show. Topics include: Apple’s new MagSafe Battery Pack, the Amnesty-International-Led exposé of NSO Group’s state-sponsored phone hacking, Safari 15’s controversial new UI and Apple’s response, and a look back at year one of Apple silicon for Macs. Also: pizza.

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Links:

• Battery Packs:

• Apple’s $99 MagSafe Battery Pack)

• Anker’s $46 PowerCore Magnetic 5K MagSafe-compatible battery pack)

• Rene Ritchie’s first-look at Apple’s new battery pack)

• The Amnesty-International-led exposé of NSO Group’s Pegasus phone-hacking capabilities and abuse:

• Amnesty’s report)

• Tweet thread from Citizen Lab’s Bill Marczak)

• The Washington Post’s report with a clickbait headline)

• The Guardian’s report)

• Google’s Project Zero on Apple’s “BlastDoor” sandboxing protection for iMessage introduced in iOS 14)

• Safari 15’s much-criticized new UIs and Apple’s seeming “we’re listening” reaction:

• My take on Safari 15 for iOS and Mac)

• And a follow-up)

• Me, on Rene Ritchie’s YouTube show)

• Jason Snell’s take for Macworld: “a self-inflicted wound but first aid may be on the way”)

• Miscellaneous:

• Valve’s upcoming Steam Deck, a Switch-inspired handheld gaming PC)

• Brian Heater on Steam Deck for TechCrunch)

• Moft’s $29 MagSafe credit-card-sized foldable iPhone stand)

• Ooni gas pizza ovens)

• Una Pizza Napoletana — the heavenly formerly-in-San-Francisco pizza restaurant where every single pie was made by owner Anthony Mangieri)

• Una Pizza is now in New Jersey) and Mangieri now makes pepperoni pies) that sound amazing

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.