MacBreak Weekly with Leo Laporte

Dec 21st 2021

MacBreak Weekly 797

A Plastic Festoon

Pegasus, CSAM Detection, App Store Devs $1M

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Category: News

Pegasus, CSAM Detection, App Store Devs $1M

  •  Spyware firm NSO mulls shutdown of Pegasus & sale of company
  •  New data shows how many app store devs earned $1m for the first time in 2021
  •  Apple scrubs controversial CSAM detection feature from a webpage but says plans haven’t changed
  •  Apple sues Ericsson over "strong-arm" 5G patent demands
  •  Apple builds new team in Southern California to bring more wireless chips in-house
  •  iPhone 13 Pro beaten out by Pixel 5a in MKBHD’s annual blind camera test
  •  Pixelmator Photo is now available on iPhone
  •  Rumor: Apple will launch a new external display for Macs
  •  LG adds new pro monitors as lower-cost Pro Display XDR competitors
  •  iPhone 14 to feature 48MP camera, iPhone 15 will get ‘periscope’ lens
  •  TSA to begin rolling out support for Apple Wallet IDs in February 2022
  •  Brazilian actor buys Apple Watch Series 6 online, receives a stone instead


Picks of the Week

  • Alex's Pick: Santa Kringl
  • Andy's Picks: HiFiMan Sundara headphones & iFi hipDAC2
  • Rene's Pick: #TeamSeas - Final Stretch!
  • Leo's Pick: Swift Playgrounds 4

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