The Talk Show

‘Holes in the Blast Door’, With Matthew Panzarino

Wednesday, 21 July 2021

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.