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Jan 2025
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Fri. 01/03 – Turns Out, Siri WAS Listeni...

Brian McCullough
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Apple pays a fine cause Siri was listening in on what you said. Strava does a tie-in with Apple Fitness+. Net Neutrality is dead again, and it looks like for good this time. The nuclear winter in the VC space, CES is coming for us all, and a Weekend Longreads Suggestion.

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