Apple isn't private, Mastodon loses users, Mozilla joins the fediverse

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Timestamps and links:

00:00 Intro

01:39 Apple fined for violating their user’s privacy

https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-france-ads-fine-illegal-data-1849950163

https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-fined-1-mln-euros-by-paris-commercial-court-over-app-store-practices-2022-12-19/

https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558

06:42 Google settles yet another privacy violation

https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-23-million-dollar-search-privacy-settlement

09:51 Newly arrived Mastodon users aren’t all sticking around

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2023/jan/08/elon-musk-drove-more-than-a-million-people-to-mastodon-but-many-arent-sticking-around

14:57 Mozilla joins the fediverse

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/

18:11 New full AMD laptop being announced by System76

https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin-teaser

21:40 GNOME lets you test a new UI change with an extension

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/try-gnome-44-focus-indicator-animation

27:01 GNOME weekly updates

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/01/twig-77/

30:06 UnityX brings customization to Unity DE

https://unityd.org/unityx-7-7-testing/

33:59 KDE Weekly updates

https://pointieststick.com/2023/01/06/this-week-in-kde-big-ui-improvements/

36:35 PopOS makes performance better for potato computers

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/pop_os_zram-update

39:42 Chromium now scrolls correctly on Linux

https://linuxiac.com/chromium-109-update-brings-faster-scrolling-to-linux-users/

41:08 Gaming News: FOSS Nvidia driver, Dolphin emulator gets better

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Changelog

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/gamecube-and-wii-emulator-dolphin-got-a-big-speed-boost-for-steam-deck/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/the-open-source-nvidia-vulkan-driver-nvk-begins-to-run-games/

45:40 Outro