Echo
The Apple-UK encryption battle is a terrifying echo of San Bernardino
Summary The UK is ordering Apple to open up end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups worldwide. That could dismantle the end-to-end option in every country. It’s absolutely essential to keep that encryption to protect dissenters from unethical governments. I always knew that Apple would continue to fight with governments over encryption, but I never expected this latest…
Synduality Echo of Ada Review – IGN
The first time I lost my mech in Synduality Echo of Ada was on my second sortie, and a lot of things went wrong. I didn’t buy insurance beforehand and I took way too much stuff out with me because I hit the wrong button, and then I chose not to take a moment to…
Amazon’s Echo Auto Assistant: Legacy vehicle retrofit-relevant
Remember my April 2023 teardown of Spotify’s now-defunct Car Thing? Ditch the touchscreen LCD, broaden functionality and that’s Amazon’s Echo Auto in a nutshell: Shown here and introduced in mid-2019 is the first-generation version of the product, which I’ll be tearing down today. It originally sold for $49.99 but was initially promo-priced at half that…