Ep. 492: Check Your P.F.A.N.T.S.S.! and tech news
05/14/25 • 60 min
It's spring cleaning time around Notnerd, so it's time to pull out everyone's favorite acronym P.F.A.N.T.S.S. and get started. We'll look at the different things in your digital world that you should consider cleaning up. This is mostly for the two of us, especially when we look back to last year's episode.
Watch on YouTube! - Notnerd.com and Notpicks.com
INTRO (00:00)
MAIN TOPIC: Check Your P.F.A.N.T.S.S (04:55)
Episode 436: Spring Cleaning Your Tech – Consider Your P.F.A.N.T.S.S.
Physical
Files
Apps
Notifications
Time
Subscriptions
Security
DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Time of text messages (26:30)
JUST THE HEADLINES: (30:40)
Newly-elected Pope wears Apple Watch on first official mass
Ticketmaster will finally show the full price of your ticket up front
SoundCloud changes policies to allow AI training on user content
Nintendo can render your Switch 2 permanently unusable if you break their rules
Warren Buffett says Apple made Berkshire more money than he ever did
Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout
Lithium deposit valued at $1.5 Trillion discovered in Oregon
TAKES:
Google updating its ‘G’ icon for the first time in 10 years (31:20)
New Lego-building AI creates models that actually stand up in real life (34:35)
Microsoft's May 2025 Patch Tuesday (43:05)
FBI releases 2024 Internet Crime Report, ‘new record for losses’ (45:00)
BONUS ODD TAKE: Ye Olde Funny Headlines (46:50)
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
Dave: Smile App Launcher (48:40)
Nate: 3 Pack 1/4-20 Conversion Adapter Mount with Locking Ring for GoPro Hero 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 Insta360 DJI Action Camera (54:15)
RAMAZON PURCHASE - Giveaway! (57:20)
It's spring cleaning time around Notnerd, so it's time to pull out everyone's favorite acronym P.F.A.N.T.S.S. and get started. We'll look at the different things in your digital world that you should consider cleaning up. This is mostly for the two of us, especially when we look back to last year's episode.
Watch on YouTube! - Notnerd.com and Notpicks.com
INTRO (00:00)
MAIN TOPIC: Check Your P.F.A.N.T.S.S (04:55)
Episode 436: Spring Cleaning Your Tech – Consider Your P.F.A.N.T.S.S.
Physical
Files
Apps
Notifications
Time
Subscriptions
Security
DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Time of text messages (26:30)
JUST THE HEADLINES: (30:40)
Newly-elected Pope wears Apple Watch on first official mass
Ticketmaster will finally show the full price of your ticket up front
SoundCloud changes policies to allow AI training on user content
Nintendo can render your Switch 2 permanently unusable if you break their rules
Warren Buffett says Apple made Berkshire more money than he ever did
Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout
Lithium deposit valued at $1.5 Trillion discovered in Oregon
TAKES:
Google updating its ‘G’ icon for the first time in 10 years (31:20)
New Lego-building AI creates models that actually stand up in real life (34:35)
Microsoft's May 2025 Patch Tuesday (43:05)
FBI releases 2024 Internet Crime Report, ‘new record for losses’ (45:00)
BONUS ODD TAKE: Ye Olde Funny Headlines (46:50)
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
Dave: Smile App Launcher (48:40)
Nate: 3 Pack 1/4-20 Conversion Adapter Mount with Locking Ring for GoPro Hero 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 Insta360 DJI Action Camera (54:15)
RAMAZON PURCHASE - Giveaway! (57:20)
Previous Episode
Ep. 491: Apple Loses to Fortnite and More!
A judge ruled that Apple must allow third-party payments in the App Store. Thanks to that, Fortnite will be back in the App Store soon. Many other companies were ready to go once this came out, and some big apps like Spotify, Kindle, and Patreon are updating their apps. We've got plenty of other tech news to discuss, and a tip of the week that could save you a bunch of money!
Watch on YouTube! - Notnerd.com and Notpicks.com
INTRO (00:00)
Microsoft AI and Product Announcements Today (06:10)
MAIN TOPIC: Apple forced to allow 3rd party payments (08:05)
Fortnite will return to iOS as court slams Apple’s “interference“ and ”cover-up“
Apple approves Spotify app update with external payment links
Apps like Kindle are already taking advantage of court-mandated iOS App Store changes
DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Cancel all your subscriptions? (17:00)
JUST THE HEADLINES: (22:00)
Samsung admits Galaxy devices can leak passwords through clipboard wormhole
Grand Theft Auto VI release delayed to May 2026
Meta now collects more data from Ray-Bans to Bolster AI
Hyundai unleashes Atlas robots in Georgia plant
Satellite launches on mission to "weigh" the world's 1.5 trillion trees
UnitedHealth Has 1,000 AI Applications in Production
OpenAI rolls back update that made ChatGPT ‘too sycophant-y’
TAKES:
Temu to stop selling goods from China directly to US customers (27:15)
Reddit users ‘psychologically manipulated’ by unauthorized AI experiment (31:50)
BONUS ODD TAKE: https://trains.fyi (33:55)
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
RAMAZON PURCHASE - Giveaway! (45:55)
Next Episode
Ep. 493: Microsoft Build + Google IO = Too Much AI, other tech news
Microsoft Build and Google I/O, each company's annual developer conference, are taking place this week. As with most AI news these days, we can't cover everything they announced, nor would we want to. But what does this runaway train of AI progress mean for you?
Watch on YouTube! - Notnerd.com and Notpicks.com
INTRO (00:00)
File your Siri lawsuit claim (04:05)
Fortnite returns to the App Store for iPhone and iPad (06:05)
MAIN TOPIC: Microsoft Build and Google I/O (12:10)
Microsoft Build 2025: news and announcements from the developer conference
Everything Google announced at I/O 2025: Gemini, Search, Android, and more
DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Safari remove distracting items (36:25)
JUST THE HEADLINES: (44:40)
The top fell off Australia’s first orbital-class rocket, delaying its launch
HBO Max lives! Max to change its name back after 2 years
CERN gears up to ship antimatter across Europe
Chinese ‘kill switches’ found hidden in US solar farms
NASA engineers fixed some thrusters on Voyager 1 from 15 billion miles away
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to buy 23andMe and its data for $256 million
InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that’s stronger than steel
TAKES:
Airbnb introduces services (46:45)
Top tier Adobe Creative Cloud plan increasing to $800 per year (49:35)
Microsoft extends Office app support on Windows 10 to 2028 (53:15)
KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS (54:35)
BONUS ODD TAKE: 10,000 Drum Machines (57:05)
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
Dave: Zhiyun Molus x100 RGB Cam Mackey (01:00:55)
Nate: SMALLRIG Camera Cage for Sony ZV-1 II/ZV-1F / ZV-1 Camera, with Silicone Gel Grip, Cold Shoe Mount (01:06:15)
RAMAZON PURCHASE - Giveaway! (1:08:30)
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