How Old Are You Really?

About this episode

The episode discusses various technology topics including Apple's new laptop, AI threats, and age verification laws in California.

Apple Lists a Laptop for $600??? https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/say-hello-to-macbook-neo/ Two Options 256GB SSD or 512GB SSD It’s literally an iPhone Pro Anthropic AI is a US National Security Threat? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/technology/anthropic-defense-dept-openai-talks.html AWS and MS Azure confirm that customers can still use Claude https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/06/microsoft-anthropic-claude-remains-available-to-customers-except-the-defense-department/ California Now Requires Age Verification for Operating Systems and App Centers https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/california-introduces-age-verification-law Law Text https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043 European Union DSA Guidelines https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/commission-publishes-guidelines-protection-minors System76 Has Probably the Best Response https://blog.system76.com/post/system76-on-age-verification Midnight BSD opts out (their website is down) https://www.midnightbsd.org/download/ https://x.com/midnightbsd/status/2027101491211718765 Ubuntu Discussion from ubuntu Proposes optional D-Bus interface…

Topics covered

• technology
• age verification
• AI threats
• operating systems
• laptops
• cloud services

Keywords

• Apple
• MacBook Neo
• Anthropic
• age verification
• California
• System76
• Ubuntu
• AWS
• MS Azure
• Midnight BSD

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple, Anthropic, AWS, MS Azure, System76, Midnight BSD, Ubuntu, Fedora

Products: MacBook Neo

Books & works: California's Digital Age Assurance Act AB 1043

Places: California

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