Apple Ends Encryption in UK, Hackers Steal $1.5 Billion Ethereum, and BlueSky Eats Itself

Today’s Stories:

Apple has pulled end-to-end encryption to users in the UK, in response to its government asking the company for a backdoor to user data (2:30)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/apple-pulls-data-protection-tool-instead-of-caving-to-uk-demand-for-a-backdoor/

Hackers have stolen $1.5 billion in ethereum from crypto exchange Bybit, in the biggest digital heist in history. (9:20)

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/23/crypto-exchange-seeks-bybit-ethereum-stolen-digital-wallet

Dark Clouds Over BlueSky, Again (14:20)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sheilacallaham/2025/02/23/dark-clouds-over-bluesky-again/

OpenAI has banned a handful of Chinese Accounts that were using ChatGPT to make anti-American propganda in south american countries (20:03)

https://www.pcmag.com/news/openai-removes-chinese-accounts-which-published-propaganda-in-latin-american

Grok 3 has appeared to briefly censor unflattering info about Elon Musk and President Donald Trump (24:07)

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/23/grok-3-appears-to-have-briefly-censored-unflattering-mentions-of-trump-and-musk/