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Marcus Mendes is a Brazilian tech podcaster and journalist who has been closely following Apple since the mid-2000s.

He began covering Apple news in Brazilian media in 2012 and later broadened his focus to the wider tech industry, hosting a daily podcast for seven years.

Today, Marcus co-hosts several tech-focused shows at Gigahertz FM, a Brazilian podcast network he co-founded in 2022 with 9to5Mac’s own Guilherme Rambo. Outside of Gigahertz FM, he also hosts IA Sob Controle, a podcast featuring in-depth interviews and news about artificial intelligence.

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In the market for a new router? Here are 13 models to avoid, according to the FBI [U]

Most Americans are paying more for broadband – here are four solutions | A wireless router in colorful mood lighting

Update: The FBI’s original directive mistakenly included two models, the E100 and E300. The agency has since revised the list to exclude them, and we’ve updated this post accordingly.

If you were spooked by yesterday’s news that thousands of ASUS wireless routers have been compromised by a botnet, and are thinking about buying a new router, here are some models to not add to your cart per a recent FBI advisory.

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Pocket is going away, but here are 5 read-it-later alternatives

Pocket

Mozilla has announced that it will shut down Pocket, its popular read-it-later app, on July 8, 2025. This means that unless the Digg acquisition offer turns into something, its users will have until then to find an alternative read-it-later app.

If that’s you, here are five potential replacements, although I know none of them will ever be able to fill that Pocket-shaped hole in your heart.

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Miss Severance yet? Read the complete script for the Season 2 finale

It’s been a little more than two months since the Season 2 finale of Severance dropped on Apple TV+ and, if you like the show as much as I do, you’re still recovering.

Now, as part of its “It Starts On The Page” special, Deadline has published the full script of the episode, including a foreword by show creator Dan Erickson, in which he reveals what the episode was originally going to be called.

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EU ruling: Apple’s App Store still in violation of DMA, 30 days to comply

Apple App Store EU

Update: Apple has responded to the ruling with a statement provided to 9to5Mac, calling it “bad for innovation, bad for competition, bad for our products, and bad for users.” See full statement below.

The European Commission has officially published its full ruling against Apple’s App Store practices in the European Union, and the message is clear: the company’s new “DMA-compliant” terms… still aren’t compliant.

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Canalys: iPhone exports from India to the U.S. totaled 11.5 million between January and April

Samsung reportedly working on a 3-layer stacked camera sensor for iPhone | Existing iPhone 16 Pro Max camera module shown

Last month, in the thick of the confusion surrounding President Trump’s tariffs extravaganza, it was reported that while Apple had flown out three iPhone-packed cargo airplanes out of China and India, it had also ramped up production in India.

Now, despite Apple’s sidestepping when asked to talk specifics in its recent financial results call, we have a clearer picture of what that ramp-up actually looked like.

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