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UK Users Are Ditching Google, and They're Turning to a Browser Called Tor
One browser. Three layers of encryption. Zero of your data handed to Google. Something quietly massive happened across the UK last year, and I don't think enough people connected the dots on what it actually means. When the UK's Online Safety Act triggered mandatory age verification, requiring ID uploads, face scans, and credit card checks just to access ordinary websites, VPN downloads exploded by over 1,800 percent in a single weekend. Proton VPN alone saw signups soar by 1

Michael Routhier
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Apple Is About to Fold. And For Once, I Think That's a Good Thing.
Thirty years in. And this might be the most excited I've been about a new iPhone in a decade. I've been an Apple user for over 30 years. I've watched this company go from the Macintosh to the iPod to the iPhone; from a cult brand that techies argued about to the most valuable company on earth. I've seen the hits and I've sat through a few misses. I know how to tell the difference between a genuine leap forward and a shiny object Apple is selling because it needs something new

Michael Routhier
Jun 57 min read
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