Ep. 492: Check Your P.F.A.N.T.S.S.! and tech news

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.

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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 L