AirDrop supports Android, Qualcomm might ruin Arduino, Laptops get worse + more!

Duration: 08:26

Timestamps:

0:00 livin' in the past

0:10 Google forces AirDrop to support Android

1:32 Qualcomm's new Terms worry Arduino lovers

2:50 HP, Dell disable laptop HEVC support

4:07 QUICK BITS INTRO!

4:15 Xbox Fullscreen Experience on all W11 PCs

5:07 Sturnus Android malware

5:44 Meta ordered to pay Spanish media outlets

6:31 an embryo gene editing startup?

7:22 Grok praises Elon Musk

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

SHARING IS CARING

Google cracked Apple’s AirDrop and is adding it to Pixel phones

https://www.theverge.com/news/825228/iphone-airdrop-android-quick-share-pixel-10

They went rogue!

https://lmg.gg/Nl0JF

“That’s right, Apple! We forced you to be able to share with us, even though you don’t want to!”

Google announcement

https://blog.google/products/android/quick-share-airdrop/

Instructions

Send from Android to iOS

https://lmg.gg/b857O

From iOS to Android

https://lmg.gg/W1ACs

Don’t worry Apple, Google extra-double-checked the security

https://security.googleblog.com/2025/11/android-quick-share-support-for-airdrop-security.html

QUALCOMM’S UNO REVERSE CARD

Last month, Qualcomm acquired Arduino and they quietly updated the terms and conditions/privacy policy. This is huge for hobbyists because given the wording, it effectively removes the open part of the Arduino IDE. Everything you type into the online IDE is theirs to do with as they please. This is not including the changes to user data protection. They essentially put in the standard protections for an SaaS platform on an open source ecosystem.

https://itsfoss.com/news/enshittification-of-arduino-begins/

https://www.arduino.cc/en/privacy-policy/

https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/

The Qualcomm announcement: https://www.arduino.cc/qualcomm

Post from Adafruit: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adafruit_opensource-privacy-techpolicy-activity-7396903362237054976-r14H?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADz9c70BStsIK_CzB_XwEguJwFnNcTJNrXE

Article explaining it: https://www.molecularist.com/2025/11/did-qualcomm-kill-arduino-for-good.html

The change with the reverse engineering part: https://lmg.gg/ih9jo

Note: Arduino’s IDE is licensed under AGPL and GPL V3, that means it can be reverse engineered but the new terms say it can’t. If the “platform” refers solely to cloud services, that makes sense but this seems to be worded as a blanket statement over the entire Arduino ecosystem.

I H.E.V.-SEE THAT THIS IS DUMB

HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/hp-and-dell-disable-hevc-support-built-into-their-laptops-cpus/

Joke about making laptops worse

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/dell-and-hp-disable-hardware-h-265-decoding-on-select-pcs-due-to-rising-royalty-costs-companies-could-save-big-on-hevc-royalties-but-at-the-expense-of-users

https://www.guru3d.com/story/why-hp-dell-are-disabling-hevc-support-on-certain-laptops/

HEVC Advance Patent Pool site

https://accessadvance.com/licensing-programs/hevc-advance/

Microsoft store link to HEVC

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nmzlz57r3t7?hl=en-US&gl=CA

PDF to where HP states HEVC is disabled. It is on page 3 under the graphics section

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ProBook-460-G11.pdf

Dell support page for HEVC

https://lmg.gg/GrFg2

QUICK BITS

FULL SCREEN AHEAD

Windows handhelds are getting the new Xbox Full Screen Experience, providing a more console-like navigation experience on top of Windows 11

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-launches-xbox-full-screen-experience-preview-for-gaming-pcs-expanding-beyond-handhelds-for-the-first-time

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2981446/xbox-fullscreen-experience-now-available-on-all-windows-handhelds.html

Xbox Partner Preview

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/11/20/xbox-partner-preview-november-2025-recap/

Xbox Wire

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/11/21/the-full-screen-experience-is-available-for-xbox-insiders-starting-today/

“What are those” video (0:01-0:04)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNtz05bhI1k

STURNUS BURNS-US

Multi-threat Android malware Sturnus steals Signal, WhatsApp messages (still in development but confirmed to be able to steal from E2EE messages using cracked APKs, explains why Google was concerned)

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/multi-threat-android-malware-sturnus-steals-signal-whatsapp-messages/

Alternative Sources: https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/new-sturnus-android-trojan-quietly.html

https://hackread.com/sturnus-android-malware-whatsapp-telegram-signal-chats/

ESTAR SIN BLANCA

Meta ordered to pay €479 million to Spanish media outlets due to unfair competition practices and violating EU data regulations

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/meta-ordered-to-pay-%e2%82%ac479-million-to-spanish-media-outlets-201000460.html?src=rss

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/spanish-court-orders-meta-pay-550-mln-digital-media-companies-2025-11-20/

A similar claim is currently under investigation in France

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/french-competition-authority-investigate-metas-online-advertising-practices-2025-07-09/

DIOS MIO!

GENE WILDER

Tech billionaires want to make gene-edited babies (Mass Effect Gene Mods anyone?)

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/11/19/tech-billionaires-want-to-make-gene-edited-babies

https://www.ktvu.com/news/bay-area-scientist-launches-new-effort-toward-gene-edited-babies

https://www.wsj.com/tech/biotech/genetically-engineered-babies-tech-billionaires-6779efc8

https://futurism.com/health-medicine/startup-altman-gene-hacking

Blog post: https://www.preventive.bio/blog/announcing-preventive

MY DAD IS BETTER THAN YOURS

Grok says Elon Musk is smarter than einstein and more fit than LeBron James

https://gizmodo.com/grok-says-elon-musk-is-smarter-than-einstein-and-more-fit-than-lebron-james-2000688999

https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-grok-praise-athletic-intelligent-ai-chatbot

Funny examples

https://lmg.gg/Hv8Xg

https://lmg.gg/AK92W

https://lmg.gg/qOcg0

TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling found that Grok doesn’t think Elon could strike out Shohei Ohtani

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-20-at-2.51.36-PM.png?resize=1082,617

Saint Shohei

https://www.illuminidol.com/cdn/shop/products/ShoheiOhtaniIlluminidolCelebrityPrayerCandle.jpg?v=1629135408&width=1946

Guys don’t worry this was someone ELSE manipulating Grok AGAIN, Elon calls himself the r word

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1991624623407161383

Maybe make a hard r reference

WAN Show “Hard-R” clip (4:15-4:45)