# Episode 776: Will Apple pay over Apple Pay?

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Podcast: [The PC Pro Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pc-pro-podcast-1082134)
Published: 2026-01-29T14:04:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3276

## Resource

The team discusses a class action lawsuit alleging that Apple Pay has pushed up banking prices for everyone, asks whether Microsoft was right to hand over encryption keys to the authorities, and ponders whether Mozilla’s “rebel alliance” of AI upstarts has a chance of defeating the dark side. Our Hot Hardware candidate is the ElevationLab Five-Year Compact Battery for AirTag, an expanded battery case for your Apple AirTags that lasts… wait, I wrote it down here somewhere…

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