This week, Apple squares off against the FBI over iPhone encryption, Vulkan's impact on game development and Deadpool.

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Links and Show Notes

Customer Letter - Apple
If Apple loses to the FBI, we're all screwed
Google CEO says iPhone backdoor could set 'troubling precedent,' other tech giants stay mum
Tim Cook: Building a backdoor into the iPhone is 'too dangerous'
Apple can comply with the FBI court order – Trail of Bits Blog
Apple is facing its biggest test of iPhone security | The Verge
The FBI wants Apple to create an iPhone backdoor: Here's how it's possible
Code is Law | Zdziarski's Blog of Things
Daring Fireball: Sundar Pichai on the Apple/FBI Encryption Fight
Richard Stallman Eats Something From His Foot - YouTube
Khronos Releases Vulkan 1.0 Specification - Khronos Group Press Release
What is Vulkan and how does it differ from OpenGL? - Game Development Stack Exchange
Taylor Swift vs. Kanye West: A Beef History | Rolling Stone
Review: Deadpool Is True to the Comic, so Apparently, I Don’t Like Deadpool | The Mary Sue
Counterpoint: Deadpool Ain’t Perfect, But It’s Pretty Damn Fun | The Mary Sue