News items you should check out: February 22

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles you should check out:

° From Apple TV+ Press: “Killers of the Flower Moon” director and historic 10-time Academy Award nominee Martin Scorsese was recognized with the prestigious Honorary Golden Bear from the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale),

° From AppleInsider: Ahead of Apple’s proposals for third-party App Stores coming out of beta, firms including Meta and Microsoft are lobbying the EU in the hopes that it will reject the plans. And Apple has responded.

° From 9to5Mac: Apple has reversed course and is now demanding a 30% cut of donations sent to teachers in the popular Insight Timer meditation app. The change apparently comes after Apple allowed the app to use its own Stripe-based in-app purchase system for over a year.

° From WXII12: Students at High Point University (North Carolina) learned about artificial intelligence from Apple’s co-founder, while other students learned from Netflix’s co-founder. 

° From MacRumors: Astropad is launching a new version of the Rock Paper Pencil kit that it came out with last summer, bringing some notable improvements that will allow for a better paper-like writing experience on the iPad.

° From iMore: The iPhone’s Emergency SOS via Satellite feature helped rescue a hiker who took a wrong turn and wound up lost in a forest.

° From MacVoices Live!: On the new episode, head of Marketing for Flic, Per-Gustaf Hedberg, talks about how the company’s latest, the Flic Twist gives you a wireless dial-type control for your smart home devices