Wake from Sleep: Recent Episodes
Wake from Sleep
DEVICES NOT SUPPORT MOVING FORWARDS
TIme Capsule
https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/10/time-machine-backup-macos/
Ding dong afp 4imns
Rosetta2
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/apple-details-the-end-of-intel-mac-support-and-a-phaseout-for-rosetta-2/
Macs
https://www.apple.com/os/macos/
Phones
https://www.apple.com/os/ios/
iPads
https://www.apple.com/os/ipados/
Danish department determined to dump Microsoft
https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/danish_department_dump_microsoft/
Apple on the backfoot?
WSJ Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTLk53h7u_k
Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/apples-craig-federighi-on-the-long-road-to-the-ipads-mac-like-multitasking/
Epic Games: Apple’s attempt to pause App Store antitrust order fails [U]
https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/04/apple-loses-bid-to-pause-app-store-antitrust-order/
News
Apple Seeds Revised iOS 26 Developer Beta to Fix Battery Issue
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/13/apple-seeds-revised-ios-26-developer-beta/
WhatsApp Backs Apple in Legal Fight Against UK Encryption Demands
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/11/whatsapp-backs-apple-uk-encryption-row/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Xcode 26 beta includes new ‘Apple Vision Pro 4K’ simulator
https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/10/xcode-26-beta-includes-new-apple-vision-pro-4k-reference/
Developers Nightmares
Clip Rejected via Notarization
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/06/07/clip-rejected-via-notarization/
Poor LLM support harming development
https://mister.computer/@kyle/114608923901892223
Anti-vaccine quack hired by RFK Jr. has started work at the health department
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/06/anti-vaccine-quack-hired-by-rfk-jr-has-started-work-at-the-health-department/
Amazon Fire Sticks enable “billions of dollars’” worth of streaming piracy
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/amazon-fire-sticks-enable-billions-of-dollars-worth-of-streaming-piracy/
Car Corner
CarPlay in iOS 26 enables AirPlay ‘video in the car’ feature for apps
https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/12/carplay-video-ios-26/
VanMoof’s new S6 e-bikes fix everything but trust
https://www.theverge.com/hands-on/684170/vanmoofs-new-s6-e-bikes-fix-everything-but-trust
Media
F1 Haptic Trailer
https://tv.apple.com/us/clip/feel-the-action-in-your-hands/umc.cmc.5834l80x7lpxvb1wqiz7uvgj7?targetId=umc.cmc.3t6dvnnr87zwd4wmvpdx5came&targetType=Movie
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliekatz/2025/06/12/haptic-trailer-for-f1-film-lets-you-feel-the-race-on-your-iphone/
Vision Pro’s first third-party Apple Immersive Video brings MotoGP racing via Blackmagic
https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/11/vision-pro-third-party-immersive-video-motogp/
Slow Horses season 5 gets release date on Apple TV+
https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/03/slow-horses-season-5-gets-release-date-on-apple-tv/
https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/sir-gary-oldman-awarded-knighthood-king-charles-birthday-honors
Race Across the World
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0002tvs/race-across-the-world?seriesId=m0002tvs-structural-5-m0029sss
Games
Nintendo Switch 2
Hardware
https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Hardware/Nintendo-Switch-2/Features/Nintendo-Switch-2-Features-2785300.html
Jerry Rig Everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft4iUfy7RwA
Games
Mario Kart World
Mario Kart World review: Getting there is half the game
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/06/mario-kart-world-review-getting-there-is-half-the-game/
Fast Fusion
https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-2-games/Fast-Fusion-2807412.html
Steam finally goes native on Apple Silicon, here’s how to try it
https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/12/steam-finally-goes-native-on-apple-silicon-heres-how-to-try-it/
Warner Bros and Playside reveal Game Of Thrones RTS starring the Lannisters, Starks, Targaryens and Night King
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/warner-bros-reveal-game-of-thrones-rts-starring-the-lannisters-starks-targaryens-and-night-king
Main Show
https://www.apple.com/os/
Apple’s walled garden is the iPad’s biggest roadblock to becoming a Mac
https://www.engadget.com/mobile/tablets/apples-walled-garden-is-the-ipads-biggest-roadblock-to-becoming-a-mac-223014619.html?src=rss
Interesting product
Logitech’s new iPad case has a compact removable wireless keyboard
https://www.theverge.com/news/684344/logitech-flip-folio-keyboard-case-bluetooth-apple-ipad-pro-air
tvOS
Can set other airplay speakers as default output
https://www.reddit.com/r/sonos/comments/1l7oaei/psa_era_100_as_apple_tv_default_audio_output/?share_id=6WP7V_i_hdlJJvu0TZRwt&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1
App of the Week
Retroarch tvOs
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retroarch/id6499539433
Thing of the Week
Apple’s OS Numbering
https://www.apple.com/os/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
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@_cjp@mastodon.social
We hardly knew ye
Mozilla is shutting down Pocket
https://www.theverge.com/news/672924/mozilla-pocket-fakespot-shutting-down
The Browser Company stops active development of Arc in favor of new AI-focused product
https://www.engadget.com/ai/the-browser-company-stops-active-development-of-arc-in-favor-of-new-ai-focused-product-153045276.html?src=rss
Retirement and NetNewsWire
https://inessential.com/2025/05/24/retirement_and_netnewswire.html
25% Apple Tax
Trump
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114556874484491575
NYT: Apple tax was Trump’s way of getting back at Tim Cook for skipping Middle East trip
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/26/nyt-apple-tax-was-trumps-way-of-getting-back-at-tim-cook-for-skipping-middle-east-trip/
Texas is getting ready to ban social media for anyone under 18
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/texas-is-getting-ready-to-ban-social-media-for-anyone-under-18-180202219.html?src=rss
WWDC Things
Report: iOS 19 to include new app dedicated to gaming
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/27/ios-19-gaming-app/
Apple is rumored to release iOS 26, not iOS 19 at WWDC 2025
https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/apple-is-rumored-to-release-ios-26-not-ios-19-at-wwdc-2025-193424610.html?src=rss
iOS 19 may support easily transferring your iPhone’s eSIM to an Android device [U]
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/28/ios-19-esim-transfer-iphone-android/
Car Corner
Tesla continues to circle the drain
https://www.theverge.com/news/675058/tesla-europe-april-sales-musk-doge-brand-crisis
Elon Musk steps away from the White House
https://www.theverge.com/news/676224/elon-musk-leaves-doge-white-house-trump
Media
Mission Impossible 3
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mission_impossible_3#reviews
Murderbot
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/murderbot
Clarksons Farm Season 4
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/clarksons_farm/s04
Fountain of Youth on Apple TV
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fountain_of_youth_2025
The TT is on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31RZ5wU-Fg0
Games
The Nintendo Switch 2 sure seems to work just fine with a USB mouse
https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/1kux2ka/nintendo_switch_2_will_support_usb_mouse_and_new/
F1 2025 (PS5)
https://www.ea.com/games/f1/f1-25
Main Show
Thoughts on WWDC (9th June / 6pm UK / 10am East Coast)
Apple Developer Relations
Apple Turnaround
https://hypercritical.co/2025/05/20/apple-turnaround
Talk show
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/29/no-apple-executives-talk-show-live/
App of the Week
FieryFeeds
https://voidstern.net/fiery-feeds
Thing of the Week
MagSafe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MagSafe
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
News
Microsoft
“Microsoft has simply given us no other option,” Signal says as it blocks Windows Recall
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/signal-resorts-to-weird-trick-to-block-windows-recall-in-desktop-app/
Windows 11 is getting a macOS-like Handoff feature between phone and PC
https://www.theverge.com/news/671454/microsoft-windows-11-handoff-feature-cross-device-resume
Microsoft is putting AI actions into the Windows File Explorer
https://www.theverge.com/news/670251/microsoft-windows-11-ai-actions-file-explorer-context-menu
OpenAI is buying Jony Ive’s AI hardware company
https://www.theverge.com/news/671838/openai-jony-ive-ai-hardware-apple
The 15 biggest announcements at Google I/O 2025
https://www.theverge.com/news/669408/google-io-2025-biggest-announcements-ai-gemini
AMD unveils Radeon RX 9060 XT at Computex 2025
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/amd-unveils-radeon-rx-9060-xt-at-computex-2025-030021776.html?src=rss
iOS 19: Three features you’ll actually use on your iPhone
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/20/three-ios-19-features-you-will-use-iphone/#more-1002066
Adobe is switching some Creative Cloud users to a pricier AI plan
https://www.theverge.com/news/670241/adobe-ai-creative-cloud-all-apps-pro-increase
Car Corner
Volvo expands its Google partnership to bring new features like Gemini to cars sooner
https://www.engadget.com/transportation/volvo-expands-its-google-partnership-to-bring-new-features-like-gemini-to-cars-sooner-070020853.html?src=rss
Brembo develops brakes with almost no brake dust and less wear
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/05/brembos-new-brakes-cut-particulate-emissions-by-90-percent/
Media
Mission Impossible 1 & 2
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mission_impossible
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mission_impossible_2
Long Way Home
Race Across the World
Cold Feet (on ITVX) did 4 seasons post the 90s, who knew
https://www.itv.com/watch/cold-feet/1a2292
Games
Microsoft blames Apple for its delayed Xbox mobile store
https://www.theverge.com/news/671409/microsoft-xbox-mobile-store-delay-apple-epic-court-case
Dwarf Fortress
https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/
Main Show
Tailscale
https://tailscale.com/
What is it
What are you using it for
Self Hosting is having a moment
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/self-hosting-is-having-a-moment-ethan-sholly-knows-why/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
App of the Week
Spokenly
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spokenly-whisper-dictation-ai/id6740315592?mt=12
Thing of the Week
ChatGPT
www.chatgpt.com
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
Follow Up
The fortnite saga
Fortnite isn’t available on iOS right now, but why?
https://www.theverge.com/news/668232/fortnite-ios-unavailable-worldwide-apple-epic
'Fortnite' is offline on iOS around the world
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/fortnite-is-offline-on-ios-around-the-world-131535163.html?src=rss
Apple claims it's not blocking Epic from offering Fortnite in the EU
https://www.engadget.com/apps/apple-claims-its-not-blocking-epic-from-offering-fortnite-in-the-eu-175423021.html?src=rss
Epic asks court to compel Apple to reinstate Fortnite on the App Store
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/16/epic-asks-court-to-compel-apple-to-reinstate-fortnite-on-the-app-store/#more-1001837
Apple to appeal €500M digital fine over EU’s silence in compliance talks
https://www.politico.eu/article/apple-to-appeal-e500m-digital-fine-over-eus-silence-in-compliance-talks/
Apple using sketchy warning for apps bought using third-party payment systems
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/15/apple-using-sketchy-warning-for-apps-bought-using-third-party-payment-systems/
News
Trump says he has a ‘little problem’ with Tim Cook over Apple’s India production
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/15/trump-little-problem-tim-cook-apple-india-production-iphones
Trump’s sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal’s work
https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3
Meta asks judge to throw out antitrust case mid-trial
https://www.theverge.com/antitrust/668099/meta-ftc-antitrust-motion-partial-findings-instagram-whatsapp
Microsoft
Microsoft set to pull the plug on Bing Search APIs in favor of AI alternative
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/bing_search_apis_retired/
Microsoft starts testing ‘Hey, Copilot!’ in Windows
https://www.theverge.com/news/667167/windows-hey-copilot-ai-wake-word-voice-activation
Headphones
Sony WH-1000XM6 review: The best headphones just keep on getting better
https://www.engadget.com/audio/headphones/sony-wh-1000xm6-review-the-best-headphones-just-keep-on-getting-better-160058170.html?src=rss
Apple leak hints that AirPods Pro 3 are coming soon
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/15/apple-leak-hints-that-airpods-pro-3-are-coming-soon/
UK Parliament opts not to hold AI companies accountable over copyright material
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/uk-parliament-opts-not-to-hold-ai-companies-accountable-over-copyright-material-180234550.html?src=rss
Google announces Material 3 Expressive, a colorful evolution of Android design
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/google-reveals-vibrant-material-3-expressive-coming-soon-to-a-pixel-near-you/
Google restores Nextcloud user’s file access on Android
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/nextcloud-accuses-google-of-big-tech-gatekeeping-over-android-app-permissions/
More Than 1 Billion RCS Messages Are Sent Daily on Android and iOS
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/13/android-ios-rcs-messages-1-billion/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Why search is bad?
https://raru.re/@ocean/114490739719068242
Car Corner
Top Gear Car Play Ultra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQlLjVraA9g
Who is getting it
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/15/carplay-ultra-automakers/#more-1001436
Quinns Take
https://mas.to/@snazzyq/114514241730240597
Media
Long Way Home
https://tv.apple.com/show/long-way-home/umc.cmc.26p8x4co2wl0ztetek4gmkf6r?mttnsubad=umc.cmc.26p8x4co2wl0ztetek4gmkf6r
Taskmaster
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/taskmaster/on-demand/75957-001
Murderbot
https://tv.apple.com/us/show/murderbot/umc.cmc.5owrzntj9v1gpg31wshflud03
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/murderbot
Deaf President
https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2025/01/apple-original-films-deaf-president-now-premieres-at-the-2025-sundance-film-festival-with-co-directors-nyle-dimarco-davis-guggenheim-and-more/
Games
Time to change your Steam password? Data from over 89 million accounts has reportedly leaked to the dark web
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/time-to-change-your-steam-password-data-from-over-89-million-accounts-has-reportedly-leaked-to-the-dark-web
Main Show
Existential Angst about being an apple fan
Can we still love Apple? Should we ever have?
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/can-we-still-love-apple-should-we-ever-have/
Siracusa from last week
https://hypercritical.co/2025/05/09/apple-turnover
The Accessibility updates are here
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/13/apple-previews-ios-19-accessibility-features/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
App of the Week
Harbour
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/harbour-docker-manager/id1582439659
Thing of the Week
Stack Overflow
https://stackoverflow.com/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
Follow Up
Apple appeals
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zgvojeggwpd/Apple%20motion%20Epic%20Games%20-%2020250507.pdf
9to5 mac commentary
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/07/apple-pushes-to-halt-app-store-overhaul-as-epic-games-appeal-moves-forward/
Developer sues Apple to claw back commission payments
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/developer_sues_apple_commission_payment/
Amazon now has a ‘Get book’ button in its iOS Kindle app
https://www.theverge.com/news/661719/amazon-app-ios-apple-iphone-ipad-kindle-buy-books
Apple Turnover
https://hypercritical.co/2025/05/09/apple-turnover
Brazilian court reverses course and now demands iPhone sideloading within 90 days
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/09/apple-must-implement-sideloading-brazil/
Epic Games Submits Fortnite to U.S. App Store
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/09/fortnite-submitted-to-us-app-store/
News
Apple Pay support now available on PlayStation 5
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/09/ps5-apple-pay/
37signals is completing its on-prem move, deleting its AWS account to save millions
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/09/37signals_cloud_repatriation_storage_savings/
Samsung adds Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, and Polk to its audio empire
https://www.theverge.com/news/662437/samsung-harman-masimo-aquisition-audio-empire
Linux kernel to drop 486 and early 586 support
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/07/linux_kernel_drops_486/
Apple Watch in significant global decline for two years now; new features needed
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/07/apple-watch-in-significant-global-decline-for-two-years-now-new-features-needed/
Lightphone 3
https://www.thelightphone.com/lightiii
Minimal Phone
https://minimalcompany.com/
Lighter, cheaper Surface Laptop saves a little money but gives up a lot
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/lighter-cheaper-surface-laptop-saves-a-little-money-but-gives-up-a-lot/
Media
Long Way Home
https://tv.apple.com/show/long-way-home/umc.cmc.26p8x4co2wl0ztetek4gmkf6r?mttnsubad=umc.cmc.26p8x4co2wl0ztetek4gmkf6r
Foundation Season 3
https://tv.apple.com/show/foundation/umc.cmc.5983fipzqbicvrve6jdfep4x3?mttnsubad=umc.cmc.5983fipzqbicvrve6jdfep4x3
Your Friends & Neighbours
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/your_friends_and_neighbors
Dope Thief
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dope_thief
Final F1 Movie Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8skLAmcQEX4
Javier Bardem is in it!
MotoGP Race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW1LuToz6Wo
Murderbot
https://tv.apple.com/us/show/murderbot/umc.cmc.5owrzntj9v1gpg31wshflud03
Games
Balatro on PS5
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/balatro/
Warhammer 40K Boltgun
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2005010/Warhammer_40000_Boltgun/
Switch 2 Pre-Order
https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/
Main Show
Laptops
MacBook Air https://www.apple.com/uk/macbook-air/
Rod
https://frame.work/gb/en/laptop13
App of the Week
Linkwarden
https://linkwarden.app/
https://github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden
Thing of the Week
Tomtoc Sleeve
https://www.tomtoc.com/products/tomtoc-versatile-a13-360-protective-laptop-sleeve-for-14-new-macbook-pro-black
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
Follow Up
Microsoft has “finally” turned on passwordless by default
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/microsoft-pushes-unphishable-logins-forward-with-new-sign-in-options/
End of line for Firefox?
https://www.theverge.com/news/660548/firefox-google-search-revenue-share-doj-antitrust-remedies
Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech independence
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_getting_nervous_about_europes/
30 percent of some Microsoft code now written by AI - especially the new stuff
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_meta_autocoding/
Starlink’s got company — and orbital overcrowding is a disaster waiting to happen
https://www.theverge.com/space/657113/starlink-amazon-satellites
Apple now actually marketing what Apple Intelligence features are available:
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/02/apple-intelligence-features-ad-2/
News
May the 4th be with you lego
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/categories/sales-and-deals?filters.i0.key=categories.id&filters.i0.values.i0=571ed551-f375-4b0b-925b-057aa50973f0&filters.i1.key=variants.attributes.availabilityStatus.zxx-JP&filters.i1.values.i0=%22E_AVAILABLE%22
Apple Warns Consumers in 100 countries
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/01/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-100-countries-that-they-are-victims-of-spyware/
Apple Announces Results
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/beware-the-tariffs-inside-apples-latest-financial-results/
Apple reports Q2 2025 earnings with $95.4 billion in revenue
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/01/apple-reports-q2-2025-earnings-with-95-4-billion-in-revenue/
Apple AirPlay Potential Hack
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/millions-of-apple-airplay-enabled-devices-can-be-hacked-via-wi-fi/
Apple Ordered to Pay $700 million dollars in patent case
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/01/apple-must-pay-over-700-million-in-patent-case/
UK Shops hit with cyber attacks
M&S
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wx092exlzo
Co Op
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkx3vy54nzo
Harrods
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62x4zxe418o
Media
Andor Season 2
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/andor/s02
Silo Season 3 is coming
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/silo-season-3-digs-up-a-massive-update/ar-AA1E61Rd
Taskmaster
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/taskmaster/on-demand/75957-001
Greg Davies Live
https://www.swansea-arena.co.uk/shows/greg-davies-full-fat-legend
Games
GTA VI delayed until May 2026!
https://www.theverge.com/news/660233/gta-6-trailer-rewatch-delay
EA aren't making any more rally games, but there are alternatives
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ea-arent-making-any-more-rally-games-but-there-are-alternatives
New Starcraft game
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-new-starcraft-game-is-on-the-way-from-the-publishers-of-dave-the-diver-and-the-finals-according-to-reports
Main Show
Apple and Epic
Brief timeline of events
https://www.igeeksblog.com/apple-vs-epic-games-lawsuit/
Last week’s announcement
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/01/epic-win-apple-link-out-to-web-free-reign/
Actions since announcement
Fortnite coming back
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/30/fortnite-will-return-to-the-app-store-for-iphone-and-ipad-in-every-country-on-one-condition/
App Store Developer guidelines updated:
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/02/spotify-out-of-app-payment-options/
Epic helping developers
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/01/epic-games-webshops-ios-developers/
Patreon
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/01/patreon-ios-app-update-in-app-purchases/
Spotify: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/02/spotify-out-of-app-payment-options/
STS on DMA Repercussions
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/114431521474316998
Apple exec lied:
Apple referred for possible criminal contempt investigation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62xv43xqq5o
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/01/a-senior-apple-exec-could-be-jailed-in-epic-case-its-time-to-end-this-disaster/
App of the Week
Kagi
https://kagi.com/
Thing of the Week
Omlet App (and connected chicken run tech)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=omlet.app&hl=en-US
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
UNRAID
https://unraid.net/?srsltid=AfmBOoqvEVmH89DmruSsPQt-y8BvmAvI9XkT2ctEP1LL91Qb3u7BjkHS
TrueNAS
https://www.truenas.com/
Commission finds Apple and Meta in breach of the Digital Markets Act
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1085
Apple and Meta furious at EU over fines totaling €700 million
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/apple-and-meta-furious-at-eu-over-fines-totaling-e700-million/
Matt Gemmel on the Apple Fine
https://mastodon.scot/@mattgemmell/114398193042171247
Google is paying Samsung an ‘enormous sum’ to preinstall Gemini
https://www.theverge.com/news/652746/google-samsung-gemini-default-placement-antitrust-trial
News
Report: TP-Link’s low router prices probed in criminal antitrust investigation
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/tp-links-low-router-prices-and-china-ties-reportedly-spark-us-investigation/
IPad and iPhone Getting more features
Is iPadOS 19 getting more Mac-like?
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/04/is-ipados-19-getting-more-mac-like/
iOS 19 Rumored to Add Stage Manager Support to USB-C iPhones
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/24/ios-19-iphone-stage-manager-rumor/
Rumor Suggests iPadOS 19 to Get Some Mac-Like Tweaks, Like a Menu Bar
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/04/25/ipados-19-menu-bar
STS
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/114397811932030118
Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads/
Why are companies lining up to buy Chrome?
https://www.theverge.com/chrome/656613/google-chrome-buyers-openai-yahoo-perplexity
Employee monitoring app leaks 21 million screenshots in real time
https://cybernews.com/security/employee-monitoring-app-leaks-millions-screenshots/
iPhone Air looks thin
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/24/iphone-17-air-thin-as-buttons/
Car Corner
A $20,000 electric truck with manual windows and no screens? Meet Slate Auto.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04/amazon-backed-startup-wants-to-sell-a-bare-bones-ev-truck-for-20000/
Dacia Spring
https://www.dacia.co.uk/hybrid-and-electric-range/spring-city-car.html?CAMPAIGN=uk-en-d-l-def-model-spring-crossenergy-bi-classic-core-search-salespower_2025&ORIGIN=SEA&&ppc_keyword=Dacia%20Spring&msclkid=9a7c55ba598c164910213db7b7fc251f&gclid=9a7c55ba598c164910213db7b7fc251f&gclsrc=3p.ds
Media
Race Across the World
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0029sst/race-across-the-world-series-5-episode-1
Grand Designs on Channel 4
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs
Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith
https://www.fandango.com/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-20th-anniversary-re-release-2025-239973/movie-overview
Live and Let Die
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/live_and_let_die
Games
Robocop Rogue City
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1681430/RoboCop_Rogue_City/
Nintendo Switch 2 Preorders live in the US at 3rd party resellers (Target et al)
Includes details on Switch 2 upgrade costs for original Switch games
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/nintendo-switch-2s-gameless-game-key-cards-are-going-to-be-very-common/
Main Show
Apple Watch turns 10
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/04/apple-watch-turns-10/
Original Apple Watch Introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uo5bpDYtIE
Original Gold Apple Watch Absolute in 2023
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/2/23900158/apple-watch-edition-gold-2015-obsolete-unsupported-beyonce
App of the Week
FreshRSS
https://freshrss.org/index.html
Thing of the Week
TV Launcher (for Apple TV/iPadOS)
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/tv-launcher-live-uk-channels/id1622598042
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
In depth with Windows 11 Recall—and what Microsoft has (and hasn’t) fixed
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/in-depth-with-windows-11-recall-and-what-microsoft-has-and-hasnt-fixed/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Kevin Beaumont
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/114360637766024432
China sends back new Boeing jet made more expensive by tariffs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/china-returns-boeing-737-jet-us-too-expensive-tariffs?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comac
Framework Laptop 13 (2025) review: getting better with age
https://www.theverge.com/reviews/650608/framework-laptop-13-review-2025-amd-ryzen-ai-300
Google sued for £5bn in UK over allegations of shutting out rivals
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/16/google-sued-for-5bn-in-uk-over-allegations-of-shutting-out-rivals?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones over spying fears
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/ec_burner_devices/
https://www.ft.com/content/20d0678a-41b2-468d-ac10-14ce1eae357b
CVE Program Funding Reinstated—What It Means And What To Do Next
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2025/04/16/cve-program-funding-cut-what-it-means-and-what-to-do-next/
News
Synology could bring “certified drive” requirements to more NAS devices
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/synology-could-bring-certified-drive-requirements-to-more-nas-devices/
https://www.45drives.com/
The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback
https://www.theverge.com/news/650922/readmoo-e-ink-mooink-v-color-folding-screen-ereader
LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/lg-tvs-integrated-ads-get-more-personal-with-tech-that-analyzes-viewer-emotions/
New iPhone 17 Pro render shows what unibody rear design might look like
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/16/new-iphone-17-pro-render-shows-what-unibody-rear-design-might-look-like/
iPhone Fold: New Leak Corroborates Camera Setup on Outer Display
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/16/iphone-fold-camera-setup-outer-display/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Report: iPadOS 19 to be ‘more like macOS’ in major overhaul
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/13/ipados-19-be-more-like-macos-overhaul/
OpenAI is building a social network
https://www.theverge.com/openai/648130/openai-social-network-x-competitor
Liz Truss to launch ‘uncensored’ social network to counter mainstream media
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/15/liz-truss-to-launch-uncensored-social-network-to-counter-mainstream-media?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Media
Apple TV+ just canceled its longest-running comedy series
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/14/apple-tv-just-canceled-mythic-quest-longest-running-comedy-series/
Race Across the World Returns 23rd April
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC2mH7MWS7M
Taskmaster returns May 1st
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_2xCORlP88
Clarkson’s Farm Series 4: 23rd May
https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/entertainment/clarksons-farm-season-4-release-date-prime-video
Diamonds are Forever
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/diamonds_are_forever
Games
Sony Is Raising the Price of the PS5 in Select Markets
https://lifehacker.com/tech/sony-is-raising-the-price-of-the-ps5-in-select-markets
Star Wars Zero Company looks like XCOM in a galaxy far, far away in its first trailer
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/star-wars-zero-company-looks-like-xcom-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away-in-its-first-trailer
Marathon is real, looks ridiculously stylish, has a release date, and is getting a closed alpha test this month
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvJIQoWIQP8
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/marathon-is-real-looks-ridiculously-stylish-has-a-release-date-and-is-getting-a-closed-alpha-this-month
Blue Prince (Steam/Sony Store)
https://www.metacritic.com/game/blue-prince/
MarioKart World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq4uCJDwO9U
Main Show
Rod :Top 5 things you use your computer for (at home)
Web Browser (Firefox)
Research, email, bookmarking for the show
https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/new/
Video Editing (da vinci resolve)
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
Audio Editing (Logic Pro )
https://www.apple.com/uk/logic-pro/
Running Docker Containers / Virtual Machines for home lab
https://www.docker.com/
Gaming (Steam)
https://store.steampowered.com/
Chris:
Web browser (Safari)
https://www.apple.com/uk/safari/
Music Listening (Apple Music)
https://www.apple.com/uk/apple-music/
Photo Editing (Photos/Pixelmator)
https://www.apple.com/uk/ios/photos/
https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/
Light code fiddling (Xcode)
https://developer.apple.com/xcode/
Gaming (Steam/Blizzard)
https://store.steampowered.com/
https://download.battle.net/en-us/desktop
Are you kidding me apple?
https://hachyderm.io/@cocoafrog/114355281286615868
App of the Week
Tuba : Linux Mastodon App
https://github.com/GeopJr/Tuba
Thing of the Week
All That Glitters
https://www.waterstones.com/book/all-that-glitters/orlando-whitfield/9781788169967
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Trump administration’s attack on university research accelerates
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/trump-administrations-attack-on-university-research-accelerates/
All the companies that paused US Sales due to tariffs
https://lifehacker.com/tech/all-the-companies-that-have-paused-us-sales-due-to-tariffs
Apple is racing to fly planes of iPhones into the US ahead of Trump’s tariffs
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/07/iphone-inventory-united-states-planes/
Microsoft starts testing Copilot Vision update that can ‘see’ your screen and apps
https://www.theverge.com/news/645666/microsoft-copilot-vision-windows-beta-testing
UK Home Office loses attempt to keep legal battle with Apple secret
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/07/uk-home-office-loses-attempt-to-keep-legal-battle-with-apple-secret
News
Microsoft fire employees who protested the sale of genAI tech to the Israeli military
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/microsoft-fire-employees-who-protested-the-sale-of-genai-tech-to-the-israeli-military
Trump Believes Apple Could Manufacture iPhones in the U.S.
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/08/trump-apple-us-iphone-manufacturing/
Here’s the iPhone. Here’s the iPhone With Tariffs.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/iphone-apple-tariffs-china-bb20c7a3?st=xaZQfQ&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/08/uk-creating-prediction-tool-to-identify-people-most-likely-to-kill
UK stats body snoozes legacy tech overhaul as Treasury tightens purse strings
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/07/ons_legacy_migration/
iPhone 17 leak reveals Pro models will get exclusive new Camera app feature
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/08/iphone-17-leak-reveals-pro-models-will-get-exclusive-new-camera-app-feature/
Dell UltraSharp 27 4K Thunderbolt Hub Monitor - U2725QE
https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-thunderbolt-hub-monitor-u2725qe/apd/210-bqtl/monitors-monitor-accessories
Craig Federighi’s leadership has already resulted in this major Siri pivot, per report
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/10/craig-federighis-leadership-has-already-resulted-in-this-major-siri-pivot-per-report/
Siri Features coming later in 2025
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/11/apple-delayed-siri-features-this-fall/
Media
Paradise
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/paradise_2025/s01
Wheel of Time Season 3
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_wheel_of_time
Books
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time
Severance Season 1
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/severance
Long Way Home trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyu1UAtbwAo
Games
Why some Switch 2 carts won’t have games on them
https://www.theverge.com/nintendo/643635/nintendo-switch-2-game-key-cards-explained
Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns
https://www.theverge.com/news/643483/nintendo-switch-2-preorders-delayed-tariffs
Commandos: Origins
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1479730/Commandos_Origins/
Warcraft 2: Remastered
https://eu.shop.battle.net/en-gb/product/warcraft-2-remastered#optLogin=true
Also Warcraft 1: Remastered
https://eu.shop.battle.net/en-gb/product/warcraft-1-remastered
Main Show
Framework’s entry-level modular Laptop 12 starts at $549
https://www.theverge.com/news/646031/framework-laptop-12-price-preorder-uk-eu-ca
Framework 12
https://frame.work/gb/en/products/laptop12-diy-intel-13gen/configuration/new
Built an exciting laptop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejl-7X74tgc
App of the Week
Ali Express Cheap screen
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006889331173.html
Thing of the Week
Bill Gates: Source Code
https://www.waterstones.com/book/source-code/bill-gates/9780241736678
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
iOS 18.4 (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/apple-updates-all-its-operating-systems-brings-apple-intelligence-to-vision-pro/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social )
iOS 18.4 and macOS 15.4 Sneakily Enable Automatic Updates on Your iPhone and Mac
https://lifehacker.com/tech/ios-184-macos-154-sneakily-enable-automatic-updates-on-your-iphone-mac
iOS 18.4’s Messages app adds RCS features for lots of new users
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/01/ios-184s-messages-app-adds-rcs-features-for-lot-of-new-users/
iOS 18.4 reinstalling previously deleted iPhone apps for some users
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/02/ios-18-4-reinstalling-previously-deleted-iphone-apps-for-some-users/
iOS 18.4 breaks CarPlay connectivity for some iPhone users
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/03/ios-18-4-carplay-bugs/
Windows intros 365 Link, a black box that does nothing but connect to Microsoft's cloud
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/windows_365_link/
Apple a ‘gangster’ company which finds crime pays, says Epic Games CEO
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/03/apple-a-gangster-company-which-finds-crime-pays-says-epic-games-ceo/
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00938-y
News
Gmail unveils end-to-end encrypted messages. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/are-new-google-e2ee-emails-really-end-to-end-encrypted-kinda-but-not-really/
Trump tariffs attack key parts of the Apple supply chain, Apple stock drops 7% in after-hours trading
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/02/trump-tariffs-apple-stock-down/
Thunderbirds are Pro: Open-source email client to get message hosting, appointment scheduling, more
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/thunderbird_pay_services/
Genetic data repo OpenSNP to self-destruct before authoritarians weaponize it
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/01/opensnp_shutdown/
France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/france-fines-apple-e150m-for-excessive-pop-ups-that-let-users-reject-tracking/
LLM providers on the cusp of an 'extinction' phase as capex realities bite
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/llm_providers_extinction/
Steve Jobs’ famous ‘third device’ may not have much time left
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/31/steve-jobs-famous-third-device-may-not-have-much-time-left/
18.5 betas are out
https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-18-5-beta-features/
Media
MacOS 15.4 blocked my Sonos
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse swings into theaters in 2027
https://www.theverge.com/news/640415/spider-man-beyond-the-spider-verse-release-date
Paradise
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/paradise_2025/s01
The Studio
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_studio
Games
GT7 played (and beat) GT Sophy
I got to play Nintendo Switch 2: hands-on with 2025’s gaming must-have
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/apr/03/i-got-to-play-the-nintendo-switch-2-all-new-slight-improvements-revealed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3CR6RiWS2U MKBHD
Nvidia confirms the Switch 2 supports DLSS, G-Sync, and ray tracing
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/nvidia-confirms-the-switch-2-supports-dlss-g-sync-and-ray-tracing/
Switch Pre-ORders in the US in jeopardy
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/nintendo-delays-switch-2-preorders-to-assess-trump-tariff-effects/
Delta emulator adds online multiplayer for Nintendo DS games
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/31/delta-emulator-nintendo-ds-online-multiplayer/
Games Turning 30:
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@djlink/114261452154413451
Main Show
Microsoft at 50
https://news.microsoft.com/microsoft-50/
https://www.theverge.com/news/643336/microsoft-50-years
Rods First few PCs
(opus 386/33) https://nosher.net/archives/computers/pcw_1987-04-00_010_opus
Dos 5.2, Windows 3.1 (40mb HDD)
Escom Pentium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escom_AG (windows 95)
AJP computing laptop https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/57474/AJP-Computers/ (win 98 / Me
(cant remember what I got next, think I started building my own at this point)
WinXP, 2000 and at this point all my work computing was Windows (NT, 2000, Vista, 7 and 8)
Chris
486SX 25: DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.11
AMD ‘Pentium’ 233MHZ (home built) - Windows 95/DOS
Microsoft is redesigning the Windows BSoD to get you back to work ‘as fast as possible’
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/01/microsoft_is_redesigning_the_windows/
App of the Week
Sonophone
https://sonophone.de/
Thing of the Week
Score Board
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DGPRX4DG?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
EU will go easy with Apple, Facebook punishment to avoid Trump’s wrath
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/eu-will-go-easy-with-apple-facebook-punishment-to-avoid-trumps-wrath/
iPhone users in the EU can now set Google Maps as their default navigation app
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/28/google-maps-default-iphone-app-eu/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
Satya Nadella: DeepSeek is the new bar for Microsoft’s AI success
https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/637496/microsoft-satya-nadella-deepseek-chatgpt-ai-investments-notepad
Garmin adds AI and a subscription tier to its app
https://www.theverge.com/news/636211/garmin-connect-plus-subscription-wearables
StS has a new phone
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/114223634605827576
EU to Close Antitrust Investigation into Apple's Browser Choice Screen
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/25/eu-close-antitrust-probe-browser-choice-screen/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
News
Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account
https://www.theverge.com/news/638967/microsoft-windows-11-account-internet-bypass-blocked?utm_content=bufferc0511&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bsky.app&utm_campaign=verge_social
Apple donates $4M for Chinese app development; visit to DeepSeek’s hometown
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/26/apple-donates-4m-for-chinese-app-development-visit-to-deepseeks-hometown/
Sixteen Organizations Endorse the UN Open Source Principles
https://unite.un.org/news/sixteen-organizations-endorse-un-open-source-principles
EU OS drafts a locked-down Linux blueprint for Eurocrats
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/eu_os_free_govt_desktop/
Deepin LInux
https://www.deepin.org/index/en
Apple Preparing to Release New Beats Charging Cables
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/26/new-beats-charging-cable-listings/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Apple barred from Google antitrust trial, putting $20 billion search deal on the line
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/apple-barred-from-google-antitrust-trial-putting-20-billion-search-deal-on-the-line/
Apple is about to spend $1 billion on NVIDIA servers for AI: analyst
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/25/apple-is-about-to-spend-1-billion-on-nvidia-servers-for-ai-analyst/
Car Corner
Rod got his apple wallet car key working
Media
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/on_her_majestys_secret_service
DareDevil Born Again
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/daredevil_born_again
The Studio (on Apple TV+)
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_studio
Severance Series 1 (on Apple TV+)
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/severance
A Complete Unknown
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_complete_unknown
Paradise
https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/browse/entity-2b4b8988-50c9-4097-bf93-bc34a99a5b4f
Games
Gran Turismo 7 expands its use of AI/ML-trained NPCs with good effect
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/03/gran-turismo-7-gets-an-npc-upgrade-with-improved-gt-sophy-ai/
Diplomacy is not an Option
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272320/Diplomacy_is_Not_an_Option/
Nordhold
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3028310/Nordhold/
Ixion
https://www.metacritic.com/game/ixion/
Settlements Rising on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2378910/Settlements_Rising/
F1 2025 - Pre-order time!
https://www.ea.com/games/f1/f1-25
Main Show
WWDC announced
https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2025/03/apples-worldwide-developers-conference-returns-the-week-of-june-9/
Glass iOS?
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/29/ios-19-rumors-recap/
App of the Week
LibreOffice
https://www.libreoffice.org/
Thing of the Week
eBay + Post Office
https://www.ebay.co.uk/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
Follow Up
How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-era-digital-expat/
Apple and Google in the hot seat as European regulators ignore Trump warnings
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2025/03/eu-accuses-google-and-apple-of-stifling-competition-under-digital-markets-act/
Google Search charged with breaking EU antitrust rules
https://www.theverge.com/news/618168/google-search-eu-dma-charge-violation
EU orders Apple to open up access to iOS notifications, allow alternatives to AirDrop and AirPlay on the iPhone
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/19/eu-order-apple-interoperability/
Apple loses antitrust appeal in Germany, could face new App Store rules
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/18/apple-loses-antitrust-appeal-in-germany-now-faces-new-app-store-rules/
Apple won’t have to enable sideloading for users in Brazil, at least for now
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/19/apple-wont-have-to-enable-sideloading-for-users-in-brazil-at-least-for-now/
HP Inc settles printer toner lockout lawsuit with a promise to make firmware updates optional
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/hp_printer_lawsuit_settled/
Asahi Linux loses another prominent dev as GPU guru calls it quits
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/asahi_linux_asahi_lina/
Euro techies call for sovereign fund to escape Uncle Sam's digital death grip
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/17/european_tech_sovereign_fund/
‘APPLE NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY WITH AI’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/03/19/apple-needs-to-get-out-of-the-way-with-ai
News
US Mac growth suggests Microsoft may have done Apple a huge favor
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/19/us-mac-growth-suggests-microsoft-may-have-done-apple-a-huge-favor/
Apple hallucinated Siri's future AI features, lawsuit claims
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/21/apple_hallucinated_siri_ai_features/
French lawmakers seem happier with encryption
https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2025/03/21/l-assemblee-vote-pour-le-maintien-de-la-confidentialite-des-messageries-cryptees-lors-d-une-nuit-agitee_6584121_3224.html
This is one of the most sophisticated phishing attacks ever made against Mac users
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/20/this-is-one-of-the-most-sophisticated-phishing-attacks-ever-made-against-mac-users/
UK's biggest mobile operator starts 3G switchoff, hopes it won't catch out April fools
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/vmo2_3g_switch_off/
First look at iPhone 17 Air case shows large camera bar cutout
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/19/first-look-at-iphone-17-air-case-shows-large-camera-bar-cutout/
The iPhone 17 Air makes other models look chunky in new leaked dummy shots
https://www.theverge.com/news/630917/iphone-17-air-pro-max-dummies-leak
Car Corner
New EV battery boasts 5-min charge time, adding 250 miles of range
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/new-ev-battery-boasts-5-min-charge-time-adding-250-miles-of-range/
Official: the new R5 Turbo gets 536bhp, a massive 3,540lb ft, and a rally handbrake
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/first-look/official-new-r5-turbo-gets-536bhp-a-massive-3540lb-ft-and-a-rally-handbrake
Media
Severance
Season finale
Hit Apple TV+ drama Severance officially renewed for season three
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/21/severance-renewed-season-three-apple-tv/
Apple loses $1B a year on prestigious, minimally viewed Apple TV+: report
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/apple-tv-reportedly-loses-1-billion-a-year-and-thats-okay-for-now/
Wheel of Time
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_wheel_of_time
Dope Thief
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dope_thief
Oppenheimer - rewatch
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oppenheimer_2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saj2Q92wBkU
Games
Commandos: Origins available for pre-order
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1479730/Commandos_Origins/
Factorio (demo)
https://www.factorio.com/
Main Show
Passwords
Apple’s Passwords app was vulnerable to phishing attacks for nearly three months after launch
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/18/apples-passwords-app-was-vulnerable-to-phishing-attacks-for-nearly-three-months-after-launch/
Apple Passwords
Chris
KeePass
Keepass XC
https://keepassxc.org/
Keepassium
https://keepassium.com
Vaultwarden/Bitwarden
https://bitwarden.com/pricing/
https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden
App of the Week
Debian Linux
https://www.debian.org/
Thing of the Week
Apple Trade In
https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/trade-in
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
Follow Up
French Universities offering american scientists placement
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/14/france_us_science_offer/
Meanwhile Trump killing grass roots
UMass disbands its entering biomed graduate class over Trump funding chaos
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/umass-disbands-its-entering-biomed-graduate-class-over-trump-funding-chaos/
Apple Winning : Jonathan Ruiz
https://mastodon.online/@refactoredd/114156916632667031
Eight days later, Microsoft Outlook users still struggle on iOS devices
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/11/outlook_ios_problems/
Apple Music Classical expands to the web
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/13/apple-music-classical-expands-to-the-web/
Cider
https://cider.sh/downloads/client
Apple Sports adds F1 support and more in latest iPhone update
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/10/apple-sports-adds-f1-support-and-more-in-latest-iphone-update/
Sonos has canceled its streaming video player
https://www.theverge.com/tech/628297/sonos-pinewood-streaming-box-canceled
Report: Apple will be fined by EU for alleged violation of DMA
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/10/report-apple-will-be-fined-by-eu-for-alleged-violation-of-dma/
News
iPhone 16e users have been experiencing issues with Bluetooth audio
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/13/iphone-16e-bluetooth-audio-issues/
Weak M4 Mac mini Wi-Fi
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/03/10/weak-m4-mac-mini-wi-fi/
End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone coming in future software update
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/end-to-end-encrypted-rcs-messaging-on-iphone/
Man with artificial heart survives over 100 days outside hospital
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/bivacor/
Large study shows drinking alcohol is good for your cholesterol levels
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/large-study-shows-drinking-alcohol-is-good-for-your-cholesterol-levels/
UK investigation says Apple and Google are ‘holding back’ mobile browsers
https://www.theverge.com/news/628472/apple-safari-ios-google-android-chrome-cma-competition
DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next
https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/03/doj-google-must-sell-chrome-android-could-be-next/
Amazon is ending the option to not send Echo voice recordings to the cloud
https://www.theverge.com/news/630049/amazon-echo-discontinues-do-not-send-voice-recording-setting
Car Corner
BMW i Drive X
https://www.bmw.co.uk/en/digital-services/bmw-idrive.html?hemaid=4d48df2807a4fc83eee1571d33fc2171492bcc30efe06a8cc80ee23053fca8dd&cid=bmwDM2039002&bid=2118844036&tl=app-nsp-BMW_NPL_PaniDrive/bmwOP25338-ecrm-mn-M3-UK_PaniDrive_4_SOC_APP/bmwDM2039002-1-20250311-.-Vehicle%20Leads-New_Product_Launch_NPL-1-bmwOP25338-1g1001gY1a01aH0-.&clc=1g1001gY1a01aH0
Media
Thunderball
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/thunderball
New Apple TV+ show is a ‘riveting’ crime thriller with 90% Rotten Tomatoes score
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/new-apple-tv-show-dope-thief/
A Real Pain
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_real_pain
Official Secrets
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/official_secrets
Cheeky iMac G4 in the background
Theres a mine Craft movie coming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJO_vIDZn-I
Games
Epic Games is addressing one of Windows-on-Arm’s last big app compatibility gaps
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/epic-games-is-addressing-one-of-windows-on-arms-last-big-app-compatibility-gaps/
Steam Spring Sale
https://store.steampowered.com/
Apple Arcade announces six new games coming, including RollerCoaster Tycoon
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/11/apple-arcade-announces-six-new-games-coming-including-rollercoaster-tycoon/
Fortnite is set to return to Brazilian iPhones
https://www.theverge.com/news/626935/epic-games-fortnite-store-brazil-apple-ios
Main Show
iOS 19 Rumors
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/apple-has-been-hinting-at-ios-19s-new-design-heres-what-clues-say/
Apple delays upgraded Siri: it’s taking ‘longer than we thought’
https://www.theverge.com/news/626035/apple-delays-upgraded-siri-intelligence-longer-than-we-thought
Something Rotten At Apple
https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino
John Gruber Says 'Something is Rotten' at Apple
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/12/gruber-says-something-is-rotten-at-apple/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Hardware Dreams, AI Nightmares: Apple's Crisis of Imagination
https://www.ianbetteridge.com/hardware-dreams-ai-nightmares-apples-crisis-of-imagination/
Where is Swift Assist
https://www.macstories.net/linked/wheres-swift-assist/
App of the Week
Nextcloud (pi)
https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi
Thing of the Week
Apple MacBook Air
https://www.apple.com/uk/macbook-air/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwmp16aSgdk
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
Stuff a Pi-hole in your router because your browser is about to betray you
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/08/pi_hole_6_flyby/
ChatGPT Now Integrates Directly with Xcode and VS Code on Mac
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/07/chatgpt-integrates-with-xcode-mac/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
https://birchtree.me/blog/watch-me-write-a-task-manager-in-30-minutes/
Brazilian court gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/06/brazilian-court-apple-sideloading-ios/
HPE revenue outlook feels the thump of Trump tariffs
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/hpe_q1_2025/
Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/apple_reportedly_ipt_complaint/
Unifi Access Points
https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/products/u7-lite
News
Eutelsat in talks with Euro leaders as they mull Starlink replacement in Ukraine
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/eutelsat_starlink_ukraine/
RISC-V
Do you DARE? Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing sovereignty
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/dare_europe_risc_v_project/
As Alibaba launches server-grade RISC-V CPU, Beijing throws its weight behind ISA
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/china_alibaba_risc_v_c930/
Tapbots teases a new Bluesky app, Phoenix, saying it can’t ‘survive on Mastodon alone’
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/tapbots-teases-a-new-bluesky-app-phoenix-saying-it-cant-survive-on-mastodon-alone/
iOS users left refreshing in vain as Microsoft Outlook woes drag on
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/outlookcom_ios/
Digg is coming back, thanks to its founder — and Reddit’s
https://www.theverge.com/social/624073/digg-relaunch-2025
Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after promises to not sell their data go up in smoke
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/02/mozilla_introduces_terms_of_use/
Lenovo teases solar-powered and folding screen concept laptops
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/03/lenovo_brings_solar_folding_laptops/
DuckDuckGo Is Getting Into AI Search Results, Too
https://lifehacker.com/tech/duckduckgo-ai-assist-tool?utm_medium=RSS
Trump DOJ
https://www.theverge.com/news/626502/trump-doj-recommends-google-breakup-antitrust-search-chrome
Car Corner
Waze Rolls Out Instrument Cluster Integration—Here’s What You Need to Know
https://www.bmwblog.com/2025/03/01/waze-instrument-cluster-carplay-android-auto-update/
Volkswagen gets the message: Cheap, stylish EVs coming from 2026
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/volkswagen-gets-the-message-cheap-stylish-evs-coming-from-2026/
Media
Apple Music enlists the King as a special radio DJ
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/07/apple-music-enlists-the-king-as-a-special-radio-dj/
Photo of Enola Gay aircraft among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge
https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2025/03/photo-of-enola-gay-aircraft-among-26000-images-flagged-for-removal-in-pentagons-dei-purge.html?outputType=amp
Amazon wants to adapt Iain M. Banks' Consider Phlebas
https://transfer-orbit.ghost.io/amazon-culture-iain-banks-consider-phlebas-adaptation-scifi/
Daredevil Born Again
https://www.marvel.com/tv-shows/daredevil-born-again/1
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/daredevil_born_again
Drive to Survive
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/formula-1-drive-to-survive-season-7-release-date-cast-news
Main Show
New Apple Accessories
Apple releases spring iPhone case and Apple Watch band collection
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/04/apple-releases-spring-color-iphone-cases-and-apple-watch-bands/
New iPads
iPad
https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad
iPad Air
https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-air
Apple unveils new iPad Air, here’s what you need to know
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/04/apple-unveils-new-ipad-air-powered-by-m3-chip/
New Magic Keyboard launches for iPad Air with lower price, feature upgrades
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/04/new-magic-keyboard-launches-for-ipad-air-with-lower-price-feature-upgrades/
New Macs
Apple Macbook Air
https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air
Sky (blue)’s the limit: M4 MacBook Air offers lower price, improved camera, and new color
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/03/sky-blues-the-limit-m4-macbook-air-offers-lower-price-improved-camera-and-new-color/
Apple discontinues two of its most popular Macs
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/05/apple-discontinues-m2-and-m3-macbook-air-models/
Apple Has Finally Solved One of the MacBook Air's Biggest Limitations
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/05/m4-macbook-air-two-displays-with-lid-open/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Apple Studio
Apple Studio M3+M4
https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio
Apple announces M3 Ultra—and says not every generation will see an “Ultra” chip
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2025/03/apple-announces-m3-ultra-and-says-not-every-generation-will-see-an-ultra-chip/
App of the Week
Drinkable
https://github.com/MOIMOB/drinkable?tab=readme-ov-file
Thing of the Week
Drive to Survive
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/formula-1-drive-to-survive-season-7-release-date-cast-news
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
Follow Up
Got my kindle books…hope you did too
https://youtu.be/EGJDisov240
Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teams
https://www.theverge.com/news/621353/microsoft-skype-shutting-down-retirement-may-2025
First lab tests show new Apple modem in iPhone 16e is comparable to iPhone 16 speeds, but much more efficient
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/27/iphone-16-e-cellular-modem-tests/
Does the e mean enterprise??
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Suggests UK Broke Agreement in Secretly Demanding That Apple Build iCloud Backdoor
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/02/26/gabbard-letter-to-wyden-and-biggs
FBI Warns iPhone, Android Users—We Want ‘Lawful Access’ To All Your Encrypted Data
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/02/24/fbis-new-iphone-android-security-warning-is-now-critical/
Apple boss says its DEI programmes may change
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyjv8e49deo.amp
Trump administration threatens tariffs for any nation that dares to tax Big Tech
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/trump_administration_dst_countertariffs/
News
Meta apologises over flood of gore, violence and dead bodies on Instagram
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/28/meta-apologises-over-flood-of-gore-violence-and-dead-bodies-on-instagram?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus
https://www.theverge.com/news/619755/amazon-alexa-ai-upgrade-artificial-intelligence-smart-assistant
Ubiquiti launches three new 10G cloud gateways for next-level networking
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/25/ubiquiti-launches-three-new-10g-cloud-gateways-for-next-level-networking/
Google’s free Gemini Code Assist arrives with sky-high usage limits
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/02/googles-free-gemini-code-assist-arrives-with-sky-high-usage-limits/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
https://www.theverge.com/news/618278/microsoft-office-free-windows-apps-ad-supported-version
Car Corner
VR46 BMW M4
https://www.bmw-m.com/en/all-models/overview-m-and-m-performance/bmw-m4-cs-edition-vr46.html
Media
From Russia with Love
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_russia_with_love
Blew my mind that the bad guy is Quint in Jaws
Goldfinger
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/goldfinger
Mostly aged ok, bit ‘rapey’
Reacher Season 3
https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Reacher/0H1T1C23B07HLZPPHJSSPMYSL7
Music to refine too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnDYB28bL8
Jony Ive Desert Island Discs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00289vf
PSA: Netflix Series 7 on March 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cQZlovbS-o
Games
EA hand Command & Conquer modders the source code for Tiberian Dawn, Renegade, Red Alert and Generals
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ea-hand-command-conquer-modders-the-source-code-for-tiberian-dawn-renegade-red-alert-and-generals
Fresh leaks suggest Half-Life 3 development may be nearing completion
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/02/fresh-leaks-suggest-half-life-3-development-may-be-nearing-completion/
Main Show
A world where apple pulls out of the UK
New Framework Devices
Refreshed 13:
https://community.frame.work/t/introducing-the-framework-laptop-13-powered-by-amd-ryzen-ai-300-series/65007
New 12
https://community.frame.work/t/introducing-the-framework-laptop-12/65009
New ‘gaming ’desktop
https://community.frame.work/t/introducing-the-framework-desktop/65008
Framework gives its 13-inch Laptop another boost with Ryzen AI 300 CPU update
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/framework-gives-its-13-inch-laptop-another-boost-with-ryzen-ai-300-cpu-update/
App of the Week
Hyperspace
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/25/hyperspace-for-mac-is-a-new-app-that-reclaims-disk-space-without-actually-deleting-files/
Thing of the Week
F1 Expo London
https://f1exhibition.com/london/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
PSA Kindle book download going away
https://www.zdnet.com/article/download-your-kindle-books-right-now-amazon-is-killing-this-option-in-a-few-days/
https://github.com/treetrum/amazon-kindle-bulk-downloader
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/how-to-bulk-download-kindle-files-while-you-can/
Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-defends-its-vast-book-torrenting-were-just-a-leech-no-proof-of-seeding/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
HP Inc to build future products atop grave of flopped 'AI pin'
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/19/hp_acquires_humane/
https://www.theverge.com/news/614883/humane-ai-hp-acquisition-pin-shutdown
WhatsApp is now a Very Large platform in the EU, and will face tougher regulation
https://www.theverge.com/news/614445/whatsapp-channels-very-large-platform-vlop-digital-services-act-eu
News
Adidas plugs its website and app into Amazon’s ‘Buy with Prime’ program
https://www.theverge.com/news/616891/amazon-adidas-buy-with-prime-direct-to-consumer
European alternatives for popular services
https://european-alternatives.eu/alternatives-to
HP Adds .. then removes artificial waiting times
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/hp_deliberately_adds_15_minutes/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/hp_ditches_15_minute_wait_time_call_centers/
Dark mode might be burning more juice than you think
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/dark_mode_energy_saving/
Eero announces its new Wi-Fi 7 line-up
https://www.theverge.com/news/614754/eero-wi-fi-7-pro-mesh-router-price-availability
https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en?category=all-wifi
Acer is the first to raise laptop prices because of Trump
https://www.theverge.com/news/614607/acer-ceo-laptop-price-increase-trump-tariffs-china-warns-price-gauging
Huawei to bring massively expensive trifold smartphone to world market
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/huawei_triple_fold_mate_xt/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NECBCxEFMCo&t=349s
A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul the FAA’s air traffic control system
https://www.theverge.com/news/614078/faa-air-traffic-control-spacex-elon-musk-layoff-staff-shortage
Apple releases iOS18.4 betas
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/21/everything-new-ios-18-4-beta-1/
Media
Amazon now has creative control over the James Bond franchise
https://www.theverge.com/news/616488/amazon-now-has-creative-control-over-the-james-bond-franchise
Severance
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/19/apple-severance-most-popular-show-ever/
F1 75 Live
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/f1-75-live-how-to-watch-the-2025-season-launch-event-from-london-the-o2.5fZBspHIlE3YJP7QTSarrZ
Games
Monster Train 2 revealed for 2025 release and you can play the demo right now
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/monster-train-2-revealed-for-2025-release-and-you-can-play-the-demo-right-now
Forza 5 Coming to PS5
https://forza.net/news/forza-horizon-5-comes-to-ps5
Main Show
Apple and the UK gov
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/21/apple-pulls-encrypted-icloud-security-feature-uk/
Silent Rebellion
It's not easy, it's necessary
https://iamkonstantin.eu/blog/its-not-easy-its-necessary/?v=1
Leverage
https://www.massicotte.org/leverage
Iphone 16e launch
Apple reveals C1, its first in-house 5G iPhone modem, replacing Qualcomm
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/19/apple-reveals-c1-its-first-in-house-5g-iphone-modem-replacing-qualcomm/
Jason Snell
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/some-first-thoughts-about-the-iphone-16e/
Too expensive
https://mastodon.social/@film_girl/114031547274415876
No magsafe
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/19/apple-drops-magsafe-support-on-new-iphone-16e/
Apple No Longer Sells Any iPhones With a Home Button
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/19/rip-iphone-home-button/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
App of the Week
Rustdesk
https://rustdesk.com/
Thing of the Week
Shokx Headphones
https://uk.shokz.com/products/openrun?_gl=1nfve4d_upMQ.._gaNjE2OTM0MzUuMTc0MDE3MzU5NQ.._ga_SF96052XJD*MTc0MDE3MzU5NC4xLjAuMTc0MDE3MzU5NC4wLjAuMTMxMDMwNjY4OA..
Contact
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Follow Up
AirPods Pro volume increases automatically in wind
Argos instead of Amazon
https://www.argos.co.uk/
Social Media Lifespans
https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/113986535718924599
US lawmakers press Trump admin to oppose UK's order for Apple iCloud backdoor
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/us_demand_uk_apple_backdoor_close/
Apple Maps cycling directions expand across UK and Ireland
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/13/apple-maps-cycling-directions-expand-across-uk-and-ireland/
Testing the New ASUS ProArt 5K Display
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/12/asus-proart-5k-display/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Benq: https://www.benq.com/en-us/monitor/professional/pd2730s.html
Apple Resumes Advertising on X
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/12/apple-resumes-advertising-on-x/
AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/bbc_ai_news_accuracy/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40670-025-02293-z
Apple officially owns Pixelmator and Photomator
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/11/apple-officially-owns-pixelmator-and-photomator/
News
Apple warns 'extremely sophisticated attack' may be targeting iThings
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/apple_ios_ipados_patches/
Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead
https://marcan.st/2025/02/resigning-as-asahi-linux-project-lead/
Man offers to buy city dump in last-ditch effort to recover $800M in bitcoins
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/man-offers-to-buy-city-dump-in-last-ditch-effort-to-recover-800m-in-bitcoins/
Microsoft Outlook’s new minimize button makes mobile emails much easier
https://www.theverge.com/news/612853/microsoft-outlook-mobile-minimize-button-email-drafts
Apple teases special product launch coming February 19
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/13/apple-teases-special-product-launch-coming-february-19/
Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/larry_ellison_wants_all_data/
Apple TV Is Finally Available on Android
https://lifehacker.com/tech/apple-tv-finally-available-on-android?utm_medium=RSS
Nvidia’s RTX 5090 power connectors are melting
https://www.theverge.com/news/609207/nvidia-rtx-5090-power-connector-melting-burning-issues
Media
Blazing Saddles
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blazing_saddles
Back to Black
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/back_to_black
F1 Updated Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGicWJQh_o0
Netflix and Apple TV app
Coming: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/14/netflix-shows-in-apple-tv-app-for-some-users/
Going: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/14/netflix-no-apple-tv-integration/
The Gorge
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_gorge
Games
Civ 7
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1295660/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VII/
Commandos: Origins
https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/commandos-origins-finally-with-a-release-date-the-classic-strateg/z6790f
Main Show
AI Makes you lose your faculties
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/microsoft_study_ai_critical_thinking/
Back to the Mac
https://birchtree.me/blog/matt-gemmell-is-back-on-the-mac/
https://mattgemmell.scot/back-to-mac/?ref=birchtree.me
App of the Week
Bookplayer
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bookplayer/id1138219998
Thing of the Week
Chris Harris and Friends Podcast
https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42KzCP/
Contact
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Follow Up
UK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor order
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/home_office_apple_backdoor_order/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/uk-demands-apple-break-encryption-to-allow-govt-spying-worldwide-reports-say/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Google tells employees why it’s ending DEI hiring goals
https://www.theverge.com/google/607012/google-dei-hiring-goals-internal-memo
Hugging Face clones OpenAI’s Deep Research in 24 hours
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/02/after-24-hour-hackathon-hugging-faces-ai-research-agent-nearly-matches-openais-solution/
China considering antitrust investigation into Apple, likely as leverage in trade war
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/05/china-considering-antitrust-investigation-into-apple-likely-as-leverage-in-trade-war/
Apple confirms ‘Invites’ app and iCloud+ feature, here’s how it works [Video]
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/04/apple-confirms-invites-feature-coming-to-icloud-heres-how-it-will-work/
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-invites/id6472498645
DeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled servers
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/02/deepseek-ios-app-sends-data-unencrypted-to-bytedance-controlled-servers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
News
National Institutes of Health radically cuts support to universities
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/new-nih-policy-will-slash-support-money-to-research-universities/
Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing users’ data with Facebook without permission
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/08/gambling-firms-secretly-shared-users-data-with-facebook-without-permission?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-torrented-over-81-7tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/
Leica made a $329 iPhone camera grip
https://www.theverge.com/news/607434/leica-lux-grip-apple-iphone-photography-camera
https://www.mi.com/uk/product/xiaomi-13t-leica/?srsltid=AfmBOorSPWhl-AiQjs90IiyZ_-4I7Y_iQdN6jWicEkqgD99Uojyngeo4
Microsoft Teams is getting a Facebook-like feed and follow button
https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/607383/microsoft-teams-storyline-facebook-like-feed-notepad
iPhone apps found on App Store with malware that reads your screenshots for key data
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/05/iphone-apps-on-app-store-malware-reads-screenshots/
After a bruising year, Sonos readies its next big thing: a streaming box
https://www.theverge.com/sonos/606025/sonos-pinewood-video-player-features
Apples Luxo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHJa_CyJjdc&t=105s
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/a-second-look-at-the-2024-report-card/
Car Corner
Norway nears 100% goal of all-electric cars
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250203-norway-nears-100-goal-of-all-electric-cars
Tesla Sales
Teslas turn toxic as sales crash in Europe and the UK
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/tesla-sales-plummet-in-the-uk-france-and-germany/
https://mastodon.social/@asymco/113958476847595730
$58 billion Honda-Nissan merger is in deep trouble
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/58-billion-honda-nissan-merger-is-in-deep-trouble/
BT unplugs plans to turn old cabinets into EV chargepoints
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/20/bt_ev_chargepoints/
Media
Conclave
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/conclave
Bullet Train
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bullet_train_2022
Severance Season 2
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/severance/s02
Hulu might be rebooting Buffy the Vampire Slayer
https://www.theverge.com/news/605375/buffy-vampire-slayer-reboot-hulu
Games
PSN is finally back after a huge outage
https://www.theverge.com/news/608946/playstation-network-down-outage
Humankind
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1124300/HUMANKIND/
Door Kickers
https://store.steampowered.com/app/248610/Door_Kickers/
Civ 7 Reviews are out
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/02/civilization-vii-review-a-major-overhaul-solves-civs-oldest-problems/
Civilization VII is getting a Quest VR port this spring
https://www.theverge.com/news/609029/sid-meiers-civilization-vii-is-coming-to-the-quest-soon?utm_content=buffer46400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bsky.app&utm_campaign=verge_social
CIV VII Pre-Order
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1295660/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VII/
Main Show
Apple Report Card
Apple in 2024: The Six Colors report card
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/apple-in-2024-the-six-colors-report-card/
A second look at the 2024 Six Colors Report Card
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHJa_CyJjdc&t=105s
Gruber
https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/my_2024_apple_report_card
App of the Week
Tapestry
https://blog.iconfactory.com/2025/02/enter-tapestry/
Thing of the Week
Simon Mason Author
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Mason_(author)
A Killing In November
Contact
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Follow Up
Dell ends hybrid work policy, demands return-to-office despite remote work pledge
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/31/dell_ends_hybrid_work_policy/
Apple may walk back a major brand safety decision from 2023
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/30/apple-may-walk-back-a-major-brand-safety-decision-from-2023/#more-988233
https://thedesk.net/2025/02/ntsb-moves-plane-crash-press-updates-x-twitter/
Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle Trump account suspension suit
https://www.theverge.com/news/602577/meta-trump-facebook-lawsuit-settlement
White House asks millions of govt workers if they would be so kind as to fork right off
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/us_government_workers_resign_deal/
Jeff Bezos deletes 'LGBTQ+ rights' and 'equity for Black people' from Amazon corporate policies
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/jeff-bezos-deletes-lgbtq-rights-34533955
iOS 18.3 includes Starlink satellite connectivity for select iPhone users
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/28/ios-18-3-includes-starlink-satellite-connectivity-for-select-iphone-users/
News
Android 16's Linux Terminal will soon let you run graphical apps, so of course we ran Doom
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-linux-terminal-doom-3521804/
Tesla’s 2024 financial results are out—and they’re terrible
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/01/teslas-2024-financial-results-are-out-and-theyre-terrible/
Vodafone aims to offer satellite-to-phone connectivity starting later this year
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/vodafone_aims_to_offer_satellitetophone/
Apple Chips Vulnerable
Apple chips can be hacked to leak secrets from Gmail, iCloud, and more
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/newly-discovered-flaws-in-apple-chips-leak-secrets-in-safari-and-chrome/
SLAP, Apple, and FLOP: Safari, Chrome at risk of data theft on iPhone, Mac, iPad Silicon
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/flop_and_slap_attacks_apple_silicon/
The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/27/24352968/pebble-smartwatch-open-source-google-comeback
Media
Public Domain Image Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/infinite-view/
Apple TV+ series ‘Silo’ ranks on Nielsen Top 10 streaming chart for the first time ever
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/30/apple-tv-series-silo-nielsen-top-10-streaming-chart/#more-988277
Alien: Earth will bring the horror home
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/01/alien-earth-teaser-gives-us-xenomorphs-pov/
Alien Romulus
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alien_romulus
Conclave
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/conclave
Small Things Like These
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/small_things_like_these
Games
GT7 January Update
https://www.gran-turismo.com/us/news/00_4747793.html
Main Show
Apple Quarterly Results
Apple reports record Q1 2025 earnings with $124.30 billion in revenue
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/30/apple-reports-record-q1-2025-earnings-with-124-30-billion-in-revenue/
Six Colours
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/01/apples-reports-record-revenue-for-q1-2025/
Deep Seek R1
DeepSeek panic triggers tech stock sell-off as Chinese AI tops App Store
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/deepseek-spooks-american-tech-industry-as-it-tops-the-apple-app-store/
How does DeepSeek R1 really fare against OpenAI’s best reasoning models?
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/how-does-deepseek-r1-really-fare-against-openais-best-reasoning-models/
Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek censors itself in realtime, users report
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/28/chinese-ai-chatbot-deepseek-censors-itself-in-realtime-users-report?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
OpenAI has evidence that its models helped train China’s DeepSeek
https://www.theverge.com/news/601195/openai-evidence-deepseek-distillation-ai-data
Microsoft catapults DeepSeek R1 into Azure AI Foundry, GitHub
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/microsoft_deepseek_azure_github/
DeepSeek isn't done yet with OpenAI – image-maker Janus Pro is gunning for DALL-E 3
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/27/deepseek_image_openai/
Run it yourself
Network Chuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TR-FLWNVHY&t=51s
App of the Week
Origin Story Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/origin-story/id1624704966
Thing of the Week
Nintendo Switch Gameboy App
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/game-boy-advance-nintendo-switch-online-switch/
Contact
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Follow Up
Apple Removes '2024' Timeframe From Next-Generation CarPlay Page
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/23/apple-removes-2024-from-next-gen-carplay-page/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
UK competition authority formally investigating iPhone App Store monopoly
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/23/uk-competition-authority-formally-investigating-iphone-app-store-monopoly/
DEI ending
https://www.chcoc.gov/content/initial-guidance-regarding-deia-executive-orders
https://urbanists.social/@Karstan/113874546135323862
A free upgrade could let Philips Hue and other Zigbee bulbs act as motion sensors
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/22/a-free-upgrade-could-let-philips-hue-and-other-zigbee-bulbs-act-as-motion-sensors/#more-987011
Bambu Lab pushes a “control system” for 3D printers, and boy, did it not go well
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/bambu-lab-pushes-a-control-system-for-3d-printers-and-boy-did-it-not-go-well/
TikTok ban suspended for 75 days, but Trump order may not be legal
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/21/tiktok-ban-suspended-for-75-days-but-trump-order-may-not-be-legal/#more-986817
Le Monde, French newspaper of record, quits Elon Musk’s X
https://www.politico.eu/article/le-monde-france-top-newspaper-quits-elon-musk-x/
News
Revealed: Microsoft deepened ties with Israeli military to provide tech support during Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/23/israeli-military-gaza-war-microsoft?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Apple g4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2ThMmgQdpE
Related: Microsoft and the Amazon Jungle
https://www.ft.com/content/3ac7e92f-bea5-4460-8791-23a2697d8b80
Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/could-hackers-use-new-attack-to-take-down-european-power-grid/
Apple sued for using dangerous 'forever chemicals' in Watch bands
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/apple_watch_pfas_bands/
Trump 'waved a white flag to Chinese hackers' as Homeland Security axed cyber advisory boards
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/dhs_axes_cyber_advisory_boards/
Samsung’s Galaxy S25 event was an AI presentation with occasional phone hardware
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/samsungs-galaxy-s25-event-was-an-ai-presentation-with-occasional-phone-hardware/
China claims major fusion advance and record after 17-minute Tokamak run
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/china_tokamak_plasma_record_claim/
Digital passports among IDs to be available in UK government app
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/21/digital-passports-among-ids-to-be-available-in-uk-government-app?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
New Sony Headphones???
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/24/sony-wh-1000xm6-headphones-fc-filing/
Media
New year, same streaming headaches: Netflix raises prices by up to 16 percent
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/new-netflix-price-hikes-increase-subscription-fees-by-up-to-2-50-a-month/
Bank of Dave 2
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bank_of_dave_2_the_loan_ranger
Prime Target
https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/prime-target/umc.cmc.5hje8i3v25dzow2olljxetnus
Secret Level Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Level-Season-1/dp/B0DJPRN1FJ
Beast Games
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Level-Season-1/dp/B0DJPRN1FJ
Games
Tempest Rising
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1486920/Tempest_Rising/
Civilisation 7
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1295660/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VII/
Settlements Rising?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2378910/Settlements_Rising/
Main Show
Operating a drone in the UK
https://www.caa.co.uk/drones/rules-and-categories-of-drone-flying/introduction-to-drone-flying-and-the-uk-rules/
Rods Drone
https://www.dji.com/uk/neo
App of the Week
Apple Notes
https://www.icloud.com/notes/
Thing of the Week
A Man Called Otto
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_man_called_otto
Contact
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Follow Up
Rods Car about to get more apps
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344560/google-android-automotive-play-store-apps-car-ready-program
TikTok Ban is a thing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6p1g54q85o
Also marvel snap
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24347034/marvel-snap-banned-tiktok-bytedance
Lawmakers press Meta, Apple, Google, and others on massive Trump donations
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/17/24345244/elizabeth-warren-senator-press-big-tech-trump-donations
Apple suspends AI-generated news alert service after BBC complaint
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/17/apple-suspends-ai-generated-news-alert-service-after-bbc-complaint?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
iOS 18.3 temporarily disables Apple Intelligence notification summaries for select apps, more
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/16/ios-18-3-temporarily-disables-apple-intelligence-notification-summaries-for-select-apps-more/
Apple's interoperability efforts aren't meeting spirit or letter of EU law, advocacy groups argue
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/apple_dma_compliance_criticized/
EU denies pausing action against Apple and others ahead of new US presidency
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/14/eu-denies-pausing-action-against-apple-and-others-ahead-of-new-us-presidency/
M4 Mac mini USB-C Issues
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/01/16/m4-mac-mini-usb-c-issues/
The people should own the town square
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/
News
European Union orders X to hand over algorithm documents
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/european-union-orders-x-to-hand-over-algorithm-documents/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Google decides it won't comply with EU fact-checking law
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/google-decides-it-wont-comply-with-eu-fact-checking-law-201514781.html?src=rss&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub&guccounter=1
RedNote may wall off “TikTok refugees” to prevent US influence on Chinese users
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/rednote-may-wall-off-tiktok-refugees-to-prevent-us-influence-on-chinese-users/
Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0lldd30xlo
Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launches SpaceX rival
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/16/24342567/blue-origin-launch-sucessful
Parallels brings back the magic that was waiting seven minutes for Windows to boot
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/parallels_x86_vms_on_apple_silicon/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_PC
DJI loosens flight restrictions, decides to trust operators to follow FAA rules
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/15/dji_ditch_geofencing/
Media
Severance Season 2
Apple continues high-profile Severance promos with fun homepage panels
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/17/apple-continues-high-profile-severance-promos-with-fun-homepage-panels/
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/14/apple-severance-season-2-promo/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
The Great
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_great
Juror #2
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/juror_2
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beetlejuice_beetlejuice
Games
XCOM2
https://store.steampowered.com/app/268500/XCOM_2/
Civilization VII preview: The most complete package since IV
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/01/civilization-vii-preview-a-new-age-for-a-storied-franchise/
Switch 2
It’s official: Take a first look at the Switch 2
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/01/its-official-take-a-first-look-at-the-switch-2/
The Nintendo Switch 2 supports original Switch cartridges
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/16/24343666/nintendo-switch-2-cartridge-backwards-compatibility
https://www.theverge.com/24344511/nintendo-switch-2-features-specs-handheld-dock-upgrade-comparison
Main Show
SONOS
https://investors.sonos.com/news-and-events/investor-news/latest-news/2025/Sonos-Announces-CEO-Transition/default.aspx
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after app update debacle
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/sonos-ceo-patrick-spence-steps-down-after-app-update-debacle-2025-01-13/
Tony Fadell wanted Apple to buy Sonos; Steve wanted to sue it
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/15/tony-fadell-wanted-apple-to-buy-sonos-steve-wanted-to-sue-it/#more-985975
App of the Week
Crossover Office
https://www.codeweavers.com/
Thing of the Week
Scalextric
https://uk.scalextric.com/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
Follow Up
Chris’ new mac
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-mac-mini-20th-anniversary/
Apple Intelligence isn’t helping Apple boost iPhone sales, says analyst
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/10/apple-intelligence-iphone-sales/
Google and Microsoft donate $1 million apiece to Trump’s inauguration
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/9/24340039/google-microsoft-trump-inauguration-donation
Apple Intelligence summaries might get warning labels. That’s not enough.
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/01/apple-intelligence-summaries-might-get-warning-labels-thats-not-enough/
News
DEI
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/07/meta-facebook-instagram-threads-mark-zuckerberg-remove-fact-checkers-recommend-political-content?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Meta kills diversity programs, claiming DEI has become “too charged”
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/meta-kills-diversity-programs-claiming-dei-has-become-too-charged/
Apple opposes investor calls to end its DEI efforts: ‘We strive to create a culture of belonging’
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/10/apple-opposes-investor-calls-to-end-its-dei-efforts/
STS
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/113805651782663581
Kevin Beauont via the Verge
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/113791783682996073
not a big fan of the new logo tbh
https://saturation.social/@jkottke/113793363432794819
Now Trump's import tariffs could raise the cost of a laptop for Americans by 68%
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/trumps_tariff_electronics_prices/
Bird Buddy Launches 'Wonder' Camera for Watching Insects
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/06/ces-2025-wonder-insect-camera/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
ShiftCam unveils PLANCK: An ultra-tiny SSD for recording ProRes video on your iPhone
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/07/planck-ultra-small-ssd-prores-iphone/
LG teases upcoming UltraFine 6K Display with Thunderbolt 5 and stunning slim bezel design
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/06/lg-teases-upcoming-ultrafine-6k-display-with-thunderbolt-5-and-stunning-slim-bezel-design/#more-984794
Everyone’s favorite office monitor is getting even better
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24336649/dell-ultrasharp-4k-office-monitors-120hz-price-availability
The end of an era: Dell will no longer make XPS computers
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/the-end-of-an-era-dell-will-no-longer-make-xps-computers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Media
CES 2025: VLC Media Player Introduced AI Subtitles and Translation That Work Offline
https://lifehacker.com/tech/vlc-media-player-introduced-ai-subtitles-that-work-offline-ces-2025
LG and Samsung are adding Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant to their TVs
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337033/lg-samsung-microsoft-copilot-smart-tvs-ces-2025
Bad Monkey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Monkey_(TV_series)
Senna
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81068725
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81068725
The Apprentice
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_apprentice
Games
World's biggest game publisher Tencent threaten to sue US government for listing them as a Chinese military company
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/worlds-biggest-game-publisher-tencent-threaten-to-sue-us-government-for-listing-them-as-a-chinese-military-company
This new MagSafe game controller will make on-the-go iPhone gaming incredibly easy
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/09/ohsnap-mcon-magsafe-game-controller/
Nvidia’s AI NPCs are no longer chatbots — they’re your new PUBG teammate
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337949/nvidia-ace-ai-npcs-pubg-ally-teammate
Main Show
Rod has a new car
https://www.volvocars.com/uk/cars/ex30-electric/
Charging Experiences (car charges at 157kw max)
DAY 1
Gridserve Scotch Corner (350kw)
https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-richmond-north-yorkshire-moto-scotch-corner-services/ymxyxk
Ionity Gretna (350kw)
https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-gretna-ionity-gretna-green/7q9q8
Ionity Greenock (350kw)
https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-cartsdyke-greenock-inverclyde-ionity-greenock/mx8e9x
DAY 2
Ionity Greenock (350kw)
https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-cartsdyke-greenock-inverclyde-ionity-greenock/mx8e9x
Swarco Cairn Lodge, Lanark (150kw)
https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-lanark-westmorland-cairn-lodge/xr9yp2
Tesla Todholls Southbound (250kw)
https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-carlise-todhills-southbound-uk-supercharger/6pj7x9
Tesla Holiday Inn Express Preston (250kw)
https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-preston-preston-uk-south-supercharger/dqykq5
BROKEN BP connect (SF Connect, Worcester Rd, Droitwich WR9 8AX)
https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-wychavon-droitwich-sf-connect/z25kpy
Evyve Castle Hotel Droitwich (75kw)
https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-worcestershire-castle-hotel-droitwich/ypyeey
App of the Week
Octopus Electroverse
https://electroverse.octopus.energy/
Thing of the Week
Outsmarted ‘Board’ Game
https://www.outsmarted.co.uk/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
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Apple News+ Seems to be full of ads
Apple Vision Pro May Now Be Out of Production
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/31/vision-pro-may-be-out-of-production/
Apple Intelligence errors with news alerts keep piling up, here’s the latest
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/03/apple-intelligence-errors-with-news-alerts-keep-piling-up/
Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/apple-agrees-to-pay-95m-delete-private-conversations-siri-recorded/
With 10 months of support remaining, Windows 10 still dominates
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/windows_10_grows/
News
Tim Cook donating $1 million to Donald’s Campaign
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/03/tim-cook-apple-donate-1-million-trump-inauguration
Riley
https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/113766794034668928
Gruber
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/01/03/allen-tim-cook-1m-trump-inauguration
Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15
https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2024/12/3.html
Apple Fitness+ and Strava
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/03/apple-fitness-plus-strava-integration/
LA deputies dogged by New Year date glitch in patrol car PCs
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/la_sheriffs_computer_crash/
Nick Clegg steps down as Meta's top flack in favor of more Trump-friendly candidate
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/nick_clegg_meta/
‘Major incident’: China-backed hackers breached US Treasury workstations
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/30/investing/china-hackers-treasury-workstations/index.htm
Whistleblower finds unencrypted location data for 800,000 VW EVs
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/12/whistleblower-finds-unencrypted-location-data-for-800000-vw-evs/ l
Media
Free AppleTV+ Weekend
https://9to5mac.com/everything-on-apple-tv-plus-2024/
Blade Runner 2099 Wraps Production for Prime Video Miniseries
https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1899148-blade-runner-2099-wraps-production-prime-video-miniseries
SAS Rogue Heroes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0d5z0xy/sas-rogue-heroes
Bad Monkey
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/bad_monkey
Dune Prophecy
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dune_prophecy
Service Unit
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195790861-service-model
Missing You
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/missing_you
Games
Athena Crisis
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2456430/Athena_Crisis/
Mirrors Edge
https://store.steampowered.com/app/17410/Mirrors_Edge/
Main Show
3D Printing with Bambu Lab
Hardware
https://bambulab.com/en-gb/a1 - A1 Printer
Maker World
https://makerworld.com/en?from=bambulab.com
https://www.printables.com/
Stream Deck
https://www.elgato.com/uk/en/s/welcome-to-stream-deck
App of the Week
uBlock Origin
https://ublockorigin.com/
Thing of the Week
Taskmaster New Year Treat
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/taskmasters-new-year-treat
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Eddy Cue says apple wont make a search engine
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zgvoalybovd/apple%20declaration.pdf
DMA.100203 - Consultation on the proposed measures for interoperability between Apple’s iOS operating system and connected devices
https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/dma100203-consultation-proposed-measures-interoperability-between-apples-ios-operating-system-and_en
News
Hertz continues EV purge, asks renters if they want to buy instead of return
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/12/hertz-is-asking-ev-renters-if-they-want-to-buy-their-rentals/
Media
Gavin and Stacy Special
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/26/gavin-stacey-christmas-special-tv-streaming
Wallace and Gromit : Revenge Most Fowl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQqrBzJ5wIc
TV Episode Watch
Community Comparative Religion
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/community/s01/e12
Friday Night Dinner
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/friday-night-dinner/on-demand/51976-007
Die Hard
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/die_hard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKu0dprM9N0
Main Show
Mac App of the Year
iPhone Screen Sharing
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/120421
Zen Browser
https://zen-browser.app/
Grab2Text
https://www.softwarehow.com/grab2text/
Maccy
https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy
Apple product of the year
iPhone 16
https://www.apple.com/uk/iphone-16/
iPhone 16 Pro
https://www.apple.com/uk/iphone-16-pro/
Mac Mini
https://www.apple.com/uk/mac-mini/
iPad Pro
https://www.apple.com/uk/ipad-pro/
iOS App of the Year
Reeder
https://reederapp.com/
Monzo
https://monzo.com/download
Callsheet
https://www.caseyliss.com/2023/8/7/callsheet
Carrot Weather
https://www.meetcarrot.com/weather/
tvOS App of the Year
Tailscale
https://tailscale.com/kb/1280/appletv
JellyFin
https://jellyfin.org/
MotoGP
https://www.motogp.com/en/apps
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/
iPadOS app of the year
Reeder
https://reederapp.com/
Outlook
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-outlook/id951937596
Good Notes 6
https://www.goodnotes.com/blog/introducing-goodnotes-6
Notion
https://www.notion.com/
TV Show of the Year
Slow Horses
https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/slow-horses/umc.cmc.2szz3fdt71tl1ulnbp8utgq5o Runner Up
Shogun
https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/shogun/77sCbAqhMU5H Winner
Dune Prophecy
https://www.hbo.com/dune-prophecy
Mr Bates Versus the Post Office
https://www.itv.com/watch/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/10a0469/10a0469a0001
Movie of the Year
Deadpool & Wolverine
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deadpool_and_wolverine
Inside Out 2
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inside_out_2
Dune Part 2
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dune_part_two
Civil War
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/civil_war_2024
Paddington in Peru
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/paddington_in_peru
Game of the Year
Balatro
https://www.playbalatro.com/
https://www.metacritic.com/game/balatro/
CoD Blops
https://www.callofduty.com/uk/en/blackops6
https://www.metacritic.com/game/call-of-duty-black-ops-6/
Tactical Breach Wizards
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/Tactical_Breach_Wizards/
https://www.metacritic.com/game/tactical-breach-wizards/
Satisfactory
https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/Satisfactory/
https://www.metacritic.com/game/satisfactory/
Biggest Screw Up
Apple and the DMA/EU
Google Antitrust
Crowdstrike
Most absent
Apple Intelligence
Apple Vision Pro
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
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Follow Up
EU wants Apple to ensure ‘effective interoperability’ of iOS with other platforms
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/18/eu-apple-ios/
PSA: iPadOS 18.3 and macOS 15.3 betas still don’t have the redesigned Mail app (or really anything)
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/16/new-mail-app-ipados-macos/
PSA: AirPods Max are missing a key feature on the new USB-C model (WTF)
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/18/psa-airpods-max-are-missing-a-key-feature-new-usb-c-model/
Most iPhone owners see little to no value in Apple Intelligence so far
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/16/most-iphone-owners-see-little-to-no-value-in-apple-intelligence-so-far/
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is now available
https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-remix-41-is-now-available/
ChatGPT’s AI search engine is rolling out to everyone
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/16/24322665/chatgpt-search-engine-rolling-out-free-users
https://chatgpt.com/c/6763e595-2330-8007-b9aa-01f1dbbc5af2
Blackmagic’s Vision Pro immersive camera can be yours for only $29,995
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/16/24322713/blackmagic-cine-immersive-camera-preorder-vision-pro-immersive-video
Apple to stop selling iPhone SE and iPhone 14 in Europe as USB-C deadline hits
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/13/apple-stop-selling-14-se-usb-c-lightning/
News
Bloomberg: Apple scraps plans to offer iPhone hardware subscription service
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/18/iphone-hardware-subscription-service/
Seagate is getting ready to launch its first high-capacity HAMR hard drive
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/18/24324143/seagate-32tb-hamr-hard-drive
China's homebrew Bluetooth alternative is on the march as Beijing pushes universal remotes
https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/china_starflash_universal_remotes_standard/
EV Corner
Honda and Nissan explore merger to navigate uncertain EV future
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/17/24323448/honda-nissan-merger-talks-memorandum-ev
Trump to block the government and military from buying EVs
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/12/on-trumps-chopping-block-evs-charger-funding-californias-emissions/
January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924!
https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/
Media
New Apple TV+ movie will star John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, and big Indiana Jones energy
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/17/new-apple-tv-blockbuster-features-john-krasinski-natalie-portman-and-big-indiana-jones-energy/
Apple officially renews sci-fi drama Silo for two more seasons to close out the story
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/16/apple-tv-renews-silo-2/
Gavin and Stacy Xmas special
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/articles/2024/gavin-and-stacey-the-finale-everything-you-need-to-know
Rod went to a Panto
https://www.swanseagrand.co.uk/JackAndTheBeanstalk
Games
The Nintendo Switch 2 and its dock, as described by the mystery Reddit leaker
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/18/24324483/nintendo-switch-2-leak-reddit-next-handheld
Steam Winter Sale
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/steam-winter-sale-2024-start-time-date/
Main Show
Apple Products released this year:
App of the Week
rsync
https://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync
Thing of the Week
That Christmas
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81309564
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
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Follow Up
18.2 is out
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/11/ios-18-2-release-date-new-features/
Visual Intelligence
https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2024/12/apple-intelligence-is-available-today/
Epic’s dream is starting to come true — its store will be preinstalled on ‘millions’ of Android phones
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/12/24319206/epic-games-store-preinstall-telefonica-samsung-uk-europe-latin-america
Microsoft Teams for iPad now supports external webcams
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/11/microsoft-teams-ipad-webcam/
Here are the winners of the 2024 App Store Awards
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/11/app-store-awards-winners-2024/
Apple's Investment in the UK Exceeds £18 Billion
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/10/apples-investment-in-the-uk-exceeds-18-billion/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Ten months after first tease, OpenAI launches Sora video generation publicly
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/ten-months-after-first-tease-openai-launches-sora-video-generation-publicly/
BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0elzk24dno
iMac Pro is 7 years old
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/14/imac-pro-seven-years-ago-today/
News
Apple reviving its discontinued AirPort router has never looked more likely
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/12/apple-reviving-its-discontinued-airport-router-has-never-looked-more-likely/
The next Apple Watch Ultra could have satellite texting
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/10/24318154/apple-watch-ultra-satellite-texting-messaging-blood-pressure-monitoring
Google launched Gemini 2.0, its new AI model for practically everything
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/11/24318444/google-gemini-2-0-flash-ai-model
Google announces Android XR, a new OS for headsets and smart glasses
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/12/24319538/google-android-xr-ar-vr-smart-glasses
Amazon starts selling Hyundai cars, more brands next year
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/12/amazon-gets-into-the-car-sales-game-starting-with-hyundai/
Raspberry Pi’s new keyboard computer can power an optional $100 display
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/9/24316955/raspberry-pi-500-keyboard-computer-monitor
https://www.youtube.com/c/JeffGeerling
Media
The Abyss
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/abyss
Red One on Amazon Prime
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/red_one
Strike TV Show (Series 1-3)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b093ypxy/strike
iPhone 15 was used to shoot major sequel ‘28 Years Later,’ and the trailer is impressive
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/10/iphone-15-28-years-later-trailer/
The shadow’s roots take hold in Wheel of Time S3 teaser
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/12/the-shadows-roots-take-hold-in-wheel-of-time-s3-teaser/
Games
Naughty Dog are making a sci-fi bounty hunter game called Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/naughty-dog-are-making-a-sci-fi-bounty-hunter-game-called-intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet
Apple reportedly collaborating with Sony to bolster VR gaming on Vision Pro
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/08/apple-vision-pro-vr-controllers/
Main Show
Networking
Eero Pro 6
www.eero.com
UDM Pro
https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/products/udm-pro
USW Standard 24 PoE
https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/products/usw-24-poe
2x Flex Mini 2.5ge
https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/all-switching/products/usw-flex-2-5g-5
2x USW-Flex-Mini
https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/all-switching/products/usw-flex-mini
Ubiquiti UniFi Switch 8 60W (US-8-60W)
https://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/unifi/UniFi_Switch_8_DS.pdf
5x AC Lite
https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/all-wifi/products/u6-lite
1x U6 Long Range
https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/all-wifi/products/u6-lr
App of the Week
FileZilla
https://filezilla-project.org/
Thing of the Week
Bill Bailey - My Animals and Other Animals
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/My-Animals-and-Other-Animals-Audiobook/B0CYVFRP25?eac_link=9j1zGkwVSuXt&ref=web_search_eac_asin_1&eac_selected_type=asin&eac_selected=B0CYVFRP25&qid=GbP5qwCrVG&eac_id=257-8022392-1615025_GbP5qwCrVG&sr=1-1
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
You can now try Microsoft’s Recall AI feature on Intel and AMD Copilot Plus PCs
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24314795/microsoft-recall-testing-amd-intel-copilot-plus-pcs
Brazilian court overturns injunction imposed on Apple’s App Store
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/05/brazilian-court-apple-app-store/
OpenAI announces full “o1” reasoning model, $200 ChatGPT Pro tier
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/openais-new-200-mo-chatgpt-subscription-will-buy-you-more-compute-time/
Apple Music’s yearly recap is finally available ‘in the app’
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24311987/apple-music-2024-recap-available-app
The Flexbar resurrects the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar as a standalone device
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24311935/flexbar-touchscreen-apple-macbook-pro-touch-bar-kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1735591421/flexbar-a-versatile-and-fully-customizable-touch-bar-solution/description
https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/products/keyboards/mx-creative-console.html
Vodafone and Three merger given green light by CMA
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3z96x0199o
News
Bloomberg: Apple ‘investigating’ bringing cellular to the Mac for the first time
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/06/apple-investigating-cellular-mac/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24315099/apple-custom-modems-5g-macs-vision-pro
Anthem BCBS is reversing its anesthesia policy after online outrage
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24314770/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-limit-policy-health-insurance
Microsoft Discontinues iMac Rival Surface Studio 2+
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/06/microsoft-discontinues-imac-rival-surface-studio/
Temporary printable tattoos could be the future of EEGs
https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/05/brain_boffins_eeg_tattoos/
US officials recommend encrypted messaging to evade hackers in telecom networks
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/4/24313187/encrypted-apps-salt-typhoon-hack-telecom-fbi-cisa
UK CMA vs. Apple’s Browser Rules
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/12/04/uk-cma-vs-apples-browser-rules/
Jaguar’s bizarre rebranding continues with the Type 00 concept electric car
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/2/24311604/jaguar-type-00-concept-ev-copy-nothing
Media
Users fear the Sonos app could require a subscription; company says no plans in hand
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/02/users-fear-the-sonos-app-could-require-a-subscription-company-says-no-plans-in-hand/
Wolf Hall
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/wolf_hall
Fly Me to the Moon on Apple TV+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0k04aH71UA
Dune Part 2 Rewatch
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dune_part_two
Games
Valve’s master plan for Steam Machines is finally coming into focus
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24315098/valve-steam-machines-steamos-steam-deck-vr
Ubisoft shooter XDefiant is shutting down and sending refunds to players
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24312584/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-refunds
PlayStation at 30: the console that made video games cool
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/dec/03/playstation-at-30-the-console-that-made-video-games-cool?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Sony brings back original PlayStation boot screen with PS5 anniversary update
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/2/24311112/playstation-30th-anniversary-psx-boot-sequence-ps5-update
Commandos: Origins delayed until March 2025
https://blog.kalypsomedia.com/en/commandos-origins-dev-log/
Main Show
Splitting Apple iCloud Accounts shared on two iPhones
https://support.apple.com/en-us/109040
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252757845?sortBy=rank
iCloud Photo Sharing (Dedupe photos)
https://www.macworld.com/article/1366211/how-to-use-duplicate-detection-apple-photos.html
Car parking apps!
https://www.paybyphone.co.uk/
Phone Book
Emergency Contacts
https://www.howtogeek.com/768576/how-to-set-an-emergency-contact-on-iphone-and-why/
Legacy Contacts
https://support.apple.com/en-us/102631
macOS Migration for 10 year old laptop
https://support.apple.com/en-us/102613
ROD COUGHED
App of the Week
Skeets App
https://www.skeetsapp.com
Thing of the Week
Festivitas App
https://www.festivitas.app/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
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Follow Up
Ransom gang claims attack on NHS Alder Hey Children's Hospital
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/29/inc_ransom_alder_hey_childrens_hospital/
Australia bans social media for under 16s
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/28/24308245/australia-bans-social-media-children-under-16
Reddit overtakes X in popularity of social media platforms in UK
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/28/reddit-overtakes-x-in-popularity-of-social-media-platforms-in-uk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
UK carrier Three supporting RCS for iPhone users from next month
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/28/uk-carrier-three-supporting-rcs-for-iphone-users-from-next-month/
Microsoft hits back at claims it slurps your Word, Excel files to train AI models
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/microsoft_word_excel_ai/
Mini vMac for iOS Rejected via Notarization
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/26/mini-vmac-for-ios-rejected-via-notarization/
Apple unveils 2024 App Store Awards finalists
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/25/apple-unveils-2024-app-store-awards-finalists/
Boox Palma 2 Review is in
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/24/24301379/boox-palma-2-review-e-reader-android
News (21:00)
Zoom 2.0 relaunches as an AI-first company without video in its name
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/25/24305942/zoom-communications-rename-ai-first-company
LITIGATION WATCH
Microsoft is being investigated by the FTC over antitrust concerns
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/27/24307790/microsoft-is-being-investigated-by-the-ftc-over-antitrust-concerns
Brazil Rules Against Apple’s Anti-Steering Rules
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/27/brazil-rules-against-apples-anti-steering-rules/
Google must face £7B UK class action over search engine dominance
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/26/google_7_billion_cat/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/25/24305942/zoom-communications-rename-ai-first-company
Delicious Library is going away
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/25/the-end-of-delicious-library/
https://mastodon.social/@wjs/113539330521476328
Media
Bake-Off Finale
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-great-british-bake-off
Apple’s Movie Theater Beef With Hollywood
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/26/apples-movie-theater-beef-with-hollywood/
Dune Prophecy
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dune_prophecy/s01
Major League
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097815/?ref_=tturv_ov_i
Inception (Rewatch)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_inceptio
Games
Sony is reportedly working on a PS5 portable
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/sony-is-reportedly-working-on-a-ps5-portable/
Steam Black Friday Sale
https://store.steampowered.com/specials
https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/Satisfactory/
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/satisfactory-10-review
Crossword Jam (Apple Arcade)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crossword-jam/id6448909510
Main Show
Editing the Podcast
Apps
Apple FaceTIme
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/102215
Audio Hijack Pro
https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/
Logic Pro
https://www.apple.com/uk/logic-pro /
Mac Whisper
https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper
Forecast
https://overcast.fm/forecast
Da Vinci Resolve
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/
OBS
https://obsproject.com
Workflow
The future of editing and subscriptions
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/09/final-cut-pro-logic-ipad-subscription-price/
App of the Week
TrueNAS Scale (Electric Eel)
https://www.truenas.com/truenas-scale/
Thing of the Week
Surprise!
https://www.apple.com/uk/mac-mini/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@g5maniac.bsky.social
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
You can now try Microsoft’s Recall AI feature on a Copilot Plus PC
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/24302947/microsoft-recall-windows-insider-testing-dev-channel-click-to-do
Microsoft flashes Win10 users with more full-screen ads for Windows 11
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/21/windows_11_fs_ad/
OpenAI accidentally erased ChatGPT training findings as lawyers seek copyright violations
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/21/openai-accidentally-erased-chatgpt-training-findings-as-lawyers-seek-copyright-violations/
DOJ Watch
DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/20/24300617/doj-google-search-antitrust-chrome-breakup
Apple fights to keep DOJ antitrust suit from reaching trial
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/20/24301660/apple-doj-motion-dismiss-antitrust-lawsuit
iOS 18.1.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1.1 patch security vulnerabilities that were actively exploited
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/19/ios-18-1-1-security-fix-update-details/
Apple Intelligence intro is not going well
Apple Intelligence notification summaries are honestly pretty bad
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/11/apple-intelligence-notification-summaries-are-honestly-pretty-bad/
An Honest Review of Apple Intelligence... So Far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haDjmBT9tu4&t=871s
News
The app store must end
https://www.macworld.com/article/2525708
Foursquare Open Source Places: A new foundational dataset for the geospatial community
https://location.foursquare.com/resources/blog/products/foursquare-open-source-places-a-new-foundational-dataset-for-the-geospatial-community/
Apple faces antitrust action in the UK over default web browser (but not cloud gaming)
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/22/apple-faces-antitrust-action-in-the-uk-over-default-web-browser-but-not-cloud-gaming/
Android will soon instantly log you in to your apps on new devices
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/android-will-soon-instantly-log-you-in-to-your-apps-on-new-devices/
Apple will now be treated like a bank, says US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/21/apple-will-now-be-treated-like-a-bank-says-us-consumer-financial-protection-bureau/
Apple now sells its own Apple News ads for the first time
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/19/apple-now-sells-its-own-apple-news-ads-for-the-first-time/
Microsoft goes thin client with $349 Windows 365 Link mini PC
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/microsoft_windows_365_link/
Media
Silo Season 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLJDR-vFUdY
Shogun
https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/shogun/77sCbAqhMU5H
Developers behind F1 app ‘Lapz’ for Vision Pro forced to remove it from TestFlight
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/19/f1-app-lapz-vision-pro-testflight/
Apple TV+ spent $20B on original content. If only people actually watched.
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/11/apple-tv-spent-20b-on-original-content-if-only-people-actually-watched/
JFK Documentary on Disney+
https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/jfk-one-day-in-america/2up6Kqj9n6YJ
https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/movies/jfk/5x0ZmjGauCud
Deadpool and Wolverine on Disney+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_1biulkYk
Wallace and Gromit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQqrBzJ5wIc
PSA: Great British Bake Off Finale this week
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-great-british-bake-off
Games
Flight Simulator 2024
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 struggles to take off
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/microsoft_flight_simulator_2024_launch/
Main Show
The Bluesky resurgence
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/24/bluesky-promised-land-x-social-media
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2024/x-bluesky-migration-gathers-pace
The counter
https://bsky-users.theo.io/
Follow Up
Apple quietly gave the M4 MacBook Pro a quantum dot display
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/15/apple-quietly-gave-the-m4-macbook-pro-a-quantum-dot-display/
Learned about this option today, helpful on the 256GB machines.
https://tapbots.social/@paul/113490344157847664
M4 Macs Can’t Virtualize Older macOS
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/15/m4-macs-cant-virtualise-older-macos/
M4 Mac FOMO
https://christianselig.com/2024/11/mac-mini-m4-prints/
Are standing desks good for you? The answer is getting clearer.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/11/a-standing-desk-wont-improve-your-heart-health-but-it-wont-hurt-it-either/
AirPlay Mirroring on Mac Just Got a Huge Upgrade
https://lifehacker.com/tech/airplay-mirroring-on-mac-just-got-a-huge-upgrade
Apple Music Classical adds dedicated CarPlay app and Siri support
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/12/apple-music-classical-carplay/
MKBHD got himself in trouble again
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24294921/mkbhd-controversy-dji-sponsored-video-speeding
News
Apple hit with £3 billion claim of ripping off 40 million UK iCloud users
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/apple_sued_icloud_uk/
Elon Musk targets Microsoft in amended OpenAI lawsuit
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/15/24297271/elon-musk-openai-microsoft-amended-lawsuit
EU fines Meta €800 million for breaking law with Marketplace
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/eu-fines-meta-e800-million-for-breaking-law-with-marketplace/
AI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created by O2 to waste phone scammers' time
https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/ai-tool-sounds-like-elderly-30370351
Apple receives EU warning to end ‘discriminatory’ geo-blocking practices
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24294554/apple-eu-warning-geo-blocking-practices-app-store
NOT A HEADLINE…?
https://nileane.fr/@nileane/113482851710113640
Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/academic_papers_retracted_software_licensing/
NatWest blocks bevy of apps in clampdown on unmonitorable comms
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/natwest_blocks_bevy_of_apps/
OWC announces its first Thunderbolt 5 dock, compatible with latest M4 Macs
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/12/owc-thunderbolt-5-dock/
Media
Mythic Quest is getting a spinoff anthology series
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/14/24296445/mythic-quest-season-4-premiere-date-side-quest
Amazon is shutting down Freevee
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24295129/amazon-shutting-down-freevee-prime-video
Channel 4 launches Vision Pro streaming app with a Taskmaster environment
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/12/channel-4-launches-vision-pro-streaming-app-and-it-even-has-a-taskmaster-environment/
Games
Final Fantasy games are coming to Apple Arcade
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/13/24295537/final-fantasy-4-apple-arcade
Half Life 2 is 20
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/half-life-2-is-20-years-old-and-has-been-updated-with-steam-workshop-support-and-developer-commentary
Classic shooters Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free and preserved on the Internet Archive
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/classic-shooters-unreal-and-unreal-tournament-are-now-free-and-preserved-on-the-internet-archive
GOG’s Preservation Program is the DRM-free store refocusing on the classics
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/gogs-preservation-program-is-the-drm-free-store-refocusing-on-the-classics/
Main Show
What apps MUST you install on a new mac
1Password
https://1password.com/
Homebrew
https://brew.sh/
Maccy
https://maccy.app/
iTerm2
https://iterm2.com/
Linearmouse
https://linearmouse.app/
Grab2Text
https://www.softwarehow.com/grab2text/
Ivory
https://tapbots.com/ivory/
Raindrop.io
https://raindrop.io/
Reeder (5)
https://reederapp.com/
What you must install on your iPad
https://1password.com/
Email: Outlook
Work: Microsoft Office suite of Apps
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/install-and-set-up-office-on-an-iphone-or-ipad-9df6d10c-7281-4671-8666-6ca8e339b628
iNews Paper
https://inews.co.uk/
Apple Office Suite (Numbers, Pages, Keynote)
https://www.apple.com/iwork/
Reeder
https://reederapp.com/
All the streaming apps
Channel 4
https://www.channel4.com/
iPlayer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer
Prime, etc.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/storefront/ref=atv_hm_hom_legacy_redirect?contentId=IncludedwithPrime&contentType=merch&merchId=IncludedwithPrime
App of the Week
MX MASTER 3S
https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/products/mice/mx-master-3s.910-006560.html
Thing of the Week
Believe the Story Behind Ted Lasso
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Believe-Audiobook/B0CXBKS438?qid=1731833341&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=4HGFM9KXJW9XH5YT9Z9B&pageLoadId=mjSNc9cygEkk16uK&creativeId=41e85e98-10b8-40e2-907d-6b663f04a42d&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
M4 Mac mini offers modular SSD storage, faster base model speeds
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/08/m4-mac-mini-storage-speeds/
Apple is finally letting green bubbles send message reactions
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/7/24290703/apple-green-bubble-message-reaction-rcs-android
Thoughts on the M4 iMac, and making peace with the death of the 27-inch model
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/11/thoughts-on-the-m4-imac-and-making-peace-with-the-death-of-the-27-inch-model/
Apple reportedly facing first-ever EU fine over App Store rules
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/5/24289067/apple-eu-fine-digital-markets-act-app-store
Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/mozilla_foundation_layoffs/
macOS 15.2 lets users add a Weather widget to the Menu Bar
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/04/macos-15-2-weather-menu-bar/
News
Apple botched the Apple Intelligence launch, but its long-term strategy is sound
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/despite-unforced-errors-the-future-of-apple-intelligence-could-be-bright/
Apple’s new AirPlay options for macOS add a little more privacy
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/7/24290301/apple-macos-screen-mirroring-airplay-single-window
Cops Suspect iOS 18 iPhones Are Communicating to Force Reboots, Making Unlocking Harder
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/07/ios-18-forcing-reboots-law-enforcement/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
macOS High Power Mode comes to MacBook Pro and Mac mini with M4 Pro
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/07/macos-high-power-mode-m4-pro/
Microsoft just learned its lesson about overcharging for AI features
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/07/microsoft-just-learned-its-lesson-about-overcharging-for-ai-features/
EU opens antitrust investigation into key Apple supplier Corning
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/06/eu-opens-investigation-into-key-apple-supplier-corning/
Media
Harlen Coben’s Missing You on Netflix - 1st January
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/missing-you-harlan-coben-release-date-news
Down Cemetery Road
https://www.apple.com/uk/tv-pr/news/2024/04/apple-tv-announces-new-thriller-down-cemetery-road-starring-emma-thompson-and-ruth-wilson/
Alien
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alien
Nick Cave and the Bad seeds Cardiff Unita Arena
https://www.nickcave.com/news/the-wild-god-tour-uk-europe-2024/
Games
A whole bunch of Sega classics are being delisted
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/7/24290671/sega-classic-games-delisted
Switch 2 will play Switch games
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/5/24284745/switch-2-backward-compatibility-nintendo-online-preservation
Main Show
Apple Mac Mini M4 review: a tiny wonder
https://www.theverge.com/24289730/apple-mac-mini-m4-review
M4 Mac Mini
https://www.apple.com/uk/mac-mini/
New Screen
Benq PD2705U Display
https://www.benq.eu/en-uk/monitor/professional/pd2705u.html
App of the Week
Deskpad
https://github.com/Stengo/DeskPad
Thing of the Week
Commandos Behind Enemy Lines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commandos:_Behind_Enemy_Lines#Expansion
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
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Follow Up
RECALL
Microsoft just delayed Recall again
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/31/24284572/microsoft-recall-delay-december-windows-insider-testing
Microsoft isn’t secretly installing Recall on your Windows PC
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/29/24282821/microsoft-windows-recall-feature-optional-uninstall
Apple Intelligence Is Coming to EU iPhones After All
https://lifehacker.com/tech/apple-intelligence-coming-to-eu-iphones-after-all
Tech Bros and the Elections
Wapo and Bezos
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168416/washington-post-bezos-endorsement-president-cancellations-resignations
A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles
https://www.theverge.com/24282022/kamala-harris-endorsement-presidential-election-2024
News
Apple expands iPhone satellite services deal, commits $1.1bn to expand capacity
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/01/apple-expands-iphone-satellite-services-deal/
Microsoft accused of 'greenwashing' as AI used in fossil fuel exploration
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/microsoft_greenwashing_ai/
OpenAI launches ChatGPT with Search, taking Google head-on
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/openai-launches-chatgpt-with-search-taking-google-head-on/
Generative AI is coming to Google Maps, Google Earth, Waze
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/10/generative-ai-is-coming-to-google-maps-google-earth-waze/
Meta spruiks benefits of open sourcing Llama models – to its own bottom line
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/meta_q3_2024/
Wanted. Top infosec pros willing to defend Britain on shabby salaries
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/gchq_needs_advanced_cybersecurity_professionals/
Apple reaches deal to acquire Pixelmator
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/01/apple-reaches-deal-to-acquire-pixelmator/
Founded in 2007
Media
Nintendo Music App: Every Game Soundtrack Included
https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/nintendo-music-app-every-game-soundtrack-included-how-to-download-all-systems
Nintendo Music
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/nintendo-music/id6466376604
Apple Ads
Apple Intelligence | Writing Tools | iPhone 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0MoYKwVTM
Apple Intelligence | Create memory movies | iPhone 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0BXZhdDqZM
No Sweat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r3_pPkjOdg
Apple Intelligence – Smug and gross
https://blog.blankbaby.com/2024/10/apple-intelligence-smug-and-gross.html?amp=1
Paddington in Peru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddington_in_Peru
Star Trek Lower Decks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8WRgPfjB4E
Games
Moida Mansion is the new free game from Return Of The Obra Dinn’s Lucas Pope, and it's out now
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/moida-mansion-is-the-new-free-game-from-return-of-the-obra-dinns-lucas-pope-and-its-out-now
Call of Duty’s massive filesize drives peak internet usage
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/30/24283801/comcast-call-of-duty-black-ops-6-large-downloads
Main Show
Apple Earnings
Apple’s Q424 results: $95B revenue–with a twist
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/10/apples-q424-results-95b-revenue-with-a-twist/
Apple reports record Q4 2024 earnings with nearly $95 billion in revenue
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/31/aapl-q4-2024-earnings/
New Macs
iMac
https://www.apple.com/imac/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaB7nCdId0Y
First mac to support 8k
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/28/m4-imac-8k-120/
Mac Mini
https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjpGvjy0Gxk
New Mac mini shrinks down, gains M4 and M4 Pro chips
Macbook Pro
https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHTT_7AjoU8
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/02/apple-m4-max-geekbench-macbook-pro/
The MacBook Air gets a surprise upgrade to 16GB of RAM
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/30/24282981/apple-macbook-air-m2-m3-16gb-ram-minimum-price-unchanged
All new Macs now ship with 16GB of RAM
App of the Week
Sunshine/Moonlight
https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine
Thing of the Week
https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/news/oxfordshire-news/clarksons-farm-who-cheerful-charlie-6604801
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Follow Up
Bluesky wants to introduce a paid subscription with exclusive features
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/25/bluesky-paid-subscription/
Rochko
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/113365319263963755
iOS 18.2 Beta 1 is out
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/23/ios-18-2-new-features-changes/
https://www.macrumors.com/guide/image-playground/
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/23/ios-18-2-default-apps-section/
iOS 18.2 adds iMessage child safety feature for reporting nudes to Apple
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/24/ios-182-adds-imessage-child-safety-feature-for-reporting-nudes-to-apple/
Report: Apple May Stop Producing Vision Pro by the End of 2024
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/23/apple-may-stop-producing-vision-pro-by-end-of-2024/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
WhatsApp is making a massive change to the way it saves your contacts
https://www.thevergReport: Apple May Stop Producing Vision Pro by the End of 2024 - MacRumorse.com/2024/10/22/24276714/whatsapp-built-in-contacts-address-book
News
Jury rules Masimo smartwatches infringe Apple design patents
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/25/masimo-apple-design-patents-apple-watch/
Jeff Bezos reportedly killed the Washington Post’s Kamala Harris endorsement
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/25/24279602/jeff-bezos-washington-post-kamala-harris-endorsement
The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/
Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/10/phone-tracking-tool-lets-government-agencies-follow-your-every-move/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Anthropic's latest Claude model can interact with computers – what could go wrong?
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/anthropic_claude_model_can_use_computers/
Report: Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license, endangering its chip business
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/report-arm-cancels-qualcomms-architecture-license-endangering-its-chip-business/
Scientific Racism
Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity promote scientific racism in AI search results
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/google-microsoft-and-perplexity-promote-scientific-racism-in-ai-search-results/
Concerns raised over access to UK Biobank data after ‘race scientists’ claims
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/25/concerns-raised-access-uk-biobank-data-race-scientists-claims?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Farewell to Foursquare’s app
https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/22/farewell-to-foursquares-app/
Media
Disney Plus and Hulu won’t let you sign up through Apple anymore
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/21/24276226/disney-plus-hulu-sign-up-apple-app-store-anymore
Alien: Romulus is getting a VHS release
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/20/24274915/alien-romulus-vhs-limited-edition-collectible-release-date
Inside Men rewatch
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bpkjl
The Penguin
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_penguin
Almas Not Normal
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/almas_not_normal
Games
Cod BLOPs 6
https://www.callofduty.com/blackops6
Dead space Remake
https://www.ign.com/articles/dead-space-remake-review
Main Show
Apple teases ‘week’ of Mac announcements starting on Monday
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/24/24266448/apple-mac-announcements-october-2024
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/24/apple-october-event-confirmed-details/
https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/113373962699788108
App of the Week
New British Canon (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLooaZ33lSaldYH8HSXL4Mpjgtjg0e1b8a
Thing of the Week
iPhone Mirroring (Mac App)s
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120421
Contact
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This week in politics
Trump claims Tim Cook called him about EU fining Apple $17 billion
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/17/trump-claims-tim-cook-called-him-about-eu-fining-apple-17-billion/
Elon Giving away money
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/20/elon-musk-promises-to-award-1m-every-day-to-voters-as-he-steps-up-campaigning-for-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
X Oddness
Elon Musk's X isn't important enough to feel the full force of EU regulation
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/17/eu_x_dma_regulation/
The EU may fine Elon Musk’s other companies for X violations
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/17/24272716/x-twitter-digital-services-act-violation-fines
Google asks 9th Circuit for emergency stay, says Epic ruling ‘is dangerous’
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/16/24272291/google-play-changes-epic-ruling-9th-circuit-court-of-appeals
Windows 11 24H2 disk space hoarding a 'reporting error'
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/15/windows_11_24h2_disk_space/
News
People are flocking to Bluesky as X makes more unwanted changes
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/18/24273435/bluesky-user-spike-x-tos-ai-changes-blocking
Apple Passwords’ Generated Strong Password Format
https://rmondello.com/2024/10/07/apple-passwords-generated-strong-password-format/
Apple’s new feature lets brands put their stamp on emails and calls to your iPhone
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/16/24272053/apple-brands-stamp-emails-calls-iphone
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/16/apple-brand-logos-iphone-mail-phone-caller-id/
Sysadmins rage over Apple’s ‘nightmarish’ SSL/TLS cert lifespan cuts plot
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/15/apples_security_cert_lifespan/
Qualcomm cancels Windows dev kit PC for “comprehensively” failing to meet standards
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/qualcomm-cancels-windows-dev-kit-pc-for-comprehensively-failing-to-meet-standards/
Roadside Assistance via satellite now available in the UK, with Green Flag
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/17/roadside-assistance-via-satellite-now-available-in-the-uk-with-green-flag/
Standing desks do not reduce risk of stroke and heart failure, study suggests
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/16/standing-desks-may-be-bad-for-your-health-study-suggests?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Media
Apple Music now lets artists publish their concert set lists as playlists
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/17/apple-music-now-lets-artists-publish-their-concert-set-lists-as-playlists/
Slow Horses lands season 6 renewal on Apple TV+
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/15/slow-horses-lands-season-6-renewal-on-apple-tv/
Ted Lasso Season 4 to commence in filming in January
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/18/ted-lasso-season-4-sets-january-start-date-as-we-await-apple-tv-announcement/
Current ‘disappointing’ season of Taskmaster
Star Trek : Beyond
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_beyond
Filmed in Chicago on the new iPhone 16 Pro in ProRes LOG 4K and (in part) at 120 fps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccYwgOnvPL8
Games
Commandos Origins
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1479730/Commandos_Origins/
Main Show
Tablets - Note taking: iPad mini / Kindle Scribe
The new iPad mini 7 is a surprisingly small update – why is that?
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/16/the-new-ipad-mini-7-is-a-surprisingly-small-update-why-is-that/
Scrolling Fix: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/18/ipad-mini-7-jelly-scrolling/
Performance: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/18/ipad-mini-7-benchmarks-confirm-8gb-ram/
Amazon refreshes its monochrome Kindle lineup, including a bigger Paperwhite
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/amazon-refreshes-its-monochrome-kindle-lineup-including-a-bigger-paperwhite/
Amazon finally has a color Kindle, and it looks pretty good
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/16/24271632/amazon-kindle-colorsoft-specs-price-hands-on
Kindle Scribe gets an upgrade
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/16/24271627/amazon-kindle-scribe-2024-notebook-specs
App of the Week
Zotero
https://www.zotero.org/
Thing of the Week
https://www.aqara.com/en/product/smart-home-hub/
Follow Up
Audio/Video Setup for the podcast
Windows 11 24H2 hoards 8.63 GB of junk you can't delete
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/11/windows_update_cleanup/
Microsoft Recall is MANDATORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9FRadIkkE0
Report: M4 iPad Pro demand drops significantly, price might be to blame
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/09/report-m4-ipad-pro-demand-drops-significantly-pricing-might-be-to-blame/
Apple macOS 15 Sequoia is officially UNIX. If anyone cares…
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/11/macos_15_is_unix/
iPhone Mirroring is currently a privacy and legal risk on work Macs
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/08/iphone-mirroring-is-currently-a-privacy-and-legal-risk-on-work-macs/
A Cozy WWDC
https://www.toddheberlein.com/blog/2024/10/3/a-cozy-wwdc
News
A Google breakup is on the table, say DOJ lawyers
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/8/24265832/google-search-antitrust-remedies-framework-android-chrome-play
STS
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/113268999161316383
Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge
https://www.theverge.com/policy/2024/10/7/24243316/epic-google-permanent-injunction-ruling-third-party-stores
UK ponders USB-C as common charging standard
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/uk_usbc_charging_standard/
SpaceX catches returning rocket in mid-air, turning a fanciful idea into reality
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/10/spacex-catches-returning-rocket-in-mid-air-turning-a-fanciful-idea-into-reality/
Tesla Event
Robots
Tesla’s Optimus bot makes a scene at the robotaxi event
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/10/24267225/tesla-robotaxi-optimus-we-robot
The Optimus robots at Tesla’s Cybercab event were humans in disguise
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/13/24269131/tesla-optimus-robots-human-controlled-cybercab-we-robot-event
Vehicles
Tesla reveals 20 Cybercabs at We, Robot event, says you’ll be able to buy one for less than $30,000
https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/10/tesla-reveals-20-cybercabs-at-we-robot-event/
Violent threats against FEMA swirl on social media
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/10/24266848/violent-threats-against-fema-swirl-on-social-media
BBC weather glitch shows 13k mph winds in London, 404℃ in Nottingham
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/10/bbc_weather_error_predicts_lows/
Media
Apple and Amazon strike deal to sell Apple TV+ through Prime Video
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/09/apple-and-amazon-strike-deal-to-sell-apple-tv-through-prime-video/
The Beach
Slow Horses Finale (and the S5 trailer)
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/09/slow-horses-season-5-trailer-is-now-available-if-you-know-where-to-look/
Silo Season 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLJDR-vFUdY&t=125s
Games
CryptoGaming
Off the Grid
https://gameoffthegrid.com/#about
Tomographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZuZIwiFWDU&t=640s
Xbox plans to set up shop on Android devices if court order holds
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/10/xbox-plans-to-set-up-shop-in-androids-play-store-if-court-order-holds/
Maze of adapters, software patches get a dedicated GPU working on a Raspberry Pi
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/maze-of-adapters-software-patches-gets-a-dedicated-gpu-working-on-a-raspberry-pi/
Main Show
Google is preparing to let you run Linux apps on Android, just like Chrome OS
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-linux-terminal-app-3489887/
Asahi Linux
AAA gaming on Asahi Linux
https://asahilinux.org/2024/10/aaa-gaming-on-asahi-linux/
Asahi Linux’s bespoke GPU driver is running Windows games on Apple Silicon Macs
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/10/asahi-linuxs-bespoke-gpu-driver-is-running-windows-games-on-apple-silicon-macs/
https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone
App of the Week
Zen Browser
https://zen-browser.app/welcome
Thing of the Week
Sony XM5 Headphones
https://www.johnlewis.com/sony-wh-1000xm5-noise-cancelling-wireless-bluetooth-high-resolution-audio-over-ear-headphones-with-mic-remote/midnight-blue/p6229813
Contact
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Follow Up
Headphone Follow Up
Airpods Max
https://www.apple.com/uk/airpods-max/
Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra
https://www.bose.co.uk/en_gb/products/headphones/noise_cancelling_headphones/bose-quietcomfort-headphones-ultra.html#v=QCUH-HEADPHONEARN-D60E-WW
Sony XM 5
https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/headband-headphones/wh-1000xm5
Bowers and Wikins PX7 S2e
https://www.bowerswilkins.com/en-gb/product/over-ear-headphones/px7-s2/FP42927P.html
Amazon Sale
iOS 18.1 is coming soon: beta 6 now available to developers
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/07/ios-18-1-coming-soon-beta-6/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPe8revsg3k
MKBHD’s wallpaper app updated with fewer ads
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/4/24262350/mkbhd-panels-wallpaper-app-fewer-ads-update
Rival browsers cry foul after Microsoft Edge slips through EU gatekeeper cracks
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/07/microsoft_edge_eu_gatekeeper/
iPadOS 18.0.1 now available with key fix for M4 iPad Pros
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/03/ipados-1801-now-available-with-key-fix-for-m4-ipad-pros/
Apple pulls watchOS 11.1 beta 3 after users report frozen devices
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/02/apple-pulls-watchos-11-beta-frozen/
Three and Vodafone: We need to merge because our networks are rubbish
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/07/three_and_vodafone_we_need/
News
This iOS 18 privacy change could spell doom for new social apps
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/02/this-ios-18-privacy-change-could-spell-doom-for-new-social-apps/
Juno for YouTube has been removed from the App Store
https://christianselig.com/2024/10/juno-removed/
60TB hard drives arriving in 2028 according to industry roadmap — HDD capacity forecast to double in four years
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/60tb-hard-drives-arriving-in-2028-according-to-industry-roadmap-hdd-capacity-forecast-to-double-in-four-years
This iOS 18 bookshelf trend for Home Screens is ridiculously cute
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/03/this-ios-18-bookshelf-trend-for-home-screens-is-ridiculously-cute/
Mega supermarket spots stock discrepancy of tens of millions amid ERP system migration
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/03/asda_21m_discrepancy_erp/
Apple CEO Tim Cook Sells Over $50 Million Worth of Stock
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/02/tim-cook-sells-50-million-in-apple-stock/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Parents know they are not alone’: UK pact to withhold smartphones until 14 gathers pace
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/07/uk-parents-pact-withhold-smartphones-children?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Media
Mean Girls
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mean_girls
Shogun
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/shogun_2024
Music By John Williams
https://ondisneyplus.disney.com/movie/music-by-john-williams
AI Generated Video via Gary Whita
https://www.threads.net/@gwhitta/post/DAi-Jn3PxsD
British Pathé archive now on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@britishpathe/videos
In Books
We Solve Murders by Richard Osmond
Precipice by Robert Harris
Games
The toxic transformation of Warcraft maker Blizzard
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/3/24260550/blizzard-entertainment-play-nice-jason-schreier-activision-gaming-microsoft-xbox-decoder-interview
The future of Halo is being built with Unreal Engine 5
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/7/24264129/halo-unreal-engine-5-halo-studios-announcement
Main Show
Gurman: New M4 Macs and iPad mini 7 to launch on November 1
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/06/m4-macs-release-date-ipad-mini/
New unboxing video allegedly reveals unannounced M4 MacBook Pro, benchmark results
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/06/m4-macbook-pro-unboxing-benchmarks/
Apple Intelligence to launch on the 28th of October
https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/07/heres-what-iphone-16-owners-can-look-forward-to-on-october-28/#more-972316
App of the Week
MacWhipser
https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper
Thing of the Week
Modern Stereo in ‘Classic’ Car
https://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesandservice/classic/producthighlights/pccm/
Contact
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Apple’s homework is due Monday no matter what, says judge
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/28/24256684/apple-epic-lawsuit-document-production-delay-denied
Second judge implies Apple lied in Epic lawsuit; denies request
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/30/second-judge-implies-apple-lied-in-epic-lawsuit-denies-request/
Apple not investing in OpenAI after all, new report says
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/27/apple-not-investing-in-openai-after-all-new-report-says/
Microsoft details security/privacy overhaul for Windows Recall ahead of relaunch
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/microsoft-details-security-privacy-overhaul-for-windows-recall-ahead-of-relaunch/
Fujitsu wins spot on £600M framework after vowing to sit out public sector
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/25/fujitsu_contract_win_horizon/
VMware reportedly probed by Japanese anti-monopoly cops
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/25/japan_vmware_broadcom_monopoly_investigation/
News
iPhone SOS: Verizon Experiences Major Outage Across the U.S.
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/30/verizon-outage/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Apple pulls HomePod beta software after reported bricked devices
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/24/apple-pulls-homepod-beta-software-after-reported-bricked-devices/
The messy WordPress drama, explained
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24256361/wordpress-wp-engine-drama-explained-matt-mullenweg
Rabbit R1 has just 5,000 active users, as we wait to see Jony Ive’s attempt at AI hardware
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/26/rabbit-r1-has-just-5000-active-users-as-we-wait-to-see-jony-ives-attempt-at-ai-hardware/
‘Click to Cancel’ subscription law goes live in California
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/25/click-to-cancel-subscription-law-goes-live-in-california/
Tufts men's lacrosse players hospitalised following workout led by graduate of Navy SEAL training program
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/tufts-mens-lacrosse-players-hospitalized-following-workout-led-by-graduate-of-navy-seal-training-program/3494987/
Raycast is bringing its super powerful Mac launcher to iOS and Windows
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/25/24253375/raycast-mac-launcher-ios-windows
Marques Brownlee says ‘I hear you’ after fans criticise his new wallpaper app
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/24/24253023/mkbhd-panels-wallpaper-app-response-criticism
STS Toot
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/113193334416282458
Brompton improves on a good thing with new G Line of bicycles
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/24/24252957/brompton-g-e-bike-redesign-20-inch-specs-price
New Remarkable Pro note taking device
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/4/24234815/the-remarkable-paper-pro-is-as-outrageous-as-it-is-luxurious
https://remarkable.com/store/remarkable-paper/pro
Media
Report: Apple changes film strategy, will rarely do wide theatrical releases
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/report-apple-changes-film-strategy-will-rarely-do-wide-theatrical-releases/
Wolfs film is out on Apple TV+
Apple Music Classical update adds album booklets and Recently Added section
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/24/apple-music-classical-album-booklets/
Mickey 17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osYpGSz_0i4
Games
The ghost of StarCraft: Ghost endures as a new shooter set in the RTS universe is in the works at Blizzard
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-ghost-of-starcraft-ghost-endures-as-a-new-shooter-set-in-the-rts-universe-is-in-the-works-at-blizzard
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/09/26/starcraft-game-pass/
The Delta emulator is getting online multiplayer for Nintendo DS games
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24252493/delta-ios-emulator-online-multiplayer-nintendo-ds
Dune Spice Wars
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1605220/Dune_Spice_Wars/
Balatro+
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/26/24255304/bye-forever-because-balatro-is-out-now-on-mobile
Arch/Valve
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/the-arch-linux-team-is-now-working-directly-with-valve-steamos-and-arch-should-both-benefit-greatly
Main Show
YouTube pulls songs from Adele, Nirvana, and others due to SESAC dispute
https://www.theverge.com/24257157/youtube-sesac-music-licensing-streaming
Apple's 80% Charging Limit for iPhone: How Much Did It Help After a Year?
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/24/iphone-80-percent-charging-test/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Rods thoughts on buying a new iPhone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRtg6A1f2Ko
https://youtu.be/be0ijSY7Kg0
Battery Life
Offer to trade was 549 (what I am getting for my 15 pro max)
https://www.giffgaff.com/mobile-phones/samsung/samsung-galaxy-s23-ultra-5g/refurbished
https://www.giffgaff.com/mobile-phones/samsung/samsung-galaxy-z-fold4-5g/refurbished
Phone Mirroring in iOS18
App of the Week
Keychron K3 Pro
https://www.keychron.uk/products/keychron-k3-pro-qmk-via-wireless-custom-mechanical-keyboard?variant=45047888904362
Thing of the Week
Command and Conquer Remastered
https://www.ea.com/games/command-and-conquer/command-and-conquer-remastered
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
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Follow Up
Stop macOS 15 Sequoia monthly screen recording prompts
https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2024/8/10.html
iPhone 16 Pro users experiencing touchscreen issues, some taps and swipes ignored
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/22/iphone-16-pro-users-experiencing-touchscreen-issues-some-taps-and-swipes-ignored/
Apple Intelligence is now available in public betas
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/19/24249206/apple-intelligence-ios-18-1-public-beta
1 in 10 orgs dumping their security vendors after CrowdStrike outage
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/19/german_crowdstrike_reaction/
iPadOS 18 pulled for M4 iPad Pro as users complain about bricked devices
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/17/ipados-18-m4-ipad-pro-bricked/
Ban warnings fly as users dare to probe the “thoughts” of OpenAI’s latest model
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/openai-threatens-bans-for-probing-new-ai-models-reasoning-process/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Apple AirPods Pro 2 can be sold as hearing aids, says FDA
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/13/fda_airpod_hearing_aid/
News
Jony Ive confirms he’s working on a new device with OpenAI
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/21/24250867/jony-ive-confirms-collaboration-openai-hardware
Security Bite: macOS Sequoia’s firewall is disrupting security tools, and more
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/19/security-bite-macos-sequoias-filewall-is-disrupting-security-tools-and-more/
Green recycling goals? Pending EU directive could hammer used mobile market
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/20/secondhand_smartphone_demand/
OceanGate’s ill-fated Titan sub relied on a hand-typed Excel spreadsheet
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/20/24250237/oceangate-titan-submarine-coast-guard-hearing-investigation
Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleges “invasion” of land on US/Mexico border
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/cards-against-humanity-sues-spacex-alleges-invasion-of-land-on-us-mexico-border/
Qualcomm wants to buy Intel
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/20/24249949/intel-qualcomm-rumor-takeover-acquisition-arm-x86
Microsoft releases a new Windows app called Windows App for running Windows apps
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/microsoft-releases-a-new-windows-app-called-windows-app-for-running-windows-apps/
Homeopathic company refuses to recall life-threatening nasal spray, FDA says
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/fda-warns-of-life-threatening-infections-from-contaminated-nasal-spray/
Mitchell and Webb Sketch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0
Volkswagen ID.4 production halted in the US after its doors wouldn’t stay closed
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/19/24248973/volkswagen-id4-production-halt-recall-door-faulty
Games
Valve’s ARM64 game testing points towards new Steam hardware, if vaguely
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valves-arm64-game-testing-points-towards-new-steam-hardware-if-vaguely
YouTuber Andrew Tsai
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-hl32h5CokBhlGu95C1Xg
Netflix adds Civilization VI and Street Fighter IV to its games lineup
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/19/24249136/netflix-civilization-6-street-fighter-4-game-releases
Playstation 5 in Classic Scheme
https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/19/celebrating-30-years-of-playstation-with-a-nostalgic-look/
Astrobot
https://blog.playstation.com/2024/05/30/astro-bot-arrives-on-ps5-september-6/
Main Show
Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/15/data-center-gas-emissions-tech?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Apple Leaks New Mac Mini With 5 USB-C Ports
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/16/mac-mini-5-usb-c-ports-leak/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
App of the Week
https://hachyderm.io/@rmondello/113181667296070884
Thing of the Week
Reeder App (replacement for NetNewsWire)
https://reeder.app/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
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Follow Up
iOS 18.0 Release Candidates are out
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/09/ios-18-rc-update-and-more-betas-now-available-for-download/
STS on new bigger phone screen
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/113115332214067306
Apple must pay €13 billion in back taxes after losing final appeal
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/apple-must-pay-e13-billion-in-back-taxes-after-losing-final-appeal/
Top EU court crushes Google appeal against $2.65B Shopping antitrust ruling
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/10/eu_denies_google_shopping_appeal/
AirPods 4 no longer come with a USB cable in the box
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/09/airpods-4-usb-c-cable-box/
Some notes from the iPhone 16 launch event
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/09/some-notes-from-the-iphone-16-launch-event/
Apple Announces Expanded Satellite Services for UK and Canada
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/09/apple-expanded-satellite-services-for-uk-canada/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Faster mmWave 5G Still Limited to U.S. iPhone 16 Models
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/09/mmwave-limited-us-models-iphone-16/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
GiffGaff offers eSims
https://www.giffgaff.com/help/articles/how-do-i-get-an-esim-on-giffgaff
Apple’s FineWoven Wallet lives on, even after iPhone cases discontinued
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/09/apples-finewoven-wallet-lives-on-even-after-iphone-cases-discontinued/
Airpods Max
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/10/new-airpods-max-usb-c-same-hardware/
News
The iPhone 16 is here, but it’s not finished
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24240787/apple-iphone-16-intelligence-camera-control
Microsoft to detail OneDrive Copilot, mobile app updates, and more during October event
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/5/24236680/microsoft-onedrive-october-event-copilot-mobile-photos-updates
Nearly 40 states back surgeon general’s social media warning labels
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24240920/state-ags-back-surgeon-general-social-media-warning-labels
Blood boffins build billions of nanobots to battle brain aneurysms without surgery
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/07/nanobots_brain_aneurysms/
YubiKeys have an unfixable security flaw — but it’s difficult to exploit
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/4/24235635/yubikey-unfixable-security-vulnerability-side-channel-explot
The WayBack When Machine and Google
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/11/24241841/google-search-results-internet-archive-wayback-machine-cached-results
Games
How to install Fortnite on your iPad or iPhone outside of the European Union
https://9to5mac.com/fortnite-ios-outside-eu/
Harry Potter quidditch
https://www.quidditchchampions.com/en-gb
Horizon Forbidden West
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/horizon-forbidden-west/
Balatro+ Is Coming to Apple Arcade on September 26th
https://www.macstories.net/news/balatro-is-coming-to-apple-arcade-on-september-26th/
Flight Simulator 2024
https://www.flightsimulator.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024/
Sony announces PS5 Pro, a $700 graphical upgrade available Nov. 7
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/09/sony-announces-ps5-pro-a-700-graphics-workhorse-available-nov-7/
Sony is shutting down Concord, refunding players after just two weeks
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/09/two-weeks-after-launch-sony-shooter-concord-goes-offline-and-offers-refunds/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
This Case Turns Your iPhone Into a Game Boy for Retro Gaming
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/03/iphone-game-boy-case/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Civilization 7 lets you mix and match history — and it’s a blast
https://www.theverge.com/24224489/civilization-7-hands-on-demo-impressions-firaxis-games
Main Show
Cars
Chris Has a new purchase
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_911_(996)
Rods 2 choices:
Kia EV6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_EV6
VW ID4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_ID.4
App of the Week
Immich
https://immich.app/
Go
https://github.com/simulot/immich-go
Thing of the Week
Dyson Hot + Cold Purifier
https://www.dyson.co.uk/air-treatment/purifiers/dyson-purifier-hot-cool/dyson-purifier-hot-cool-overview
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/09/apple-discontinues-finewoven-cases/
Beats Cases
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/09/apple-beats-iphone-16-cases/
iPhones Weigh
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/09/iphone-16-pro-vs-15-pro-weight/
WiFi 7
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/09/all-iphone-16-models-support-wi-fi-7/
Follow Up
Apple Intelligence
Apple Intelligence no longer requires setting the device region to the US
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/28/apple-intelligence-no-longer-requires-setting-the-device-region-to-the-us/
iOS 18.1 beta 3 features: Here’s what’s new
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/29/ios-181-beta-3-features-heres-whats-new/
European iPhones are more fun now
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/24/24226946/iphone-eu-regulation-app-stores-fortnite
EU iPhones will be able to change the default phone and messaging apps soon
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/22/24226110/apple-iphone-ipad-default-apps-eu-competition
Microsoft will try the data-scraping Windows Recall feature again in October
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/microsoft-will-try-the-data-scraping-windows-recall-feature-again-in-october/
GM reportedly cuts 1,000 jobs in its software and services division
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/19/24223600/gm-layoffs-1000-jobs-software-and-services-super-cruise
News
Apple is reportedly trying to invest in OpenAI
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/apple-is-reportedly-trying-to-invest-in-openai/
Apple announces CFO transition coming next year, names Luca Maestri successor
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/26/apple-announces-cfo-transition-coming-next-year-names-luca-maestri-successor/
Apple’s iPhone 16 launch event is set for September
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/26/24223957/apple-iphone-16-launch-event-date-glowtime
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/01/iphone-16-launch-month-is-here-everything-we-know/
Apple reportedly plans to release macOS Sequoia in September alongside iOS 18
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/22/apple-reportedly-plans-to-release-macos-sequoia-in-september-alongside-ios-18/
New Mac Mini “M4” to launch sans USB-A
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/1/24233471/apple-m4-mac-mini-redesign-no-usb-a-ports
App Store VP Departs as Apple Prepares for Organizational Changes
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/21/app-store-organizational-changes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Trump is launching a cryptocurrency platform, and we have no idea what it does
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/22/24226184/trump-defiant-ones-cryptocurrency-platform
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday borks dual-boot Linux-Windows PCs
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/21/microsoft_patch_dual_boot/
Media
Cast negotiations underway for Ted Lasso season 4, production expected to start early next year
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/24/ted-lasso-season-four-nears-greenlight-cast/.
Taskmaster Series 18
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/taskmaster-season-18-air-date-cast-newsupdate/
Nick Cave - New Album WIld God
Games
50 Greatest Driving Games of all time
https://apple.news/A0F7vTuMqQQS-KlZiR2Yl6A
Peter Molyneux is back with new god sim Masters Of Albion, which looks like a stripped-down Black & White
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/peter-molyneux-is-back-with-new-god-sim-masters-of-albion-which-looks-like-a-stripped-down-black-white
Tactical Breach Wizards review: humour, heart, smarts and playfulness conjure up an instant genre classic
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tactical-breach-wizards-review
Main Show
?Apple Monitor?
https://kuycon.us/monitors/G27P/buy/
The Slow Decline of the Apple “Cult”
https://www.macstories.net/linked/the-slow-decline-of-the-apple-cult/
The Cult of Mac
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cult_of_Mac
App of the Week
Grab2Text
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/grab2text/id6475956137?mt=12
Thing of the Week
Mini Projector
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CRYXLM42?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
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Follow Up
Google threatened tech influencers unless they ‘preferred’ the Pixel
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221755/google-team-pixel-reviews-influencers
Nearly All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App
https://www.wired.com/story/google-android-pixel-showcase-vulnerability/
News
iPhones will help decide offside violations in English soccer this season
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220197/iphone-offside-violation-ai-detection-soccer-video-assistant-referee-english-premier-league
Apple Music now available in Rivian vehicles
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/13/apple-music-now-available-rivian-cars/
Apple’s next big project might be a tabletop robot / iPad
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220475/apple-next-big-project-tabletop-robot-ipad
Google Wallet can make digital passes for nearly anything now
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24218932/google-wallet-photo-everything-else-id-ticket-ai
Media
Youtube : Hardware Haven
https://www.youtube.com/c/HardwareHaven
Games
Endless Dungeon
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1485590/ENDLESS_Dungeon/
Field Runners: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/fieldrunners/id292421271
Kingdom Rush
https://www.kingdomrush.com/kingdom-rush
Main Show
Rod has preodered a laptop
https://frame.work/gb/en
iFixit Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgIK4BZEI2k
App of the Week
Chunky Comic Reader
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chunky-comic-reader/id663567628
Thing of the Week
Definitely Maybe - 30 Years
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/definitely-maybe-30th-anniversary-deluxe-edition/1744418624
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
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Follow Up
macOS Sequoia will now prompt you monthly (not weekly) for screen recording permissions
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/14/macos-sequoia-screen-recording-prompt-monthly/
Matt Birchler : Random Privacy thought
https://isfeeling.social/@matt/112965811587504680
Google Monopoly
Epic judge says he’ll ‘tear the barriers down’ on Google’s app store monopoly
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220491/epic-google-android-app-store-monopoly-remedies-hearing
Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/15/google_monopoly_fix/
In major u-turn, Apple allows Spotify to display pricing and direct users to its website
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/14/apple-allows-spotify-to-display-pricing/
News
Almost a third of X users in UK considering leaving, finds Savanta
https://www.research-live.com/article/news/almost-a-third-of-x-users-in-uk-considering-leaving-finds-savanta/id/5129343
AT&T and Verizon have a beef with T-Mobile’s Starlink satellite service
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221677/att-verizon-fcc-complaint-tmobile-spacex-starlink-satellite-service
Apple and Kim Kardashian team up for exclusive Beats Studio Pro line
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/15/apple-and-kim-kardashian-team-up-for-exclusive-beats-studio-pro-line/
Here’s what developers can do with the new NFC API for iPhone in iOS 18.1
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/14/developers-nfc-api-iphone-ios-18-1/
Apple will let other digital wallets into Apple Pay, and even be the default
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/apple-will-let-other-digital-wallets-into-apple-pay-and-even-be-the-default/
X’s new AI image generator will make anything from Taylor Swift in lingerie to Kamala Harris with a gun
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220173/xai-grok-image-generator-misinformation-offensive-imges
Massive data leak may include the personal data of every person in the US, UK, and Canada
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/13/massive-data-leak-national-public-data/
Games
Deadlock
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24219016/valve-deadlock-hands-on-secret-new-game
Main Show
Patreon Fall out
STS
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/112950244395044750
Gruber
https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/112956773688361140
AltStore PAL drops its annual subscription thanks to a grant from Epic
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220623/altstore-pal-third-party-app-store-drops-subscription-epic-grant
Fortnite is back on the iPhone — with a whole app store in tow
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221361/fortnite-iphone-epic-games-app-store
Everything Google announced at the Pixel 9 launch event
https://www.theverge.com/24218825/google-pixel-9-event-announcements-products
https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/13/made-by-google-2024-all-of-googles-reveals-from-the-pixel-9-iineup-to-gemini-ais-addition-to-everything/
App of the Week
Portainer
https://www.portainer.io/
Thing of the Week
Speed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_(1994_film)
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
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Follow Up
Talked about this last week but didnt give a link
Pixel 9’s ‘Add Me’ feature puts you in a group photo even when you’re not there
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206969/google-pixel-9-add-me-group-photos-leak
Retro tech
Apple’s SuperDrive for reading disks seemingly discontinued with no inventory online
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/05/apple-superdrive-discontinued/
$200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on the Windows 3.1 era
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/the-ultimate-windows-3-1-laptop-sellers-behind-book-8088-are-back-with-pocket-386/
Apple saying paying games developers for games directly is a nightmare
is it?
https://isfeeling.social/@matt/112906258003333803
CrowdStrike cause revealed; small print may protect it from lawsuits
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/07/crowdstrike-cause-revealed/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24218536/crowdstrike-accepts-def-con-pwnies-award-most-epic-fail-global-windows-it-outage
Now Logitech says the ‘forever mouse’ was just an idea
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/6/24214857/logitech-subscription-mouse-decoder-podcast-hanneke-faber
NowTV
https://help.nowtv.com/article/what-are-boost-and-ultra-boost?lid=gg46of3vzdxq&DCMP=EMC_GB_%09SRV_BOOST_MIGRATIONCOMMSDIRECT_CTA2_240812
News
Google is a monopolist
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25032745-045110819896
Judge rules that Google ‘is a monopolist’ in US antitrust case
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/5/24155520/judge-rules-on-us-doj-v-google-antitrust-search-suit
Apples $20m at threat
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/05/googles-20b-default-search-deal-with-apple-violates-antitrust-law-judge-rules/
Apple announces new fee structure for apps in the EU that link out to the web for purchases
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/08/apple-app-store-eu-link-out-changes/
STS TLDR
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/112927283808836840
Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers in latest EU update
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/9/24216181/apple-eu-app-store-services-fee-external-links
Apple's Hidden AI Prompts Discovered in macOS Beta
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/06/apples-hidden-ai-prompts-discovered-in-macos-beta/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
macOS Sequoia to fix exploit that lets hackers access internal networks
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/07/macos-sequoia-to-fix-exploit-that-lets-hackers-access-internal-networks/
Elon Musk declares “it is war” on ad industry as X sues over “illegal boycott”
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/elon-musk-declares-it-is-war-on-ad-industry-as-x-sues-over-illegal-boycott/
Kevin Beaumant
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112917534795765058
Apple and Patreon
https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon
Media
Celebrity Race Across the World Season 2
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/bbc-celebrity-race-across-the-world-line-up/
Games
Viewfinder
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1382070/Viewfinder/
Main Show
macOS Sequoia adds weekly permission prompt for screenshot and screen recording apps
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/06/macos-sequoia-screen-recording-privacy-prompt/
macOS Sequoia makes it harder to run apps that don’t follow Apple’s security rules
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/06/macos-sequoia-makes-it-harder-to-run-apps-that-dont-follow-apples-security-rules/
Ars Link
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/macos-15-sequoia-makes-you-jump-through-more-hoops-to-disable-gatekeeper-app-checks/?comments=1
Jason Snell says it very well
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/08/apples-permissions-features-are-out-of-balance/
Selection of related comments
Sequoia Screen Recording Prompts and the Persistent Content Capture Entitlement
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/08/08/sequoia-screen-recording-prompts-and-the-persistent-content-capture-entitlement/
App of the Week
Zed
https://zed.dev/
Thing of the Week
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916868177?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
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Follow Up
Elon Musk denies reported $45 million a month pledge to Trump, says he doesn’t ‘subscribe to cult of personality
https://fortune.com/2024/07/23/elon-musk-backs-down-from-45-million-a-month-pledge-to-trump-says-he-doesnt-subscribe-to-cult-of-personality/
Apple Advertising dropping the ball
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/02/apple-apologizes-for-new-underdogs-ad-after-growing-controversy/
CrowdStrike
STS on MS blaming EU for Crowdstrike
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/112832443405650410
Delta CEO: ‘When was the last time you heard of a big outage at Apple?’
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/1/24210680/crowdstrike-microsoft-outage-delta-lawsuit-class-action-damages
Apple Arcade developers say working with Apple is like being in an 'abusive relationship'
https://mobilegamer.biz/inside-apple-arcade-again-late-payments-stonewalled-studios-terrible-tech-support-and-vision-pro-woes/
There is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs — any damage is permanent
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206529/intel-13th-14th-gen-crashing-instability-cpu-voltage-q-a
News
Apple Quarterly Results
Apple reports record Q3 2024 earnings with $85.78 billion in revenue
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/01/aapl-q3-2024-earnings-report/
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/08/apple-results-quarterly-record-all-time-high-in-services/
Jason Snell Existential thoughts
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/08/existential-thoughts-about-apples-reliance-on-services-revenue/
App Review Guidelines changed to allow PC emulators for games
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/01/app-review-guidelines-changed-to-allow-pc-emulators-for-games/
Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” that requires a subscription
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/logitech-has-an-idea-for-a-forever-mouse-thatrequires-a-subscription/
Adobe exec likened hidden cloud subscription exit fees to 'heroin', says FTC
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/25/adobe_subscription_cancel_fees_ftc/
Revealed: iPhone 16 Colors and Redesigned Camera in Leaked Image
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/07/31/revealed-iphone-16-colors-redesigned-camera/
Media
Civil War
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/civil_war_2024
Deadpool and Wolverine
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deadpool_and_wolverine
Severance was more expensive to produce than Game of Thrones
https://birchtree.me/blog/severance-was-more-expensive-to-produce-than-game-of-thrones/
Despicable Me 4 Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQlr9-rF32A
Games
Xbox console sales continue to crater with massive 42% revenue drop
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/07/xbox-console-sales-continue-to-crater-with-massive-42-revenue-drop/
Epic will bring Fortnite to third-party iOS app stores
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/25/24206372/epic-games-fortnite-third-party-ios-app-stores-altstore
Main Show
Apple Splitting the Betas
Revealed: iPhone 16 Colors and Redesigned Camera in Leaked Image
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/07/29/apple-releases-ios-18-1-apple-intelligence/
6 Colors
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/07/new-betas-for-ios-18-1-ipados-18-1-and-macos-sequoia-bring-some-apple-intelligence-features/
iOS 18.1 Beta with Apple intelligence
Here Are All of the Apple Intelligence Features in the iOS 18.1 Developer Beta
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/07/29/ios-18-1-apple-intelligence-features/
App of the Week
Ventoy
https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
Thing of the Week
USB C Plugs
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CTH1H5CL?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
Dell Precsion 5920 https://i.dell.com/sites/csdocuments/Shared-Content_data-Sheets_Documents/en/us/Precision-5820-Tower-Spec-Sheet.pdf
Have ordered some bits
Dual 2.5gbe ethernet card
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09D3JL14S?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
2x NVME ssd
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BCL813QS?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Dual nmve PCIe host adaptor (talk about the memory splitting thing)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08M3VTY6D?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
3 × 12tb Seagate enterprise HDD’s
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-EXOS-7200rpm-256MB-cache/dp/B0852BMJ68/ref=sr_1_3?crid=XK70Q45OG4M1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NNeBaeHLuJefOJXffJLlXWjlpQrPwQxUJLeF1W9m6j5oeSgmoHf-cl97n1TkC7QqC-1gql8fkxqHBhU5LysjoaRGcmedoJL2pMewVM8kZOuLRhjOhac42asmnwIZ2VOThaCFh_ccwUMW96zSHxGNoA8uXcO0nEFoIA3NmyTIiXLi-NTGe9DO8V7wjVi8XlIIcischabybDsNQPogCJIGJKNAA1kh8wq8GtlC4Hcu5eI.fk-OfPsfD6mfuzilscrsfTfrOaobxcQnP3719c_F2JI&dib_tag=se&keywords=12tb+seagate+exos&qid=1721654720&sprefix=12tb+sea%2Caps%2C85&sr=8-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.d7e5a2de-8759-4da3-993c-d11b6e3d217f
LSI 9207-8i SAS HBA Card - IT Mode - Unraid NAS Server ZFS TrueNAS Proxmox JBOD (with SAS to SATA 1m cables x2)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326088228541
StarTech.com 15.7 in (400 mm) SATA Power Splitter Adapter Cable - M/F - 4x Serial ATA Power Cable Splitter (PYO4SATA), Black
https://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-B5196-Power-Splitter-Adapter/dp/B0086OGN9E/ref=sr_1_4?crid=7YXVSGGF0XWM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3or7PMUVGtKsTloYNwnYEbqHQR9FhFK8a7fhPxPxzuCPaePwXtXdgQl4Uv1QbLx91Xp7omTEKRklXUiUs3QgLa62q4ehSZOPuk8oU3bC-JbwlR3G4BlTptXfdEfkbqA3yb_4SNuAWZERIMcWqbSaqClFsxIjB2ZgBcYfYQLsFCyUhIf0bBm4uflGkqrg02kXFAU3NEBOX4U-jsIWFKUoVp7RETPlHldT5MGx9WQlq1s.pC6GR-X6NOOlefO2cO3zzXkR7qoyEg5nNv58GQf0KTo&dib_tag=se&keywords=sata+power+splitter&qid=1721654848&sprefix=sata+power+%2Caps%2C88&sr=8-4
Sofware thoughts
proxmox
https://www.proxmox.com/en/
Truenas
https://www.truenas.com/
Openmediavault
https://www.openmediavault.org/
Unraid
https://unraid.net/
Thing of the Week
Aqara U200 HomeLock
LOCK
https://www.aqara.com/eu/product/smart-lock-u200/
HUB
M3: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aqara-Automation-Controller-Bluetooth-SmartThings/dp/B0CWLHSKYC?ref_=ast_sto_dp
M2: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aqara-Control-Automation-Supports-Assistant/dp/B08Y1PJZZH/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=15BCSVW5RY3IW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.YP-ZzxjcfOAFcwiqD24veN304NkJUhJ-G9ajGHfqZm8UhKZx_akRBFLrUJV_jNFh.dIhDwF0JaqeMm6D88MEiDlX_BRcMmhBbO5vA-1xD4dE&dib_tag=se&keywords=aqara+m2&qid=1721679282&s=electronics&sprefix=aqara+m2%2Celectronics%2C64&sr=1-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1
512pixels
https://512pixels.net/2024/07/impressions-of-the-aqara-u200-smart-lock/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
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Follow Up
Windows NT on a whole new platform: PowerMac
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/17/windows_nt_on_powermac_g3/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcm6kd1T6ks
Google to kill off URL shortener once and for all
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/19/google_to_kill_off_url_shortener/
Living with Linux and Android after two decades of Apple
https://world.hey.com/dhh/living-with-linux-and-android-after-two-decades-of-apple-4f730084
Elon and Trump
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-45-million-trump/
News
Apple, Anthropic, and other companies used YouTube videos to train AI
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/16/24199636/apple-anthropic-nvidia-salesforce-youtube-videos-training-data-copyright
UK antitrust cops thrust probe into Microsoft, Inflection AI merger
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/16/uk_competition_officials_kick_off/
Apple says its OpenELM model doesn’t power Apple Intelligence amid YouTube controversy
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/17/apple-intelligence-openelm-training-youtube/
Privacy warriors gripe to UK watchdog about Meta harvesting user data to train AI
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/16/campaign_group_complains_to_uk/
Mumsnet launches first British legal action against OpenAI (Paywall/Apple News)
https://apple.news/AR5a2z_OWQKyUxsNdzR_83A
Apple partners with leading chumbox provider to sell ads
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/16/24199744/apple-news-stocks-apps-chumbox-ads-taboola
Media
New Apple Immersive Video series, films, concerts, and more set to premiere on Apple Vision Pro beginning July 18 1
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/07/new-apple-immersive-video-series-and-films-premiere-on-vision-pro/
Apple TV+ scores Emmy nominations in every major 2024 category
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/17/apple-tv-scores-emmy-nominations-in-every-major-2024-category/
Can you ever forgive me?
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/can_you_ever_forgive_me
Crimson Tide
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crimson_tide
Pain Hustlers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_Hustlers
Games
FTC blasts Microsoft’s new ‘degraded’ Xbox Game Pass Standard tier and price increases
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/18/24201576/ftc-microsoft-xbox-game-pass-price-increases-standard-tier
Main Show
Crowdstrike
What is CrowdStrike, and what happened?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/19/24201864/crowdstrike-outage-explained-microsoft-windows-bsod
MS blames EU
https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/07/22/microsoft-says-eu-to-blame-for-the-worlds-worst-it-outage
Slow recovery from IT outage begins as experts warn of future risks
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/19/microsoft-windows-pcs-outage-blue-screen-of-death?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Crowndstrike shares tanking
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/19/crowdstrike_shares_sink_as_global/
CrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoft
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/20/24202527/crowdstrike-microsoft-windows-bsod-outage
CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor also linked to Linux kernel panics and crashes
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/21/crowdstrike_linux_crashes_restoration_tools/
Microsoft Releases a Tool
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/21/24202883/microsoft-recovery-tool-windows-crowdstrike-issue-it-admins
XKCD
https://xkcd.com/2961/
App of the Week
Docmost
https://docmost.com/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefrom sleep.com and click the link
Follow Up
Try Affinity Designer, Photo and Publisher free for six months
https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/press/newsroom/try-affinity-designer-photo-and-publisher-free-for-six-months/
Vision Pro
Tim Cook explains what he thinks Vision Pro is good for
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/11/tim-cook-explains-what-he-thinks-vision-pro-is-good-for/
New app releases for Apple Vision Pro have fallen dramatically since launch
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/new-app-releases-for-apple-vision-pro-have-fallen-dramatically-since-launch/
Commission accepts commitments by Apple opening access to 'tap and go' technology on iPhones
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_24_3706
Microsoft avoids formal antitrust EC probe over abusive licensing claims by settling case with CISPE
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/10/microsoft_avoids_antitrust_probe/
Microsoft and Apple ditch OpenAI board seats amid regulatory scrutiny
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/10/24195528/microsoft-apple-openai-board-observer-seat-drop-regulator-scrutiny
THINK : BBC iPlayer on tvOS is now in 4K
News
Complaints about crashing 13th, 14th Gen Intel CPUs now have data to back them up
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/14/24198299/intel-13th-14th-gen-i9-cpu-crashes-telemetry-alderon-games-warframe
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/13/game_raptor_intel/
OpenAI reportedly nears breakthrough with “reasoning” AI, reveals progress framework
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/07/openai-reportedly-nears-breakthrough-with-reasoning-ai-reveals-progress-framework/
White House urged to double check Microsoft isn't funneling AI to China via G42 deal
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/12/g42_uae_us_house/
PySkyWiFi: completely free, unbelievably stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights
https://robertheaton.com/pyskywifi/
Apple warns iPhone users in 98 countries about ‘mercenary spyware attacks’
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/11/iphone-mercenary-spyware-attacks/
Apple now makes it easier to switch from Google Photos to iCloud Photos
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/10/transfer-from-google-photos-to-icloud-photos/
TUAW makes a sad return as an AI-powered stolen content farm
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/10/tuaw-ai-farm/
The Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6 come with minor updates and higher prices
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/10/24195165/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-flip-6-screen-battery-price
Samsung’s Galaxy Ring could be the one ring to rule an ecosystem
https://www.theverge.com/24194938/samsung-galaxy-ring-hands-on-price-unpacked-2024
Is Teams connector retirement a tweak to fit EU laws, or a sign of price rises to come?
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/15/teams_connector_requirement/
Apple releases new midnight colour for HomePod mini, replacing space gray
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/15/apple-launches-homepod-mini-midnight-color/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Media
Gladiator 2 Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqD0D6CkwzA
Games
Mario v Donkey Kong on the Nintendo Switch
Apple Arcade additions show Apple is looking backward, not forward
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/07/indie-hit-vampire-survivors-lands-on-apple-arcade-with-the-ads-stripped-out/
Main Show
Apple Is Not the Reason I’m Buying Apple Products - These People Are
https://havn.blog/2024/03/07/no-apple-youre.html
App of the Week
Orka Desktop
https://www.macstadium.com/orka-desktop
Thing of the Week
AdBlockPro
https://adblockpro.com/
Follow Up
Apple approves third-party app marketplace from Epic Games
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/05/apple-approves-third-party-app-marketplace-from-epic-games/
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Mac app was storing conversations in plain text
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191636/openai-chatgpt-mac-app-conversations-plain-text
Sequoia Notarisation Change?
https://zeppelin.flights/@jsnell/112719284459606315
Phil Schiller to join OpenAI board in ‘observer’ role following Apple’s ChatGPT
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/02/apple-phil-schiller-openai-board-observer/
Real time follow up: Beta 3s are here
News
Microsoft Stores all close their doors in China
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/03/microsoft_china_stores_close/
Microsoft staff in China must use iPhone for authentication, not Android phones
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/08/microsoft-staff-in-china-iphone/
'Almost every Apple device' vulnerable to CocoaPods supply chain attack
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/02/cocoapods_vulns_supply_chain_potential/
Authy hack exposes phone numbers of 33M users; Twilio confirms
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/04/authy-hack/
Nothing’s CMF Phone 1 is proof that gadgets can still be fun
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/8/24191666/nothing-cmf-phone-1-cases-accessories-lanyard-wallet
So much for green Google ... Emissions up 48% since 2019
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/02/google_datacenter_emissions/
Boeing accepts guilty plea deal over 737 Max crashes
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/8/24190142/boeing-737-max-doj-guilty-plea-deal-accepted
John Oliver: Boeing Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc
This is the summer’s coolest new smart kitchen gadget — literally
https://www.theverge.com/24191807/ge-profile-opal-2-0-ultra-nugget-ice-maker-review
Notepad Gets Spellcheck 40 years later
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/8/24194047/microsoft-notepad-spellcheck-autocorrect-features-available
Media
Twisters 2024 Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm27YjLnPHc
Twister 1996 Movie
F1 Film on AppleTV+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2QjEuMDk3I
Hitting the Apex
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4973112/
Games
Animal Well
https://www.ign.com/articles/animal-well-review
App of the Week
Affinity Apps
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/
Thing of the Week
Anker Power Bank
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CGX6H8MQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
iOS 18 Beta has RCS active
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/25/us-carriers-rcs-iphone-ios-18-beta/
How to check if your carrier has enabled RCS support in iOS 18 yet
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/29/check-for-rcs-support-ios-18/
Apple refuses to notarize emulator apps
https://sixcolors.com/link/2024/06/apple-refuses-to-notarize-emulator-app/
Refused to notarize them in THIRD PARTY stores first
https://mastodon.social/@craiggrannell/112585899260742768
Apple and the EU
Commission sends preliminary findings to Apple and opens additional non-compliance investigation against Apple under the Digital Markets Act
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_24_3433
Apple delays launch of AI features because of EU Rules
https://www.ft.com/content/360751cb-7a22-48e0-9b00-6a30ff41dcfe
A stunning open declaration that they (apple) know 100% this is disabling competition
1h16:55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmQ5SsMFbsU&t=2476s
Gruber thinks this is fine
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/06/21/apple-intelligence-dma-financial-times
Riley no longer believed in Apple goodwill
https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/112673101439763178
How will Europeans take this?
STS
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/112655895720105463
Others
https://mastodon.nl/@roelgroeneveld/112655952223978123
https://indieweb.social/@stevestreza/112656039226675473
EU App Store changes for iPad now available to test with second iPadOS 18 beta
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/24/eu-app-store-changes-for-ipad-now-available-to-test-with-second-ipados-18-beta/
News
The Center for Investigative Reporting is suing OpenAI and Microsoft
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/28/24188239/openai-microsoft-center-for-investigative-reporting-lawsuit
EU and MS
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/25/24185467/microsoft-teams-eu-bundling-antitrust-violations
Commission sends Statement of Objections to Microsoft over possibly abusive tying practices regarding Teams
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_3446
UK and MS
Microsoft admits no guarantee of sovereignty for UK policing data
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589152/Microsoft-admits-no-guarantee-of-sovereignty-for-UK-policing-data
MS and taking your data
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/microsoft-s-ai-boss-thinks-it-s-perfectly-ok-to-steal-content-if-it-s-on-the-open-web/ar-BB1p6AQP
Apple crippled watchOS to corner heart-tracking market
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/28/apple_watch_alivecor/
US EPA Enforcement & Compliance conducted 3 onsite inspections of Apple's fab facility in 8/2023 + 1/2024. US EPA noted at least 19 potential violations of the RCRA hazardous waste statute.
https://mastodon.social/@ashleygjovik/112668344350698486
Starlink Mini brings space internet to backpackers
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/21/24182970/starlink-mini-usb-power-specs-price
VW will invest up to $5 billion in Rivian as part of new EV joint venture
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/25/24185946/vw-rivian-joint-venture-investment-software-r2
Vintage HomePod
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/1/24190032/apple-vintage-homepod-airpods-iphone-x
Media
Slow Horses Series 4 on Apple TV+ (4th September)
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/01/slow-horses-season-4-gets-release-date-on-apple-tv/
Games
Half Lifes Cancelled Mac Port
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/06/26/half-lifes-canceled-mac-port/
Main Show
AppleCare+ is it worth it?
https://www.apple.com/uk/support/products/
App of the Week
IINA
https://iina.io/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Where is Apple Music + iOS18 + AI
iOS 18: These Apple Intelligence Features Won't Be Ready Until 2025
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/06/17/apple-siri-improvements-coming-2025/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
RCS already unlocked
https://infosec.exchange/@jjtech/112627699700728327
iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia Let Websites and Apps Automatically Update Existing Logins to Passkeys
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/06/10/ios-18-automatic-passkey-update/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Using iCloud with macOS virtual machines
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization/using_icloud_with_macos_virtual_machines
News
AI CORNER
Elon Musk calls iOS 18 a ‘security violation’ for integrating ChatGPT, says he will ban use of Apple devices at Tesla
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/10/elon-musk-calls-ios-18-a-security-violation-for-integrating-chatgpt-says-he-will-ban-use-of-apple-devices-at-tesla/
Sonos draws more customer anger — this time for its privacy policy
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/14/24178433/sonos-privacy-policy-customer-data-controversy
Adobe overhauls terms of service to say it won’t train AI on customers’ work
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/10/24175416/adobe-overhauls-terms-of-service-update-firefly
Adobe outrage
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/06/change-to-adobe-terms-amp-conditions/
US Gov Sues Adobe over subscription that are deceptive
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/17/24180196/adobe-us-ftc-doj-sues-subscriptions-cancel
McDonald’s will stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, for now
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/16/24179679/mcdonalds-ending-ai-chatbot-drive-thru-ordering-test-ibm
Thinner Devices
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/16/new-iphone-macbook-pro-apple-watch-thinner-design/
Trainees urged to help hospitals after cyber-attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cljj1d2nz00o
Social media apps may gain tobacco-style warning labels, as US Surgeon General sounds alarm over youth impact
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/17/social-media-apps-may-gain-tobacco-style-warning-labels/
Games
Diskless XboxX
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/06/microsoft-reveals-first-disc-less-xbox-series-x/
Main Show
Debian Linux (v12 Bookworm)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_version_history
Remote desktop
https://remmina.org/
Linux Mint
https://www.linuxmint.com/
App of the Week
VirtualBuddy
https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Apple’s model training data is either licensed or publicly available on the Internet. No personal information is used.
https://mastodon.social/@chockenberry/112595753593383681
https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/introducing-apple-foundation-models
MS and Recall
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/microsoft-delays-data-scraping-recall-feature-again-commits-to-public-beta-test/
It’s official: Microsoft’s privacy-panned Recall AI feature is indefinitely delayed
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/14/its-official-microsofts-privacy-panned-recall-ai-feature-is-indefinitely-delayed/
Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/10/24171315/apple-messages-rcs-ios-18-imessage-green-bubble
Here’s Blackmagic’s new immersive camera that might enable more Vision Pro content
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/11/24176281/blackmagic-ursa-cine-immersive-apple-vision-pro-video-camera
ChatGPT is bullshit
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5
News
Apple punishes women for same behaviours that get men promoted, lawsuit says
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/apple-deliberately-pays-women-less-than-men-lawsuit-says/
Report: EU set to fine Apple for failing to comply with the DMA
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/14/eu-dma-fine-apple/
Sonos draws more customer anger — this time for its privacy policy
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/14/24178433/sonos-privacy-policy-customer-data-controversy
Japan forces Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores and payments
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/13/japan_smartphone_software_law/
The Windows on Arm chip race heats up with a challenger to Qualcomm
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/12/24177129/mediatek-arm-windows-chip-snapdragon-x-elite-competitor
Four more US states pile on Apple as DoJ turns up antitrust heat
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/12/us_apple_antitrust_case/
TUXEDO on ARM is coming
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-on-ARM-is-coming.tuxedo
Media
Scavengers Reign
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/scavengers_reign
MKBHD & Tim Cook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMX2cQdPubk&t=774s
Games
Our 9 favourite demos from the summer Steam Next Fest
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/our-9-favourite-demos-from-the-summer-steam-next-fest
Civ 7
https://www.polygon.com/24173863/civilization-7-trailer-release-date-firaxis
Main Show
iOS
iOS 18 brings math and conversions support to your iPhone’s keyboard
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/14/ios-18-math-conversions-iphone-keyboard/
iPadOS
STS on the iPad updates
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/112616287016197900
Ticci
https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/112595447362143876
Here are all the new features that won’t arrive until iOS 18.1 or later
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/12/here-are-all-the-new-features-that-wont-arrive-until-ios-181-or-later/
Apple not paying OpenAI to use ChatGPT in iOS 18: report
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/12/apple-not-paying-openai-to-use-chatgpt-in-ios-18-report/
Apple Details Its AI Foundation Models and Applebot Web Scraping
https://www.macstories.net/linked/apple-details-its-ai-foundation-models-and-applebot-web-scraping/
Apple Music in iOS 18 gets two new features that are flying under the radar
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/11/apple-music-in-ios-18-gets-two-new-features/
App of the Week
Rectangle
https://rectangleapp.com/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Keynote
https://www.apple.com/apple-events/
Soulver
https://soulver.app/
James Thomson Environment:
https://mastodon.social/@jamesthomson/112593683997757311
Steve Streza Copyright
https://indieweb.social/@stevestreza/112593742905538027
potential list of iPhones this will work with
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/06/10/ios-18-compatible-with-these-iphone-models/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Potential list of iPads this will work with
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/06/10/ipados-18-drop-support-for-these-ipad-models/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Macs
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/06/10/macos-15-compatible-macs-rumor/
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Microsoft Recall
Cracked to run on other PC’s
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/31/24168746/microsoft-windows-11-recall-ai-feature-unsupported-hardware
Stealing everything possible
https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112535509953161486
Google finally addresses those bizarre AI search results
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/31/google_ai_search_update/
YouTube app no longer hijacks Apple TV screen saver after complaints
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/30/youtube-apple-tv-screen-saver/
Apple Silicon MacBook Pro Battery Replacement
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/05/30/apple-silicon-macbook-pro-battery-replacement/
Vox Media and The Atlantic sign content deals with OpenAI
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/29/24167072/openai-content-copyright-vox-media-the-atlantic
News
AMD’s first Zen 5 CPU is the ‘monster’ Ryzen 9 9950X
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/2/24168544/amd-zen-5-ryzen-9-9950x-cpu-computex-2024
Apple downgrades new M2 iPad Air, now says it features a 9-core GPU instead of 10-core
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/01/m2-ipad-air-gpu-core-count/
Magic Leap is Google’s new mystery partner for XR headsets
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/30/24167283/google-magic-leap-deal-optics-manufacturing
Tech giants form AI group to counter Nvidia with new interconnect standard
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/05/tech-giants-form-ai-group-to-counter-nvidia-with-new-interconnect-standard/
iPhones Pause MagSafe Charging During Continuity Camera
https://tidbits.com/2024/05/25/iphones-pause-magsafe-charging-during-continuity-camera/
Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX
https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-opera-browser/
Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/28/24166177/google-search-ranking-algorithm-leak-documents-link-seo
Games
Gloomhaven
https://store.steampowered.com/app/780290/Gloomhaven/
Copiiot plus PCs for gaming
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/31/24168566/windows-arm-copilot-plus-gaming-pcs-handhelds
PlayStation VR2 PC adapter certification surfaces, marking one more step towards official support in 2024
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/playstation-vr2-pc-adapter-certification-surfaces-marking-one-more-step-towards-official-support-in-2024
Playstation State of Games ‘24
https://blog.playstation.com/2024/05/30/everything-revealed-in-the-may-2024-state-of-play/
Main Show
STS : WWDC panic
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/112548198548068747
Report: Apple and OpenAI have signed a deal to partner on AI
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/report-apple-and-openai-have-signed-a-deal-to-partner-on-ai/
WWDC Predictions
Get ready for a redesigned Settings app in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/31/get-ready-for-a-redesigned-settings-app-in-ios-18
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/03/ios-18-new-features-iphone-ai/
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/06/04/ios-18-beta-next-week-with-these-new-features/
iMessage in iOS 18 to bring animations and text effects to individual words—is rich text support coming?
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/31/imessage-in-ios-18-to-bring-animations-to-individual-words/
You might need Apple’s latest iPhone 15 Pro to use all the AI features in iOS 18
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/31/iphone-15-pro-ai-features-ios-18/
App of the Week
Middle
https://middleclick.app/
Thing of the Week
Benq Screenbar Halo
https://www.benq.eu/en-uk/lighting/monitor-light/screenbar-halo.html
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/16/24158529/reddit-openai-chatgpt-api-access-advertising
Google promised a better search experience — now it’s telling us to put glue on our pizza
Ars Dangerous Google
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/05/googles-ai-overview-can-give-false-misleading-and-dangerous-answers/
Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/24/24164119/google-ai-overview-mistakes-search-race-openai
Switch back to old google
https://www.theverge.com/24162621/google-search-ai-overviews-get-rid-of
Verge tries
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24162896/google-ai-overview-hallucinations-glue-in-pizza
Slack and AI Training
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/slack-defends-default-opt-in-for-ai-training-on-chats-amid-user-outrage/
https://awscommunity.social/@Quinnypig/112452921509401306
Apple Puts Rival App Stores Behind a Tall Barricade
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-20/altstore-goes-to-absurd-lengths-for-third-party-iphone-apps
https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/112486085494364227
It looks a lot like VMware just lost a 24,000-VM customer
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/22/computershare_vm_migration_project/
News
Head of Canada’s intelligence agency warns Canadians not to use TikTok
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/17/24159310/canadian-security-intelligence-service-tiktok-china-user-data
EU NOT happy with Microsoft
https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/112456752185288753
Google Cloud shows it can break things for lots of customers – not just one at a time
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/20/google_cloud_network_outage/
Bing down for many; Copilot, DuckDuckGo, and ChatGPT search too
Bing outage shows just how little competition Google search really has
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/bing-outage-shows-just-how-little-competition-google-search-really-has/
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/23/bing-down/
Scarlett Johansson told OpenAI not to use her voice — and she’s not happy they might have anyway
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24161253/scarlett-johansson-openai-altman-legal-action
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/22/24162429/scarlett-johansson-openai-legal-right-to-publicity-likeness-midler-lawyers
Microsoft Power BI users warned over pace of Fabric migration
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/21/microsoft_power_bi_users_warned/
Apple Rumours
Canada and UK in line for first Vision Pro international rollout – Gurman
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/20/vision-pro-international-rollout-2/
The Mac Pro and Studio won’t get the M4 nod until mid-2025
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/19/24160117/ipad-pro-m4-single-core-mac-pro-m2-ultra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect
Apple’s M5 foldable-display MacBook expected to feature 18.76-inch screen, similar to 13-inch Air when folded
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/23/foldable-display-macbook-expected-to-feature-1876-inch-screen/
Media
Web Only Apple Music
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/05/16/web-only-apple-music-features/
Apple’s time travel comedy Time Bandits starts streaming in July
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24160764/time-bandits-streaming-release-date-apple-tv-plus
Inside Out 2
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22022452/ - 14th June
Deadpool and Wolverine
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6263850/ - July 25th
Games
Microsoft to add next Call of Duty to Xbox Game Pass, WSJ reports
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/17/24158934/microsoft-call-of-duty-xbox-game-pass-plans
XDefiant
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/xdefiant
Main Show
Microsoft Surface event: the 6 biggest announcements
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24160711/microsoft-surface-event-ai-windows-biggest-announcements
RewindAI
https://www.rewind.ai/
New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/
Inside Microsoft’s mission to take down the MacBook Air
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24160463/microsoft-windows-laptops-copilot-arm-chips-m1
Dell’s reworked, Intel-free XPS 13 lasts an incredible 27 hours
https://www.stuff.tv/news/dells-reworked-intel-free-xps-13-lasts-an-incredible-27-hours/
App of the Week
Steam Deck
https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
•Are we in Apple’s post-iPad era?
◦https://www.macworld.com/article/2333320/ipad-stuck-between-rock-hard-place.html
•Apple says the majority of Mac users also own an iPad, which likely means macOS is never coming to the iPad
◦https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/15/majority-of-mac-users-also-own-ipad/
•SetApp
◦Setapp Mobile is a completely new take on the iPhone’s app store
▪https://www.theverge.com/24155259/setapp-mobile-eu-subscription-app-store-preview
◦Hands-on with Setapp Mobile, as limited beta launches in the EU
▪https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/14/hands-on-with-setapp-mobile/
•VMware Fusion Pro 13 goes free for personal use, here’s how to get it
◦https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/14/vmware-fusion-pro-13-free-for-personal-use/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
•macOS 14.5 Filevault
◦https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/05/13/macos-14-5/
•Bloomberg: Apple Vision Pro to debut internationally following WWDC
◦https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/13/vision-pro-debut-internationally-following-wwdc/
News
•Aghast iOS users report long-deleted photos back from the dead after update
◦https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/15/ios_deleted_photos/
•Apple on track for quarter of all iPhones to be made in India by 2028
◦https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/16/apple_iphones_india/
•Accessibility
◦Apple accessibility preview: More for Speech, CarPlay, and Vision Pro
▪https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/05/apple-accessibility-preview-more-for-speech-carplay-and-vision-pro/
◦Apple to Reduce Motion Sickness With Vehicle Motion Cues on iPhone
▪https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/15/apple-reduce-motion-sickness-feature/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
•Dell leak details next-gen Windows on Arm chips, 29-hour laptops, and more
◦https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24157120/dell-windows-on-arm-leak-qualcomm-chips-battery-life
•Android will be able to detect if your phone has been snatched
◦https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24157068/android-15-ai-theft-detection-lock-privacy-security
•Permira is taking Squarespace private in a $6.9 billion deal
◦https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/13/permira-is-taking-squarespace-private-in-6-6-billion-deal/?guccounter=2
•Meta will shut down its Teams competitor Workplace next year
◦https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/14/24156712/meta-workplace-facebook-work-shutdown
•Apple looks set to lose latest court battle with Epic Games
◦https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/13/apple-looks-set-to-lose-against-epic/
Media
•Publishers Send Cease-and-Desist to Spotify over Unlicensed Content
◦https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/spotify-gets-cease-and-desist-from-music-publishers-1235021253/
•Apple 100 Best Albums
◦https://100best.music.apple.com/gb
•Downton 3rd Movie has started filming!
Games
•RetroArch iOS and tvOS Emulator for Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, Sega and Sony Games Now Available
◦https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/15/retroarch-ios-emulator/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
•EA are thinking about inserting adverts into games - but don’t worry, it’ll be “very thoughtful”
◦https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ea-are-thinking-about-inserting-adverts-into-games-but-dont-worry-itll-be-very-thoughtful
•Apple releases iOS 17.5 with News+ games, Pride wallpaper, cross-platform tracking detection, more
◦https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/13/apple-releases-ios-17-5-with-new-games-in-news-cross-platform-tracking-detection-more/
Main Show
•M4 iPad Pro Review: Here we go again
◦https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/05/m4_ipad_pro_review/
•New iPad Pro display struggles to display some shades of blue
•https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/14/new-ipad-pro-display-blue/
•2024 iPad decision flowchart
◦https://writing.exchange/@Newmy/112440223717087945
•Google IO and ChatGPT updates
◦Everything Google Announced at I/O 2024
▪https://www.wired.com/story/everything-google-announced-at-io-2024/
◦It’s the End of Google Search As We Know It
▪https://www.wired.com/story/google-io-end-of-google-search/
◦Google I/O is Google A/I as search biz goes all-in on AI
▪https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/14/google_io_is_google_ai/
◦Blink and you missed it: Google has a new pair of prototype AR glasses
▪https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/14/24156518/google-glass-prototype-ar-glasses-io-2024
◦Google’s Gemini video search makes factual error in demo
▪https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/14/24156729/googles-gemini-video-search-makes-factual-error-in-demo
◦ChatGPT4o
▪https://www.wired.com/story/with-gpt-4o-is-chatgpt-plus-still-worth-it/
App of the Week
•Da Vinci Resolve 19 Beta
◦https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
Thing of the Week
•The Killer Comic
◦https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Killer-Matz-ebook/dp/B07D9T4BHR/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5i580LOXRJBpjGB6Cq44vf04RNJ9hNWMIbOfQoKcAa2QcUG9cutgp4R1i--dVbG6LmJkZpBzRj9ufCSZtnCc7GyFcYMPU2lPG-srWxtKnin0K1U9LUsZP4WLmw_VKir7Vc1Ls0FyFgHvDvSMEMszwhXRXH5It2mNyhAX1XKFATF-VFYV0pHxQs8TxIwaPqO-XXmZHtJgqWfjg0ZAHR-gbwWQ9SPnnlylcxaz41ZG6XI.G7Hwfkzrn-43uLV4121dznMZATYdOjSRrBeZseDZ1aE&qid=1715868469&sr=8-1
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
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Follow Up
Amazon’s Matter Casting is shaping up so nicely, I want to use it everywhere
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/10/24153556/fire-tv-amazon-matter-casting-hands-on
Pathways
https://developer.apple.com/pathways/
Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/elon-musks-neuralink-reports-trouble-with-first-human-brain-chip/
John Ternus emerging as most likely successor to Tim Cook as Apple CEO
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/08/apple-ceo-tim-cook-john-ternus-successor/
News
TikTok sues the US government over ban
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/7/24151242/tiktok-sues-us-divestment-ban
Solar Storms are disrupting farmer GPS systems during critical planting time
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/12/24154779/solar-storms-farmer-gps-john-deer
PSA: New iPads won’t include stickers in the box due to Apple’s environmental goals
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/07/new-ipad-pro-ipad-air-apple-stickers/
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. Recalls Version 2.7 of the Apple iOS t:connect Mobile App Used in Conjunction with t:slim X2 Insulin Pump with Control-IQ Technology Prompted by a Software Problem Leading to Pump Battery Depletion
https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls/tandem-diabetes-care-inc-recalls-version-27-apple-ios-tconnect-mobile-app-used-conjunction-tslim-x2
Dell customer order database of '49M records' stolen, now up for sale on dark web
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/dell_data_stolen/
Stack Overflow is feeding programmers’ answers to AI, whether they like it or not
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/8/24151906/stack-overflow-ai-protest-posts-deleted-restored
25-year Apple design veteran announces departure; Jony Ive’s old team ‘almost entirely dissolved’
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/08/apple-design-departure-duncan-kerr/
Bike brands start to adopt C-V2X to warn cyclists about cars
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/the-vehicle-and-bicycle-safety-tech-that-can-see-through-walls/
Cars
Report: Apple mulling potential partnership with Rivian
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/06/apple-rivian-partnership-report/
Bootnotes : Tesla devotee tests Cybertruck safety with his own finger – and fails
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/tesla_cybertruck_finger_crush/
iOS 17.5 is out! (plus other platforms)
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/13/apple-releases-ios-17-5-with-new-games-in-news-cross-platform-tracking-detection-more/
Media
Apple Music now tracks what’s being played the most on broadcast radio stations
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/09/apple-music-radio-spins-shazam/
Games
The Gamma app brings PS1 emulation to the iPhone
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/12/24154703/gamma-ps1-emulator-iphone-ios-apple-app-store
XBox
Inside Microsoft’s Xbox turmoil
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/8/24151814/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-strategy-changes-arkane-tango
More Xbox studio cuts likely to follow Tango and Arkane Austin, and Game Pass looks like the culprit
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/more-xbox-studio-cuts-likely-to-follow-tango-and-arkane-austin-and-game-pass-looks-like-the-culprit
Main Show
Crush Advert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjkwIXWtrc
Apple’s New iPad Pro Ad Sparks Outrage as Hugh Grant and More Slam Tech Giant: ‘The Destruction of the Human Experience’
https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/apple-ipad-pro-ad-criticism-hugh-grant-1235996294/
AdAge
https://adage.com/article/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news/apple-apologizes-ipad-pro-crushed-ad-it-missed-mark/2559321
Gruber
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/09/dhh-crush
A crushing backlash to Apple’s new iPad ad
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/a-crushing-backlash-to-apples-new-ipad-ad/
App of the Week
Reeder 5
https://www.reederapp.com/
Thing of the Week
Monitor Arm
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07SBXVCTK?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Apple tweaks Core Technology Fee terms for free apps and small developers
https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=d0z8d8rx
https://sixcolors.com/link/2024/05/apple-tweaks-core-technology-fee-terms-for-free-apps-and-small-developers/
Apple will bring sideloading and other EU-mandated changes to iPadOS this fall
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/05/apple-must-open-ipados-to-sideloading-within-6-months-eu-says/
Apple Maps cycling routes come to bicycle-friendly Netherlands
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/03/apple-maps-cycling-routes-come-to-bicycle-friendly-netherlands/
Turns out the Rabbit R1 was just an Android app all along
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/30/24145838/rabbit-r1-android-app-pixel-6a
News
Apple Earnings
2024 Q2 Apple Results: $90.8 billion revenue, Services record
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/05/2024-q1-apple-results-90-8-billion-revenue-services-record/
Apple reports slumping iPhone sales as global demand weakens
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/02/apple-earnings-iphone-sales-decrease?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
AI in next gen Apple OS:
More details emerge about Apple’s plans for AI in iOS 18
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/3/24148282/apple-ai-iphone-ios-18-plans-ajax
iOS 18 rumored to include Humane Ai Pin-style iMessage summary feature using AI
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/03/ios-18-summarize-text-messages-ai/
Passkey support comes to Word, Excel, and more for all consumer Microsoft accounts
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/02/passkey-support-comes-to-word-excel-and-more-for-all-consumer-microsoft-accounts/
Tesla staff say firm's entire Supercharger team fired
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68935522
Mercedes-Benz won’t let Apple CarPlay take over all its screens
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/29/24144356/mercedes-benz-ceo-apple-carplay-next-gen-decoder
Media
Is Apple TV+ having a quality crisis?
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/04/is-apple-tv-having-a-quality-crisis/
Games
Bethesda and MS
https://www.theverge.com/24151047/xbox-shuts-down-arkane-austin-tango-gameworks-microsoft
Nintendo Direct
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/gaming/nintendo-direct-confirmed-for-june-to-focus-on-switch-games-only/ar-BB1lXbO2
Apple Event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1J38FlDKxo
Studio Neat
https://www.studioneat.com/products/canopy
App of the Week
FS-UAE
https://fs-uae.net/
Thing of the Week
Steam Deck / EA / Command and Conquer
Follow Up
Kaiser Permanente handed over 13.4M people's data to Microsoft, Google, others
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/26/kaiser_patient_data/
Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/26/24141361/tesla-autopilot-fsd-nhtsa-investigation-report-crash-death
Logitech’s Mouse Software Now Includes ChatGPT Support, Adds Janky ‘ai_overlay_tmp’ Directory to Users’ Home Folders
https://512pixels.net/2024/04/ai-overlay-tmp-home-folder-mac-os/
Framework won’t be just a laptop company anymore
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/23/24138475/framework-laptop-product-categories-new
Apples 8gb ram and the Tim Cook Era
https://mstdn.social/@dschaub/111813281624281698
Apple Reportedly Stops Production of FineWoven Accessories
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/21/apple-reportedly-stops-finewoven-production/
News
Apple announces May 7th event for new iPads
https://www.apple.com/apple-events/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/23/24078670/apple-may-product-event-ipad-date
M4 Chips in iPads
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-28/apple-rivals-retool-to-compete-with-iphone-and-vision-pro-ios-18-and-ai-details-lvjhucsv
Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with no explanation
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/26/signed-out-of-apple-id-account-problem-password/
Apple blocked Spotify’s latest EU update, again
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/24/24139335/spotify-apple-eu-ios-app-update-submission-antitrust-dma
Apple reportedly cuts Vision Pro production due to low demand
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/23/24138487/apple-vision-pro-cut-shipment-forecast-kuo-rumor
The Apple Vision Pro’s eBay prices are making me sad
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/27/24142810/apple-vision-pro-ebay-low-prices
chris says iPads in the UK before WWDC
Financial Times signs licensing deal with OpenAI
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/29/24141869/financial-times-licensing-deal-openai-news
Airline keeps mistaking 101-year-old woman for baby
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wz7pvvjypo
Microsoft Things
Microsoft dusts off ancient MS-DOS 4.0 code for release on GitHub
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/26/ms_dos_4_open_source/
Microsoft needs to win back trust
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/25/24139914/microsoft-cyber-security-incidents-trust-report
Why is Windows 11 so annoying?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/21/24063379/windows-11-ads-bing-edge-cruft
Media
Yes, the YouTube app now hijacks your Apple TV’s screen saver
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/22/yes-the-youtube-app-now-tries-to-hijack-your-apple-tvs-screen-saver/
VLC vs the app stores
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/04/19/vlc-vs-the-app-stores/
Games
The Delta emulator will soon turn your iPad into a giant Nintendo DS
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/28/24143574/delta-emulator-ipados-version-multi-device-multiplayer
PlayStation Emulator
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/19/provenance-playstation-emulator-app-store/#more-943646
Retro Games in Manchester:
https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/power-up
Main Show
The Verge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9_Vh9h3Ohw
Palm OS and the devices that ran it: An Ars retrospective
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/palm-os-and-the-devices-that-ran-it-an-ars-retrospective/
App of the Week
Thing of the Week
https://www.insta360.com/product/insta360-link
Thing of the Week
Clarkson’s Farm Series 3 on Friday 3rd May
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k9NMbQe0C4
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Official: EU users can swerve App Store and download iOS apps from the web
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/17/apple_eu_ios_web_downloads/
Schiller doesn’t know whether the App Store is profitable; there are no minutes of meetings
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/17/app-store-is-profitable-apple-notes/
A new NES emulator was briefly available on the Apple App Store
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/16/24132351/iphone-apple-app-store-nes-emulator-bimmy-removed
Third-party iPhone app store AltStore PAL is now live in Europe
https://www.theverge.com/24100464/altstore-pal-dma-eu-launch-delta-nintendo-emulator-clip-clipboard-manager
Does everything need to be an ad?
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/04/does-everything-need-to-be-an-ad/
Japan turns up heat on Apple, Google with threat of hefty fines
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/15/japan_app_store_monopolies/
Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/8/24116587/microsoft-macbook-air-surface-arm-qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elite
Keeping Your Data From Apple Is Harder Than Expected
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/04/15/keeping-your-data-from-apple-is-harder-than-expected/
Why the US government’s overreliance on Microsoft is a big problem
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/why-the-us-governments-overreliance-on-microsoft-is-a-big-problem/
News
Canada follows Europe with digital services tax likely to hit Apple
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/17/canada-digital-services-tax/
EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/18/eu_meta_subscription_privacy/
AirPlay streaming launches today on TVs at IHG hotels and resorts
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/18/airplay-hotel-streaming-ihg-resorts/
LastPass users targeted in phishing attacks good enough to trick even the savvy
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/lastpass-users-targeted-in-phishing-attacks-good-enough-to-trick-even-the-savvy/
Google Maps will use AI to help you find out-of-the-way EV chargers
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/17/24132254/google-maps-ev-charging-directions-ai-summaries
So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/so-much-for-free-speech-on-x-musk-confirms-new-users-must-soon-pay-to-post/
Microsoft releases native OneNote app for Apple Vision Pro
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/16/microsoft-onenote-apple-vision-pro/
Also: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/18/best-buy-vision-pro-app/
The Pixel 9 reportedly gears up for satellite SOS support
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/the-pixel-9-reportedly-gears-up-for-satellite-sos-support/
Media
‘For All Mankind’ season 5 and new spinoff series ‘Star City’ coming to Apple TV+
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/17/for-all-mankind-season-5-and-new-spinoff-series-star-city-coming-to-apple-tv/
You can now watch Dune: Part Two at home
https://www.polygon.com/deals/24118235/dune-part-two-where-to-watch-stream-apple-amazon-google
Spotify planning to launch more expensive ‘Music Pro’ subscription with lossless songs
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/15/spotify-music-pro-lossless/
Games
Playdate has sold 150,000 games in the last year
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/18/24133103/playdate-catalog-game-sales
The Rise And Fall Of The LAN Party
https://aftermath.site/lan-party-merritt-k-book-read-only-memory-rom
The Meta Quest 2 gets a permanent price cut to $199
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/18/24134379/meta-quest-2-199-dollars-permanent-price-cut
App of the Week
iTerm2
https://iterm2.com/
Thing of the Week
Race Across the World TV Series 4
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002tvs
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
youtube : Visit us as wakefromsleep.com and click the youtube link
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
First emulator to hit the App Store
https://techhub.social/@ahnafm/112266390741886821
And then goes again
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/15/igba-emulator-pulled-from-app-store/
but we know why :
https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/112268412745806214
Apple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/12/apple-8gb-ram-mac/
Want Apple to change? Regulation works.
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/04/want-apple-to-change-regulation-works/
All aboard — 5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/5-25-inch-floppy-disks-expected-to-help-run-san-francisco-trains-until-2030/
Tesla is settling with the family of the Apple engineer who died in an Autopilot crash
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/8/24124744/tesla-autopilot-lawsuit-settlement-huang-death
HomeKit / Matter Homehub Followup (belated Christmas Presents)
HomeKit works without HomeHub!
Audio Hijack updated to remove need to reduce security
https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/
News
Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/apple-warning-mercenary-spyware-attacks/?guccounter=1
Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations
Effects of the DMA’s Browser Choice Requirement
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/04/12/effects-of-the-dmas-browser-choice-requirement/
Billion dollar developer lawsuit will proceed, after Apple’s objection was rejected
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/12/billion-dollar-developer-lawsuit/
British watchdog has 'real concerns' about the staggering love-in between cloud giants and AI upstarts
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/12/uk_cma_ai_cloud/
Kobo announces its first color e-readers
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/10/24124411/kobo-libra-colour-clara-colour-e-reader-kindle-e-ink
WordPress.com owner acquires Beeper, giving it two chat apps to rule them all
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/wordpress-owner-acquires-beeper-giving-it-two-chat-apps-to-rule-them-all/
A new bill would try to make tools like Zoom and Teams work together securely
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/8/24119268/wyden-secure-interoperable-goverment-collaboration-technology-act-encryption
Rumors
Apple aiming to release first M4-powered Macs this year with a focus on AI
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/11/apple-first-m4-mac-release-ai/
iPadOS 17.5 confirms new display technology for next-generation iPad Pro
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/09/ipados-17-5-new-display-ipad-pro/
Apple teaching an AI system to make sense of app screens – could power advanced Siri
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/09/ferret-ui-advanced-siri/
Games
Shadows of Doubt
https://store.steampowered.com/app/986130/Shadows_of_Doubt/
Nintendo 3DS fans say goodbye to the beloved handheld
https://www.polygon.com/24125305/nintendo-3ds-fans-say-goodbye-server-shutdown-nintendo
Slay The Spire 2 announced, entering early access in 2025
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/slay-the-spire-2-announced-entering-early-access-in-2025
Main Show
‘Next Generation Devices’
AI hardware company from Jony Ive, Sam Altman seeks $1 billion in funding
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/apples-jony-ive-and-openais-sam-altman-team-up-for-ai-device-startup/
Humane AI Pin review: not even close
https://www.theverge.com/24126502/humane-ai-pin-review
https://youtu.be/0O2yTG3n1Vc?si=pmGtjcFZdx7YAePd
App of the Week
SeriesGuide
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.battlelancer.seriesguide
Thing of the Week
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B64TF8R4?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
This article on the Verge
https://www.theverge.com/24114684/apple-macbook-air-m3-13-15-inch-2024-review
Bypass MS Account
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/01/26/how-to-bypass-the-microsoft-account-requirement-during-windows-setup/
A Disk So Full, It Couldn’t Be Restored
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/04/03/a-disk-so-full-it-couldnt-be-restored/
Installing a third-party app store takes a dozen ‘irritating and scary’ screens
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/03/installing-a-third-party-app-store/
AltStore to offer iPhone apps backed by Patreon in the EU
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/01/altstore-iphone-apps-patreon-eu/
Best printer 2024, best printer for home use, office use, printing labels, printer for school, homework printer you are a printer we are all printers
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024-home-use-office-use-labels-school-homework
Microsoft splits Teams from Office as antitrust pressure ramps up
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/1/24117785/microsoft-teams-office-split-eu-regulation-antitrust-investigation
MKBHD Is the iphone illegal
https://youtu.be/qcH2wgRLiV8?si=EqPAMOgyOU40DKHP
News
Android’s AirTag competitor gears up for launch, thanks to iOS release
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/after-a-one-year-delay-google-might-finally-launch-its-find-my-network/
Tesla and Apple News
Tesla reportedly abandons plans to make a less expensive $25,000 electric vehicle
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/5/24122064/tesla-cancel-affordable-electric-vehicle-model-2-china
https://electrek.co/2024/04/03/byds-affordable-seagull-likely-launch-uks-cheapest-ev/
Apple confirms upcoming layoffs affecting 700+ workers, including Apple Car and Micro-LED teams
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/04/apple-layoffs-700-workers-car-microled/
Tesla is dragging Apple into its upcoming fatal Autopilot crash trial
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/4/24121014/tesla-apple-huang-autopilot-wrongful-death-trial
Outlook is Microsoft’s new data collection service
https://proton.me/blog/outlook-is-microsofts-new-data-collection-service
macOS Finder is still bad at network file copies
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/macos-finder-still-bad-network-file-copies
German state ditches Windows, Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/04/germanys_northernmost_state_ditches_windows/
Vodafone and Three's UK merger hits regulatory roadblock
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/04/vodafone_three_cma/
Jon Stewart interviews FTC head Lina Khan, says Apple wouldn’t let him do it
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/02/jon-stewart-lina-khan/
Has MKBHD killed Fisker?
The Worst Car I have ever Reviewed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xWXRk3yaSw
More that 40,000 people cancel their orders
https://electrek.co/2024/04/05/more-than-40k-fisker-customers-have-canceled-orders-of-their-oceans/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ9Q2dRQkh4 – MKBHD Followup
https://electricdrives.tv/fisker-ocean-uk-prices-dropped-by-up-to-15000/
Denis Villeneuve is doing Dune 3
https://www.theverge.com/24121523/dune-3-denis-villeneuve-legendary-messiah
Games
Apple opens the App Store to retro game emulators
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/5/24122341/apple-app-store-game-emulators-super-apps
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/05/app-store-guidelines-music-apps-game-emulators/
Main Show
Rod has an Android phone and made a video
https://youtu.be/QUStujCqYYw
Google Pixel 7 (£239) from GiffGaff
https://www.giffgaff.com/mobile-phones/refurbished
Google Web based tool for updates
https://flash.android.com/welcome
Bought headphones that would actually pair
https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/truly-wireless/wf-c500
Why I Still Choose Android Over iOS
https://lifehacker.com/tech/why-android-is-better-than-ios
Whats going on with Apple Vision Pro
Under the Radar Marco ‘Vision Pro Numbers’ and _ discussing a) how little they use AVP a b) how small their sales and active users are
Casey and Steve on Masto
https://mastodon.social/@caseyliss/112204450647534088
One update, improvement to personas...generated nothing
MLS ‘feature’ is ‘bad’
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/03/apples-immersive-video-problem/
App of the Week
Distrosea
https://distrosea.com/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
Follow Up
Cool Keyboard
https://www.lemokey.com/pages/lemokey-p1
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/28/new-ipad-models-may-launch/
MagSafe Battery Pack with USBC - where is it?
DOJ/DMA and Gruber Madness
Steve Troughton Smith…If apple is dumb enough to leave markets..
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/112182032420473042
Jeff Johnson… It would be total insanity for Apple to deprive ALL App Store developers worldwide
https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/112164012077808512
DOJ compares AAPL share buybacks with R&D spend as ‘evidence’ of lack of competition
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/27/aapl-share-buybacks-verses-rd-spend/#more-940019
News
Don't Trust These 'Reset Password' Pop-ups on Your Apple Devices
https://lifehacker.com/tech/iphone-password-reset-scam
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/27/apple_passcode_attack/
Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/backdoor-found-in-widely-used-linux-utility-breaks-encrypted-ssh-connections/
XKCD
https://xkcd.com/2347/
OpenAI’s voice cloning AI model only needs a 15-second sample to work
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/29/24115701/openai-voice-generation-ai-model
Samsung declined to make 2025 iPhone SE 4 displays, says report
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/27/2025-iphone-se-4-displays/
Meta accused of snarfing people's Snapchat data via traffic decryption
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/27/meta_snapchat_data/
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/?guccounter=1
Here’s our first look at the new ‘Presto’ system coming to Apple Stores for iPhone updates
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/27/apple-stores-presto-iphone-update-system/
Apple launches new webpage with tutorials for developers learning to code with Swift
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/29/apple-develop-in-swift-tutorials/
How WhatsApp became the world’s default communication app
https://www.engadget.com/how-whatsapp-became-the-worlds-default-communication-app-144520113.html?guccounter=1
Fujitsu set to be preferred bidder in UK digital ID scheme
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/26/fujitsu_id_card_scheme/
WWDC 24
https://developer.apple.com/wwdc24/
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/03/apple-announces-wwdc-2024-takes-place-june-10-14/
Absolutely Incredible AI focus
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/26/wwdc-2024-ai-features/
Media
Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/26/24112369/riaa-2023-music-revenue-streaming-vinyl-cds-physical-media
Games
Qualcomm quietly demos Baldur’s Gate 3 and Control on Snapdragon X Elite laptops
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/27/24113730/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elite-gaming-influencers
Self Hosted Serviced
Linkwarden
https://linkwarden.app
freshrss
https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS
Nextcloud
https://nextcloud.com/
App of the Week
Raindrop.io
https://raindrop.io/
Thing of the Week
Logitech MX – Brio
https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/products/webcams/mx-brio-4k-webcam.960-001559.html
Follow Up
Cowboy’s first all-road electric bike is a gentle beast
Formula 1 chief appalled to find team using Excel to manage 20,000 car parts
Euro-cloud consortium CISPE calls Broadcom investigation
News
Hackintosh enthusiasts worry that the end is near
Neuralink video shows patient using brain implant to play chess on laptop
India's competition regulator orders Google Play probe
New iPad Pro could be available in new matte screen option, rumor claims
DMA News
Epic will take 12% cut of Epic Games Store sales when it launches on iPhone this year
and Android…
https://9to5google.com/2024/03/20/epic-games-store-android-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Michael Tsai - Blog - DMA Compliance Workshop: Notarization and Core Technology Fee
Microsoft and Meta accuse Apple of playing games with App Store rules
Meta, Microsoft, X, Match support Epic Games against Apple
Carmakers’ shady data sharing takes spotlight in GM connected car scandal
Media
Ferrari (Michael Mann)
Games
Backbone debuts 2nd Gen iPhone Lightning controller grip with magnetic adapters, new D-pad, more
Cod Warzone Mobile
Main Show
DOJ and Apple
The people versus Apple : https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.njd.544402/gov.uscourts.njd.544402.1.0_3.pdf
Commets by the Attorney General : https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-remarks-lawsuit-against-apple-monopolizing
DOJ v. Apple: everything you need to know
Five takeaways from the huge US antitrust lawsuit against Apple
The iPhone is at the center of everything
The US government is keenly aware that green bubbles are uncool
It just works... unless your smartwatch isn’t an Apple Watch
This is about the future of apps
Don’t expect a resolution anytime soon
Popular press
https://www.vox.com/technology/2024/3/21/24108155/apple-new-antitrust-lawsuit-iphone-monopoly
The lock-in problem at the heart of the Apple monopoly lawsuit
DOJ lawsuit is an attempt to turn the iPhone into Android, Apple alleges
Apple CarPlay is anticompetitive, too, US lawsuit alleges
Comments from Pundits
U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction
Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social)
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Follow Up
Sony Pausing PSVR2 production
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/18/24104649/sony-pausing-playstation-vr2-production
USB hubs, printers, Java, and more seemingly broken by macOS 14.4 update
Still no new iPads…
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/03/19/two-ipad-air-sizes-are-being-shipped-to-the-us-right-now
News
Apple and AI
Apple’s AI ambitions could include Google or OpenAI
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/18/24104626/apple-license-google-gemini-generative-ai-openai-chatgpt
Apple acquires DarwinAI startup ahead of iOS 18’s AI push
The EU AI Act passed — here’s what comes next
Two new airpods models?
https://www.stuff.tv/news/two-new-airpods-models-incoming-for-the-biggest-launch-to-date/
Microsoft is stuffing pop-up ads into Google Chrome on Windows again
Microsoft commits to two more perpetual Office releases
Citrix reportedly doubles cost of some software licenses
DMA Stuff
Spotify says its iPhone app updates in the EU are getting held up by Apple
Epic asks judge to enforce the Apple App Store injunction
[Apple says its compliant] (https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/18/apple-iphone-digital-markets-act-compliance/ )
Apple looking for a solution to prevent the Core Technology Fee from bankrupting free app developers
Games
Jagged Alliance 3
https://www.ign.com/articles/jagged-alliance-3-review
Balatro
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/feb/27/balatro-mashup-solitaire-poker-has-taken-over-my-life-roguelike
Steam streamlines its family sharing features
Main Show
Ways of working
Portable monitors could make foldable-screen gadgets finally make sense
App of the Week
What makes the greatest album of all time?
https://pudding.cool/2024/03/greatest-music/
Thing of the Week
Numbers app
https://www.apple.com/numbers/
Amazon Spring Sale
https://www.amazon.co.uk/events/springdealdays?ref_=SDD24
Contact
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Follow Up
No new iPads :(
Apple and the EU / Epic
Apple clarifies how long users can travel outside of the EU before side loaded apps stop updating
Apple Terminates Epic Account
Epic says Apple terminated its newly reinstated developer account over tweet
Apple’s treatment of Epic Games draws the eye of EU regulators
Apple's Epic ban is questioned by EU regulators; more details
Ian Betteridge - On Apple terminating Epic’s E.U. Developer Account
Apple Backtracks
Apple backtracks, reinstates Epic Games’ iOS developer account in Europe (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/03/apple-backtracks-reinstates-epic-games-ios-developer-account-in-europe/)
Steve Troughton-Smith Reversal all well and good:
[Grubers Take ] (https://daringfireball.net/2024/03/apple_epic_reinstatement)
Hot off the press…more changes web deployment
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/12/iphone-app-store-changes-web-distribution-more/
Geofencing
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/6/24092044/alternative-ios-app-stores-wont-work-for-long-outside-of-the-eu
News
British monarchy rocked by bad Photoshop job
Euro-cloud consortium issues ultimatum to Microsoft
Large language model SauLM-7B aims for legal applications
[Apple makes last-minute plea to DOJ not to file US antitrust suit] (https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/28/apple-us-antitrust-suit/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon )
LastPass suffers worldwide outage causing site 404 error
RIP to the Windows Subsystem for Android, which goes away in 2025
Nikon is acquiring US camera manufacturer RED
Michael Tsai - Blog - HP All-In Plan
M3 MacBook Air Review: More of a good thing
Irony? EU Breaches GDPR, reports self
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/11/european_commission_infringed_data_protection/
Main Show
Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines
Car Stuff
European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls
Rivian R2 revealed: a $45,000 electric off-roader for the masses
Dacia Spring, finally a reasonably priced city ev?
https://www.stuff.tv/hot-stuff/the-new-dacia-spring-is-the-affordable-ev-ive-been-waiting-for/
Rods Homelab madness
New ‘Server’
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beelink-SER5-5560U-Processor-500G/dp/B09ZTW22MM
https://xcp-ng.org/
New Synology Discovery
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0CD1FDKT1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Wants:
https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/pro/category/switching-professional-max/products/usw-pro-max-24
bb-qq/r8152: Synology DSM driver for Realtek RTL8152/RTL8153/RTL8156 based adapters
App of the Week
Disk Drill
https://www.cleverfiles.com/?utm_nooverride=1
Thing of the Week
New Logitech camera
https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/products/webcams/mx-brio.html
Follow Up
New things:
New M3 Macbook Airs..main show
Apple fined:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/04/eu-fines-apple-18bn-over-app-store-restrictions-on-music-streaming
Will appeal: https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2024/mar/04/jeremy-hunt-360m-manufacturing-research-funding-package-budget-growth-tax-cuts-business-live?page=with%3Ablock-65e5be0a8f083e1fa9bcf512#block-65e5be0a8f083e1fa9bcf512
Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social)
Apple’s FineWoven cases are so bad Amazon had to add a label
FineWoven cases are junk, say majority, as they share photos
Webapps to stay!
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/apple-changes-course-will-keep-iphone-eu-web-apps-how-they-are-in-ios-17-4/
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/01/apple-walks-back-decision-to-disable-eu-web-apps/
Kuo: Apple Vision Pro on Track to Launch in More Countries Before WWDC in June
News
Spotify and other criticise apple
SetApp will launch a Marketplace
Apple Kills the Car
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/3/24085995/apple-car-project-titan-timeline-driverless-ev-doomed
Meta Killing Oculus Accounts
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/1/24087855/meta-delete-oculus-accounts
Elon is suing OpenAI
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/03/elon-musk-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-accusing-them-of-chasing-profits/
No Open Source HDMI Drivers
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/02/hdmi_blocks_amd_foss/
iPhone SE4 incoming?
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/03/iphone-se-4-design-revealed-in-cad-renders/
Jensen Huang says AI is ending era of teaching kids to code
It's crazy but it's true: Apple rejected Bing for wrong answers about Annie Lennox
Media
Apple TV+ streaming 50 catalog in the states
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/01/apple-tv-gains-over-50-movies-for-a-limited-time/
The Dropout on Disney+
Dick Turpin on Apple TV+
https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/the-completely-made-up-adventures-of-dick-turpin/umc.cmc.37r7vskzmm8hk2pfbzaxlcwzg
Dune Part 1
Constellation
Games
Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile launches worldwide on March 21st
Sony is laying off 900 PlayStation employees
Michael Tsai - Blog - Apple Arcade’s Uncertain Future
Multiple Playstation Household
nintendo emulators
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/4/24090357/nintendo-yuzu-emulator-lawsuit-settlement
Main Show
Apple launches M3 MacBook Air with faster performance, connect two external displays at once
Less fingerprinty
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/04/midnight-m3-macbook-air-fingerpints/
New cases and watch bands
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/04/here-are-the-new-iphone-case-and-apple-watch-band-colors-for-spring/
Is there a place for a GoPro 12?
App of the Week
Slopes
https://getslopes.com/
Thing of the Week
Elon audio book
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Elon-Musk-Audiobook/B0C62F1NKM?eac_link=CXBiIQIsIfyU&ref=web_search_eac_asin_1&eac_selected_type=asin&eac_selected=B0C62F1NKM&qid=MvuYuduruA&eac_id=259-5809664-9017725_MvuYuduruA&sr=1-1
Contact
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Follow Up
Framework is selling a cheap modular laptop
One month with Microsoft’s AI vision of the future: Copilot Pro
1Password Acquires Kolide, Combining Leading Identity Platform with Contextual Access Management to Secure the Modern Workforce
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240220961275/en/1Password-Acquires-Kolide-Combining-Leading-Identity-Platform-with-Contextual-Access-Management-to-Secure-the-Modern-Workforce
Apple is reportedly working on AI updates to Spotlight and Xcode
News
Apple says the iPhone 15’s battery got better — but won’t say exactly how
Meta and Microsoft ask EU to reject Apple's new app store terms
Apple is already defending iMessage against tomorrow’s quantum computing attacks
Here are the full dimensions of the 2024 iPad Air and iPad Pro
iOS 17.4 brings 'new instrument cluster experience' to CarPlay
Apple launching eight-month project to improve Apple Maps data in the UK
Michael Tsai - Blog - EU to Fine Apple Over Anti-Steering Rules
Reddit sells training data to unnamed AI company ahead of IPO
Michael Tsai - Blog - Mac App Launches Slowed by Malware Scan
Apple launches Apple Sports app with scores and betting odds
Media
Aerial WWII drama 'Masters of the Air' breaks records for Apple TV+
Criminal Record
Tag Film
Drive to Survive Season 6 comes tomorrow on Netlfix
Games
Developers working on emulating old iOS games on newer iPhones
Sony’s PlayStation Portal hacked to run emulated PSP games
Main Show
Apple in 2023: The Six Colors report card
Worst apple products of all time
The 10 worst Apple products of all time
App of the Week
Maccy
https://maccy.app/
Thing of the Week
Jimmy’s Iced Coffee
https://www.jimmysicedcoffee.com/
Contact
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Follow Up
Vision Pro
Vision Pro App Store marks a return to paid upfront apps, early data shows
https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/12/vision-pro-app-store-paid-upfront-apps/
Zuckerberg says Meta Quest 3 is better than Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro just doesn't support my eye prescription
Apple confirms iOS 17.4 removes Home Screen web apps in the EU, here’s why
[Steve Troughton Smith (https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/111937105962581303)
Rod and his Browsers
https://ladybird.dev/
News
Apple reinstates Epic's developer account, 'Epic Games Store' launching in the EU this year
BBC Extending Mastodon Social Media Trial
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2024-02-extending-our-mastodon-social-media-trial
US patent office confirms AI can’t hold patents
Broadcom terminates VMware's free ESXi hypervisor
Peloton is not getting rid of Apple Watch GymKit support
Apple’s iMessage is not a “core platform” in EU, so it can stay walled off
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/apples-imessage-is-not-a-core-platform-in-eu-so-it-can-stay-walled-off/
More references to new HomePod with a screen found in tvOS 17.4
Healthcare and IT
Dutch insurers still requiring nudes from cancer patients
33m French citizens data stolen in healthcare billing breach
NHS in Wales bets big on Microsoft with £450M contract
Musk’s X sold checkmarks to Hezbollah and other terrorist groups, report says
New Leica Q3 Camera
https://leica-camera.com/en-GB/photography/cameras/q/q3-black
Media
Amazon Prime Video drops Dolby Vision and Atmos unless you pay extra
https://www.theverge.com/24071417/amazon-prime-video-no-dolby-vision-atmos
Apple Introduces Two New Personalized Music Stations
Pirates of Silicon Valley
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122/
Games
Immortals Of Aveum cost $125 million and "no one bought it"
Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered's modern controls are an absolute travesty
You can finally buy a Playdate without waiting for months
Main Show
Animation AI
Apple Keyframer generates AI animation from a still image and text
OpenAI introduces Sora, its text-to-video AI model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXpdyAWLDas
Apple Rumour
Apple March event: Everything we know so far
Lots of sales at the moment
iPads https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/18/ipad-sales-arrive-at-best-buy/
Got a hero 9 there is now a 12…worth it?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/GoPro-HERO-Black-Waterproof-Stabilization/dp/B08G2HBBB6
App of the Week
lra/mackup: Keep your application settings in sync (OS X/Linux)
Contact
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Follow Up
Bluetooth and Sonoma
Christian Selig (@christianselig@mastodon.social)
Craig Hockenberry (@chockenberry@mastodon.social)
Apple Vision Pro is creating a new generation of glassholes
https://www.youtube.com/c/MaxTechOfficial
Plex says it's not currently developing a dedicated Vision Pro app
Cabel Sasser (@cabel@panic.com)
Review feedback up
News
Apple made an AI image tool that lets you make edits by describing them
Apple overhauls its entire Windows app suite, including iCloud and Apple Music
Michael Tsai - Blog - Apple Lobbying Against Right to Repair
Here’s how WhatsApp plans to interoperate with other messaging apps
TikTok Is Destroying Itself From the Inside Out
Apple is still working on foldable iPhones and iPads
iOS 17.4
iOS 17.4 could fix Apple’s awkward video reactions feature
iOS 17.4 seems to remove web app support in the EU
Michael Tsai - Blog - iOS 17.4 Changes PWAs to Shortcuts in EU
Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought
Mozilla’s new service tries to wipe your data off the web
Apple says iOS 17 adoption has been slower than iOS 16 so far
Raspberry Pi Pico cracks BitLocker in under a minute
Google and Mozilla don’t like Apple’s new iOS browser rules
(https://9to5google.com/2024/02/05/youtube-vision-pro-app/)
Wire Cutter now in Apple News
https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/10/wirecutter-content-now-available-in-apple-news-for-free/
Will iOS 18 be visionOS inspired?
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/09/ios-18-visionos-design-elements-rumor/
Media
Disney invests $1.5B in Epic Games, plans new “games and entertainment universe”
Noooooo!
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/10/24068931/star-wars-phantom-menace-theater-showings-25th-anniversary-may
https://www.myinstants.com/en/search/?name=NOOOO
Games
Microsoft to share details on bringing Xbox games to PlayStation next week
Threes on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1818570/Threes/
Main Show
1Password Issues
https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/111907796127693249
Bitwarden
Keepass
Nordpass
App of the Week
Floorp
https://floorp.app/en/
Thing of the Week
Race Capture App (iOS and iPadOS)
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/race-capture/id6447809940
Contact
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Follow Up
Vision Pro
MKBHD
https://youtu.be/86Gy035z_KA?si=Dcj_HwTBpDEiYerW
The Verge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdwaWxY11jQ
Daring Fireball
https://daringfireball.net/2024/01/the_vision_pro
Joanna Stern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xI10SFgzQ8
Apple Vision Pro reviews roundup: stunning potential with big trade-offs
The Vision Pro is a computer for the age of walled gardens
Apple’s Vision Pro battery pack is hiding the final boss of Lightning cables
People wearing them in the real world
the thing no one will say about Apple Vision Pro
https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/05/casey-neistat-vision-pro/#more-932264
They drop well
Apple Vision Pro drop test: Vision Pro durability is actually pretty good
Notes from the future
https://www.macworld.com/article/2226459/apple-vision-pro-notes-from-the-future.html
DMA and Apple
https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/215-building-under-regulation
Microsoft says Apple’s new App Store rules are ‘a step in the wrong direction’
News
Zuckerberg explains why there will be no Meta app store in the EU
Epic Legal Action
Epic preps its challenge to Apple’s “bad-faith” outside payments changes
Epic Games goes to court to accuse Apple of breaching App Store ruling
Tim Cook teases Apple AI announcements coming "later this year", amid iOS 18 rumors
Jony Ive tried to discontinue the MacBook Air – sketchy report
OpenAI's GPT-4 safety systems broken by Scots Gaelic
Inside the Taylor Swift deepfake scandal: ‘It’s men telling a powerful woman to get back in her box’
Japan government accepts it’s no longer the ’90s, stops requiring floppy disks
Apple warns proposed UK law will affect software updates around the world
Apple once again references 'homeOS' in latest tvOS beta
Paris cracking down on SUVs
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/5/24061970/suv-parking-charges-paris-air-pollution-road-safety
Media
Universal Music Group threatens to pull song catalog from TikTok in furious open letter
Masters of the Air
Masters of the Air: Imagine a bunch of people throwing up, including me
Mr and Mrs Smith
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/mr_and_mrs_smith_2024
Amazon Ads
Games
Spec Ops: The Line permanently removed from Steam and other digital stores
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/30/24055807/spec-ops-the-line-delisting-licensing-2k
Main Show
Apple quarterly results
Apple reports nearly $120B quarter: Full charts
Apple says the EU accounts for just 7% of its global App Store revenue
Asymco (@asymco@mastodon.social)
Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra really is scratch resistant
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/31/24056747/samsung-s24-ultra-scratch-resistant-display-durability-test
App of the Week
https://feeeed.nateparrott.com/
Not an app, but super super cool
Website:
https://tjukanovt.github.io/notable-people
Thing of the Week
New Lego McLaren F1 Car (Senna)
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/mclaren-mp4-4-ayrton-senna-10330
Contact
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News
Beeper disables new iMessage connections after Apple banned Macs
Apple pays Russia $13.5M over IAP monopoly charges
Third party ink cartridges brick HP printers after virus warning
Microsoft’s Bing, Edge to Avoid EU’s Digital Dominance Crackdown
https://floorp.app/en/
Mozillas Disadvantages : Platform Tilt
Media
Apple TV+ shrinks Kids division with rare layoffs: 'a fraction of the overall staff'
Ryan Gosling getting an Oscar nom for Barbie while Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie were snubbed… well, it looks like the plot of Barbie II is all set then. https://kottke.org/24/01/0043839-ryan-gosling-getting-an-o
Main Show
iOS 17.4
iOS 17.4: Apple continues work on AI-powered Siri and Messages features, with help from ChatGPT
Full, automatic podcast transcripts coming to iOS 17.4
Stolen Device Protection updated in iOS 17.4 with new option
App Store Changes: Sideloading and the EU
Apple's Press Release
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-changes-to-ios-safari-and-the-app-store-in-the-european-union/
iOS 17.4 Beta: All the New Changes
Apple opens up NFC chip to allow alternatives to Apple Pay in Europe
MacStores overview
https://www.macstories.net/stories/understanding-apples-response-to-the-dma/
Apple announces sweeping EU App Store policy changes—including sideloading
Estimation Fees for 3rd party stores
https://developer.apple.com/support/fee-calculator-for-apps-in-the-eu/
Apple says third-party app marketplace creators must have €1,000,000 'letter of credit'
Apple's scary warnings about the risks created by the adoption of these new EU measures are frankly hilarious, given that basically this exact same system—notarization, "sideloading,” alternative app stores—has been in place on the Mac for years.
Dan Moren (@dmoren@zeppelin.flights)
Quite simply, I don't think any app developer with Free or Freemium apps in their portfolio can accept Apple's new business terms without the risk of being bankrupted. And as a result, that makes this specific implementation of the Core Technology Fee unworkable. I fully expect changes to be required before the E.U. can approve a solution here
Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social)
Dirty tricks or small wins: developers are skeptical of Apple’s App Store rules
Spotify CEO slams Apple's App Store changes; Apple fires back [U]
Additionally, in my read, the way this new fee structure breakdown would affect an app like Spotify:
• External purchase link clicks capture 17% of transactions for 7 days, payable to Apple
• Spotify would also have to pay 50c per first instance of a download, reinstall, or update per user per year, which could be a hundred million dollars in extra fees
I don't think this is workable here either, and as Spotify is a big driver behind the E.U. legislation, some changes are gonna be needed
Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social)
The irony is that Apple's sulky language about complying with the DMA is exactly the same as Facebook's sulky language about complying with ATT. It's almost as if massive companies really hate it when they can't abuse users
Ian Betteridge (@ianbetteridge@writing.exchange)
Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox
Devs React
Were there not other ways to distribute software?
Kyle Howells (@iKyle@mastodon.social)
Eugen Rochko @Gargron@mastodon.social
If #Apple continues on this path I’m going to have to switch back to Android. The idea that they deserve a fee from developers for people simply running programs on their operating system is unhinged. The App Store fee is justified because it’s a distribution channel. But whatever this is, is nonsense. https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/111824854511299605
Hockenberry predicts the future
Craig Hockenberry (@chockenberry@mastodon.social)
Apple changes game streaming rules on iOS
Apple (sort of) removes its requirement that apps offer 'Sign in with Apple' support
iPad users will miss out on third-party app stores, browser engines, and more
EU Responds…kinda
Exclusive: Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's Breton says
40 years of the Mac
First Mac you owned
iBook G3(Rod)
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/specs/ibook_se.html
iBook G3 (Chris) - 12 inch
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/specs/ibook_800_2.html
Favourite Mac you owned
Powerbook G4 (Rod)
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/specs/powerbook_g4_1.25_15.html
iMac G4 - anglepoise (Chris)
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac_1.25_20_fp.html
Best Mac
2006 Intel Mac Pro (Rod)
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-quad-2.66-specs.html
2021 MacBook Pro (Chris)
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-m1-max-10-core-cpu-32-core-gpu-14-2021-specs.html
App of the Week
Wordfeud
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/wordfeud/id428312806
Thing of the Week
Kindle Case
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-scribe-cover/dp/B09XQ2NKW4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=4S0IE5QBZV0P&keywords=kindle+scribe+cover&qid=1706556012&sprefix=kindle+scribe+cover%2Caps%2C74&sr=8-1
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjIs2IgH7xUErI7tyT1eeHg
Follow Up
Apple Music Classical in the Car?
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/22/apple-music-classical-carplay/
News
Apple GPU security flaw in iPhone 12 and M2 MacBook Air
Apple reportedly ready to enable sideloading for iOS users in EU
Apple Watches with blood oxygen tech are banned again
Famous xkcd comic comes full circle with AI bird-identifying binoculars
Music streaming platforms must pay artists more, says EU
OpenAI
OpenAI must defend ChatGPT fabrications after failing to defeat libel suit
Generative AI Framework for HMG (HTML)
Researcher uncovers one of the biggest password dumps in recent history
Bing Search shows few, if any, signs of market share increase from AI features
Amazon plans to charge for Alexa in June—unless internal conflict delays revamp
Apple offers to open iPhone NFC payments to third-party providers after EU investigation
iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, HomePodOS and macOS 17.3/14.3 is out
https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/22/apple-releases-ios-17-3-with-stolen-device-protection-unity-wallpaper-collaborative-playlists-more/
Breaking News: https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/22/apple-music-classic-carplay/
Media
Fujitsu halts bids for UK.gov contracts amid scandal
Upcoming
https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/22/apple-tv-constellation-first-look/
Games
EA is finally launching Plants vs. Zombies 3
Teardown
https://blog.playstation.com/2023/09/28/teardown-is-coming-to-ps5-on-november-15/
Main Show
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/17/apple-allows-devs-to-promote-subscriptions-on-the-web-with-a-27-cut/
Unhappy Devs
Brent Simmons
https://inessential.com/2024/01/17/corporations_are_not_to_be_loved
https://daringfireball.net/2024/01/coming_to_grips_with_apples_seemingly_unshakable_sense_of_app_store_entitlement
Supreme Court rejects Epic v. Apple antitrust case
Apple demands $73M in Epic legal expenses
https://www.manton.org/2024/01/18/apple-can-be.html
Apple Vision Pro
Hands on
Apple Vision Pro hands-on, again, for the first time
Apple Vision Pro: EyeSight, comfort, and more impressions from my latest demo
Apple Vision Pro - Behind the Scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luFGI13Mv8o
https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/22/vision-pro-sales-estimate/
Apple Vision Pro buyers having prescriptions verified by ZEISS
Apple Vision Pro will launch with 3D movies from Disney Plus
The Apple Vision Pro has a “guest” mode for your friends to try it
Things not working
Netflix’s app won’t work on the Vision Pro
You won’t be able to use the YouTube app on Vision Pro
Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social)
What do you get as default:
https://duck.haus/@matt/111783238147714127
MS Apps on AVP
Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social)
Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social)
App of the Week
Screen Float 2.0
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/screenfloat-screenshot-tools/id414528154
Thing of the Week
Christopher Ward Watches
https://www.christopherward.com/
https://uk.twsteel.com/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Apple readies Apple Watch Series 9 ban workaround by disabling blood oxygen functionality
Vision Pro demos will include scanning your glasses to identify your prescription
News
Bad time to be a tech worker
not sure how many people google are laying off
Google is losing its Fitbit leaders and laying off hundreds of AR employees
Google confirms it just laid off around a thousand employees
Humane lays off 4 percent of employees before releasing its AI Pin
Apple asks its San Diego Siri quality control team to relocate to Texas
OpenAI Quietly Deletes Ban on Using ChatGPT for “Military and Warfare”
eBay will pay $3 million over bizarre cyberstalking campaign
AirDrop crack: Apple was made aware of the vulnerability in 2019
Not even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsession
Samsung’s Galaxy phones will soon work as a PC webcam for Microsoft Teams
Amazon is trying to fix content casting with an open standard
Standards
https://xkcd.com/927/
The SEC’s X account was hijacked to post a fake approval of Bitcoin ETFs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7zazuy_UfI&t=21s&pp=ygUcam9obiBvbGl2ZXIgY3J5cHRvY3VycmVuY3kgMg%3D%3D
OpenAI says it’s “impossible” to create useful AI models without copyrighted material
Cars
Google Chrome is coming to your car
Hertz is selling 20,000 used EVs due to high repair costs
The Rabbit R1 is an AI-powered gadget that can use your apps for you
CES
Satechi’s new Qi2 charging stands are stylish and storable
Anker’s flagship power station can charge an EV and make homes energy independent
Games
MSI reveal the Claw, the first Intel-powered Steam Deck rival
Main Show
Horizon IT
BBC Overview
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56718036
Why do govt IT projects, like UK's Horizon, end in disaster?
ITV TV Series
https://www.itv.com/watch/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/10a0469
Wi-Fi 7 quietly took off while everyone was looking at AI
Comparing 6/6E/7
https://community.fs.com/article/wifi-7-vs-wifi-6e-vs-wifi-6-what-is-the-difference.html
App of the Week
Sleeve 2
https://replay.software/
Thing of the Week
24 Bottles - water bottle
https://www.amazon.co.uk/24Bottles-Lightweight-Reusable-Stainless-Original/dp/B08P5XY13N/ref=pd_day0fbt_img_d_sccl_1/257-7886024-9503701?pd_rd_w=2769i&content-id=amzn1.sym.bfe06781-69ca-4a3a-9842-e535d2f2ae0e&pf_rd_p=bfe06781-69ca-4a3a-9842-e535d2f2ae0e&pf_rd_r=7M1N12BBNEBQJTXK1BP5&pd_rd_wg=VB0Fw&pd_rd_r=3522b05f-0f9d-4a18-b457-9cbb823181f4&pd_rd_i=B08P5XY13N&th=1
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
News
Deepwater predicts Apple acquisition of Peloton
Antitrust
EU antitrust head is meeting Tim Cook and others next week
US expected to hit Apple with major antitrust lawsuit this year
Expert sounds alarm bells over upcoming NHS data platform
Apple’s rejection of Hey calendar app revives an old feud
The Castro podcast app and its website are down
Experimental antibiotic kills deadly superbug, opens whole new class of drugs
Microsoft’s keyboards and mice will live on under a unique new partnership
The hubless electric motorcycle with sci-fi style and a great name
BT EV Charging
https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/08/need_to_plug_in_an/
Media
Golden Globes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67908840
Main Show
Does not appear much different to WWDC
https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/
Xreal Air 2 Ultra 'Vision Pro competitor' announced, at $699
Vision Pro's Persona feature will be considered a 'beta' at launch
https://www.theverge.com/23971966/ces-2024-news-announcements-products
New things/CES
Dell announces 5K 40-inch UltraSharp Curved Thunderbolt Hub Monitor with 120Hz refresh
Samsung announces refreshed 32-inch 4K Smart Monitor with AirPlay and USB-C
Belkin Apple DockKit Auto-Tracking iPhone stand
Withings unveils BeamO 4-in-1 'disruptive' multiscope with Apple Health support
This Philips door lock turns your palm into a key
Clicks is a BlackBerry-style iPhone keyboard case designed for creators
App of the Week
Zapmap
https://www.zap-map.com/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
17.3 Stolen Device Protection
Joanna Stern
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/joanna-stern-personal-technology/an-iphone-thief-explains-how-he-steals-your-passcode-and-bank-account/C37B4009-E548-4459-8D0A-22B7400C3FEA
Features in the beta
https://www.macworld.com/article/2169903/ios-17-3-stolen-device-protection-enable-face-id-touch-id.html
News
Triangulation Exploit
iPhone researchers find one of the most sophisticated attacks ever — The Independent
Michael Tsai - Blog - Operation Triangulation Details
US antitrust case against Apple App Store is 'firing on all cylinders'
Welcome to the public domain, Mickey Mouse
UK government plans to divert broken gizmos from landfill
This small French company wants to build the open alternative to Kindle and Kobo
https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/30/this-small-french-company-wants-to-build-the-open-alternative-to-kindle-and-kobo/?guccounter=1
DRM
https://nerdschalk.com/remove-drm-kindle-books-de-drm/
https://www.howtogeek.com/162994/how-to-strip-the-drm-from-your-kindle-ebooks-for-cross-device-enjoyment-and-archiving/
Microsoft’s next Surface laptops will reportedly be its first true ‘AI PCs’
Broadcom to end VMware’s partner program
NHS published redacted Palantir contract just before Xmas
Copilot on iOS
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/03/microsoft-copilot-is-now-available-on-ios-and-android/
Games
Popular Slay The Spire mod Downfall was hijacked to spread malware through Steam
Steam Dumps Official Support for Windows 7 and Windows 8
Main Show
Apple in 2024
Vision Pro
Vision Pro release date: Everything we know
Vision Pro at the end of January
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/02/vision-pro-could-launch-in-last-week-of-january/
HomePod
Would a HomePod with a display add to the user experience?
Did you know Apple still sell:
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/03/old-apple-products-list/
App of the Week
https://apps.apple.com/uk/app/lego-builder/id1486159728?uo=4
Thing of the Week
Drive Cloner
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08DKG4N4P?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Hue
https://www.theverge.com/24009519/hue-bridge-matter-upgrade-problems
Raspberry Pi?
Sony stands back from Discovery shows going
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011168/sony-playstation-discovery-shows-not-removed
News
The Apple Watch ban
https://www.theverge.com/24009254/apple-watch-itc-ban-patent-dispute
Mark Gurman (@markgurman@mastodon.social)
https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/27/masimo-engineer-apple-watch-ban/
Japan prepares regulation requiring Apple to allow sideloading
Cars
The Swedish Tesla Strikes
https://apnews.com/article/tesla-strike-union-sweden-labor-dispute-5124a0074f6b4c5b7f503b5353afe8b3
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/23/elon-musk-decries-strikes-as-swedish-workers-take-on-tesla
Asymco (@asymco@mastodon.social)
[Chevy stops selling Blazer EV] https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/23/24013357/2024-chevy-blazer-ev-stop-sale-software-problems
Apple’s immersive next-gen CarPlay will start with Porsche and Aston Martin
Humane’s AI Pin will start shipping in March
Philips recalls 340 MRIs over concerns they could explode
NYT suing OpenAI and MSFT
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/27/24016212/new-york-times-openai-microsoft-lawsuit-copyright-infringement
Media
Amazon to show ads
https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/27/amazon-prime-video-ads-2/
The Crown
Slow Horses
(rod has started reading it)
Games
Star Trek Infinite
FC ‘24
Main Show
Apple Product of the Year
NOMS
iPhone 15 Pros
iMac M3
M3/Macbook Pros
Winner: iPhone 15 Pros
Runner Up: M3 MacBook Pro
Mac App of the Year
Game porting toolkit
Ivory for Mac
Notion
Audio HiJack
Winner: Audio HiJack
Runner Up: Ivory for Mac
iOS App of the Year
NOMS
Sequel 2.0
Flighty
CallSheet
Bridges
TooGoodToGo
Winner: Sequel 2.0
Runner Up: TooGoodToGo
tvOS App of the Year
NOMS
tvOS 17
ExpressVPN
Zoom
WINNER: tvOS 17
iPadOS app of the year
Apple Music Classical
1Password
Winner: Apple Music Classical
TV Show of the Year
NOMS
Succession
The Bear
Slow Horses
Star Trek Strange New Worlds
Foundation Season 2
For all Mankind
WINNER : The Bear
Runner Up: Star Trek Strange New Worlds
Movie of the Year
Our Noms
Barbie
Oppenheimer
The Blackberry Movie
John Wick, Chapter 4
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Wonka
WINNER: The Blackberry Movie
Runner Up: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Game of the Year
Our Noms
Baldurs Gate 3
Super Mario Bros Wonder
Spider man 2
Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
Star Field
CoD MW3 : Warzone
WINNER: Super Mario Bros Wonder
Runner Up: Baldurs Gate 3
Biggest Screw Up
X/Twitter
OpenAI
Apple Watch Ban in the holidays
Humane AI Pin
Playstation Portal
Winner: X/Twitter
Runner Up: OpenAI
Most absent
NOMS
iPad
M3 Macbook Air / Mac Studio….
AirPods Max
USBC Accessories
‘Winner’: iPad
Runner Up: AirPods Max
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@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Apple criticized for blocking Beeper Mini iMessage on Android app
Vanmoof bikes
https://www.theverge.com/24009091/vanmoof-scooter-next-steps-parts-service-e-bikes
Chris’ Synology Followup
Raspberry PI Followup
https://shop.zimaboard.com/products/zimaboard-single-board-server
Beelink SER5
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beelink-Threads-Desktop-PC-Display/dp/B0CBJRZ1WY/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2ZEMQXDO85H23&keywords=beelink+SER5&qid=1703089435&sprefix=beelink+ser5%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-4&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.cc223b57-2b86-485c-a85e-6431c1f06c86
News
Google’s Android app store monopoly violates antitrust law, jury finds
Dropbox scares people WITH AI
Dropbox reassures customers AI isn't pilfering their data
Dropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data to OpenAI when used
Apple News+ now includes sports coverage from The Athletic, Wirecutter coming soon
In app promotion
VMWare and Broadcom going well
Who will buy VMware's end-user compute products?
Broadcom ends VMware perpetual license sales, testing customers and partners
Adobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma
£1billion exit fee
The EU Looms Large
EU opens formal DSA investigation into X in wake of Israel-Hamas war
EU to ban anti-steering App Store rules for Apple Music competitors after Spotify complaint
Report: Apple offers to open up Apple Pay NFC system on iPhone to appease EU regulators
Philips Hue reorganizes, plans job cuts to save $218 million annually
Researchers say Bing made up facts about European elections
Threads starts testing ActivityPub support for integration with Mastodon and more
GM's latest excuse for dropping CarPlay is its dumbest yet
USBC AirPods Case
Buy MagSafe Charging Case (USB‑C) for AirPods Pro (2nd generation)
Media
What is Freely? The British on demand service, explained
Family Plan on Apple TV Plus
https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-family-plan/umc.cmc.6o6y3wel2lez2tkdu2cv8dzd1
Games
PlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks
Main Show
Apple hates free speech (2022), Iger should be fired (2023) – Musk
On macOS, it’s best to start with the default
App of the Week
BalenaEtcher
https://etcher.balena.io/
Thing of the Week
https://Freetrade.io
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
News
The cops think iOS 17’s NameDrop is dangerous
iOS 17.2 Adds NameDrop-Like Feature for Sharing Boarding Passes, Movie Tickets, and More
iOS 17.2 / macOS 14.2 are out
https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/11/ios-17-2-journal-spatial-video/
https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/11/macos-sonoma-14-2-with-enhanced-autofill-pdf-features-now-available/
https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/11/apple-releases-watchos-10-2-for-apple-watch-heres-everything-new/
23andMe admits hackers accessed 6.9 million users’ DNA Relatives data
Pornography websites will have to check users’ ages, under draft guidelines
IBM, Meta form “AI Alliance” with 50 organizations to promote open source AI
Buggy app for insulin-delivery device risks users' safety
Here’s what intentionally crashing a plane for YouTube clicks gets you
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23988937/youtuber-sponsored-plane-crash-six-month-prison-sentence
Excellent Overview Mentour Pilot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD40gfWAQLs
Windows 10 gets three more years of security updates, if you can afford them
Benjamin Geer (@benjamingeer@zirk.us)
Google’s best Gemini AI demo video was fabricated
Apple joins AI fray with release of model framework
Apple Podcasts app launching on Tesla vehicles next week
Games
The first GTA VI trailer is here
Main Show
3 Topics : Apple Award Winners
Apple reveals 2023 App Store Award winners; names generative AI the 'trend of the year'
Apple Spying on Push Notifications..
Apple reveals 'push notification spying' by foreign governments
Quinn Nelson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S24TDRxEna4
Federal government is using data from push notifications to track contacts
Messaging nonsense
Apple took steps to protect users
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/9/23995150/beeper-imessage-android-apple-statement
BEEPER
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23987817/beeper-mini-imessage-android-reverse-engineer?utm_content=buffer81b1a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Apple appears to have blocked Beeper Mini’s iMessage app in less than a week
App of the Week
Apple Keynote
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/keynote/id361285480
Thing of the Week
Variable Value Timings by Chris Harris
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Variable-Valve-Timings-Audiobook/B0CBVRQV7F?qid=1702319018&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=CBMJ17WA5DWM0XNEKP6T&pageLoadId=YUxCPuhzrxfZ3TSs&ref_plink=not_applicable&creativeId=41e85e98-10b8-40e2-907d-6b663f04a42d
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Zoom on the Apple TV 4K (2nd Generation or newer)
(https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/03/zoom-videoconferencing-app-now-available-on-apple-tv/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon)
News
Steam client drops support on some macOS, but adds it on Linux
One AI image needs as much power as a smartphone charge
Here's what's actually going on in that viral 'glitch in the matrix' iPhone mirror picture
UK CMA
UK competition watchdog wins: Apple probe will happen
Google complains about Microsoft licensing to UK watchdog
[The Verge (@verge@mastodon.social)]
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/28/23979260/adobe-figma-bid-uk-watchdog-cma-provisional-findings-merger
(https://mastodon.social/@verge/111489043840807110)
Federal judge vows to investigate Google for intentionally destroying chats
Elon go F yourself
Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’
X advertisers stay away as CEO defends Musk’s “go f*** yourself” interview
NHS England faces lawsuit over patient privacy fears linked to new data platform
Robert De Niro accuses Apple of censoring awards speech
London’s famed black cabs will be listed on Uber’s app in big win for the ridehail company
Spotify Reducing the workforce again
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67611361
Media
Europa Report
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/europa_report
Killers of a Flower Moon on iTunes store tomorrow
https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/04/killers-of-the-flower-moon-buy-rent/
Main Show
Festive Gift Ideas
USB Stick
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01EZ0X55C?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Ugreen Charger
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0B7N4DX1Z/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&ps
USB-C Multi charger
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BXKFJRLB?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Meross Plug
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CCXQMVHS/ref=twister_B0CPFQWW6F?_encoding=UTF8&th=1
Philips Hue
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/920B4CED-1DB2-4D20-A736-81D572619B3E?ingress=0&visitId=2e6f6aaa-16a7-4fd8-ae27-d424b7d57818
App of the Week
TypeShift
http://playtypeshift.com/
Thing of the Week
Staedtler Pencil / Pen for Kindle Scribe
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B086N4KK7Z?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
NAS findings….
TrueNAS
https://www.truenas.com/
OMV
https://www.openmediavault.org/
Unraid
https://unraid.net/
https://www.servethehome.com/mikrotik-crs310-8g-2s-in-review-8-port-2-5gbe-and-2-port-10gbe-switch/
News
Apple is giving iPhone 14 owners an extra year of free Emergency SOS services
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/15/23962214/apple-emergency-sos-satellite-free-extra-year-iphone-14
Google’s 36% search revenue share with Apple is 3x what Android OEMs get
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1984072
Sam Altman set to return as CEO of OpenAI
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/22/sam-altman-openai-ceo-return-board-chatgpt?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67494165
OpenAI board was concerned Q-Star could threaten humanity
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/23/openai-board-mystery-may-be-solved/
Michael Tsai - Blog - Safari Share Menu Now Violates Privacy
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/11/22/safari-share-menu-now-violates-privacy/
FIM, IRTA and Dorna will not renew contract with CryptoDATA MotoGP™ Team
https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2023/11/26/fim-irta-and-dorna-will-not-renew-contract-with-cryptodata-rnf-motogp-team/485115
Judge says Tesla, Musk likely aware of Autopilot flaws
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/22/tesla_autopilot_flaw_liability/
A secret Google deal let Spotify completely bypass Android’s app store fees
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/20/23969690/google-spotify-android-billing-commission-secret-deal
Broadcom allowed to proceed acquisition of VMWare
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67505114
Digital Car Keys
https://www.theverge.com/23970875/digital-car-key-iphone-unlock-start-ccc-standard
Games
Review: New Atari 2600+ doesn’t justify its plus sign
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1986050
RPS being sold?
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/reedpop-investigating-the-sale-of-rps-owners-gamer-network
Modern Warfare 3
Main Show
25 of the most iconic computers ever
https://www.stuff.tv/features/25-most-iconic-computers-ever/
App of the Week
OmniPlan
https://www.omnigroup.com/omniplan
Thing of the Week
Audio Hijack Pro
https://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Rods home network upgrade
USB C Flash Drive
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01EZ0X55C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
4tb Hard Disk
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09FRRWVWX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
NIC
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BN5X2862?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Switch
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C5D4MYRF?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
News
Spotify Demonetization of Lowest Earning Tracks is Offensive
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/11/07/spotify-plans-to-demonetize-tracks-discriminatory-offensive/
Apple Music Classical is now available on the iPad
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/16/apple-music-classical-is-now-available-on-the-ipad/
The EU will finally free Windows users from Bing
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/16/23963579/microsoft-windows-11-eu-digital-markets-act-feature-changes
Apple stops selling OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion installers
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/15/apple-stops-selling-os-x-lion-mountain-lion/
First Qi2 accessories for iPhone 15 coming 'in time for the holiday season
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/15/first-qi2-accessories-for-iphone-15/
Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/16/23963568/microsoft-windows-app-ios-ipados-macos-web
Apple joins Meta, TikTok in fight against Euro regulations
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/17/apple_ec_dma/
The openAI madness
Microsoft hires ex OpenAI Ceo and team
https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/20/openai-co-founders-sam-altman-and-greg-brockman-to-join-microsoft/
Michael Tsai - Blog - Altman and Brockman Out at OpenAI
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/11/17/altman-and-brockman-out-at-openai/
Staff threaten to quit
OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless Sam Altman returns; (https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2023/nov/20/openai-twitch-cofounder-emmett-shear-sam-altman-ceo-chatgpt-business-live?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Big corps pulling ads from X after Musk’s antisemitic posts
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/17/23965928/apple-x-ads-elon-musk-antisemitic-posts
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/17/ibm_pauses_advertising_on_x/
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/20/ibmled_advertising_xodus_gains_steam/
Media
Godzilla Show
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/16/how-to-watch-godzilla-tv-show-monarch-apple-tv/
Congress demands answers after Apple cancels Jon Stewart
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/15/the-problem-with-jon-stewart-congress-apple-tv/
Wallace and Gromit studio Aardman Animations running out of clay
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/20/wallace-and-gromit-studio-aardman-animations-running-out-of-clay?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Games
A modern Wine wrapper for macOS built with SwiftUI
https://getwhisky.app/
Zero Punctuation star Yahtzee Croshaw quits after 16 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-67348861
I think this is the PlayStation Portal's biggest problem
https://www.stuff.tv/news/i-think-this-is-the-playstation-portals-biggest-problem/
Main Show
Apple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024 — The Verge
https://apple.news/AIBx-1Z6WRXSXr-fCDuNSCg
What color bubbles will RCS messages be? Here's Apple's answer
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/16/apple-confirms-rcs-messages-will-have-green-bubbles/
The Nothing iMessage thing
Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1983702
Nothing Chats has already been pulled from Google Play over privacy issues
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/23966781/nothing-chats-imessage-unencrypted-sunbird-plaintext
App of the Week
Bridges
https://www.bridgesapp.app/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
News
Mac daddy Woz hospitalized in Mexico over mystery malady
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/09/steve_wozniak_hospitalized_mexico/
Upgrade Shenanigans
Some M3 MacBook Pro and iMac orders ship with macOS Ventura 13.5, macOS Sonoma updates fail
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/07/m3-macbook-pro-imac-sonoma-fails/
Apple releases macOS 14.1.1, likely resolves M3 MacBook Pro upgrade error
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/07/macos-14-1-1/
iOS 17.2 hints at sideloading apps from outside the App Store (IN EU)
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/10/ios-17-2-sideload-apps/
Google argues iMessage should be regulated by the EU’s Digital Markets Act
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1982260
The UK just laid out new rules for the internet — it only gets harder from here
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/8/23952736/uk-online-safety-act-ofcom-illegal-harms-guidelines
Robot mistakes man for box of peppers, kills him
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/09/robot_kills_employee/
Apple updates iOS so BMW’s wireless charging won’t break your iPhone 15
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/7/23951279/apple-ios-17-1-1-update-bmw-wireless-charging-iphone-15
Developer shows progress on QEMU-based iPhone OS emulator
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/07/qemu-iphone-os-emulator/
Why google maps redirects you
https://fosstodon.org/@nilesh/111390170919072138
A google witness let slip just how much it pays Apple for Safari search
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/13/23959353/google-apple-safari-search-revenue-antitrust-trial
Media
Slow Horses (trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLVg_D1cznE
Inside Out 2 Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWavstJydZU
Games
Steam Deck OLED review: better, not faster
https://www.theverge.com/23951655/steam-deck-oled-review
Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty anti-cheat update will make cheaters go splat
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/9/23954565/call-of-duty-anti-cheat-splat-modern-warfare-3-warzone
A fifteen year open source effort to remake Dungeon Keeper just hit 1.0
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-fifteen-year-open-source-effort-to-remake-dungeon-keeper-just-hit-10
GTA 6 Trailer Coming Soon
https://www.polygon.com/23952009/gta6-trailer-release-date
GT7 Spec 2 Update
https://www.gran-turismo.com/us/gt7/news/00_5297246.html
Main Show
Apple wants iOS 18 to be its most 'ambitious and compelling' update in years, report says
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/12/ios-18-features-design-changes-report/
Humane AI Pin has been announced…
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/9/23953901/humane-ai-pin-launch-date-price-openai
App of the Week
Cyberduck
https://cyberduck.io/
Thing of the Week
Up Ahead App
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/up-ahead-countdown-widgets/id1583147528
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
New iMac
Jason Snell : https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/11/m3-imac-review-keep-playing-the-hits/
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/06/apple-says-it-is-not-making-a-new-27-inch-imac/
27Inch iMac - https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/6/23947196/apple-no-27-inch-apple-silicon-imac
new Macbooks Pro
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/11/m3-macbook-pro-review-peak-performance/
The base model macbook pro
https://www.theverge.com/23944344/apple-macbook-pro-14-2023-review-m3-specs-battery-ports
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/10/behind-the-scenes-at-scary-fast-apples-keynote-event-shot-on-iphone/
Liquid - https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/03/macs-liquids-detected-in-usb-c-ports/
Tyler Stalman : Shot on iPhone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDqQ_C5BkY4&t=103s
News
Batterygate bound for Blighty as UK court approves billion-dollar Apple compensation case
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/02/apple_batterygate_uk/
Apple testing tvOS 17 on iPad mini as it works on new HomePod
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/27/apple-testing-tvos-17-ipad-mini/
King Charles III signs off on UK Online Safety Act
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/27/online_safety_act_charles/
Apple just started rolling out new AirTag firmware
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/31/airtag-firmware-update/
To avoid regulation, Apple said it has three Safari browsers
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/02/apple_safari_browser/
Michael Tsai -
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/11/03/apples-three-safaris/
Audio Hijack for Mac now includes speech to text transcription powered by OpenAI's Whisper
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/02/audio-hijack-mac-whisper-transcription/
Apple app rules still a pose a problem in The Netherlands
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/01/apple_app_rules_netherlands/
Surface Devices to get 6 years of updates
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/06/microsoft_extends_surface_updates_to_6_years/
Games
The Finals
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-finals-is-a-gloriously-destructive-shooter-thats-too-frantic-for-its-own-good
Main Show
Apple Financials
Apple Q4 2023 financial results and charts
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/11/apple-q4-2023-financial-results-and-charts/
Apple’s iPhone lineup is selling well, but the Mac is in a serious rough patch
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/2/23944114/apple-q4-2023-earnings-iphone-15
Asymco: "Apple did very well in Services, ok in iPhone, no…" - Mastodon
https://mastodon.social/@asymco/111343100667301061
iPad Revenue to decline
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/02/ipad-revenue-decrease-no-new-products/
Thing of the Week
Not so much thing of the week as something Rod wants to talk about
https://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?spm=a2700.product_home_newuser.home_new_user_first_screen_fy23_pc_search_bar.associationItem_pos_0&tab=all&searchText=2.5gb+switch
QNAP Branded switch :
https://www.amazon.co.uk/QNAP-QSW-1105-5T-2-5Gbps-negotiation-unmanagement/dp/B08CKT147N/ref=sr_1_17?crid=SJ0JYGXGWY7L&keywords=2.5gb%2Bswitch&qid=1699282419&sprefix=2.5gb%2B%2Caps%2C79&sr=8-17&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.cc223b57-2b86-485c-a85e-6431c1f06c86&th=1
Thing of the Week
Adore June Classic
iPhone Case
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BDS2GWHC?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Main Show
Show:
https://www.apple.com/apple-events/
iMac M3
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/30/what-changes-m1-m3-imac/
News
BMW
Apple says BMW wireless chargers really are messing with iPhone 15s
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/28/23936220/apple-says-bmw-wireless-chargers-really-are-messing-with-iphone-15s
The fact that BMW cars can’t read welsh is not just a hypothetical issue
https://hachyderm.io/@stevel/111312042288511501 \
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/27/23934961/google-antitrust-trial-defaults-search-deal-26-3-billion
Apple
Apple TV+, Arcade, and News+ subscription price increases from today
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/25/23931577/apple-tv-plus-news-arcade-one-subscription-price-increase
Apple Private Wi-Fi hasn't worked for the past three years
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/27/apple_private_wifi_fixed/
YouTube Music rolls out Apple HomePod support
https://9to5google.com/2023/10/20/youtube-music-homepod/
Microsoft
Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download Google Chrome
https://www.theverge.com/23930960/microsoft-edge-google-chrome-poll-why-try-another-browser
Intel
Intel stock stumbles on report Nvidia building CPUs for PCs
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/23/nvidia_pc_cpu
BMW
Apple says BMW wireless chargers really are messing with iPhone 15s
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/28/23936220/apple-says-bmw-wireless-chargers-really-are-messing-with-iphone-15s
The fact that BMW cars can’t read welsh is not just a hypothetical issue
https://hachyderm.io/@stevel/111312042288511501 \
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/27/23934961/google-antitrust-trial-defaults-search-deal-26-3-billion
Apple
Apple TV+, Arcade, and News+ subscription price increases from today
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/25/23931577/apple-tv-plus-news-arcade-one-subscription-price-increase
Apple Private Wi-Fi hasn't worked for the past three years
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/27/apple_private_wifi_fixed/
YouTube Music rolls out Apple HomePod support
https://9to5google.com/2023/10/20/youtube-music-homepod/
Microsoft
Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download Google Chrome
https://www.theverge.com/23930960/microsoft-edge-google-chrome-poll-why-try-another-browser
Intel
Intel stock stumbles on report Nvidia building CPUs for PCs
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/23/nvidia_pc_cpu
News
iPad event!
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/10/17/new-apple-pencil-with-usb-c-announced/
The price of Apple’s old-products strategy
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/10/the-price-of-apples-old-products-strategy/
Apple did kind of announce a new iPad after all ... in China
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/18/new-ipad-2/
iPhone 15 Pro Max users report seeing ghostly OLED apparitions
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/17/iphone_15_pro_max_users/
Musk News
X will start charging new users in two countries $1 per year
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/17/23921752/x-not-a-bot-charge-new-users-elon-musk
Musk 'considering' pulling X from EU over probe
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/19/musk_x_europe/
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/19/nokia_to_erase_up_to/
Nokia
https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_gb
Google’s 21-year deal with Apple is the “heart” of monopoly case, judge says
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/googles-21-year-deal-with-apple-is-the-heart-of-monopoly-case-judge-says/
Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1977141
Intel Core i5-14600K and Core i9-14900K review: big numbers, tiny changes
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/intel-core-i5-14600k-and-core-i9-14900k-review
Intel’s 14th-gen desktop CPUs are a tiny update even by modern standards
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1976457
Amazon unveils plan to deliver packages by drone in UK and Italy
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/18/amazon-drone-delivery-uk-italy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Sony, Honda, tease EV that aims to be a loungeroom on wheels
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/18/sony_honda_ev_afeela/
Rumours
Folding iPad as soon as 2024, says report, but 2025 more likely
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/18/folding-ipad-2024-2025/
MKBHD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD9n01Mck0Q
AirTag 2 now expected to arrive in 2025, but what will it bring?
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/18/airtag-2-now-expected-to-arrive-in-2025-but-what-will-it-bring/
Excel Hell
Royal College mulls no confidence move after Excel disaster
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/20/royal_college_excel_blunder/
Excel Hell II: If the sickness can't be fixed, contain it
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/16/excel_hell_comment/
Media
Netflix raises prices up to 17% amid new contracts, licensing costs
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1977189
Report: Jon Stewart's Apple TV+ show ends, Apple resisted coverage of topics including AI and China
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/19/apple-has-a-problem-with-jon-stewart/
Netflix Bodies
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18347622/
Games
With a Switch 2 looming, Nintendo is sending out the original with a bang
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/18/23921168/nintendo-switch-2-super-mario-wonder-zelda-totk
How gun giant Remington used Call of Duty to promote weapons to younger players
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-gun-giant-remington-used-call-of-duty-to-promote-weapons-to-younger-players
Tomb Raider / Rise of the Tomb Raider
Main Show
Pi 5
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/
App of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/@greatbooksexplained371
Thing of the Week
Going Infinite
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Going-Infinite-Audiobook/B0C5JJFXPC?plink=Ex6euVg4zMXwTS5j&ref_pageloadid=A9fOfCA9lV5f9GrP&ref=a_adblbests_c3_adblp13nbssp_2_20&pf_rd_p=7be76fe0-f401-4031-afbf-d6b3cc04eda8&pf_rd_r=0W9M06Y0ZVM1T8NPBYTD&pageLoadId=QrvR5hkjZE7hhqQE&ref_plink=not_applicable&creativeId=951c0ee4-51d8-422f-869e-a3f9a5608d22
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Microsoft completes acquisition
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/13/microsoft-deal-to-buy-call-of-duty-maker-activision-blizzard-cleared-by-uk?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-5
News
Michael Tsai - Blog - iPhone SE 4 Rumours
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/10/13/iphone-se-4-rumors/
Microsoft has another go at fixing Exchange brute-force bug
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/11/microsoft_exchange_bug_fix/
Google wins Sonos patent case, immediately ships speaker software update
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1975342
Microsoft owes $29 billion in back taxes, says IRS
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/11/23913505/microsoft-owes-irs-back-taxes
Google pays Apple $18B+ a year to keep its search in iPhone
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/10/google_pays_apple_18_20_claims_bernstein/
iPhone appear to turn off for a while overnight? You're not alone - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/10/iphone-restart-overnight/
The OnePlus Open foldable could be arriving in the US as soon as next week
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/10/23911042/oneplus-open-folding-phone-us-release-price-android-leak
Lay Offs
Stack Overflow lays off over 100 people as the AI coding boom continues
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/16/23919004/stack-overflow-layoff-ai-profitability
LinkedIn lays off hundreds of employees for the second time this year
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/16/23919241/linkedin-layoff-hundreds-employees-revenue
4k N64??
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/16/23915941/analogue-3d-nintendo-64
New iPads this week?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/15/23917926/apple-ipad-air-mini-tablet-m2-a16-bionic-rumor
Media
For All Mankind Series 4
Messi and MLS on Apple TV (Should have called it Welcome to Miami)
The Buccaneers
https://www.apple.com/uk/tv-pr/news/2023/08/apple-tv-unveils-sneak-peek-at-the-buccaneers-and-sets-november-8-global-premiere-for-new-series-inspired-by-pulitzer-prize-winning-author-edith-whartons-final-novel/
50 cent
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/10/50-cent-sponsors-cardiff-girls-under-14-football-team
Games
COD MW 3 Demo
Counter Strike 2 is out
But not for macs
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/10/10/valve-confirms-counter-strike-2-no-macos/
AMD pulls graphics driver after “Anti-Lag+” triggers Counter-Strike 2 bans
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1976235
Steam Next Fest
Foundry Demo
https://store.steampowered.com/app/983870/FOUNDRY/
Robocop Rogue City
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1681430/RoboCop_Rogue_City/
Last Train Home
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1469610/Last_Train_Home/
New PS5
https://blog.playstation.com/2023/10/10/new-look-for-ps5-console-this-holiday-season/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
https://rogueamoeba.com/freebies/soundflower/
Does iOS 17.0.3 slow down iPhone 15 Pro to prevent overheating?
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/04/ios-17-0-3-iphone-15-pro-overheating/
Rod has a new case for his phone
https://caudabe.com/products/lucid-clear-iphone-15-pro-max?variant=40973703774305
Mous cases
https://mous.co/
https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/IPod_Socks
News
Having Wi-Fi issues with your iPhone on iOS 17? You're not alone
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/06/wi-fi-issues-iphone-ios-17/
How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/google-antitrust-lawsuit-search-results/
Google’s Pixel 8 launch was a parade of AI
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/6/23905985/google-pixel-8-launch-artificial-intelligence-ai-hype-parade
7 years of updates
https://blog.google/products/pixel/software-support-pixel-8-pixel-8-pro/
Killed by google
https://killedbygoogle.com/
Things killed by Microsoft
https://killedbymicrosoft.info/
Indian iPhone plant found 'highly hazardous' to worker health
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/03/indian-iphone-plant/
Korean antitrust regulators: Apple guilty of anti-competitive behaviour
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/06/korean-antitrust-regulators-aapl-goog/
Microsoft’s faster and redesigned Teams app now available for Windows and Mac
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/5/23904418/microsoft-teams-new-app-faster-design-features-available-download
Genetic Privacy breach
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/private-23andme-user-data-is-up-for-sale-after-online-scraping-spree/
Two Car Stories
Driverless Cruise car runs over woman hit by another driver
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/04/driverless_cruise_car_pedestrian/
This EV restomod highlights the joys and flaws of the classic MGB | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/10/this-ev-restomod-highlights-the-joys-and-flaws-of-the-classic-mgb/
Media
Band of Brothers sequel 'Masters of the Air' series premieres in January on Apple TV+ - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/05/apple-tv-masters-of-the-air-release-date/
911: Inside the Presidents War Room
https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/911-inside-the-presidents-war-room/umc.cmc.5s01y0s59i9clfn2jjghr5cp3
Coming Soon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_(2023_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killer_(2023_film)
The Blackberry Movie
Games
Microsoft eyes closing its giant Activision Blizzard deal next week
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/6/23905946/microsoft-activision-blizzard-deal-finalization-timing-cma
Cypher 007
https://www.pockettactics.com/cypher-007/review
Commandos
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/commandos-origins-looks-to-revive-the-classic-stealth-tactics-series-in-2024
Main Show
Was the iPhone actually better off with Lightning?
https://www.macworld.com/article/2093227/iphone-15-usb-c-problems-charging-cables-carplay.html
Bitten by the black box of iCloud
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/10/bitten-by-the-black-box-of-icloud/ '
Kindle Scribe Discussion
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-scribe/dp/B09BSQ365J
App of the Week
Noir app
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/noir-dark-mode-for-safari/id1581140954 l
Contact
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@_cjp@mastodon.social
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Follow Up
Heat
iPhone 15 overheating reports, with temperatures as high as 116F
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/26/iphone-15-overheating/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66982762
Does the iPhone 15 Pro Max bend and crack easily? Consumer Reports says no
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/01/does-iphone-15-pro-max-crack-easily/
News
Apple moved $7B iPhone production to India, aims for $40B within five years
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/25/iphone-production-india/
Birthdays…
Google is 25
https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/google-fun-facts-25th-birthday/
Free Software is 40
https://www.fsf.org/news/forty-years-of-gnu-and-the-free-software-movement
Apple defends Google Search deal in court: “There wasn’t a valid alternative”
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/26/23891037/apple-eddy-cue-testimony-us-google
iOS 17.1 Beta
Apple Wallet app can now show current account balances from UK banks -
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/27/apple-wallet-app-uk-bank-balances/
iOS 17.1 beta 1: New Apple Music and AirDrop features, more
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/27/ios-17-1-beta-1-new-apple-music-and-airdrop-features-more/
The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years
https://www.theverge.com/23895548/fairphone-5-review-price-features
X CEO on Decoder
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-defends-elon-musk-and-herself/id1011668648?i=1000629642235
Mark Zuckerberg
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mark-zuckerberg-on-threads-the-future-of-ai-and-quest-3/id1011668648?i=1000629427257
Netflix posts final DVD
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/sep/29/netflix-dvds-final-sent-by-mail
Media
Report: Apple considers huge bid for global Formula 1 streaming rights
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/30/apple-formula-1-tv-sports-deal/
Games
Game on: FTC tries to block Microsoft-Activision merger
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/27/ftc_microsoft_activision/
EA has pulled every FIFA game from Steam and Epic ahead of EA Sports FC 24
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ea-has-pulled-every-fifa-game-from-steam-and-epic-ahead-of-ea-sports-fc-24
Epic Games announces 16% layoffs, subsidiary divestments
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/28/epic_fortnite_layoffs/
Peter Molyneux’s blockchain game arrives next month, just in time for NFTs to be completely worthless
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/peter-molyneuxs-blockchain-game-arrives-next-month-just-in-time-for-nfts-to-be-completely-worthless
Battlefield 2042
https://youtu.be/XRahprxAD_k?si=r9BbT_ofZTmIQwm2
Junkyard
https://toucharcade.com/2023/09/22/junkworld-apple-arcade-exclusive-download-out-now-iphone-ipad/
BMW NFC Reader Issue
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/10/01/bmw-charging-may-break-iphone-15-nfc-chip/
App of the Week
Wallaroo
https://wallaroo.app/
Thing of the Week
Mick Herron - The Secret Hours
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/08/the-secret-hours-by-mick-herron-review-secrets-and-spies
Contact
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Follow Up
Finewoven cases
The new FineWoven iPhone cases are very bad
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/20/23882255/apple-iphone-15-finewoven-case-wallet-bad
https://www.ifixit.com/News/82789/unweaving-the-mystery-apples-finewoven-case-under-the-microscope
iOS 17 upgrade bug: what to do if you get stuck on the Apple logo during iPhone 15 setup - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/22/ios-17-bug-iphone-15-stuck-on-apple-logo/
Jetrry Rig Eveything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS0SItAzEXg&t=450s
Mr Whos the Boss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq-XWcq5esE
News
Apple investigating after users claim iOS 17 reset privacy settings - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/24/apple-investigating-ios-17-privacy-settings-reset/
Unity apologizes, announces revised runtime fee criteria
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/22/unity_apologizes_announces_revised_runtime/
Holding your iPhone 15 Pro without a case may change its color
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/21/holding-your-iphone-15-pro-without-a-case-may-temporarily-change-its-color-says-apple/
iOS 17 iMessage apps: Hidden tricks to customize the new design
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/20/ios-17-imessage-apps-photos-more/
Don’t throw out those used coffee grounds—use them for 3D printing instead
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1969449
Toshiba succeeds at selling itself, delisting due Sept 27
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/21/toshiba_tender_offer_succeeds/
Grisham, Martin join authors suing OpenAI: “There is nothing fair about this”
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1969827
Cavium Security
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/19/marvell_disputes_claim_that_cavium/
New iPad Mini?
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/25/apple-ipad-mini-7-release-late-2023/
macOS Sonoma out tomorrow:
https://www.apple.com/uk/macos/sonoma-preview/
Watch Reviews are out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNCs4C2SMjo
Find Your Apple TV Remote
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208492
Media
Russell Brand
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/rumble-rejects-uk-lawmakers-call-stop-russell-brand-monetisation-2023-09-21/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/19/23880337/russell-brand-youtube-demonetize-channel-allegations
Amazon Prime Video users – pay extra $3/month or see ads
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/22/amazon-prime-video-ads/
Games
Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets preliminary approval from UK regulator
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/22/23885176/microsofts-activision-blizzard-uk-cma-preliminary-approval
Microsoft leaked its own Xbox documents, court says
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/19/23880795/microsoft-leaked-xbox-documents-court
The "majority" of Need for Speed dev Criterion are shifting to Battlefield
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-majority-of-need-for-speed-dev-criterion-are-shifting-to-battlefield
App of the Week
HiddenBar
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hidden-bar/id1452453066?mt=12
Contact
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email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/09/16/iphone-15-pro-moment-of-inertia
Carrot can use your own voice
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/18/23878349/carrot-weather-app-ios-17-watchos-10-personal-voice
News
iOS 17 RC comes with multiple new ringtones for iPhone
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/12/ios-17-rc-new-ringtones-iphone/
Reviews
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/09/ios-17-review/
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/09/ipados-17-review/
https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-and-ipados-17-the-macstories-review/
Future of iMessage safe in the UK, as government backs down
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/06/future-of-imessage-safe/
iPhone 12 Radiation
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/14/belgium-iphone-12-radiation-investigation/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/15/23874803/apple-iphone-12-france-radiation-update
Tim Cook on why Apple still uses Twitter: 'It's there for discourse and as a town square'
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/17/tim-cook-apple-twitter-texas/
Bike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buy
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/14/23873153/nasa-bike-tire-shape-memory-price-smart-specs
PowerPoint co-creator Dennis Austin is dead at 76
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/9/23865578/dennis-austin-powerpoint-co-creator-died
WhatsApp is working on cross-platform messaging
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/10/23866912/whatsapp-cross-platform-messaging-eu-dma-meta
BMW drops plan to charge a monthly fee for heated seats
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/23863258/bmw-cancel-heated-seat-subscription-microtransaction
Microsoft, recently busted by Beijing, thinks it's across China's ever-changing cyber-offensive
https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/08/microsoft_east_asia_infosec_report/
Microsoft exposes 38tb github stuff
https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/18/more_microsoft_token_trouble/
For the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processor
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1965076
iPhone 15 cheaper to repair
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/18/23878447/iphone-15-back-glass-repair-price-apple
Apple Event Impressions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=305YfKMyqVw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enR58PYHaWw
iPhone External Display Support
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/16/iphone-15-usb-c-external-displays/
Games
The Unity Kerfuffle
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/15/23875396/unity-mobile-developers-ad-monetization-tos-changes
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/18/mobile-game-developers-unity/
CoD Mobile
https://www.callofduty.com/mobile
Quake 2 on Switch
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/quake-ii-switch/
App of the Week
Shottr
https://shottr.cc/
Thing of the Week
The Last Devil to Die -
https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-last-devil-to-die/richard-osman/2928377181581
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HmaAl2X09E
New iCloud + plans
6 and 12 tb plans
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/12/new-icloud-big-pricey-storage-tiers/
News
Apple Killed the iPhone mini
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/12/23868428/iphone-13-mini-lineup-discontinued-apple-event
Apple selling $29 USB-C to Lightning Adapter after iPhone charging port change
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/12/apple-usb-c-to-lightning-adapter/m
Apple stops selling MagSafe Battery Pack and MagSafe Duo
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/12/apple-stops-selling-magsafe-battery-pack-magsafe-duo/
Games
Word Factori
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2072840/Word_Factori/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Van Moof Bikes
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/mclaren-applieds-lavoie-buys-bankrupt-dutch-e-bike-maker-vanmoof-2023-08-31/
News
Long past time apple stopped advertising on Twitter/X
https://technovia.co.uk/2023/09/04/its-long-past.html
Apple and Microsoft reportedly want iMessage and Bing off the EU’s tech ‘gatekeeper’ list
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/4/23858948/eu-microsoft-apple-bing-imessage-dma-gatekeepers-list-dispute
USENET, the original social network, is under new management
https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/30/usenet_revival/
The Fairphone 5 is a little more repairable and much more modern
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/30/23843287/fairphone-5-price-release-date-specs-features-repairable-smartphone
Sketchy low cost macbook rumor
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/05/low-cost-macbook-chromebook/
Leather watch bands are being killed off
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/04/apple-watch-leather-bands-rumor-discontinued/
Meta back in the office
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/5/23860073/meta-return-to-office-three-days-wfh-work-from-home
TV app watched list
https://trakt.tv/
Games
PSN Price increase
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2023/09/02/time-to-cancel-playstation-plus-as-sony-quietly-raises-prices-through-the-roof/?sh=64d19fbc97b7
Apple Arcade September Update
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/09/apple-arcade-launches-4-new-games-and-over-40-updates-in-september/
Main Show
Apple Event
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/apple-iphone-15-event-just-announced-for-september-12-heres-all-the-details
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/apple-event-2023-iphone-15-launch-and-everything-else-we-expect-to-see-on-sept-12/
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/29/apple-september-12-event-announcement/
Action Button has leaked
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/09/05/action-button-shown-in-new-iphone-15-pro-case-leak?utm_medium=rss
https://daringfireball.net/2023/08/idle_speculation_on_the_widely-assumed_switch_to_usb-c_ports_on_the_upcoming_iphones_15
Some of Grubers OWN claim chowder
https://daringfireball.net/2018/11/third_party_usb-c_to_lightning_cables
These iOS 17 features won't be available at launch - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/01/ios-17-features-not-available-at-launch/
PSA: $999 Pro Stand for Apple Pro Display XDR is suspiciously sold out
https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/31/pro-display-for-xdr-monitor-stock/
App of the Week
BBedit 14
https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.html
Thing of the Week
Logitech Anywhere 3S
https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/products/mice/mx-anywhere-3s.910-006929.html
Contact
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Episode 83 : 31/8/23
Matrix
https://matrix.org/
Rocket Chat
https://www.rocket.chat/customers
News
Os or malware?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/30/23851902/microsoft-bing-popups-windows-11-malware
Really UK Gov?
https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/24/apple-security-updates-ban/
The Fairphone 5 is a little more repairable and much more modern
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/30/23843287/fairphone-5-price-release-date-specs-features-repairable-smartphone
The 2024 Porsche Cayenne SUV Just Made Apple CarPlay So Much Better
https://www.motortrend.com/news/2024-porsche-cayenne-suv-infotainment-preview-apple-carplay/
This is probably the new 'Titan Gray' iPhone 15 Pro color - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/24/titan-gray-iphone-15-pro/
https://www.apple.com/apple-events/
The EU’s Digital Services Act goes into effect today: here’s what that means
https://www.theverge.com/23845672/eu-digital-services-act-explained
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1962997
Cool home Tech
SwitchBot Automatic Curtain Opener | Electric Motorized Curtain – SwitchBot UK
https://uk.switch-bot.com/products/switchbot-curtain
Matter to Hue (again)
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/31/23852589/philips-hue-matter-support-adds-bridge
Games
Main Show
Increasing issues with iPad
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/08/why-i-gave-up-on-the-ipad-only-dream/
The iPad Pro could get bigger screens and OLED next year, but it should do more
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/27/23847743/ipad-pro-oled-m3-13-inch-magic-keyboard-bigger-trackpad
Tsai Link aggregated:
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/08/28/giving-up-the-ipad-only-travel-dream/
App of the Week
Call Sheet
https://www.caseyliss.com/2023/8/7/callsheet
New Gadget
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B4ZSR2PX?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Thing of the Week
iPad Pro + Magic Keyboard
Contact
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Follow Up
Zoom
Software Freedom Conservancy asks devs to ditch Zoom
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/15/software_freedom_conservancy_zoom/
https://jitsi.org/
Apple Pricing
https://mastodon.social/@siracusa/110877247162154731
youtu.be/u65QuZT1ZJo
News
Microsoft to sell off Activision cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft in bid for UK approval
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23828302/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-ubisoft-cloud-gaming-rights-uk-cma
Microsoft OneDrive is a willing 'ransomware double agent'
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/10/microsoft_onedrive/
Dining out in Ottawa? Microsoft suggests this food bank
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/18/microsoft_canada_food_bank/
iOS 17 beta hints at new Action Button on iPhone 15 Pro
https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/22/ios-17-beta-iphone-15-action-button/
Dell’s new monitor can transform into a touch display
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23834096/dell-24-touch-usb-c-hub-monitor-graphics-tablet-touchscreen
Call that a monitor
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23842638/samsung-57-inch-odyssey-neo-g9-dual-uhd-4k-monitor-price-release-date-specs-features
Setapp Planning to Launch Alternative App Store for iOS in Europe - MacRumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/15/setapp-to-launch-alternative-app-store/
iPhone 14, 14 Pro owners complain about battery capacity that’s already falling off
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/12/23829897/apple-iphone-14-pro-battery-health-capacity
Excel Getting Python
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841167/microsoft-excel-python-integration-support
Don’t rename your app
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/08/19/seufert-x-downloads
Watch Bands And Face Colours
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/23/apple-watch-match-watch-face-color-to-band-clothes/
Games
Atari launches replica 2600 console to go with all its replica 2600 cartridges
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1962282
Mobile C&C
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841520/command-and-conquer-legions-mobile-game-ea
Mobile Playstation
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23842771/sony-playstation-portal-remote-player-specs-release-date-price
Main Show
The iMac at 25
For a generation of students, the iMac was a gateway to the future
https://www.theverge.com/23831323/imac-twenty-five-years-students-dorm-experience
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/08/16/the-imac-at-25/
Games
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/upcoming_events/themed_sales/strategy_2023
App of the Week
Tailscale
https://tailscale.com/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
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email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
GM and CarPlay
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/10/23827059/gm-no-carplay-android-auto-escalade-iq
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/11/gm-no-technical-reason-carplay/
Zoom Ts and Cs update
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/zoom-updates-terms-of-service-to-clarify-that-it-wont-use-your-calls-to-train-ai/
Jellyfin Update
https://jellyfin.org/
News
Supreme Court says Apple can keep its App Store payment rules for now
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23826043/epic-apple-app-store-supreme-court-petition
How an unpatched Microsoft Exchange 0-day likely caused one of the UK’s biggest hacks ever
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1959987
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/8/23824516/uk-voter-data-exposed-cyberattack-election-commission
TV App the New iTunes?
https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/11/itunes-movies-trailers/
Goodnotes 6
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/09/goodnotes-6-ai-powered-handwriting-spellcheck/
iPhone 15 Chips
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/09/tvos-code-a17-chip-iphone-15/
https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/08/unreleased-iphone-models-tvos-17/
Family rescued in Maui thanks to iPhone's satellite feature
https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/09/family-rescued-wildfires-maui-iphone-satellite/
Samsung Flip 5 advert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P65EJKIUwM
Office Attendance
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66472280
New Apple Betas
https://developer.apple.com/news/releases/
Games
Refurbished Steam Decks
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/valve-starts-selling-refurbished-steam-decks-for-up-to-130-less-than-new-models/
Quake II Remaster
https://apple.news/AyUGefMjlQ7uODGykLCIO6g
Main Show
BBC Oppenheimer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0g3j9cp/oppenheimer
The Pigeon Tunnel
https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/the-pigeon-tunnel/umc.cmc.633pbtki99m7e8lc9ybbyab3
Killers of The Flower Moon
https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/killers-of-the-flower-moon/umc.cmc.5x1fg9vferlfeutzpq6rra1zf
Disney doing a Netflix
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/09/disney-hulu-price-increase-october/
?Apple Buying Disney
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-apple-deal-1235559416/
App of the Week
Homebrew
https://docs.brew.sh/Installation
Thing of the Week
Lego Concorde
https://www.theverge.com/23826738/lego-concorde-supersonic-jet-price-release-date
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/microsoft-antitrust-dmu-dma-bundling-slack
Three major anti-trust things ongoing
Teams/Bundling
https://apnews.com/article/eu-microsoft-antitrust-investigation-teams-office-d7a6f5727387bae9b427d560218be84f
Cloud
https://www.reuters.com/business/microsofts-cloud-business-targeted-by-eu-antitrust-regulators-2022-04-01/
Blizzard Activision
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/06/tech/microsoft-activision-uk-antitrust/index.html
We looked at this before
https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-why-windows-pcs-are-only-going-to-get-more-annoying/
VanMoof for Sale
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/4/23820106/vanmoof-sale-buyers-bid-micromobility-offer
News
UK Antitrust
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/07/27/uk-antitrust-lawsuit-over-app-store-fees/
How are the Excel world championships a thing?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/3/23817220/excel-esports-espn-the-ocho-championship-start-time-watch
Elon is gonna talk to apple about the Apple Tax
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/2/23817821/elon-musk-twitter-tim-cook-apple-tax
Zoom Tells Employees to Get into the office
https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/07/zoom-terms-of-service-ai/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66432173
Mazda Bring “Finally” TouchScreens
https://9to5google.com/2023/08/07/mazda-touchscreen-android-auto-carplay/
Games
Apple no longer number 2 in Steam Gaming
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/linux-surpasses-the-mac-among-steam-gamers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned
Thronefall
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tower-defence-citybuilding-has-reached-its-peak-with-the-adorable-but-deadly-thronefall
Redemption Remaster
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/7/23811044/red-dead-redemption-remake-rockstar-games-switch-ps4
Main Show
Apple Results
https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/03/aapl-reports-q3-2023-earnings/
Apple Revenues fall for 3rd Straight Quarter
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/03/apple-revenues-fall-third-straight-quarter?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
iPhones Flat
https://mastodon.social/@asymco/110827731890173075
https://mastodon.social/@asymco/110827721156022342
Macs Down
https://mastodon.social/@asymco/110827727962762187
More than 1 billion paid subscriptions
https://mastodon.social/@asymco/110832037672094394
2/3 of Apple Watch users are new
https://mastodon.social/@asymco/110827776598610085
Services up 8% (on 12% last year)
https://mastodon.social/@asymco/110827737335888759
App of the Week
https://www.freefaces.gallery/
Thing of the Week
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08RYQ4FQN?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Rods Bike is a worry
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/18/23798584/vanmoof-e-bikes-is-bankrupt
https://support.vanmoof.com/en/support/solutions/articles/44001778328-how-can-i-unlock-my-vanmoof-s2-or-x2-bike-#:~:text=If%20your%20bike%20is%20not,ll%20hear%20a%20confirmation%20beep
https://github.com/grossartig/vanmoof-encryption-key-exporter
Jargon Free guide to LLMs
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/a-jargon-free-explanation-of-how-ai-large-language-models-work/
News
Rumors
iPhone
https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/03/iphone-15-colors-rumor/
New Monitor
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/a-future-external-mac-monitor-will-have-an-always-on-display-report-claims/
Airtag v2
https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/02/apple-second-generation-airtag-release/
BBC Kinda joins Mastodon
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/31/23814556/bbc-experimental-mastodon-server-twitter
Twitter is dead, long live X…..?
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/11/23019836/elon-musk-twitter-board-of-directors-news-updates
https://www.theverge.com/23814989/elon-musk-banking-x-paypal
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/07/31/twitter-turns-to-x-apple-app-store/
Apple making exceptions for Elon
https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/31/apple-twitter-x-app-store/
Microsoft Security under fire
US Senate
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1957158
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/07/21/microsoft_key_skeleton/
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1954171
EU and Teams
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/27/23797305/microsoft-teams-eu-antitrust-investigation-office-bundling-slack
Googles DRM for the Web
https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/27/google_web_environment_integrity/
Impressive commitment to device security
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1952561
Apple Beta Updates (Developer and Public)
https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/25/ios-17-beta-4/
Screen Time bug
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/07/30/apple-promises-further-updates-to-screen-time/
Games
Monkey Island on the App store
https://apps.apple.com/app/return-to-monkey-island/id1658628321
Ridiculous Fishing is back
https://www.theverge.com/23794876/ridiculous-fishing-ex-apple-arcade
Main Show
Rods trip to Cupertino
SidebySide Case
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C52NLJR?tag=theverge02-20
App of the Week
Amethyst
https://gist.github.com/mpepping/71bce03d1674b0834b6306d0358e41f0
Thing of the week
Commandos (Behind Enemy Lines) on Steam.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/6800/Commandos_Behind_Enemy_Lines/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
July 22 Online Ad spend declining
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/29/tech/big-tech-ad-market-decline/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/29/tech/big-tech-ad-market-decline/index.html
Podcasts (ATP struggling to get 3 advertises per episode)
YouTube
Social Media Channels (Twitter / Reddit / etc)
Twitter not allowing threads link
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23790834/twitter-search-for-threads-urls-broken-zero-results
API feeds
https://www.engadget.com/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-defends-api-changes-in-ama-202924631.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHthOjyB1ujoBGMVVr3YgoG4y1Vlpi-A5Y_ztJdjjiseNiUxA7MXmRVQGOdlWKfs5Y3gGZTYRIwzDeWUj4X6Swt2nZtwHkvY6MtS4dljREVFJjxgeqVsNfly1eEvPAL6Sa-U7VRSveWw0IR5A0YWiSBxW8YtTY0oRkxcwWU25iE6
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
App(s) of the Week
De-corporatised open source apps
Chomium Browser
https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/
VSCodium
https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Apple releases public betas of iOS 17, et al
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/07/12/apple-releases-ios-17-public-beta/
Evernote no more
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/9/23789012/evernote-layoff-us-staff-bending-spoons-note-taking-app
Microsoft and the EU
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/07/04/eu_antritrust_team_probe_microsoft_office_bundles/
Threads is here
https://daringfireball.net/2023/07/threads
https://mastodon.me.uk/@JonnyT/110667991998782628
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/10/twitter-killer-threads-app-meta-mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Suing times
Amazon is unhappy and suing the EU
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/07/11/amazon_sues_eu_dsa/
Media
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Sony and apple giving away Apple TV+
https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/12/sony-and-apple-team-up-to-give-ps4-and-ps5-owners-free-apple-tv/
News
Microsoft wants to move Windows fully to the cloud
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/27/23775117/microsoft-windows-11-cloud-consumer-strategy
Apple and UK Law
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/27/23775356/apple-online-safety-bill-statement-encrypted-messaging-apps-e2ee-end-to-end
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/27/apple-online-safety-bill-encryption/
Lost my apple watch streak
https://www.stuff.tv/features/i-lost-my-streak-and-now-want-apple-watch-to-find-some-humanity/
The Macbook Pro is the Mac Pros biggest problem
https://www.theverge.com/23770770/apple-mac-pro-m2-ultra-2023-review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2KbwC-s7pY&t=11s
Samsung 5k review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMrtZw8RuVU
USBC AirPods Pro Coming
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/07/03/apple-airpods-pro-usb-c-case/
Pixel Fold dramas
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/28/23777211/google-pixel-fold-screen-breaking-reports
RIP to my Pixel Fold: Dead after four days
https://arstechnica.com/google/2023/06/rip-to-my-pixel-fold-dead-after-four-days/
Redhat and the opensource breakdown
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1951251
Motorola’s “Satellite Link” hotspot lets you send messages via outer space
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1951133
Brave aims to curb practice of websites that port scan visitors
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1950882
Volvo also switching the Teslas American charging plug
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1950459
Twitter under Elon in a nutshell
https://mastodon.social/@RussInCheshire@mstdn.social/110640843969436962
Twitter’s makes more changes…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66077195
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/1/23781198/twitter-daily-reading-limit-elon-musk-verified-paywall
Apple Card Partnership Issues
https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/01/apple-card-goldman-sachs-deal-ending-report/
Games
Worries over Star field “skipping Xbox” helped push Microsoft to buy Bethesda
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1949935
Every publisher hates games pass
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/every-publisher-dislikes-game-pass-because-its-destructive-to-value-according-to-playstation-boss
Good apple arcade games incoming
https://www.polygon.com/23775129/apple-arcade-july-2023-slay-the-spire-stardew-valley-ridiculous-fishing
SteamDeck Sale
https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck
Main Show
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/28/23777418/plex-layoffs-20-percent-staff
Jellyfin media server
https://jellyfin.org/
Server upgrade
NixOS
https://nixos.org/
App of the Week
Paste
https://pasteapp.io/
Thing of the week
https://www.amazon.co.uk/OtterBox-Sleek-Streamlined-Protection-iPhone-Red-Clear/dp/B08D6WDHB9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=27LEXZYCZAN01&keywords=Otter+box+iPhone+12+red&qid=1688387538&sprefix=otter+box+iphone+12+red%2Caps%2C77&sr=8-1
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
News
Second-gen Apple Watch Ultra coming this fall, new big iMac 'in early development' with larger than 30-inch screen
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/25/new-apple-watch-ultra-imac-pro/
Easily replaceable phone batteries might be back, and I’m here for it
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/21/23767057/replaceable-batteries-phones-eu
Reddit Not stopped yet
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/22/23770480/reddit-blackout-protest-pressure-mods-change-rules
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1948891
Folding Phones
Get your first look at the OnePlus V Fold, thanks to render leaks
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1949222
Motorola Razr Plus review: the right moves
https://www.theverge.com/23768630/motorola-razr-plus-40-ultra-review-screen-battery-camera
https://www.theverge.com/23773594/google-pixel-fold-review-screen-battery-hinge-camera
Why.are.there.periods.in.my.iPhone.searches
https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/06/why-are-there-periods-in-my-iphone-searches/
Android feature blamed for rise in UK’s false emergency calls
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/26/23773733/android-sos-emergency-call-uk-999-first-responder-google
Google accuses Microsoft of anticompetitive cloud practices
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/06/21/google_ftc_microsoft_anticompetitive_cloud/
Airline 5G mess still not over, expect flight delays from this weekend
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/26/airline-5g-mess/
iOS 17 things:
Scanning QR Codes With Your iPhone Is About to Get Easier in iOS 17
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/19/qr-code-scanning-easier-ios-17/
iOS 17 lets users ask Siri to play media on the HomePod using iPhone apps
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/19/ios-17-homepod-siri/
Social Media and News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65969970
visionOS Beta
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/21/apple-releases-first-ever-visionos-beta/
https://www-roadtovr-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.roadtovr.com/apple-vision-pro-webxr-support-safari-model/amp/
DuckDuckGo Browser
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/duckduckgo-offers-its-privacy-centered-browser-in-a-windows-open-beta/
Media
Witcher Season 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzS8Ao0H6Co
Games
GT7 Keeps Giving
https://www.gran-turismo.com/gb/gt7/news/00_8830376.htmlN
Gravity Rush 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Rush_2
Main Show
Summer Tech Projects
https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/
developer.apple.com/
Rebuilding my Proxmox server
Lots of SSDs
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/integral-v-series-2tb-sata-iii-25-inch-internal-ssd-up-to-520mbs-read-470mbs-write-ps6496-with-code-at-mymemory-4156205
App of the Week
Seatfrog
https://seatfrog.com/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
News
More monitor choices
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/23/samsung-next-gen-smart-monitor-m8-imac-like-design/
Nasty exploit discovered by Microsoft
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/30/macos-exploit-microsoft/
Musk stiffing Google could unleash yet more abuse on Twitter, report says
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1947152
Texas will require parental consent for kids to use social media
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1948255
MKBHD’s 1st video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gk_rl3y_SU
More info on the games porting toolkit
https://www.applegamingwiki.com/wiki/Game_Porting_Toolkit#Game_compatibility_list
Apples music social network
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/16/apple-music-social-features-hands-on/
Japan seeks to bust Apple, Google, app store monopolies
https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/19/japan_digital_reform/
Reddit carries on…
https://reddark.untone.uk/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65949412
https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2023/06/17/ep-379
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/19/23765895/reddit-hack-phishing-leak-api-pricing-steve-huffman
Battersea store is open
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/06/apple-battersea-opens-in-londons-historic-battersea-power-station/
MKBHD Video on Apple’s Keynotes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvN5_GXlg2Y
Media
The Fugitive (1993)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fugitive_(1993_film)
Star Trek Strange New Worlds Free!
https://www.ign.com/articles/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-entire-first-season-is-now-free-to-stream-on-youtube
Grand Tour: Eurocrash
https://www.amazon.co.uk/placeholder_title/dp/B0B6GB94G1/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2Y7U7CJFU7OKB&keywords=grand+tour&qid=1687194737&sprefix=grand+tour%2Caps%2C72&sr=8-2
Games
Steam gets a visual refresh
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1948635
Battlebit Remastered
https://store.steampowered.com/app/671860/BattleBit_Remastered/
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-top-selling-game-on-steam-right-now-is-a-new-254-player-fps-made-by-4-people/
Descenders
http://descendersgame.com/
No more hard drives
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23761845/pc-games-ssd-minimum-specs-starfield-cyberpunk-2077
Main Show
Features wanted right now
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/06/the-new-apple-os-features-i-want-right-now/
Airpods Pro 2 getting new features
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/19/five-new-airpods-pro-2-features/
Scanning QR Codes
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/19/qr-code-scanning-easier-ios-17/
App of the Week
Audio Hijack Pro
https://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
Thing of the week
iPhone stand
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B56CCFJH?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Carpuride W901
https://tech-sonar.com/carpuride-w901-pro-review-carpuride-9-inch-carpuride-carplay/
News
Activision Blizzard are back again with the FTC
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/12/23758194/ftc-microsoft-activision-blizzard-complaint-block-acquisition-call-of-duty
The Android open source project is getting worse
https://www.osnews.com/story/136235/google-further-guts-the-android-open-source-project-by-deprecating-the-dialer-and-messaging-apps/
Reddit Situation
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/12/23755974/reddit-subreddits-going-dark-private-protest-api-changes
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759942/google-reddit-subreddit-blackout-protests
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/13/reddit-tomfoolery/
https://512pixels.net/2023/05/reddits-api-pricing-is-ridiculous/
Google Risks Breakup of Ad business
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1947761
Microsoft being naughty again with Chrome
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/06/14/microsoft-edge-sends-images-you-view-to-microsoft/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/6/23736289/microsoft-bing-chrome-search-fake-ai-chatbot
Teams being removed from Windows 11
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23761859/microsoft-windows-11-teams-chat-integration-deprecation
Windows 11 ink
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/14/23761371/windows-ink-writing-fields-insider-preview-23481
Media
Silo Season 2
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/14/23760771/silo-season-2-apple-tv-plus
Babylon 5
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23141717/babylon-5-the-road-home-first-animated-trailer
Games
DORF
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dorf-looks-to-evoke-the-best-parts-of-command-conquers-look-and-feel
Stormgate
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-new-rts-from-former-starcraft-2-devs-looks-a-lot-like-starcraft-2
Pentiment
https://www.ign.com/articles/pentiment-review
Complete History of Computer Games
https://youtu.be/argpSxB1NQE
Game kit porting
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/06/14/warren-game-porting-toolkit
Main Show
Extra snippets post WWDC
Talk Show Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgLrBSQ6x7E
Vision Pro
Cameras are locked
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/13/vision-pro-camera-apps/
All the places Apple sees you using a vision Pro
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/6/23738124/apple-vision-pro-marketing-wwdc-2023
Where is side loading in iOS 17?
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/13/ios-17-beta-sideloading/
15” M2 Macbook Air
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/06/15-inch-macbook-air-review-sometimes-bigger-is-better/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TCuf_Qcfv8&t=2s
App of the Week
Keka -
https://www.keka.io/en/
Thing of the week
LG 43: https://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-LED-UQ91-43-Smart/dp/B0BYK8PD1X/ref=sr_1_3?crid=908DT2D4CB4J&keywords=Lg%2B43&qid=1686836738&sprefix=lg%2B43%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-3&th=1
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Main Show
WWDC
New Mac Hardware
MacBook Air 15inch
https://www.apple.com/uk/macbook-air-13-and-15-m2/
Mac Studio (M2)
https://www.apple.com/uk/mac-studio/
Mac Pro (M2)
https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/mac-pro
iOS
What are the new features if IOS17
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/06/06/ios-17-feature-roundup-standby-namedrop-contact-posters-more
Notes
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/08/apple-notes-links-quotes/
Keyboard
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/ios-17-finally-lets-you-type-what-you-ducking-mean-on-your-iphone/
AirTags
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/6/23751614/apple-airtag-find-my-sharing-ios-17-feature
Stage Manager
https://www.macstories.net/stories/with-ipados-17-stage-manager-is-finally-moving-in-the-right-direction/
External webcam/mics
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/06/ipados-17-external-webcams-microphones/
Experience
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/05/hands-on-apple-vision-pro-mixed-reality-headset/
MKBHD tried the headset
https://youtu.be/OFvXuyITwBI
News
Developer Beta Free to all
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/06/apple-makes-ios-17-developer-beta-free/
Apple buys an AR startup
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/6/23751350/apple-mira-ar-headset-startup
Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3n62FOX1Go
App of the Week
Ivory for Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/23/mastodon-ivory-for-mac/
Carpuride
https://carpuride.com/products/carpuride-w901pro-portable-smart-multimedia-dual-bluetooth-dashboard-console?_pos=1&_sid=046bd23c8&_ss=r
News
Microsoft Build
https://www.theverge.com/23734104/microsoft-build-2023-ai-bing-copilot
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1941293
Why dont Rich people use phone cases?
https://time.com/6280905/iphone-no-case-rich-people/
Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/05/26/windows_xp_activation_cracked/
Surface X Cameras have just stopped working
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/05/24/microsoft_surface_pro_x_cameras/
Apple VR Sports Strategy
https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/05/6-under-the-knife-5-19-23-by-will-carroll-under-the-knife/
Photo Stream going away
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/26/my-photo-stream-july-2023-shutdown/
iPad Logic and iPad Final Cut
https://www.theverge.com/23734180/apple-logic-pro-ipad-review
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/23/final-cut-pro-logic-pro-mac-update/
Spain also wants to ban end to end encryption
https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/
Why your iPhone keyboard sucks now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYz8JtiVJmg
Record Meta Fine
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/22/23732461/meta-eu-privacy-fine-us-data-transfers-1-3-billion
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/21/facebook-to-be-fined-648m-for-mishandling-user-information?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Media
Silo on Apple TV+
Succession on Sky
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Tenet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDbiTLLZVz8
Games
Humanity
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1581480/Humanity/
Bungie rebooting Marathon
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bungie-are-rebooting-marathon-as-a-pvp-focused-loot-shooter
Main Show
Everything expected at WWDC
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/26/wwdc-2023-what-to-expect/
Operating Systems
Hardware
Headset
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/22/reality-pro-launch/
Schedule:
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/23/apple-teases-wwdc-2023-confirms-keynote-for-june-5-at-10-a-m/
App of the Week
Disable stupid previews
https://mastodon.social/@chockenberry/110386586751278042
Monitor Control
https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/releases
Thing of the week
Blackadder Audiobook
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
News
Texting Broken to android
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/18/android-iphone-text-message-bug/
UK Going even more mental on surveillance (RIPA)
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/internet-connection-records-uk-surveillance
Software updates
16.5 is out - Sports Tab in News
Apple brings set lists to music / Concert discovery
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/16/find-apple-music-set-lists/
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/16/apple-brings-concert-discovery-features-to-apple-music-and-apple-maps/
16.6 is in Beta
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/19/first-ios-16-6-beta/
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/19/ios-16-6-imessage-contact-key-verification/
WWDC / Headset / Timings
https://daringfireball.net/2023/05/bajarin_wwdc_headset
Interesting Article on Wired connections
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/17/ethernet-vs-wifi-speed-lost/
Record of Android users switching to iPhone
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/17/android-switching-to-iphone-highest-level/
Logitech Doing the right thing (they get a lot of mentions from us)
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/05/17/logitech_teams_up_with_ifixit/
STUPID possibly dangerous Tech from Dyson
https://www.dyson.co.uk/headphones/zone#tucs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFdnCzfJPJ0
New Beats Headphones
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/17/beats-studio-buds-plus-review/
Media
Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese, di Caprio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG0si5bSd6I
Games
Dishonoured
https://store.steampowered.com/app/205100/Dishonored/
Hardspace Shipbreaker
https://www.ign.com/articles/hardspace-shipbreaker-review
Main Show
Accessibility : Newly announced feature:
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-previews-live-speech-personal-voice-and-more-new-accessibility-features/
Assistive Access
Detection Mode in Magnifier
Save your voice
https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-marks-global-accessibility-awareness-day-with-features-coming-to-ios-ipados-and-macos-later-this-year/
Appreciate the Voice over for blind/partially sighted people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDm7GiKra28
Voice Control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnRRPtcLXpo
App of the Week
Merlin Bird ID
https://apps.apple.com/app/id773457673
Thing of the week
Blur Album (The Ballad of Darren) / The Narcissist Single
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-ballad-of-darren/1688020024
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
EU approves Microsoft to purchase activation
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/15/23723703/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-approved-eu-european-commission
News
Teenage Engineering Dictaphone
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/12/23721033/teenage-engineering-tp7-audio-recorder-motorized-tape-reel-price
Apple service outages are unacceptable
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/12/apple-service-outages/
User Repairable Headphones
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1938678
That Dell screen can now be bought
https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/dell-ultrasharp-32-6k-monitor-u3224kb/apd/210-bhnx/monitors-monitor-accessories
Google also now does Coding with AI
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1938356
Do the LLM thing on your own data
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/11/open_source_ai_makes_subscriptions_irrelevant/
Twitter has a new boss
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65574826
‘Pro’ Apps come to iPad (at last)
https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/05/final-cut-pro-and-logic-pro-come-to-the-ipad-at-last/
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/05/09/final-cut-pro-and-logic-pro-for-ipad/
Is iPadOS finally going to deliver?
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/30/ipados-17-rumors-new-features/
Log in or get purged
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1937543
Live Activities
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/5/23711698/iphone-14-pro-dynamic-island-live-activities-always-on-display
Apple prepped
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/15/kuo-apple-well-prepared-headset-unveiling/
https://www.techradar.com/news/the-apple-vr-headset-is-a-winner-according-to-the-meta-quests-pioneer
Media
The Crowded Room Trailer - Apple TV + (June 9, 2023)
https://youtu.be/4w1xZA7pX2c
Another Oppenheimer Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg
Amazon Licensing content
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/8/23715523/amazon-prime-video-originals-license-streaming-services
Games
Pocket City 2
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocket-city-2/id1533709428
Main Show
Googles Announcements
https://www.theverge.com/23718158/google-io-2023-biggest-announcements-ai-pixel-fold-tablet-android-14
Passkeys a loss of user control
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/05/08/passkeys-a-loss-of-user-control/
or a no brainer
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1937113
App of the Week
Waze / Apple Maps
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/waze-navigation-live-traffic/id323229106
Thing of the week
Slow Horses (Novel) by Mick Heron
https://www.waterstones.com/book/slow-horses/mick-herron/9781399803052
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
PSA: BBC iPlayer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/questions/getting-started-with-bbc-iplayer/change-location
App Links (when leaving the app)
You are about to leave the app and go to an external website. You will no longer be transacting with Apple. (Continue or Cancel)
News
Social Media
Mozilla Masto Instance
Mozilla’s new Mozilla.Social Mastodon instance is an attempt to reinvent content moderation@mastodonmigration
BLUESKY Gaining traction
https://bsky.app/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-bluesky-how-to-get-on-the-waitlist-for-this-decentralized-twitter-alternative/
https://mastodon.social/@gruber/110314382066961654
Alexa being rethought in the light of ChatGPT
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23710938/amazon-alexa-ai-chatbot-llm-teaching-model
A Brydge too far
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/brydge-the-would-be-apple-accessory-king-quietly-calls-it-quits/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Old BMWs too dangerous to drive
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1936739
Global smartphone market declining
https://www.counterpointresearch.com/global-smartphone-market-declines-14-yoy-q1-2023-apple-records-highest-ever-q1-share/
Pixel Fold Announced
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23711353/google-pixel-fold-announced
Concept for a dynamic dock
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/05/concepts-dynamic-dock-macos/
Apple hits975 million paid subscriptions
https://mastodon.social/@asymco/110315214935181931
The Mac that changed everything
https://www.macworld.com/article/1801616/25-years-ago-apple-introduced-the-product-that-changed-everything.html
New VanMoofs coming ?
https://event.vanmoof.com/uk/may9/?_gl=11vx1dhh_gaMTY2MzU0MTEyMy4xNjgzNTM4MDM2_ga_HP9VH24LRLMTY4MzUzODAzNi4xLjEuMTY4MzUzODA5Ny42MC4wLjA._fplc*eVAxWFVLQ2ZxJTJGbEJWYTdkSUg0bU5pWHhrQXhrZjIlMkJzSENvRUslMkZybWUyT2UwRkwwQVluUEd6M05GODV3V0pEZ3pkYXpsQnFzeEJmdW5nNWt4VTBIcUVkVyUyQkdPRXFBQnV2MmsyWFJLOHVTVzhFY1JpQklkeWR2NkxrQnVHdUElM0QlM0Q.
Airplanes and 5G
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65465512
Games
https://gear.bethesda.net/products/doom-30th-anniversary-limited-edition-commemorative-floppy-disk
Grid Legends
https://www.ign.com/articles/grid-legends-review
20 New Games on Apple Arcade
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/04/apple-launches-20-new-apple-arcade-games/
Main Show
Apple Quarterly Results
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/02/aaple-q1-2023-earnings-report-data/
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/05/apple-q2-2023-results-94-8b-revenue-better-than-expected/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23711640/apple-q2-2023-earnings-iphone-services-mac
App of the Week
Notion
https://www.notion.so
Thing of the week
Nikon Z 26mm 2.8 Pancake Lens
https://www.nikon.co.uk/en_GB/product/lenses/mirrorless/nikkor-z-26mm-f2.8
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Rods Keyboard
Chris’ Keyboard
https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/products/keyboards/mx-mechanical-mini-mac.html
https://youtu.be/5XAh1nDOI6c
eSim America
Spam text and calls on american networks
Apple TV 4k Ethernet $149.00
UK Alert (on Sunday 23rd April)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/23/uk-emergency-alert-test-three-looking-into-why-users-failed-to-get-text
Hawaii Alert
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_alert
News
ADS
The Future of Streaming is ads
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/29/23702827/free-streaming-services-tubi-pluto-roku
How full of crap in the advertising / packaging world?
https://packagingoftheworld.com/2022/07/toblerone-celebrates-all-things-triangle.html
Even Gruber isn't happy about Apple ads in the OS
https://daringfireball.net/2023/04/ios_adware
Microsoft Drops Twitter
https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-drops-twitter-from-advertising-platform
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/30/elon-musk-spotify-app-store-rules/
LEGAL
Bit of antitrust for Microsoft is no big deal
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/04/25/microsoft_teams_office_bundling/
Microsoft/Activision
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65378617
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/04/uk-government-blocks-microsofts-proposed-activision-purchase/
AI
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23691415/michael-schumacher-fake-ai-generated-interview-racing-f1-lawsuit
Even google thinks Bard is worse than useless
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1933284
Google wont let you remove location info from photos
https://aus.social/@ajsadauskas/110231285083374549
HARDWARE
Google Pixel Fold
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/29/23703925/google-pixel-fold-leak-evan-blass-marketing-renders
Star Trek Communicator / Humane wearable
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/24/star-trek-comm-badge/
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/21/humane-ai-powered-wearable
APPLE
The Playlist from the Steve jobs book
https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/steve-jobs-celebrity-playlist-16-apr-2003/pl.u-YmvjqUdBdZ2
Apple to release a Journaling App / iPadOS 17?
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/21/apple-journaling-app/
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/30/ipados-17-rumors-new-features/
Apple stealing IP/Skills?
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/20/apple-paid-masimo-exec/
Discontent in apple dev land
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/110221970519865899
Media
Operation Fortune (Prime)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fortune:_Ruse_de_Guerre
Citadel
https://www.amazon.co.uk/placeholder_title/dp/B0B8TQ6SCR
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/apr/28/citadel-review-this-absurdly-fun-spy-thriller-is-televisual-crack
Retro corner: True Lies (Disney+)
Games
Kingdom Rush Legends
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/legends-of-kingdom-rush-rpg/id1542046924
Portal Switch
Listener Question
App of the Week
Ubuiquti WifiMan
https://wifiman.com/
Thing of the week
Microsoft Teams for iOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-teams/id1113153706
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Mechanical keyboard from Logitech
https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/mx-mechanical-mini-mac.920-010831.html
Tmobile
https://www.t-mobile.com/support/plans-features/t-mobile-esim-app
Airolo
https://www.airalo.com/
Steve Jobs free eBook on eBay
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/14/make-something-wonderful-printed-books/
News
Elon starts an AI company
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/14/23684005/elon-musk-new-ai-company-x
Microsoft is putting AI into everything
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/13/microsoft-swiftkey-ai-gpt-iphone-ios-android/
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/apple-iphone-google-search-samsung-threat-microsoft-bing-alphabet-chatgpt-2023-4?op=1
Ford commit to CarPlay
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/13/ford-carplay-support-commitment/
Interesting ‘cheap’ 5k monitors
https://clickclack.io/products/kuycon-g27x-5k-27-inch-ips-monitor
Should ‘young’ children have their own phones?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/apr/15/its-tough-for-parents-should-young-children-have-their-own-phone?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/17/uk_toddler_phone_ownership/
The Lisa Apples amazing failure
https://kottke.org/23/04/the-lisa-personal-computer-apples-influential-flop
State bans tiktok
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/montana-passes-bill-blocking-users-downloading-tiktok-rcna79622
Maybe the Italians were right about ChatGPT
https://thenextweb.com/news/italys-new-rules-chatgpt-could-become-template-for-rest-of-eu
Not just fast, really fast
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-crucial-t700-shows-the-promise-and-limits-of-pcie-50-ssds
UK Broken Encryption law proposal
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/18/23687769/whatsapp-encrypted-messaging-apps-uk-online-safety-ofcom-law
Games
Sega to buy Rovio ?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/14/23683633/angry-birds-rovio-sega-sell-deal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65295724
Main Show
What is WWDC?
WWDC News
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-04-16/apple-wwdc-2023-june-5-plan-reality-headset-new-macs-watchos-10-ios-17-lgjfj5bf
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/17/23686115/apple-wwdc-2023-rumored-announcements-macbooks-macs-watchos-10-mixed-reality-headset
MacBooks coming…
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/04/16/new-macbooks-at-wwdc-gurman/
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/14/15-inch-macbook-air-release-testing/
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/04/14/updated-13-inch-macbook-pro-gurman/
watchOS
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/04/16/watchos-10-major-update-gurman/
iOS 16.6 and iOS 17
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/04/13/apple-testing-ios-16-6/
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/04/13/siri-dynamic-island-ios-17/
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/04/17/app-sideloading-support-coming-ios-17/
App of the Week
Amphetamine
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amphetamine/id937984704?mt=12
Thing of the week
AirPods Max
https://www.apple.com/uk/airpods-max/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Wake from Sleep Episode 64: 13/4/23
Follow Up
Rod Ordered a new keyboard, i
https://www.keychron.uk/products/keychron-v1-qmk-custom-mechanical-keyboard-iso-layout-collection
Steve Jobs eBook is out:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/3/23668140/steve-jobs-archive-make-something-wonderful-ebook-digital-book
The computers that made Britain
https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-computers-that-made-britain/tim-danton/9781912047857
News
LLM/ChatGPT
Run your own LLM at home
https://github.com/ravenscroftj/turbopilot
MKBHD Voice Assistants
https://youtu.be/HKvo6acp5aI
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/05/chatgpt-lies/
iOS Shortcut Version of ChatGPT
https://www.macstories.net/ios/s-gpt-1-0-2-brings-date-and-time-awareness-integration-with-macos-services-menu-passthrough-mode-better-homepod-support-and-more/
iOS 17 Rumors
features leak
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/12/ios-17-features-leak/
New control centre
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/05/ios-17-rumor-redesigned-control-center/
Apple services been a bit flaky recently
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/05/apple-services-facing-slowdowns-outages/
Often happens pre-WWDC….
Teams and Snapchat lenses, just what we all needed
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/11/23678438/microsoft-teams-snapchat-lenses-feature
Bitcoin not green AND driving up peoples energy costs
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/10/23677113/bitcoin-mine-investigation-energy-emissions-electricity-bills-new-york-times
Don’t plug your iPhone on to that charger
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/10/fbi-says-avoid-public-phone-chargers-airports-malls/
Belkin MagSafe Power Bank
https://9to5toys.com/2023/04/06/belkin-magsafe-power-bank-purple/
Mac Sales WAY down (we kinda talked about this last week)
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/10/apple-mac-down-forty-percent/
Results coming soon… May 4th
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/04/04/apple-q2-2023-earnings-may-4/
Stop the fonts, now on Safari
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/09/stop-the-fonts-safari-extension/
Web fingerprinting, who even needs cookies
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/04/06/web-fingerprinting-is-worse-than-i-thought/
https://fingerprintjs.github.io/fingerprintjs/
Tesla..maybe not a great company in lots of ways
https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/
Smart home exploits
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1929120
Media
Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker
https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/boom-boom-the-world-vs-boris-becker/umc.cmc.nrpql3y16pqdot7foyan3z52
Still
https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/still-a-michael-j-fox-movie/umc.cmc.njewt06q05vqbgp6w42pqb0l?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.4000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHgMSR4F1Ak (trailer not in the app!?!)
Silo
https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2023/03/apple-tv-unearths-first-look-at-gripping-new-series-silo-and-sets-global-premiere-for-friday-may-5-2023/
Napoleon
https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2023/04/apple-original-films-announces-ridley-scotts-historical-action-epic-napoleon-will-be-released-theatrically-worldwide-in-partnership-with-sony-pictures-entertainment-on-wednesday-november-22/
Ghosted
https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/ghosted/umc.cmc.6nodv9rf3ltfk2ar3pfc8hced
Succession…almost enjoyed an episode
CGP Grey Rates the US State Flags
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4w6808wJcU
Games
Apple silicon macs play games too
https://macsourceports.com/
Osmos+ Apple arcade
https://www.pockettactics.com/osmos/apple-arcade
Main Show
https://www.emudeck.com/
App of the Week
Top Tracks
https://mastodon.social/@dimsumthinking/110159271478289090
Thing of the week
UGreen USB 2xUSB-C and 1x USB-A Plug
https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Charger-Foldable-Adapter-Compatible/dp/B0B7N4DX1Z/ref=sr_1_3?crid=25KQX147TABXC&keywords=ugreen&qid=1681389608&sprefix=ugreen%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-3
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
News
Mac chip production halted
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/03/m2-chip-production-halted-for-two-months-after-apple-warned-of-rough-time-for-mac/
First Mobile Call made 50 years ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65112048
Italy Ban ChatGPT
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/31/23664451/italy-bans-chatgpt-over-data-privacy-laws
Steve Jobs Archive eBook
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/3/23668140/steve-jobs-archive-make-something-wonderful-ebook-digital-book
GM to Ditch CarPlay over Google
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1928297
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/31/gm-carplay-support-ev/
Cool recycling, grinding up old lithium batteries may get 70% back out of them
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-023-00844-2
HDR makes everything darker
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/31/23522169/how-to-fix-disney-plus-brightness-dark-hdr-dolby-vision
UK CMA cocks up apple investigation
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/31/apple-wins-uk-appeal-antitrust-probe-gov-mess-up/
Google Destroying Evidence
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/03/28/google_destroying_evidence_claim/
Philips also delaying matter
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/27/23658961/philips-hue-matter-bridge-update-delayed
Arc Browser now (kinda) mobile
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/27/23658863/arc-browser-iphone-ios-companion-app-mac
Teams Improvements inbound
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/27/23657938/microsoft-teams-overhaul-performance-improvements-ui-design-changes-features
Picture in picture (in picture in picture)
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/29/ios-16-5-multiview-quad-box-video/
Games
Tetris Effect
https://www.xbox.com/en-gb/games/store/Tetris-Effect-Connected/9PPBVK3TK83M
Tetris 99 (Switch)
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/TETRIS-99-1505396.html
App of the Week
Sequel 2
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sequel-media-tracker/id1630746993
Follow Up
Webcam Options
News
Twitter Source Code Leak and Value
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/27/23657928/twitter-source-code-leak-github
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65084254
more eSims
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/27/iphone-15-esim-only-more-countries/#more-872913
Rod are you on the eSIM train?
Microsoft's Notion Competitor
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/22/23651487/microsoft-loop-public-preview-notion-competitor
16.4 Leaks (airpods pro case with USB-C)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/03/21/ios-164-beta-leaks-new-airpods-charging-case-beats
Question: Apple Music Classical have a CarPlay app?
16.4 out today!
Gordon Moore dies
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/03/25/gordon_moore/
Moore’s Law:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law
'aCropalypse’ bug
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/03/24/microsoft_snipping_tool_fix/
UK CMA A-OK with CoD
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/24/23654728/microsoft-activision-blizzard-deal-uk-cma-call-of-duty-playstation
Windows and Imesaage, badly together at last
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/24/23654672/microsoft-phone-link-hands-on-imessage-ios
Interesting app for collab playlist syncing
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/23/caset-collaborative-playlist-app-apple-music-sync/
Tesla brings airpower
https://www.theverge.com/23652493/tesla-wireless-charging-platform-qi-airpower-features-specs-price
Media
Welcome to Wrexham
Succession Series 4 Episode 1 is out!
Ted Lassos Series 3 Episode 2
Race Across The World (Series 3) - BBC
Sharpe
Mandalorian
Games
Counter Strike 2
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/counter-strike-2-is-real-coming-this-summer-and-in-limited-access-right-now
Main Show
Home Cinema Setups
Chris
LG Screen- https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08X3QNS28/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Denon Amp: https://www.richersounds.com/denon-avr-x2800h-dab-black.html
Kef Speakers and Sub
Front and Rears: https://www.richersounds.com/kef-t301-black.html
Center:https://www.richersounds.com/kef-t301c-black.html
Sub: https://www.richersounds.com/kef-subwoofer.html
Inputs: PS5 / Sky Q Box / Apple TV / Nintendo Switch / DVD Player
Rod
Amp
https://www.denon.com/en-gb/product/av-receivers/avr-x2200w
TV
https://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-oled65g26la
Sonos Bits
https://www.sonos.com/en-gb/shop/one
https://www.sonos.com/en-gb/shop/beam
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/sonos-era-100
Canton speakers
https://www.canton.ch/en/products/home-cinema-old/5.1-movie/movie-75
PS5 AppleTV
App of the Week
Artifact
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/22/23610612/artifact-news-app-instagram-co-founders-open
Thing of the week
Build Book by Tony Fadell
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Build-Unorthodox-Guide-Making-Things/dp/1787634108/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1679914734&sr=8-1
Follow Up:
Watch Straps
https://zulualphastraps.com/products/apple-strap
News
Original iPhone Sells for $55k
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/03/17/original-iphone-auction-results/
Drove away in the wrong Tesla
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/03/15/tesla_key_mixup/
Matter not going well part 111
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/15/23641930/belkin-matter-wemo-smart-home
Mac and the iPad on a collision course
https://www.macstories.net/linked/the-mac-and-ipad-pro-are-on-a-collision-course/
TikTok banned from UK Government phones
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/16/uk-bans-tiktok-from-government-mobile-phones?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/30/explainer-us-congress-tiktok-ban
Need to heat your pool? Try data centre
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1924624
More Tech Sector Layofs
Amazon: https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/20/amazon_9000_layoffs/
Meta: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64954124
Media
Banshees becomes a game
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-banshees-of-inisherin-gets-devastatingly-good-pac-man-treatment
Upcoming Films
Blackberry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXL_HDzBQsM&themeRefresh=1
Tetris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BLM1naCfME
Main Show
ChatGPT comes to office
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/17/23644501/microsoft-copilot-ai-office-documents-microsoft-365-report
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/03/16/introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-your-copilot-for-work/
Siri now really beginning to lag behind
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/17/ai-technology-apple-lagging-behind-siri/
Apparently Testing something better
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/16/apple-testing-siri-natural-language-generating-chatgpt/
Guard Rails for AI
https://www.ft.com/content/3e27cfd6-e287-4b6f-a588-29b5b962a534
Google’s BARD
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/21/23649794/google-chatgpt-rival-bard-ai-chatbot-access-hands-on
Sonos voice assistants
https://www.imore.com/sonos-takes-swipe-apple-making-siri-available-other-devices
Listener Question
https://www.apple.com/uk/mac-mini/specs/
Thing of the week
Sony Gallery
https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/design/gallery/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Pagi Source Code
https://github.com/lucasfischer/Pagi
News
App Store Rejection Story
Goose Game
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/06/untitled-goose-game-rejected-apple-mac-app-store/
Metacritic
https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/untitled-goose-game
App Store Announcements
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/03/06/ios-announcements-and-offers/
Apple TV Siri Remote Fix with 13.3.3
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/06/apple-tv-siri-remote-connectivity-fix/
The Guardian going back into apple news
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/12/the-guardian-embraces-apple-news-after-initial-doubt-significant-opportunities-to-reach-a-wider-audience/
Quest2 and Quest Pro Reduction
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/meta-are-cutting-the-price-of-the-quest-2-and-quest-pro
Best Selling Phones
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/07/best-selling-smartphones-2022/
Age of Devices
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/08/iphone-ipad-mac-use-by-age/
VW Car Tracking
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1922497
New Colours
Watch Straps and iPhone Cases
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/07/apple-launches-fresh-spring-colors-for-iphone-cases-and-watch-bands/
and an iPhone https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/7/23626371/apple-yellow-iphone-14-plus-color-spring
Music Things
Apple Classical
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/03/09/apple-music-classical-15-things-you-need-to-know/
Vinyl surpasses CD
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/10/23633605/vinyl-records-surpasses-cd-music-sales-us-riaa
Media
The Big Door Show
https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2023/01/apples-new-comedy-the-big-door-prize-from-emmy-award-winning-creator-david-west-read-to-make-global-debut-spring-2023/
Games
Play Date Catalogue
https://play.date/games/catalog/
Northguard
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/northgard/id1533979882
Microsoft also skipping E3
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/10/23634418/xbox-e3-2023-skipping-show-floor
The Commodore Tape Archive
https://archive.org/details/ultimatetapearchive
Main Show
GenZ in the workplace
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/27/gen-z-tech-shame-office-technology-printers
https://www.pcgamer.com/young-workers-dont-know-how-to-use-office-printers-scanners-ancient-desktop-pcs/
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220613-gen-z-the-workers-who-want-it-all
https://www.businessleader.co.uk/gen-z-lead-charge-office-working-comeback/
Enshittification of the Internet
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/11/users-advertisers-we-are-all-trapped-in-the-enshittification-of-the-internet
App of the Week
Rectangle
https://rectangleapp.com/
Thing of the week
The Lathums - From Nothing To A Little Bit More
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/from-nothing-to-a-little-bit-more/1650375313
80 guitar intros
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le9v4F7NXEI
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
News
Rumours
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2023/03/04/apple-iphone-15-pro-max-usb-c-port-lockdown-new-iphone-upgrades/?sh=6cf45931120b
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/05/new-15-inch-macbook-air-by-wwdc/
Regulation
https://news.yahoo.com/eu-antitrust-regulators-target-apples-134345814.html
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/eu-regulators-reportedly-set-to-approve-microsofts-activision-buyout
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/03/01/ec_apple_app_investigation/
Potential De-regulation (Blink on iOS)
https://9to5google.com/2023/03/03/first-look-google-chrome-blink-engine-iphone-ios/
Malware on Windows
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/03/01/blacklotus_malware_eset/
Firefox and Fonts
https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/109949267700818438
Pagi on the App Store
https://lucas.love/blog/pagi-app-store
USB Cables
https://www.pcworld.com/article/1063892/we-tested-43-old-usb-c-to-usb-a-cables-1-was-great-10-were-dangerous.html
Messages on Windows
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/28/microsoft-imessage-windows-support/
Awards!
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/mar/02/stray-and-god-of-war-ragnarok-lead-nominations-at-bafta-games-awards?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Nintendo Switch Update
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Nintendo-Switch/System-Updates/Nintendo-Switch-System-Updates-and-Change-History-1445507.html
Game Boy
Metroid Prime Remastered
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Metroid-Prime-Remastered-2341668.html
Better than Nintendo Emulation
https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/a-new-emulator-plugin-is-bringing-60fps-and-more-to-nintendo-64-games-3239929
Injustice 2 :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injustice_2
Main Show
New Bike!
https://www.vanmoof.com/en-GB/s5
App of the Week
https://gentler.app/
Thing of the week
https://glass.photo/
Top 50 RTS Games
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/these-are-your-50-favourite-strategy-games-of-all-time
News
Nintendo Related Stuff
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/24/23613605/nintendo-e3-not-attending-show-2023
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1918899
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/21/23608256/microsoft-nintendo-call-of-duty-agreement-legal-eu-hearing
Naughty Microsoft
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/02/23/microsoft_edge_banner_chrome/
Passcodes
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/24/iphone-stolen-passcodes-report/
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/27/airpods-max-thieves/
Racism and Twitter
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/25/business/dilbert-comic-strip-racist-tirade/index.html
https://mastodon.social/@willoremus/109933309020866774
What do you get when you buy from Amazon and they are now
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1919892
And they are now a healthcare provider
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/02/23/amazon_one_medical_merger/
Proposed UK Online Bills reducing security
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1920090
More iPhone 15 Stuff
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/22/exclusive-iphone-15-cads-reveal-larger-6-2-inch-display-dynamic-island-and-more/
Scammy apps in the App store
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/02/21/scam-authenticator-app-steals-qr-codes/
Nokia has a new logo
https://www.nokia.com/
Media
End of the road for Succession
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/succession-season-4-last-newsupdate/
Marc Marquez All in (Amazon Prime)
https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2023/02/19/marc-marquez-all-in-premieres-in-madrid/448145
Games
GT7 - February Update (and Sophy AI)
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/02/almost-unbeatable-ai-comes-to-gran-turismo-7/
The Great War
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-great-war-western-front-gives-players-a-chance-to-rewrite-history
Atomic Heart
https://mundfish.com/
Shredders Revenge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Shredder%27s_Revenge
Main Show
Health Sensors and Apple watch
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-22/apple-watch-blood-glucose-monitor-could-revolutionize-diabetes-care-aapl
Listener Question
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1865780/Downfall__A_Slay_the_Spire_Fan_Expansion/
App of the Week
Sleep ++
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sleep/id1038440371
Thing of the week
Lego Delorean
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/lego-delorean-is-back
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Wake from Sleep Episode 57 : 19/2/22
Follow Up
UTM
https://mac.getutm.app/
News
Returning to the office!
https://fortune.com/2023/02/16/return-office-real-reason-slump-productivity-data-careers-gleb-tsipursky/
Tan Leather Strap
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/14/nomad-english-tan-leather-modern-band-apple-watch/
Did It Again: Apple Faces Fourth iPhone Privacy Lawsuit After Gizmodo Story
https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-privacy-4th-lawsuit-1850048418
IPhone 15
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/18/23604808/apple-iphone-15-pro-button-rumor-haptic
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/17/iphone-15-design-2/
Bing is Wrong
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/02/14/microsoft_ai_bing_error/
Search Revenue
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/17/google-apple-chrome-search-revenue/
iOS Usage Stats
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/16/ios-16-usage-stats-apple-iphone/
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-distribution-numbers-2021/
iOS 16.4
https://www.macstories.net/news/ios-and-ipados-16-4-betas-are-out-with-new-emoji-loads-of-safari-updates-apple-podcasts-enhancements-shortcuts-actions-and-more/
https://mastodon.social/@_inside/109876825364439764
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/16/ios-16-4-imessage-rich-previews-for-mastodon-posts/
Mastodon
https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/109880177018417627
Fitbit And Google
https://mastodon.social/@vicmsong/109882107246467522
Media
Blackberry Film
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/berlin-blackberry-film-jay-baruchel-smartphone-1235317159/
Games
Apple’s Gaming Event
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/17/apple-event-gaming-iphone-mac/
Main Show
Belkin Magsafe mount for Displays
https://www.apple.com/ca/shop/product/HQ652ZM/A/belkin-iphone-mount-magsafe-compatible-for-mac-desktops
App of the Week
https://github.com/litchie/dospad
Thing of the week
Upgrade Podcast!
https://www.relay.fm/upgrade
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
News
Teams ?Free Free -
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1916190
iOS Clone - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/02/09/apple_says_cma_tweaks_would/
Matter and Healthcare - https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/9/23592421/matter-healthcare-wearables-csa-standards
Netflix Account Sharing - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/02/09/netflix_sharing_restrictions/
Japan and Big Tech - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/02/10/japan_mobile_market_reform_recommendations/
Siri Remote dropping connections
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/11/apple-tv-siri-remote-connection-dropping/
Urbo
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-citybuilding-puzzle-game-is-threes-meets-dorfromantik-and-im-extremely-here-for-it
Main Show
ChatGPT / AI
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/8/23499728/ai-capability-accessibility-chatgpt-stable-diffusion-commercialization
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/02/08/alphabet_bard_mistake
Microsoft CEO on Decoder Podcast / Daring Fireball
https://www.theverge.com/23589994/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-bing-chatgpt-google-search-ai
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/02/07/stern-nadella-bing-openai
Bing -
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/02/07/reinventing-search-with-a-new-ai-powered-microsoft-bing-and-edge-your-copilot-for-the-web/
Opera building it in
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/11/23595784/opera-browser-chatgpt-sidebar-ai
App of the Week
Essayist - https://mastodon.social/@knutknatter/109837318185496145
Thing of the week
More or Less : Behind the Statistics Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/35RaeVHQQCpQkysR7moJhp?si=Sg3yjQtkTEiXbiAK4oqpdA
News
Folding iPads on the Horizon?
https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/30/folding-ipad-launch/
What happens to login with Twitter?
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/01/19/what-about-log-in-with-twitter/
Sony Halves Sales expectations for PSVR2
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/01/sony-halves-reported-sales-expectations-for-coming-psvr2-headset/
Jony Ive has created a new style Red Nose
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/01/jony-ive-red-nose/
Dell Cutting Jobs
https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/06/dell_job_cuts/
Activision Blizzard
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/8/23590700/microsoft-activision-uk-cma-findings-call-of-duty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitfall!
Media
MLS Soccer Pass now on Apple TV
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/01/mls-season-pass-launches-on-apple-tv-app-ahead-of-soccer-season-start/
The Banshees of Inisherin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Banshees_of_Inisherin
Hello Tomorrow Series (coming soon on Apple TV+)
https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/hello-tomorrow/umc.cmc.6lknbhv5dcfx8lfe8ghqmy4ma
Main Show
Apple Earnings
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/02/aaple-q1-2023-earnings-report-data/
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/02/apple-results-and-charts-117-2b-quarter-is-still-a-step-back/
6 colors report
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/02/apple-in-2022-the-six-colors-report-card/
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Follow Up
Cool to have temperature and humidity sensors
https://www.theverge.com/23574268/homepod-temperature-and-humidity-sensor-how-to-use
News
royal family owed money by twitter
https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/news/british-royal-family-sue-twitter-after-elon-musks-company-allegedly-stopped-paying-rent-on-london-hq-42309728.html
[Apple Changing Pricing]
(https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/27/apple-changing-app-store-prices-uk/)
https://developer.apple.com/support/downloads/price-tier-updates/mVuHzUTLW8A3n4bvJzP3/App-Store-
Price-Tier-Updates-February-2023.pdf
[Recommended Security keys for Enhanced Security]
(https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/27/security-keys-apple-recommends/ )
2 Keys / Chris’ Key
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yubico-Authentication-Security-Supported-Accounts/dp/B08DHL1YDL/?sprefix=Yubikey,aps,71
https://www.yubico.com/gb/store/#yubikey-5-series
M2 Macs with slow SSDs
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/24/m2-mac-mini-256gb-slower-ssd/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cneoANZKBGk (MKBHD Review)
£200 more for 256gb SSD
Eve to Matter Plugs
https://www.macrumors.com/review/eve-matter-homekit-accessories/
Side Note: Coding as Career
https://www.ft.com/content/a0a2d252-96b8-4b14-8e0f-d6097244bac1
Apple Reality Pro
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-01-29/apple-aapl-reality-pro-headset-2023-will-it-eventually-replace-the-iphone-ldhhulli
Media
Shrinking on AppleTV
https://tv.apple.com/us/show/shrinking/umc.cmc.apzybj6eqf6pzccd97kev7bs
Main show
Activation Locked macs and landfill
App of the Week
Chris's thing of the week :
Book: Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Satsuma-Complex-Bob-Mortimer/dp/1398521205/
Contact
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Wake from Sleep Episode 53 for 22/1/23
Follow Up
Why is this not a thing I can buy in the UK yet?
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HQ652ZM/A/belkin-iphone-mount-with-magsafe-for-mac-desktops-and-displays
News Rumours
Apple Pushing back on UK CMA
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/22/apple-appeals-uk-platform-investigation/
Twitters 3rd Party API Nonsense
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/20/twitter-bans-third-party-apps/
https://blog.iconfactory.com/2023/01/twitterrific-end-of-an-era/
https://tapbots.com/tweetbot/
Apple being dicks about it
https://daringfireball.net/2023/01/ice_cubes_app_store_limbo
ChatGPT
https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23558572/nick-cave-chatgpt-imitation-lyrics-grotesque-mockery
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23558516/ai-art-copyright-stable-diffusion-getty-images-lawsuit
The Tech Layoffs continue
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1910849
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/18/tech-layoffs-microsoft-amazon-meta-others-have-cut-more-than-60000.html
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/01/20/google_to_chop_12000_employees/
https://mastodon.online/@ves/109723760319778745
Full Time iPad
https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/21/how-i-built-my-desk-setup-entirely-around-using-ipad-as-a-computer/
Media
Mary Queen of Scots
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mary_queen_of_scots
Extraordinary Attorney Woo
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/extraordinary_attorney_woo
Matilda The Musical (Film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_the_Musical_(film)
Games
Ghost of Tsushima
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/ghost-of-tsushima/
Headsets
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Microphone-Comfortable-Lightweight-PlayStation/dp/B07W6J6TG5/?sprefix=Logitech,aps,73&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1
https://www.logitechg.com/en-gb/products/gaming-audio/g733-rgb-wireless-headset.981-000883.html
Main Show
New Things:
New Homepod:
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/18/apple-announces-new-homepod/
No new homepod mini
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/22/gurman-apple-not-working-on-new-homepod-mini/
New Mac Mini
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/17/new-m2-m2-pro-mac-mini/
Turning on sensors in existing products
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/18/23560630/apple-homepod-mini-temperature-humidity-sensor-update
App of the Week
Ice Cubes
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ice-cubes-for-mastodon/id6444915884
https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp
Contact
wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
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@_cjp@mastodon.social
News
Stadia Controller is getting Bluetooth Support
Ford Pinto
Tim Apples’s Paycut
Apple Windows Apps
And they mention Reality OS
US blocks $400m Army HoloLens orders, Microsoft left with a tenth for R&D
Cool old Apple Magazine Resource
Touch Screen Macs on the Way?
Meta Fined $414 Million for failing to seek consent
This week in twitter
Twitter founders are on Mastodon
Third Party app bans intentional
Various apple Privacy suits and fines
and
Media
Last of us
Games
Gran Turismo Movie
Sony controllers and accessibility
Duelyst
App of the week
Steam Home Streaming App
Follow Up
Hash Photos
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/hashphotos/id685784609
Rod iPhone Case
https://caudabe.com/products/sheath-iphone-13-pro-max?variant=39713906229345
Meta Pro Video from the Verge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqY1ZNTaHyo
News/Rumours
Aqara
https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/06/aqara-announces-exciting-new-homekit-products-for-2023/
Best of CES
https://www.theverge.com/23539309/ces-2023-best-of-tech-concept-samsung-bmw-matter
VW ID7
https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/press-releases/on-the-road-to-the-world-premiere-first-appearance-of-the-new-id7-sedan-with-a-digital-camouflage-look-15405
Interesting Lenovo stuff
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/lenovos-yoga-book-9i-is-an-unprecedented-laptop-for-people-who-hate-foldables/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/7/23543213/lenovo-thinkphone-by-motorola-smartphone-thinkpad
Monitors
https://www.theverge.com/23542274/samsung-dell-5k-6k-monitors-apple-macbook-macos-ces-2023
Safari Turns 20!
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/07/safari-turns-20/
iPhone SE Cancelled
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/6/23542525/apple-iphone-se-4-2024-canceled-rumor-qualcomm
Post processing ruining iPhone photos
https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/06/mkbhd-post-processing-ruining-iphone-photos/
Qualcomm going to enable satelite messaging
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/5/23538207/qualcomm-satellite-messaging-snapdragon-android
Media
A Spy Among Friends
https://www.itv.com/watch/a-spy-among-friends/2a7931/2a7931a0001
Sharpe and ITVX
https://www.itv.com/watch/sharpe/SHARPE
Games
PS VR2
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/ps-vr2/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/14/23351946/playstation-vr-psvr-2-hands-on-impressions-horizon-call-of-the-mountain-sony
Main Show
Apple’s 2023 Roadmap
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/07/apples-2023-roadmap-when-to-expect-new-product-launches/
email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Twitter : @wfs_podcast
Mastodon
@g5maniac@mastodon.scot
@_cjp@mastodon.social
News/Rumours
Dark Sky went away
https://www.fastcompany.com/90829810/apple-finally-killed-off-the-beloved-dark-sky-weather-app-try-these-decent-alternatives-instead
https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/30/best-weather-apps-for-iphone/
Mastodon Rejects Funding
https://www.ft.com/content/de808736-2e05-4c3b-a53c-55b170ae9efd
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-preserve-nonprofit-status/
5 and 6k displays incoming
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/2/23531390/samsung-viewfinity-s9-5k-monitor-announced-features
https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/03/dell-32-inch-6k-monitor/
A real WTF moment in the Microsoft/Activision Trial
https://www.theverge.com/23536092/microsoft-plays-dumb-call-of-duty-release-date
RUMORS
iPhone 15 to have 48MP cam
https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/02/iphone-15-plus-rumored-48mp-camera/
Cheaper Airpods
https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/02/apple-reportedly-working-on-airpods-lite-to-compete-with-cheaper-wireless-earbuds/
Media
We Own this City
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Own_This_City
Games
Last of Us (Part 1) - PS5
https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/25/23422782/playstation-dualsense-edge-ps5-controller-sony-preorder
GTA 5 (PS5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eb_uFHKQ14
OpenRA server
https://hub.docker.com/r/rmoriz/openra/
Vampire Survivors now on iOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vampire-survivors/id6444525702
Main Show
The iPhone 14’s a commercial Failures?
https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/02/iphone-14-plus-is-a-commercial-failure/
https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/30/iphone-15-price-cut/
https://www.apple.com/homepod-mini/specs/
App of the week
https://www.synology.com/en-uk/dsm/feature/drive
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Follow Up
16.2 Update pulled (only Home upgrade)
https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/21/apple-pulls-new-home-app-architecture-in-ios-16-2-as-users-complain-about-homekit-issues/
News/Rumours
Madison Square Garden Uses Facial Recognition to Ban Its Owner’s Enemies
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/nyregion/madison-square-garden-facial-recognition.html
Police Seize COVIF-19 data for surveillance
https://apnews.com/article/technology-police-government-surveillance-covid-19-3f3f348d176bc7152a8cb2dbab2e4cc4
Battery replacement must be ‘easily’ achieved by consumers, in proposed European law
https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/21/battery-replacement/
Framework
https://frame.work/gb/en
COD Players wading into the MS/Activision fight
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ten-cod-players-have-launched-their-own-lawsuit-to-stop-microsoft-buying-activision-blizzard
Two Stories from MKBHD
1 - iPhone 14 pro camera not that great
https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/22/mkbhd-blind-camera-test-iphone-14-pro-results/
2 - Siri not last!
https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/25/alexa-helps-siri-avoid-last-place-in-mkbhd-smartphone-voice-assistant-test-video/
NON cloud based voice assistant
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1906533
TikTok Tracked people (shock)
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/12/23/tiktok_tracked_journalists/
Developer successfully emulates first version of iPhone OS on a computer with QEMU
https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/23/developer-emulates-iphone-os-qemu/
Media
Apple / NFL
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/22/23471824/apple-nfl-negotiations-sunday-ticket-dragging-on
Games
New wordle competitor from the guardian
https://www.wordiply.com/
Got a new toy for Xmas
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thrustmaster-T-Flight-Hotas-Joystick-Throttle/dp/B076PMSYH9/?crid=2IABEWETFJ30S&psr=EY17&s=black-friday&sprefix=hotas,black-friday,77&th=1
Therefore been playing
https://www.flightsimulator.com/
https://www.elitedangerous.com/
DCS A10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnacutTEr3s
Apple’s 2022 in review: the good, the bad and the karaokehttps://www.stuff.tv/features/apples-2022-in-review-the-good-the-bad-and-the-karaoke/
Contact Us
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mastodon
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Follow Up
Link to Homebridge
https://homebridge.io/
News
John Carmack Leaves Meta
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0iPixEvPJQGzNa6t2x6HUL5TYqfmKGqSgfkBg6QaTyHF5frXQi7eLGxC7uPQv5U5jl&id=100006735798590&__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXsDdV3k6gSu83P0a2jJg4FQsWHW-usRsi2ayd7dymrA9C6yBA-uWSUgw7A8Mhza8gpZFkCvbip_sJRxDvUMP273PIS0FOSQQWGmL2Cbv3HVg&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R
Decoder Podcast (with Automatic/Tumblr CEO)
https://www.theverge.com/23506085/wordpress-twitter-tumblr-ceo-matt-mullenweg-elon-musk
Twitter blocks links to other social media sites
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/18/tech/twitter-ban-social-media-links/index.html
Elon asks twitter audience whether he should step down
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/18/23515764/elon-musk-head-twit-poll-tesla-doxxing-moderation
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/zp5c42/elon_musk_hanging_out_with_jared_kushner_at_the/
https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/19/twitter-madness/
Linux, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft want in on Maps
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1905197
People going Blind when device expires
https://www.insider.com/people-with-eye-implants-risk-going-blind-when-device-expires-2022-2
Apple mulls opening browser engine, NFC, and more to third-party apps
https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/13/apple-mulls-opening-browser-engine-nfc-and-more-to-third-party-apps/
Could Apple be made to allow other Browsers on iOS / iPadOS
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63984ce2d3bf7f3f7e762453/Issues_statement_.pdf
Microsoft may be in hotwater over Teams integration
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/12/13/microsoft_teams_eu_slack/
Media
Biggest Film Flops
https://www.lifestyle-a2z.com/these-are-the-biggest-box-office-movie-flops/2?xcmg=1
Games
Unciv
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/unciv-is-a-free-open-source-take-on-civilization-5-thats-coming-to-steam
Email : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
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mastodon
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Follow Up
Goblin Mode
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/05/goblin-mode-new-oxford-word-of-the-year
Linux M1 GPU driver
https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-gpu-driver-apple/
upscale old media
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/324466-tutorial-how-to-upscale-star-trek-deep-space-nine
News
Google brings continuous scrolling
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/6/23495973/google-search-desktop-continuous-scrolling
TOR Browser now for apple silicon
https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/10/tor-browser-apple-silicon-optimized/
MS / Activision
FTC - Microsoft Merger legal challenge
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/8/23498224/ftc-microsoft-activision-blizzard-legal-challenge-sues-block
CoD Nintendo deal
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/7/23497908/microsoft-call-of-duty-nintendo-valve-steam-deal-agreement
Meta in the firing line in the EU
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/12/08/meta_eu_personal_info/
USB-C has an enforcement date:
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/8/23499754/usb-c-iphone-european-union-legislation-charger-lightning-enforcement-date
New Macs in SteamDB
https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/10/unreleased-macs-spotted-in-new-database/
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/12/10/mac-pro-and-pro-display-xdr-launched-three-years-ago-today/
Cool Chrome plugin to support striking workers
https://github.com/jamespizzurro/picket-line-notifier
Twitter Blue
https://www.engadget.com/twitter-blue-monday-11-per-month-ios-221436172.html
Developer iOS pricing tier changes
https://mashable.com/article/apple-app-store-prices
Games
https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/dead-cells-is-coming-to-apple-arcade-in-december-2022-34973/
Media
Emancipation on Apple TV
https://www.apple.com/uk/tv-pr/originals/emancipation/
Main Show
Bought One SL
https://www.sonos.com/en-gb/shop/one-sl
Beam Center
https://www.sonos.com/en-gb/shop/beam
Apple Encryption Updates
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/7/23498580/apple-end-to-end-encryption-icloud-backups-advanced-data-protection
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1902749
Man in the middle can be called out in iMessage
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/7/23498565/apple-imessage-icloud-data-protection-verification-security-keys
News/Rumours
Moore’s Law
https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/02/amd_transistor_tech/?td=rt-3a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law
Elons Rollercoaster
Apple Hates free speech
https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/28/elon-musk-implies-apple-hates-free-speech/
Elon and Apple now no trouble
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/01/elon-musk-resolves-apple-row-over-removal-of-twitter-from-iphone-store
Microsoft/Activision
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-ftc-now-look-likely-to-approve-microsofts-activision-blizzard-buyout
Top tip on how to do the remove background images on a mac
https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/03/remove-backgrounds-from-images-on-mac/
The Dive Computer part of the apple watch Ultra Is out
https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/28/get-oceanic-app-apple-watch-ultra/
Homepod mini apples secret weapon
https://www.macworld.com/article/1423214/homepod-google-nest-hub-amazon-echo-show-speaker-display.html
Great little feature on Apps from Craig Grannell
https://mastodon.social/@craiggrannell/109460219236138344
30 Years of the txt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63825894
Media
Indiana Jones 5 Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfVYgWYaHmE
SAS Rogue Heroes done and a second season announced
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/sas-rogue-heroes-series-two-hit-bbc-drama-to-return
We Own This City
https://www.hbo.com/we-own-this-city
Everything Everywhere all at Once
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/everything_everywhere_all_at_once
Games
OpenRA (Open Red Alert)
https://www.openra.net/about/
Marvels Midnight Suns
https://midnightsuns.2k.com/
Main SHow
Chris Synology https://global.download.synology.com/download/Document/Hardware/DataSheet/DiskStation/13-year/DS413/enu/Synology_DS413_Data_Sheet_enu.pdf
Chris Bought https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Professional-G-DRIVE-Enterprise-Class-Desktop/dp/B0B8JKDW3M/?crid=1YAFNB8U1MJE9&sprefix=sdphf1a-006t-mbaad,aps,47
Rods Synology
https://www.synology.com/en-uk/products/DS420+
Online Services
Backblaze
https://www.backblaze.com/best-online-backup-service.html
Crashplan
https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/
Carbonite
https://www.carbonite.com/
App of the Week
Metatext Stopping development
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z77i4w/open_source_ios_app_metatext_is_looking_for_a_new/
Toot!
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/toot/id1229021451
Ivory
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/29/tapbots-ivory-mastodon-app/
ARC Browser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5GuEeZBZk
Belkin MagSafe
https://www.belkin.com/in/portable-wireless-charger-pad-with-magsafe-15w/P-WIA004.html
ReadKit
https://readkit.app/
The Alexa Misery Deepens
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/amazon-alexa-is-a-colossal-failure-on-pace-to-lose-10-billion-this-year/
Apple won 46 Patents
https://www.patentlyapple.com/2022/11/apple-won-46-patents-today-covering-an-advanced-interior-vehicle-lighting-system-the-iphones-ui-for-reporting-an-incident-i.html
Interesting perspective on Apple and device usage
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/11/23/apples_got_a_good_thing/
UK CMA Apple/Google investigation
https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/23/cma_apple_google_investigation/
Apple Buying Man-U
https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/24/apple-expressed-interest-in-buying-uk-soccer-team-manchester-united/
Not only the EU and the UK looking at MS / Activision
https://www.polygon.com/23476842/microsoft-activision-blizzard-ftc-lawsuit-likely
Sony Throw Battlefield to the Wolves
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/24/23476746/sony-battlefield-roast-microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-competition-markets-authority
iCloud for windows showing other peoples pictures
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/21/icloud-for-windows-corrupt-video-bug/
Slow Horses S2 starts on Friday
https://www.apple.com/uk/tv-pr/news/2022/10/apples-hit-espionage-drama-slow-horses-debuts-season-two-trailer/
Andor Season Finale
https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/star-wars-andor/3xsQKWG00GL5
Jimmy Savile A British Horror Story
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81520549
Echo3 on Apple TV+
https://www.apple.com/uk/tv-pr/originals/echo-3/
Spiderman 2
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spiderman_2
Long Way Round
https://tv.apple.com/us/show/long-way-round/umc.cmc.13c4zk3hpybm6u0cfk1x0vyi
Attack of the Hollywood Cliches
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81440982
Emily the Criminal
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/emily_the_criminal
Spacehulk tactics Playstation
https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP4133-CUSA10360_00-SPACEHULKTACTICS
Liberating Audible Books
https://github.com/rmcrackan/Libation
Mastodon and the Fediverse
https://framatube.org/w/9dRFC6Ya11NCVeYKn8ZhiD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse
https://fediverse.party/
MKBHD Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_WbmIIy4vk
Epic Strikes Back
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/11/apple-and-epic-spar-over-security-vs-consumer-choice-in-appeals-court/
Matter Smart Plugs
https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/15/first-matter-smart-plugs-is-now-available/
Follow up on Last weeks apple privacy concern
https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/21/ios-privacy-concerns-deepen/
Tesla Things
Apple Music now coming to Teslas
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/21/apple-music-tesla-vehicles/
Wonder if you will need Teslas monthy sub to make this work
Another Tesla Recall
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/20/23469616/tesla-recalls-over-300000-vehicles-taillight-issue-airbags
SOS via Satelite live
https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/15/emergency-sos-via-satellite-live/
Bob Iger back as Disney CEO
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/20/23470368/disney-ceo-bob-iger-in-bob-chapek-out
ARC a new web browser concept
https://www.theverge.com/23462235/arc-web-browser-review
Media
In the line of fire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Line_of_Fire
Spygame
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_Game
Enemy of the state
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120660/
Fifa Digital Option
https://www.amazon.co.uk/DualSense-Wireless-Controller-FIFA-23/dp/B0BH57MMXG/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1FPHKFAJWUI9X&keywords=Fifa+23&qid=1669040033&sprefix=fifa+23,aps,63&sr=8-4
Monster Train iPad/iOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/monster-train/id1577392165
Warzone 2 is out
https://www.callofduty.com/blog/2022/11/call-of-duty-warzone-2-0-season-01-dmz-battle-royale-overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7_JQasTS_E
Tech pics for Xmas lists
Mobile Gaming
Switch Lite
https://www.nintendo.com/switch/lite/
Steam Deck
https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck
Evercade
https://evercade.co.uk/exp/
Console :
Xbox s
https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/consoles/xbox-series-s
x
https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/consoles/xbox-series-x
https://evercade.co.uk/vs/
Mobile Computing
Macbook Air M2 (https://www.apple.com/uk/macbook-air/ )
iPad (https://www.apple.com/uk/ipad-10.2/ )
Headphones
https://www.apple.com/uk/airpods/
Dropover
https://dropoverapp.com/
News/Rumours
Tesla recalls 40k cars over patch that broke power steering
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/11/08/40k_teslas_recalled_due_to/
Amazon is subjecting Alexa to a performance review
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23451534/amazon-alexa-cost-cutting-review-andy-jassy
Amazon reportedly laying off workers
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/technology/amazon-layoffs.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/14/amazon-reportedly-plans-to-lay-off-about-10000-employees-starting-this-week.html
THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS ENDING
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/11/twitter-facebook-social-media-decline/672074/
Media
Baby Yoda
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/11/23453230/studio-ghibli-star-wars-lucasfilm
HIGH SCORE documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcDQdulwDQY
Games
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/8/23447483/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-eu-investigation
Main Show
Perspectives on Apple and Privacy : This first story is most at odds with apples position…
https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/14/apple-analytics-data-sent-from-iphones-with-or-without-consent-class-action-lawsuit-filed/
https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/11/apple-limits-iphone-filesharing-feature-used-by-protesters-in-china
Rods App of the Week
NetNewsWire
https://netnewswire.com/
Ft.app
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/financial-times/id1200842933
New EU Law may force sideloading / message interoperability
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/01/dma-eu-law-could-force-major-changes-apple/New Apple TV stuff
Match Content better on new apple tv
https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/02/apple-tv-qms/
Made the Up Next experience worse
https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/03/apple-tv-app-up-next-featured-row/
Netflix Cheaper plan does not work on Apple TV at launch
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/3/23438754/netflix-basic-ads-plan-not-supported-apple-tv
Ex Apple People:
Tony Fadell
https://www.arm.com/company/news/2022/11/arm-announces-the-appointment-of-tony-fadell-to-the-board-of-directors
Jony Ive: Life After Apple
https://apple.news/AjldbvNt_Td697AxPc7khRA
Apple getting rid of the ‘hey before Siri
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/6/23443110/apple-swap-hey-siri-wake-word-rumors-voice-assistant
SAS Rogue Heroes (BBC One)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTWqFccBsgg&themeRefresh=1
Apple TV + Film (Jennifer Lawrence + Bryan Tyree Henry)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-iIkeMqXXE
Playstation losing subscribers
https://www.polygon.com/23434321/playstation-plus-subscribers-down-2022-earnings
Marvel Snap
https://www.marvelsnap.com/
Cult of the Lamb is interesting
https://www.devolverdigital.com/games/cult-of-the-lamb
Vampire Survivors
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794680/Vampire_Survivors/
Twitter Links
Some laid off employees being asked to come back
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/4/23439790/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-trust-and-safety-teams-severance?tm_campaign=qp&itm_medium=internal&itm_source=quickpost
Does Musk know what he is doing?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/05/elon-musk-doesnt-know-what-hes-doing-says-former-twitter-executive?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Jack Dorsey takes responsibility
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/5/23442086/jack-dorsey-responsibility-twitter-mass-layoffs-elon-musk-apology-former-ceo
Twitter Blue partially live
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/5/23442149/twitter-blue-checkmark-ios-update-elon-musk
Sonos One SL
https://www.sonos.com/en-gb/shop/two-room-set-one-sl
Latest App
https://github.com/mangerlahn/Latest
Raycast
https://www.raycast.com/
Launched Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/launched/id1491582246
FoodNoms App
https://foodnoms.com
Match Content better on new apple tv
https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/02/apple-tv-qms/
Made the Up Next experience worse
https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/03/apple-tv-app-up-next-featured-row/
Netflix Cheaper plan does not work on Apple TV at launch
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/3/23438754/netflix-basic-ads-plan-not-supported-apple-tv
Ex Apple People:
Tony Fadell
https://www.arm.com/company/news/2022/11/arm-announces-the-appointment-of-tony-fadell-to-the-board-of-directors
Jony Ive: Life After Apple
https://apple.news/AjldbvNt_Td697AxPc7khRA
Apple getting rid of the ‘hey before Siri
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/6/23443110/apple-swap-hey-siri-wake-word-rumors-voice-assistant
Flightly adds live tracking
https://www.flightyapp.com/
Pad 2022 Reviews
- https://daringfireball.net/2022/10/the_2022_ipad
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/27/ipad-10-slower-usb-c-port/
Apple Financials
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/27/apple-quaterly-earnings-report-profit-revenue
Whats App going down globally (Tues 27th)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/25/whatapp-goes-down-for-users-globally
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Refused to issue guidance
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https://www.macworld.com/article/1364465/apple-earnings-4q-2022-mac-services.html
16.2 Beta is out
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/25/apple-seeds-ios-16-2-beta-1-to-developers/
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Crash Detection works
-
https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/28/apple-watch-crash-detection-rescue/
Apple pulls Kanye West..playlists
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63387607
Slow Horses Season 2 Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rOPA8VfVn8
Van Moof S5
https://www.vanmoof.com/en-GB/s5
Rectangle App
https://rectangleapp.com/
Hololens
• https://news.microsoft.com/transform/u-s-army-to-use-hololens-technology-in-high-tech-headsets-for-soldiers/
• Waste of Money
https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/26/army_microsoft_headset/
IPad OS 16.1 out
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https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/24/ipad-os-16-1-new-features/
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Stage manager not the future of multitasking
-
https://www.theverge.com/23420280/ipados-16-stage-manager-review
IOS 16.1 Out
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https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/24/ios-16-1-release-notes-features/
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MacOS 13 Ventura Out
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https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/24/macos-ventura-now-available-for-mac/
Apple Increasing pricing across its subscription services
- https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/24/23420902/apple-tv-plus-music-price-increase
Formula 1 and Apple together at last
- https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/23/tim-cook-waves-the-checkered-flag-at-formula-1-grand-prix/
Mac updates coming in November
- https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/21/new-macs-likely-in-november/
More Ads coming
- https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/22/apple-announces-more-app-store-ads/
Evans Hankey departing Apple
- https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/21/apple-announces-evans-hankey-leaving/
Another Reason to get a Steam Deck!
- https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/21/steam-deck-console-can-run-macos/
Succession Series 4 Trailer
• https://youtu.be/xTDhrOVSCjg
Resident evil village coming to macOS
- https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/21/resident-evil-village-mac-launch/
Quake
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_(series)
iPad Pro M2 Update
- https://www.apple.com/uk/ipad-pro/
New Magic Folio (£279)
- https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MQDP3B/A/magic-keyboard-folio-for-ipad-10th-generation-british-english?fnode=2275723d8286db5a61c87fd4c04b147ac07fdee2a11ac10baf158ac21c267e86c3900ed1d67258d07a05a2e9a4946a6e930ed8d91ef6a5634040745d3d09d9aaf9a9079e9501104af7b107891f9871d5695cc42d70dd87e327c4e9aa1362f33c
New Apple TV
- https://www.apple.com/uk/apple-tv-4k/
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Samsung Expandy Batteries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfM0GqsIB6c
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VirtualBox 7 comes to apple silicon
-
https://www.howtogeek.com/839699/virtualboxs-biggest-update-in-years-has-arrived/
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Microsoft and Apple love in (2 stories)
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https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/12/apple-music-on-xbox/
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https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/12/apple-music-apple-tv-icloud-windows/
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New Message app for AR?
-
https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/14/imessage-redesign-rumor-ios-17/
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Lufthansa Walked back on Airtags
-
https://simpleflying.com/lufthansa-backtracks-on-apple-airtag-ban/
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I’ve bought one!
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Is this a surprise? Contractor Fired
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https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/14/apple-contractor-fired/
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IOS Leaks data when VPN is enabled
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https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/13/ios-16-vpns-leak-data-even-with-lockdown-mode/
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We did Google and Amazon…so here is Metas Event
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https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/11/meta-connect-2022-roundup-quest-pro/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAK7Glwbqcd_E8rwWf79tvvbNROlOpdQX4-q7AcotK0ONTz1vaaPbGF2iH2OSGpAhOmf4p0f4y4UrkHuflW5xs2G0A_37x2QbfT1XBM1uc5vn4BDiKr1TXojvhMmYWPytfjfTvaqkKLqVcaa3EKgTX5KqkcILLZmmEbT8vADYd4oh
• New Apple TV+ Show Shantaram
• https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/13/shantaram-tv-show-arrives-on-apple-tv/
• Netflix with Ads plan incoming
• https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/13/netflix-announces-basic-with-ads-plan/
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Battlefield 2042
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1517290/Battlefield_2042/
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Microsoft really really wants Activision
-
https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/12/23400986/microsoft-activision-blizzard-cma-uk-response-regulator
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Valve Accidentally show Switch Emulator on Steam Deck Video
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https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-showed-a-nintendo-switch-emulator-in-steam-decks-library-during-recent-video
App Selection : Pure Paste
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pure-paste/id1611378436?mt=12
MagSafe Battery Pack (1 year on)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/10/06/magsafe-battery-pack-one-year-later-still-the-one-to-beat
iPhone 14 Plus Reviews
https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/05/iphone-14-plus-reviews/
Explosive Apple Watch
https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/05/apple-watch-blows-up/
Google Announcements
Pixel 7
https://9to5google.com/2022/10/06/google-pixel-7-price-specs-release-date/
Very similar to the 7, new proc same size, same sceen, (90hz) smaller battery
Pixel 7 Pro
https://9to5google.com/2022/10/06/google-announces-pixel-7-pro-specs/
120hz screen, 50 megapixel camera, tensor g2 chip
Pixel watch with fitbit
https://9to5google.com/2022/10/06/google-pixel-watch-launch/
Domed circle, always on display , blood oxygen and ECG sensors . Also accelerometer, altimeter, ambient light sensor, compass, and gyroscope. Google will also add support for fall detection next year
Pixel Tablet
https://9to5google.com/2022/10/06/google-pixel-tablet-preview/
Stage Manager on the iPad is too important to get this wrong
https://www.macworld.com/article/1341608/stage-manager-ipad-windowing.html
Apple now calling notebooks laptops
https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/07/apple-mac-notebooks-become-laptops/
EU Adopts Law Requiring Universal USB-C Phone Chargers by 2024
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/eu-adopts-law-requiring-universal-usb-c-phone-chargers-by-2024/
Tony Fadell thinks this is a good thing
https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/06/tony-fadell-requirement-usb-c-iphone/
Capes Demo
https://www.nme.com/features/gaming-features/capes-preview-the-boys-meets-xcom-in-a-suped-up-strategy-3311525
Return to Monkey Island
https://returntomonkeyisland.com/
Apple adds iPhone 6 to vintage products list
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/30/iphone-6-added-to-apple-vintage-products-list/
Poor demand for the iPhone 14
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/30/more-signs-of-low-iphone-14-demand-emerge/
Stage Manager coming to older iPads and delays extended screen support
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/27/ipados-16-1-stage-manager-older-ipads/
Tap to pay has launched on the iPhone
https://9to5mac.com/2022/09/28/tap-to-pay-on-iphone-square/
Amazon release loads of stuff
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/28/23376481/amazon-echo-event-products-top-announcements-kindle-scribe-fire-tv-halo-alexa
Kindle Scribe
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-scribe/dp/B09BS5XWNS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3H6SO9JCXYKGC&keywords=Kindle+scribe&qid=1664653515&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjU5IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=kindle+scribe%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-1
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/28/23375663/amazon-kindle-scribe-e-ink-tablet-stylus-event-price
Raymond and Ray
https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/raymond--ray/umc.cmc.3mkaxf4ege0ytr5ycan41jzjb
The outer wilds
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/outer-wilds
Google killing Stadia
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/09/29/google-is-killing-stadia-and-refunding-every-purchase-ever-made/
Stop the eWaste Google!
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/stadia-controllers-could-become-e-waste-unless-google-issues-bluetooth-update/
Note taking and Todos
Nebo
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/nebo-notes-pdf-annotations/id1119601770
GoodNotes
https://www.goodnotes.com/
Tick Tick
https://ticktick.com/?language=en_US
Things
https://culturedcode.com/things/
Obsidian
https://obsidian.md/
MKBHD Airpods Pro 2 Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3DfJxvkN-8
Magsafe Charger
https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MHXH3ZM/A/magsafe-charger
USB-C High capacity PD for Lighter Socket
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09D3NXCBL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Brodit Proclip
https://www.brodit.co.uk/brodit/holders/Apple/iPhone+13/216173.htm
https://www.brodit.co.uk/brodit/vehicles/Volkswagen/T6+Transporter%2FPickup/2016/655135.htm
Dynamic Island on iPadOS
Upgrade this week suggested it could be software only and therefore change orientation
https://www.relay.fm/upgrade/425
ioS 16 and battery life
https://9to5mac.com/2022/09/25/ios-16-battery-life-iphone/
16.0.2 Fixed things
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/24/top-stories-ios-16-0-2-apple-watch-ultra/
Product releases by press release rather then event
https://9to5mac.com/2022/09/25/apple-october-event-possibly-delayed/
Could the iPad be pushed back to 2023?
Noise Cancellation and Airpods Max
https://9to5mac.com/2022/09/25/apple-october-event-possibly-delayed/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/24/23368439/airpods-max-anc-active-noise-canceling-weakened-firmware-experience-appke
DOJ wants to speak for 10 mins at appeal court
https://9to5mac.com/2022/09/19/doj-antitrust-lawyers/
Apple introduced as partner for the superbowl half time show
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/23/apple-music-super-bowl-halftime-show/
Star Wars : Andor first 3 eps
https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/star-wars-andor/3xsQKWG00GL5
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Rings-Power-Season/dp/B09QH97PTF
House of the Dragon ep 5 (renewed for season 2)
https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon
Metal Hellsinger
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1061910/Metal_Hellsinger/
What Remains of Edith Finch on Switch…
Ted Lasso in Fifa
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw84pj51p2no
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Beta
https://www.callofduty.com/modernwarfare2/beta
Hidden Bar
https://github.com/dwarvesf/hidden
Bartender 4
https://www.macbartender.com/
Suunto Dive computer
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1emINgCVNZ8XHKqOrz4XvDViuvxu-gU6_/view?usp=sharing
Airolo eSim App
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/airalo-esim-phone-internet/id1475911720
Audible App
https://www.audible.co.uk/?ref=Adbl_ip_rdr_from_US&source_code=AUK30DFT1BkWS0826159058&ipRedirectFrom=US&ipRedirectOriginalURL=ep%2Fapple
Running an iPhone 14 with the 16.1 beta may be a bad idea https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/17/ios-16-1-beta-breaking-gps-on-iphone-14-pro/
iPhone 14 problems in third party camera apps https://9to5mac.com/2022/09/18/iphone-14-pro-camera-module-shaking-and-rattling/
iPhone 14 problems in data transfers https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/18/apple-investigating-iphone-14-pro-bug/
Interesting use of the dynamic Island https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/16/apollo-pixel-pal-dynamic-island/ https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/16/hit-the-island-dynamic-island-game-iphone-14-pro/
The Floor is Made of Lava (Netflix) https://www.netflix.com/title/81006858
New Top Gear Grand Tour is out https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0OMJJHQSXAM3COTIBTQDKZ4TK4/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s5
Splatoon 3
https://www.polygon.com/23353488/splatoon-3-best-posts-billboards-posters-walls-jfresh-queen
Widgetsmith App https://apps.apple.com/us/app/widgetsmith/id1523682319
Poll on best new iPhone 14 feature
https://9to5mac.com/2022/09/17/iphone-14-pro-best-features-poll/
PSA on Avoiding Captcha
https://ios.gadgethacks.com/how-to/bypass-annoying-captchas-for-apps-and-websites-your-iphone-automatically-for-instant-verification-0385070/
Later App
https://getlater.app/
Inside Out 2 is coming 2024 https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/disney-unveils-new-projects-including-inside-out-2-2022-09-10/
Watched Thor Love and Thunder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor:_Love_and_Thunder
Play Date has arrived
https://play.date
Splatoon 3 is outhttps://www.techradar.com/reviews/splatoon-3
Apple Event Recap
https://9to5mac.com/2022/09/07/apple-event-the-full-recap-on-iphone-14-apple-watch-ultra-and-much-more/
- iPhone Use overtakes android
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/02/us-iphone-user-base-overtakes-android/
Face Mounted Monitors https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/02/lenovo_wearable_display/
High Pitched Buzzing on Studio Display https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/02/apple-studio-display-electrical-interference-sound/
Mac Studio in the real world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9OKAvJg5-U
Lord of the Rings the Rings of Power https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/sep/04/amazon-delays-rings-of-power-ratings-combat-fake-reviews
House of the Dragon https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon
Star Trek Lower Decks https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/0IZKGGV7337U9RRQHBCEGMPCUY?ref_=dvm_uk_sl_tit_mkw_semFOQcfe-dc&mrntrk=pcrid_494328079625_slid__pgrid_122540678328_pgeo_1007460_x__ptid_kwd-1119467342612&%7Cc_494328079625_m_emFOQcfe-dc_s_&gclid=Cj0KCQjwmdGYBhDRARIsABmSEePB7QiYRC72jozgUy96Q68HwEoSiNTnyshMW8wO-Rx6IG4QMptFOAQaApwPEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Top Gun Maverick https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960/
Luck https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960/
CoD staying on PlayStation for a little while longer https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/2/23334619/microsoft-sony-call-of-duty-playstation-letter-commitment-activision-blizzard https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/01/uk-watchdog-raises-concerns-over-microsoft-buyout-of-activision-blizzard
IPhones and Watches
What to Expect : https://www.macrumors.com/guide/what-to-expect-september-7-apple-event/
Google Meet on iPhone now says Meet (original) - now part of Google Workspace…. https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/26/23323541/google-meet-duo-icon-confusion
95% of iCloud users have 2FA https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/27/passkeys-two-factor-apple-use/ But then https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/27/enterprise-password-management/
Apple Event on 7th September https://www.apple.com/apple-events/
DoJ and Apple Antitrust
https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/26/23323631/apple-antitrust-lawsuit-department-of-justice-case
Starlink and TMobile https://www.t-mobile.com/news/un-carrier/t-mobile-takes-coverage-above-and-beyond-with-spacex
Slack changing its free tier requirements https://blog.zulip.com/2022/08/26/why-slacks-free-plan-change-is-causing-an-exodus/
(Switch) Call of Juarez https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Call-Of-Juarez-Gunslinger-1685153.html
DRM Anti Cheat coming to Switch https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/24/23319847/nintendo-switch-denuvo-drm-anti-cheat-software-emulated-games-pc
Obsidian https://obsidian.md
Notion https://www.notion.so/
Typora https://typora.io/
Good Notes https://www.goodnotes.com
Agenda https://agenda.com
Bear https://bear.app
Notability https://notability.com/
Evernote https://evernote.com
OneNote https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app
Boox
https://shop.boox.com/collections/all
Remarkable 2
https://remarkable.com/store/remarkable-2
Apple Silicon Support for Teams https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/03/microsoft-teams-apple-silicon/
Ads everywhere? https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/14/23305200/iphone-more-ads-advertising-apple-maps-podcasts-books-mark-gurman-rumors
?September the 7th for Apple Event https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/17/iphone-14-event-date-2/
Viticci Twitter https://twitter.com/viticci/status/1560342334327427077
The Mythical Man month https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month
Pixelmator Photo goes subscription
https://www.pixelmator.com/blog/2022/08/18/why-pixelmator-photo-is-switching-to-subscription-pricing-and-a-sneak-peek-at-pixelmator-photo-for-mac/
A bevy of Security Issues https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/18/safari-15-6-1-security-fixes-macos/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2022/08/18/apple-patches-double-zero-day-in-browser-and-kernel-update-now/ https://www.itpro.co.uk/zero-day-exploit/33976/apple-rolls-out-its-own-fix-for-zoom-zero-day
Encryption is Grotesque https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/22/23316128/meta-end-to-end-encryption-messenger-child-safety-priti-patel-uk-home-secretary-grotesuqe-betrayal
The Greatest Beer Run Ever Trailer https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10268488/
Last Breath https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80215139
Bad Sisters https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/aug/19/bad-sisters-review-sharon-horgan-pitch-black-comedy-is-murderously-good
The Northman https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_northman
Dune https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dune_2021
Fall Guys https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/fall-guys-ultimate-knockout/
Jetpack Joyride 2 https://www.theverge.com/23311972/jetpack-joyride-2-apple-arcade-review
Apple release iOS/iPadOS/watchOS/macOS/tvOS Dev Beta 5/Public Beta 3 Still no changes/improvements to Stage Manager https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/09/ios-16-public-beta-3-battery-percentage-icon/ IOS very solid
Apple Should fix the homepod software before adding more models
https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/11/apple-should-improve-homepod-software/
1Password 8 has been released for iOS (and Android) https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/09/1password-8-launches-for-ios/
Apple help up an app update to a top 10 app…because of Emoji https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/12/telegram-app-store-apple-complained-emoji/
Apple and facebook https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/12/apple-facebook-deal-report/
New Samsung Stuff Watch https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/10/23297111/samsung-galaxy-watch-5-specs-price-features-battery Folding phones https://www.macrumors.com/2022/08/12/samsung-galaxy-fold-flip-4-hands-on/
Googles RCS push https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/08/09/google-wants-apple-to-adopt-rcs-get-the-message-website/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/01/report-google-planning-tenth-messaging-app-this-ones-another-slack-clone/
Podcast Recommendation Diary of a CEO https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-with-steven-bartlett/id1291423644
Moon Knight Disney + https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/moon-knight
Ms Marvel Disney + https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/ms-marvel/45BsikoMcOOo
GAMES
Splatoon 3 Update: https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/10/23298773/splatoon-3-nintendo-direct-nintendo-switch Launches 9th September
Power Wash Simulator https://store.steampowered.com/app/1290000/PowerWash_Simulator/
It’s Literally Just Mowing https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/its-literally-just-mowing/id1458309993 Papers please out on iOShttps://apps.apple.com/gb/app/papers-please/id935216956
Aircraft Carrier Survival https://store.steampowered.com/app/1021100/Aircraft_Carrier_Survival/
Main Show
Rod’s new telly https://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-oled65c24la
Amazon Pitch meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQpxAvjD_30&t=242s
Apple Watch staying the same? https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/05/apple-watch-series-x/
New Home devices https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/07/homepod-mini-new-home-devices-launch/
Amazon buying Roomba https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/5/23293349/amazon-acquires-irobot-roomba-robot-vacuums
iPadOS 16 potentially being delayed by a month https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/03/ipados-16-delay/
Apple Studio Display Firmware Update https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/04/apple-studio-display-firmware-update-speaker-problem/
Microsoft Teams Apple Silicon native on macOS Multiple screen size support on iPadOS Glacial development pace
DuckDuckGo trying to improve privacy https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/05/duckduckgo-protection-from-microsoft-trackers/
Cycling Directions available on Apple Maps across America https://www.justinobeirne.com/apple-maps-cycling-directions-50-states
Prey https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/movies/prey/5Y0VIrKjUDWm
Jetpack Joyride 2 https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/02/jetpack-joyride-2-soon-on-apple-arcade/
App store Ads https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/29/new-app-store-ads-today-tab/
Apple Q3 Earnings https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/28/apple-q3-2022-earnings/
Beta 4 Released and Public Beta 2 https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/28/ios-16-public-beta-2/ https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/27/apple-seeds-ios-16-beta-4-to-developers/ Lack of Stage Manager on iPad development
The Missing Secret Service Texts and government employees may not be allowed to use iMessage https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/30/imessage-encryption-january-6-riots/
Linus Torvalds pushed a Linux Kernel from an M1 Mac https://lwn.net/Articles/903033/
Apple pay in other browsers https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/01/apple-pay-web/
TikTok Music Streaming App https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/31/23286166/tiktok-music-app-challenge-spotify-apple-streaming-bytedance
Surface - New show that looks interesting https://www.apple.com/uk/tv-pr/originals/surface/
Lightyear comes out this week https://whatsondisneyplus.com/when-is-lightyear-coming-to-disney/
Playstation iPhone Controller https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/28/backbone-playstation-controller-iphone/
Subscriptions are good for iPhone Gaming https://www.theverge.com/23282846/iphone-gaming-subscriptions-apple-arcade-netflix
Apple Arcade games that are removed https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/21/apple-arcade-what-happens-game-leaves-service/
Class action lawsuit https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/lawsuit-accuses-apple-antitrust-violations-over-apple-pay-2022-07-18/
A thread thing https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/21/23271631/eve-motion-sensor-thread-matter-homekit-specs-release-date-price
Where do you get your news? https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/21/depressing-study/
Digital Markets act approved https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/07/18/dma-council-gives-final-approval-to-new-rules-for-fair-competition-online/
MS Facebook in teams https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/19/microsoft-teams-viva-engage/
iOS 15.6 et al now available https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/20/ios-15-6-now-available-features/
Apples Emmy Noms https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/07/apple-scores-record-breaking-52-emmy-noms-for-ted-lasso-severance-and-more/
Xbox Cloud Gaming on the SteamDeck
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/xbox-cloud-gaming-in-microsoft-edge-with-steam-deck-43dd011b-0ce8-4810-8302-965be6d53296
Power Bank
https://www.ravpower.com/products/rp-pb41-26800mah-power-bank
BMW Heated Seats
https://www.businessinsider.com/bmw-subscription-features-heated-seats-steering-5-series-2022-7?r=US&IR=T
No TV yet OLED65G26LA-LG-G2-65-evo
Multi stop routing in apple maps https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/apple-maps-multi-stop-routing-transit-wwdc-2022/
M2 Macbook Air Reviews are in ..throttling https://www.tomsguide.com/news/macbook-air-m2-could-have-a-nasty-performance-problem
Games leaving apple arcade https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/18/15-games-leaving-apple-arcade/
EPic Apple Trial is ongoing https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/15/apple-epic-games-cross-appeal-brief/
Lord of the Rings - The Rings of Power
https://youtube.com/watch?v=f2Cs-u4b6hI
Curtain Homekit thing
https://www.macrumors.com/review/aqara-curtain-driver-e1/
Chris’s Ikea Blinds
https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/3/20893709/ikeas-smart-blinds-review-fyrtur-kadrilj
Brave and Prores https://www.testufo.com
HDR Media Tested against a Dell U2414H https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/dell-u2414h/
The UBER scandal https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/uber-files
Elon Musk wants out of Twitter Deal https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/8/23200961/elon-musk-files-back-out-twitter-deal-breach-of-contract
Ruggedised/Pro apple watch https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/11/apple-watch-pro-could-cost-1k/ https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/11/apple-watch-pro/
Shipping is delayed in the Midnight https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/09/m2-macbook-air-shipment-pre-order-delay/
Similar Benchmarks between MacBook Pro / MacBook Air M2’s https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/10/benchmark-m2-macbook-air/
Oregon Trail now with step tracking https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/08/the-oregon-trail-update-step-tracking-apple-watch/
BlackBird : New to apple tv
https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/apple-tv-plus/blackbird-review/
Is your ‘bought’ media really yours? https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1657022591
PlayStation Tiers https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/ps-plus/?et_rid=&et_cid=220302-SPARDUAL-GL-PLS-B-FLX&Linkid=220302-SPARDUAL-GL-PLS-B-FLX&emcid=em-pl-443346#subscriptions
Series 8 Watch to include body temp monitor https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/03/apple-watch-series-8-body-temperature-sensor/
Sony Releases gaming monitor https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-INZONE-inch-gaming-monitor/dp/B09XMRWKVJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1P5C637ZYB32S&keywords=sony+inzone+m9&qid=1656923558&sprefix=Sony+inzone%2Caps%2C49&sr=8-1 https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/28/23180410/sony-inzone-gaming-monitors-hands-on-specs-price-ps5-pc
Mac Studio now available in the refurb store https://www.apple.com/uk_epp_bb6b3e24-9d48-48b5-b988-b974f8ce24f8/shop/refurbished/mac M2 Macbook Pro everyone pretty much hates it: Thermal Throttling https://twitter.com/VadimYuryev/status/1542188250697039872 Though this could just be for clicks https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-MacBook-Pro-13-2022-M2-Laptop-Review-Debut-for-the-new-Apple-M2.631003.0.html Slow SSD https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/27/23184515/apple-macbook-pro-m2-slow-ssd-speeds
The Art of Luca https://disney-studios-awards.s3.amazonaws.com/luca/books/flipH45pEt23wR/index.html https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Luca-Disney-Pixar/dp/1797207253/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LMFJHI1P8AQW&keywords=The+art+of+Luca&qid=1656939117&sprefix=the+art+of+luca%2Caps%2C60&sr=8-1
iOS 16 lets you bypass captcha https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/20/23175765/apple-ios-16-captcha-private-access-tokens
Cloudflare Outage
https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-outage/
HomePod beta management incoming? https://9to5mac.com/2022/06/22/ios-16-beta-2-homepod-beta-software/
iOS 16 lets you sort messages by SIM https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/23/ios-16-message-sorting-on-dual-sim-iphones/
Some iOS 16 features are going to need an XS or later https://9to5mac.com/2022/06/23/ios-16-exclusive-features-iphone-xs-newer/
Possible tools to reduce email spoofing https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/22/ios-16-mail-app-supports-bimi-brand-logos/
M2 MacBook Pro is here (12-15% speed increases https://www.engadget.com/macbook-pro-13-inch-review-m2-2022-130005000.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly85dG81bWFjLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAXII_N8h9brd03grVeuAzOU40e42ItwXz8EEzDEtt1hbSQ1Ty-jN7atQ0s0T3C5HTt4aTJSbo--2Hk9BtAVsBuow3XQPdR58BWW8oXdpQa1h9yFoYkH7YVW3m6e-VMBIfDnnYFnq-QsTeJ1SG2nzO-4F5gSCLoox--2tQ_9qzQ4
The room plan demo looks really impressive https://www.roadtovr.com/apple-roomplan-ar-mapping/
Pages gets mail merge https://sixcolors.com/post/2022/06/mail-merge-returns-to-pages-after-nine-years/
Xbox Series S internal update https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Xbox+Series+S+SSD+Card+Replacement/141304
The Undeclared War
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-undeclared-war.
Battery gate, the UK Saga https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61823512
M1 Gate Mixed views on iPadOS requiring M1 for StageManager https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/14/apple-tested-stage-manager-on-other-ipads/ https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/16/ipados-16-code-tests-stage-manager-older-ipads/
M2 MacBook Pro is on sale (and 35W dual charger).… https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/17/13-inch-macbook-pro-m2-chip-orders/
USB-C Iphones https://9to5mac.com/2022/06/17/usb-c-iphone-united-states/
Apple Music (and other losing subscribers) https://9to5mac.com/2022/06/17/apple-music-streaming-services-lost-subscribers-uk/
Hellsinger https://store.steampowered.com/app/1061910/Metal_Hellsinger/
Agent 64: Spies Never Die https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574480/Agent_64_Spies_Never_Die/
Anger Foot
https://youtube.com/watch?v=a0anhcAxZ8g
UDM Pro
https://eu.store.ui.com/products/udm-pro
M2 iPads https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/13/new-ipad-models-launching-sept-oct/
12 and 15” Macbooks https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/09/macbook-air-15-macbook-12-2023/
Dutch Regulator finally happy https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/13/dutch-regulator-happy-apple-rules-dating-apps/
Stage manager won’t run on Pre M1 iPads because: that the Stage Manager experience "requires large internal memory, incredibly fast storage, and flexible external display I/O, all of which are delivered by iPads with the M1 chip.” https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/10/apple-statement-on-stage-manager-m1-ipads/
Season 1 of for all mankind free to stream https://9to5mac.com/2022/06/13/watch-for-all-mankind/
Undeclared Attack on Channel 4 https://www.channel4.com/press/news/bold-channel-4-marketing-stunt-launches-new-cyber-thriller
wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
wfs_podcast on twitter
Wake from Sleep Episode 19 30/5/22
https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2016/11/designed-by-apple-in-california-chronicles-20-years-of-apple-design/
AppleTV - 4K? https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/questions/supported-devices/uhd-supported-devices https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/questions/supported-devices/apple-tv Not 4k
iPhone 14 Pro to have always on Screen https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/29/ios-16-always-on-display-iphone-14-pro/
iPadOS 16 to feature resizeable windows https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/29/apple-preparing-enhanced-lock-screen-and-more/
RealityOS / rOS coming at WWDC 2022 https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/29/realityos-trademark-related-to-apple-ar-vr-headset/ Google cardboard https://arvr.google.com/cardboard/
More social media on messages https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/29/gurman-ios-16-tvos-wwdc-2022/
News
Pride watch face and bands https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/05/apple-unveils-new-apple-watch-pride-edition-bands/
Apple fails in bid to dismiss Cydia antitrust lawsuit https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/30/judge-allows-cydia-lawsuit-against-apple/
Thunderbolt Hubs https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/dell-dock-wd19s-130w/apd/210-azbx/pc-accessories Also
WD15 used Dell Monitor https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B084KX3HQ8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Rods Philips monitor https://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/346P1CRH_00/brilliance-curved-ultrawide-lcd-monitor-with-usb-c
Cal digit thunderbolt 3 mini dock https://www.caldigit.com/mini-dock/
Anker PowerExpand 6 in1 USB-C PD https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-PowerExpand-Ethernet-Delivery-MacBook-Gray/dp/B08CKXNJZS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3QTT3RFMSMC7N&keywords=anker+powerexpand+6in1+usb-c+pd&qid=1653939640&sprefix=anker+powerexpand+6+in1+usb-c+pd%2Caps%2C249&sr=8-1
:
wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
wfs_podcast on twitter
Rumours and News
Headset demoed to the board https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/19/apple-demos-ar-vr-headset-for-board-members/
Mysterious Network Adaptor https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/21/fcc-apple-network-adapter-that-runs-ios/
Audis get Apple Music (will Tesla?) https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/19/apple-music-integration-coming-to-2022-audi-models/
iTunes for Windows gets an update (where is Apple Music) https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/19/itunes-windows-updated-with-security-fixes/
What the hell is this self repair nightmare https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/21/23079058/apple-self-service-iphone-repair-kit-hands-on
eSim Deactivation issue https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/20/iphone-imessage-deactivation-issue-t-mobile/
Media
Prehistoric Planet https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/22/prehistoric-planet-how-to-watch-the-new-dinosaur-docuseries/
Gaming
EA up for Sale!?! https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/23/ea-apple-alleged-acquisition-talks/
Emulation on apple silicon https://ares-emu.net
Versatile Commodore Emulator https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/
OpenEMU https://openemu.org/
Dosbox-X https://dosbox-x.com/
Altstore : https://altstore.io/
Age of Darkness - Final Stand https://store.steampowered.com/app/1426450/Age_of_Darkness_Final_Stand/\
Main Show
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-13/apple-macbook-shipments-delayed-after-lockdowns-slow-production
Rumours and News
Cheaper Apple TV https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/13/cheaper-apple-tv-coming-later-this-year/
End of the road for Lightning? https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/15/kuo-usb-c-apple-accessories/
Only 3 Macs with immediate shipping available in the US https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/13/macs-available-for-immediate-shipping/
macOS Server app has gone end of life https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208312
Media
Freevee
https://www.amazon.com/adlp/freevee-about
For all mankind
For all mankind season 3 https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/16/apple-tv-trailer-fam-season-3/
Gaming
Mario Strikers Battle League Football: https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Mario-Strikers-Battle-League-Football-2169139.html
Desperados III https://store.steampowered.com/app/610370/Desperados_III/
Main Show
End of the iPod
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/05/the-music-lives-on/
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/13/apple-ipod-retrospective/
Tony Fadell on Decoder Podcast https://www.theverge.com/23053632/tony-fadell-build-decoder-apple-iphone-google-alphabet-steve-jobs Rubin/Fadell/Essential https://www.notebookcheck.net/Andy-Rubin-and-Tony-Fadell-go-head-to-head-in-Essential-lawsuit.258460.0.html
Apple Machine Learning Director leaves https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/08/apple-in-person-work-policy/
New colours for AirPods max and new AirPods https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/08/airpods-max-new-colors/
iCloud documents transition complete https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/06/icloud-drive-documents-data-transition/
Some BMWs shipping without CarPlay/Android Auto https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/8/23062417/new-bmws-reportedly-come-without-android-auto-apple-carplay-chip-shortage
Gaming
Feral: Apple Silicon Opens Up 'Exciting Opportunities' for the Future of Mac Gaming https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/06/feral-publishing-apple-silicon-mac-gaming/
Screen Cheating stopped in GoldenEye 64 https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/5/23058787/goldeneye-007-nintendo-64-no-screen-cheating-museum-computing-history
Main Show
App Deleters on the Mac https://cleanmymac.com/ https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ https://www.noodlesoft.com/
News
Dutch Regulator still unhappy with apple and dating apps https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/02/dutch-regulator-still-unsatifised-over-dating-apps/
Apple Music Available on Roku https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/02/apple-music-launching-on-roku/
European unhappy with apple monopoly on apple pay https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_2764
Apple self repair program https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/30/top-stories-self-service-repair-launch/
Apple quarterly results https://sixcolors.com/post/2022/04/apple-q2-2022-results-a-record-97-billion-quarter/ 52% iPhone market share,
Media
Shining Girls https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/shining-girls/umc.cmc.22xs4xobsimzy5qqdif0rhmdy
Main Show
After Steve Book
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/after-steve-tripp-mickle?variant=39651232972834
Tony Fadell Build book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Build-Unorthodox-Guide-Making-Things/dp/1787634108/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1651606205&sr=8-1
Stop Using TODO for everything https://goldin.io/blog/stop-using-todo
M3 Macs https://9to5mac.com/2022/04/24/gurman-imac-with-m3-chip-already-in-the-works-could-be-released-later-next-year/
2nm chips coming? https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/apple-could-bring-ultra-fast-2nm-silicon-to-macs-and-iphones-as-early-as-2025
Meta strikes blow against 30% 'App Store tax' by charging 47.5% Metaverse toll https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/13/meta_app_tax/
Apple Removing old apps from the App Store https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/25/apple-removing-outdated-apps-from-the-app-store/
witter https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61222470
Basketball docs:
https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/they-call-me-magic/
https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/the-long-game-bigger-than-basketball/
Big CONN : https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2022/04/apple-tv-reveals-trailer-for-new-true-crime-documentary-the-big-conn-premiering-globally-friday-may-6/
How to Fix a drug Scandal : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Fix_a_Drug_Scandal
TV Baftas for Apple https://9to5mac.com/2022/04/25/apple-tv-plus-bafta-documentaries/
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/lego_star_wars_the_skywalker_saga
Carrier Deck : https://www.slitherine.com/game/carrier-deck
Podcast Apps
Castro : https://castro.fm/
Overcast : https://overcast.fm/
Breaker : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/breaker-the-social-podcast-app/id1215095006
Pocketcasts : https://www.pocketcasts.com/
Case Mold leak for next iPhones https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/18/case-molds-iphone-14-series/
PlayDate has started shipping https://news.play.date/news/now-shipping/
Apple testing new variants of the M2 (9 computers, 4 chips) https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/14/apple-testing-m2-macs/
Apple borked Studio display updates https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/11/apple-addresses-studio-display-update-errors/
No 10 targeted in pegasus spyware https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/18/no-10-suspected-of-being-target-of-nso-spyware-attack-boris-johnson
For all mankind season 3 trailer https://www.tomsguide.com/uk/news/for-all-mankind-season-3
The state of Mac Virtualisation, a workaround:
https://www.highcaffeinecontent.com/blog/20220325-Intel-Virtualization-and-Apple-Silicon
Sayanora Wild Hearts https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sayonara-wild-hearts/id1441675161
Unpatched bugs in older Apple OS’s https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/06/apple-vulnerabilities-big-sur-catalina/
Pages, Keynote and Numbers updates (v12) https://9to5mac.com/2022/04/07/apple-releases-feature-updates-to-pages-keynote-and-numbers-with-productivity-improvements-and-more/
Tap to pay, new partner https://9to5mac.com/2022/04/07/apples-new-tap-to-pay-on-iphone-feature-gains-new-partner-ahead-of-launch/
New PSN subscription tiers https://blog.playstation.com/2022/03/29/all-new-playstation-plus-launches-in-june-with-700-games-and-more-value-than-ever/
Ikea smart devices : https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/product-guides/ikea-home-smart-system/
WWDC dates : https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/04/apples-worldwide-developers-conference-returns-in-its-all-online-format/
Severance Season 2 : https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/06/apple-tv-plus-severance-season-two/
Apple Pippin Console: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pippin
Apple Digital Quicktake : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_QuickTake
New hardware subscription service https://9to5mac.com/2022/03/24/apple-hardware-subscription-service/
Cutting SE production https://www.macrumors.com/2022/03/28/apple-cutting-iphone-se-production/
WWDC invite rumours https://www.macrumors.com/2022/03/26/wwdc-invites-could-be-sent-next-week/
Coda won an Oscar for best picture and best supporting actor Amazing, only 2.5 Years old and the first streaming service to win an Oscar for best picture https://www.macrumors.com/2022/03/27/apple-tv-coda-best-picture-oscars/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor
The Dropout on Disney + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dropout_(podcast)
The GT7 scandal https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/25/22996282/gran-turismo-7-polyphony-digital-grind-credits-changes-sell-cars-endurance
Sideloading/Message interoperability https://www.macrumors.com/2022/03/25/eu-provisionally-agrees-dma-law-apple-app-store/
Thunderbolt cable : https://www.macrumors.com/2022/03/08/apple-studio-display-thunderbolt-cables/
4k gaming screen 32”, QD-LED, 144hz £899:
https://www.very.co.uk/msi-optix-mpg321ur-qd-32-inch-quantum-dot-4k-uhd-144hz-ips-1ms-rgb-g-sync-compatible-flat-gaming-monitor/1600694036.prd
iCloud Down : https://9to5mac.com/2022/03/21/psa-apple-services-including-imessage-apple-music-icloud-and-more-are-currently-down/
Windows 11 ads: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979251/microsoft-file-explorer-ads-windows-11-testing
Stopping Rentals : https://www.macrumors.com/2022/03/21/apple-removes-buy-and-rent-for-android-and-google/
Wireguard and VPNS
https://www.wireguard.com/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/08/wireguard-vpn-review-fast-connections-amaze-but-windows-support-needs-to-happen/
https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/companies-secretly-own-dozens-vpns/
https://www.tomsguide.com/uk/news/kape-technologies-buys-expressvpn-for-almost-dollar1-billion
News
iPhone rumours https://www.macrumors.com/2022/03/13/kuo-only-iphone-14-pro-models-to-get-a16-chip/
New updates are out
https://www.macworld.co.uk/news/ios-154-when-features-3812866/
https://9to5mac.com/2022/03/14/apple-releases-macos-12-3-with-universal-control/
Media
Baftas https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2022/03/apple-original-film-coda-makes-history-at-bafta-film-awards/
Comedy Choice Awards https://9to5mac.com/2022/03/14/ted-lasso-wins-critics-choice/
Brett Goldstiens Podcast https://play.acast.com/s/filmstobeburiedwith#:~:text=This%20is%20a%20podcast%20about,Films%20To%20Be%20Buried%20With!
MotoGP backlash https://motomatters.com/opinion/2022/03/14/motogp_unlimited_launch_harsh_criticism.html
Main Show
Backpack for iMac (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09QRZ2DF3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
Ethernet adaptor for screen https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B014FBQ738/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Gran Turismo https://gran-turismo.fandom.com/wiki/Gran_Turismo_Wiki
Get in touch with us! wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
iPhone SE Specs https://www.apple.com/uk/iphone-se/specs/
New iPad Air https://www.apple.com/uk/ipad-air/
Apex Legends Mobile https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/apex-legends/news/apex-legends-mobile-faq
Mac Studio https://www.apple.com/uk/mac-studio/
Studio Displays https://www.apple.com/uk/studio-display/
email us : wakefromsleep@protonmail.com
Pedometer ++ https://pedometer.app
Payments on Android https://www.mobiletransaction.org/accept-contactless-payments-tap-on-phone-options/
Apple and the Dutch Regulator : https://9to5mac.com/2022/02/28/dutch-app-store-change-complies-with-law-says-apple/
The War in Ukraine and apples stance https://www.engadget.com/ukrain-apple-stop-product-sales-block-app-store-access-russia-060539622.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVkZGl0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHGPzZVQcoKZlSZQCx9MQcX2PWIZT_YWKhi1YyP1PzOPzX5BdEQtmLUNzLAfmTRKv8zQp7vY6vuFHSaSCsE7Uof9KzqmkwMDjKZTk_PO3Qd2j9LR8jc_h4AoxYEEhaZKLqgcMDiyS6ZPxCODeWvlTW__gweEgncniA66BlNxFbjS Not the first time they have made allowances for Russia https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/8/31/17803638/apple-watch-pride-face-russia-block https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/25/apple-pay-unavailable-in-russia-after-us-and-eu-imposed-sanctions
Scree actors guild awards
https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2022/02/apple-lands-history-making-sag-awards-for-coda-winning-ensemble-and-supporting-actor-honors-for-troy-kotsur-and-ted-lasso-wins-awards-for-comedy-ensemble-and-lead-actor-jason-sudeikis/
Intels road map to be more efficient
https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/24/leaked-plan-shows-intel-will-try-to-be-more-efficient-than-m1-max-by-late-2023
Slay the spire : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/slay-the-spire/id1491530147
Universal control https://www.macrumors.com/guide/universal-control/
Apple Pay and NFC : https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/02/apple-unveils-contactless-payments-via-tap-to-pay-on-iphone/
AirTags
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/10/apple-to-update-airtags-to-help-prevent-tracking-of-people.html
Note Taking Apps
Obsidian : https://obsidian.md/
Notion : https://www.notion.so/
GoodNotes : https://www.goodnotes.com/
Agenda : https://agenda.com/
Tot : https://tot.rocks/
This week Chris and Rod report back on their homework assignments, have another pass at Apples adventures in other payment systems in Holland. Pause to consider what a an Augmented Reality OS might mean for everyone, then take a pass at consumption of all the streaming services you can get .. and some you might run for yourself.
This week Chris and Rod make some corrections about Spotify, discuss Apples legal troubles and the implications of sideloading. There is some discussion about the new iOS and MacOS betas and then talk about introducing your kids to your favourite movies