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](https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/13/zuckerberg-meta-quest-3-vision-pro/)

[Apple Vision Pro just doesn't support my eye prescription](https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/14/apple-vision-pro-doesnt-support-eye-prescription/)

[Tik Tok native browser](https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24073674/tiktok-apple-vision-pro-app-launched)

[Apple confirms iOS 17.4 removes Home Screen web apps in the EU, here’s why](https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/15/ios-17-4-web-apps-european-union/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon)

[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](https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/16/epic-games-store-iphone-account/)

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](https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/13/24072241/ai-patent-us-office-guidance)

[Broadcom terminates VMware's free ESXi hypervisor](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/02/13/broadcom_ends_free_esxi_vsphere/)

[Peloton is not getting rid of Apple Watch GymKit support](https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/12/24071405/peloton-apple-watch-gymkit-fitness-data-tracking-one-tap)

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](https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/13/references-homepod-screen-tvos-17-4/)

Healthcare and IT

[Dutch insurers still requiring nudes from cancer patients](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/02/12/dutch_insurers_breast_cancer/)

[33m French citizens data stolen in healthcare billing breach](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/02/12/infosec_news_roundup/)

[NHS in Wales bets big on Microsoft with £450M contract](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/02/13/nhs_in_wales_microsoft/)

[European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-endencryption - the end of EU‘s chat control CSAR mass surveillance plans?](https://www.eureporter.co/world/human-rights-category/european-court-of-human-rights-echr/2024/02/14/european-court-of-human-rights-bans-weakening-of-secure-end-to-endencryption-the-end-of-eus-chat-control-csar-mass-surveillance-plans/)

[Musk’s X sold checkmarks to Hezbollah and other terrorist groups, report says](https://arstechnica.com/?p=2003423)

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](https://www.macstories.net/news/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"](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/immortals-of-aveum-cost-125-million-and-no-one-bought-it?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed)

[Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered's modern controls are an absolute travesty](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tomb-raider-1-3-remastereds-modern-controls-are-an-absolute-travesty?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed)

[You can finally buy a Playdate without waiting for months](https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/13/24071704/playdate-preorders-sales-new-countries)

Main Show

Animation AI

[Apple Keyframer generates AI animation from a still image and text](https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/14/apple-keyframer-ai-animation/)

[OpenAI introduces Sora, its text-to-video AI model](https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24074151/openai-sora-text-to-video-ai)

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

Apple Rumour

[Apple March event: Everything we know so far](https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/14/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

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