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

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