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