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

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