Follow Up 

Apple TV+ is now just Apple TV

https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/apple-tv-is-now-just-apple-tv-200644609.html?src=rss 

Apple says Epic Games is seeking a free ride, as we await latest court ruling

https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/17/apple-says-epic-games-is-seeking-a-free-ride-as-we-await-latest-court-ruling/ 

iPhone Air sells out almost instantly in China

https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/17/iphone-air-sells-out-almost-instantly-in-china/ 

Amazon shares a ‘first look’ at new nuclear facility

https://www.theverge.com/news/801257/amazon-nuclear-energy-reactor-first-look 

AWS Outage

https://news.sky.com/story/huge-internet-outage-knocks-out-snapchat-amazon-and-multiple-other-websites-and-apps-13453810

Schleswig-Holstein waves auf Wiedersehen to Microsoft stack

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/schleswig_holstein_open_source/ 

Trump admin pressured Facebook into removing ICE-tracking group

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/trump-admin-pressured-facebook-into-removing-ice-tracking-group/ 

News 

X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles

https://www.theverge.com/news/802474/x-is-launching-a-marketplace-for-inactive-handles 

ChatGPT:

Boris Johnson confesses: He's fallen for ChatGPT

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/17/boris_johnson_loves_chatgpt/ 

OpenAI's ChatGPT is so popular that almost no one will pay for it

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/openais_chatgpt_popular_few_pay/ 

The US Mint is honoring Steve Jobs by putting him on a $1 Innovation coin

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/the-us-mint-is-honoring-steve-jobs-by-putting-him-on-a-1-innovation-coin-130033801.html?src=rss   

Framework flame war erupts over support of politically polarizing Linux projects

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/14/framework_linux_controversy/ 

CISA cuts more staff and reassigns others as government stays shut down

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/14/cisa_jettisoning_more_staff_reassigning/ 

MY PIXEL 10 PRO FOLD EXPLODED -- CAUGHT LIVE ON CAMERA!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uS90jakOuw 

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

https://www.wired.com/story/satellites-are-leaking-the-worlds-secrets-calls-texts-military-and-corporate-data/ 

Car Corner

Plug-in hybrids emit almost as much pollution as gas cars, report finds

https://www.engadget.com/transportation/plug-in-hybrids-emit-almost-as-much-pollution-as-gas-cars-report-finds-120032534.html?src=rss 

Waymo plans to launch fully autonomous taxi service in London next year

https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/waymo-plans-to-launch-fully-autonomous-taxi-service-in-london-next-year-142453250.html?src=rss 

Media 

Apple pays $750 million for US Formula 1 streaming coverage

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/apple-pays-750-million-for-us-formula-1-streaming-coverage/ 

Highest Grossing Movies of 2025

https://manofmany.com/entertainment/movies-tv/highest-grossing-movies-of-2025

High Potential

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/high_potential

Games

Atari just announced the Intellivision Spirit, a revamp of the iconic 1980s gaming console

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/atari-just-announced-the-intellivision-spirit-a-revamp-of-the-iconic-1980s-gaming-console-163210832.html?src=rss 

Battlefield 6 sold over 7 million copies in three days

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/battlefield-6-sold-over-7-million-copies-in-three-days-181826351.html?src=rss 

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2643390/Star_Trek_Voyager__Across_the_Unknown/ 

Main Show

M5 Some of the things 

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/15/apple-m5-chip-announcements/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon  

M5 MacBook Pro not sold with power adapter in some countries

https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/15/m5-macbook-pro-not-sold-with-power-adapter-in-some-countries/ 

M5s 

Apple goes all in on AI acceleration with M5 MacBook, iPad, and Vision Pros 

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/apple_goes_all_in_on/ 

Apple launches M5 powered Vision Pro with new Dual Knit Band

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/apple-launches-m5-powered-vision-pro-with-new-dual-knit-band/ 

App of the Week 

Proton pass

https://proton.me/pass 

Thing of the Week 

Grand Designs is back on Channel 4

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs

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