Follow Up 

Out of nowhere, I got a full screen ad for Apple Arcade on my Home Screen. My jaw dropped.

https://mastodon.social/@sandofsky/115419228798792901

Apple loses UK antitrust lawsuit over App Store fees

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/apple-loses-uk-antitrust-lawsuit-over-app-store-fees-184515613.html?src=rss

OpenAI just bought the team behind Apple Shortcuts

https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/23/openai-just-bought-the-team-behind-apple-shortcuts/

Strava pulls the plug on its Garmin lawsuit after just 21 days

https://www.engadget.com/wearables/strava-pulls-the-plug-on-its-garmin-lawsuit-after-just-21-days-204255109.html?src=rss

Apple decries ‘intense lobbying,’ says it may be forced to turn off App Tracking Transparency in Europe

https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/23/apple-decries-intense-lobbying-threatens-to-turn-off-app-tracking-transparency-in-europe/

Apple dumps dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store over privacy and moderation issues

https://www.engadget.com/apps/apple-dumps-dating-apps-tea-and-teaonher-from-the-app-store-over-privacy-and-moderation-issues-191305457.html?src=rss

News 

Amazon Outage

Amazon apologises to customers impacted by huge AWS outage

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgvnp77dy9o

Eight Sleep adds ‘outage mode’ to smart beds after AWS problems left them frozen

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/aws-crash-causes-2000-smart-beds-to-overheat-and-get-stuck-upright-3272251/

https://www.theverge.com/news/804289/eight-sleep-smart-bed-aws-outage-overheating-offline 

Swift SDK for Android now available

https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/24/swift-sdk-for-android-now-available/

Apple on short list of donors to Trump’s White House demolition ballroom project

https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/23/apple-on-short-list-of-donors-to-trumps-white-house-demolition-ballroom-project/

Nike says its first ‘powered footwear’ is like an e-bike for your feet

https://www.theverge.com/news/805664/nike-powered-show-project-amplify

Samsung Galaxy XR

Why the Samsung Galaxy XR can support 'almost all' Android apps

https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/why-the-samsung-galaxy-xr-can-support-almost-all-android-apps-021000889.html?src=rss

Samsung's Galaxy XR doesn't give me much hope for Android XR

https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/samsungs-galaxy-xr-doesnt-give-me-much-hope-for-android-xr-110000129.html?src=rss

Amazon's smart glasses with AI will help its drivers deliver packages faster

https://www.engadget.com/wearables/amazons-smart-glasses-with-ai-will-help-its-drivers-deliver-packages-faster-041009681.html?src=rss

Butt breathing” might soon be a real medical treatment

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/butt-breathing-might-soon-be-a-real-medical-treatment/

Car Corner

US investigates Tesla’s ‘Mad Max’ high-speed driver assistance mode

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/24/tesla-mad-max-driver-assistance-investigation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Rivian’s first e-bike is unlike anything you’ve ever seen

https://www.theverge.com/news/804157/rivian-tm-b-electric-bike-price-specs-helmet-quad

JLR hack is costliest cyber attack in UK history, say analysts

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9pdld4y81o 

Media 

Warner Bros says Apple has shown interest in acquiring its TV and film library

https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/23/report-warner-bros-apple-acquire-hbo-tv-film-library/

Captain America : Brave New World

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/captain_america_brave_new_world 

Peacemaker

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/peacemaker_2022

Games

Civilisation 7 

https://www.metacritic.com/game/sid-meiers-civilization-vii/ 

Tetris 99

https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/TETRIS-99-1505396.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqtKp7WJWmsEIRhg1ikjFjNYMYhQFqEPk3DhkRAbV01WHOgaOhr 

Main Show

Whats going on with Apps?

OpenAI releases bot-tom feeding browser with ChatGPT built in

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/22/openai_crams_chatgpt_into_atlas/ 

ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web

https://www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/atlas-anti-web-browser/

Creative neglect: What about the apps in Apple?

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/creative-neglect-what-about-the-apps-in-apple/

App of the Week 

Apple Home

Multiple Homes..matter just worked!

https://www.apple.com/uk/home-app/ 

Thing of the Week 

Rewatchables Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/show/1lUPomulZRPquVAOOd56EW

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/12/spotify-boycott-artists 

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