Follow Up 

Apple’s chip boss squashes exit rumors, says he’s not leaving the company

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/apple-chips-johny-srouji.html 

EPIC news!

Apple (mostly) loses its appeal in Epic Games case

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/apple-mostly-loses-its-appeal-in-epic-games-case-235509557.html?src=rss 

Fortnite is back on the Google Play Store

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/fortnite-is-back-on-the-google-play-store-195507458.html?src=rss 

Apple reportedly broke the law by ignoring US sanctions on apps

https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/10/apple-reportedly-broke-the-law-by-ignoring-us-sanctions-on-apps/ 

The developer behind ICEBlock is suing the federal government

https://www.engadget.com/general/the-developer-behind-iceblock-is-suing-the-federal-government-165111674.html?src=rss 

News 

Welcome to America - now show us your last five years of social media posts

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/10/us_nonvisa_entry_five_years_social_media/ 

Operation Bluebird wants to reclaim Twitter’s ‘abandoned’ trademarks for a new social network

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/12/can-twitter-fly-again-startup-wants-to-pry-iconic-trademark-from-musks-x/ 

MKBHD phone of the year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfyL4BswUeE 

Man shocks doctors with extreme blood pressure, stroke from energy drinks 

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/12/man-shocks-doctors-with-extreme-blood-pressure-stroke-from-energy-drinks/

State Department: Calibri font was a DEI hire

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/trump-times-new-roman-font-return-state-department?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/state-department-calibri-font-was-a-dei-hire-190454957.html?src=rss 

Apple and Google team up to make iPhone and Android switching easier

https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/08/apple-and-google-team-up-to-make-iphone-and-android-switching-easier/ 

20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/ 

Car Corner

Rod Fitted an Android Head Unit

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167157439306?mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&siteid=3&campid=5339115350&toolid=11800&mkevt=1 

Ford taps Renault for help building cheap EVs in Europe

https://www.theverge.com/news/840632/ford-renault-cheap-ev-europe 

Media

Hit Apple TV thriller from Slow Horses author lands new season

https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/12/hit-apple-tv-thriller-from-slow-horses-author-lands-new-season/ 

Apple TV has new star-packed series coming soon based on hit novel

https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/09/apple-tv-has-new-star-packed-series-coming-soon-based-on-hit-novel/ 

Celebrity Race Across the world season 3

Paramount makes a $108 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/paramount-makes-a-108-billion-hostile-takeover-bid-for-warner-bros-discovery-152248473.html?src=rss 

F1 2025 Season Finale

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/videos/cvgrvp37j03o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/standings

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Main Show

https://www.ui.com/

Gateway

https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/cloud-gateways-compact/collections/cloud-gateway-max

2.5G Wired PoE

https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/all-switching/products/usw-flex-2-5g-8-poe

https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/all-switching/products/usw-pro-max-16-poe

WiFi 7

https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/all-wifi/products/u7-pro

Setup

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/unifi/id1057750338

App of the Week 

Cloudflare Tunnels

https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/cloudflare-tunnel/ 

Thing of the Week 

WiFi Man App

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/ubiquiti-wifiman/id1385561119

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