App(s) of the Week

De-corporatised open source apps

Chomium Browser

https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/

VSCodium

https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

Contact

@[email protected]

@[email protected]

email  : [email protected]

Apple releases public betas of iOS 17, et al

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/07/12/apple-releases-ios-17-public-beta/

Evernote no more

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/9/23789012/evernote-layoff-us-staff-bending-spoons-note-taking-app

Microsoft and the EU

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/07/04/eu_antritrust_team_probe_microsoft_office_bundles/

Threads is here

https://daringfireball.net/2023/07/threads

https://mastodon.me.uk/@JonnyT/110667991998782628

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/10/twitter-killer-threads-app-meta-mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Suing times

Amazon is unhappy and suing the EU

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/07/11/amazon_sues_eu_dsa/

Media

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Sony and apple giving away Apple TV+

https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/12/sony-and-apple-team-up-to-give-ps4-and-ps5-owners-free-apple-tv/

News

Microsoft wants to move Windows fully to the cloud

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/27/23775117/microsoft-windows-11-cloud-consumer-strategy

Apple and UK Law

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/27/23775356/apple-online-safety-bill-statement-encrypted-messaging-apps-e2ee-end-to-end

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/27/apple-online-safety-bill-encryption/

Lost my apple watch streak

https://www.stuff.tv/features/i-lost-my-streak-and-now-want-apple-watch-to-find-some-humanity/

The Macbook Pro is the Mac Pros biggest problem

https://www.theverge.com/23770770/apple-mac-pro-m2-ultra-2023-review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2KbwC-s7pY&t=11s

Samsung 5k review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMrtZw8RuVU

USBC AirPods Pro Coming

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/07/03/apple-airpods-pro-usb-c-case/

Pixel Fold dramas

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/28/23777211/google-pixel-fold-screen-breaking-reports

RIP to my Pixel Fold: Dead after four days

https://arstechnica.com/google/2023/06/rip-to-my-pixel-fold-dead-after-four-days/

Redhat and the opensource breakdown

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1951251

Motorola’s “Satellite Link” hotspot lets you send messages via outer space

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1951133

Brave aims to curb practice of websites that port scan visitors

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1950882

Volvo also switching the Teslas American charging plug

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1950459

Twitter under Elon in a nutshell

https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/110640843969436962

Twitter’s makes more changes…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66077195

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/1/23781198/twitter-daily-reading-limit-elon-musk-verified-paywall

Apple Card Partnership Issues

https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/01/apple-card-goldman-sachs-deal-ending-report/

Games

Worries over Star field “skipping Xbox” helped push Microsoft to buy Bethesda

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1949935

Every publisher hates games pass

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/every-publisher-dislikes-game-pass-because-its-destructive-to-value-according-to-playstation-boss

Good apple arcade games incoming

https://www.polygon.com/23775129/apple-arcade-july-2023-slay-the-spire-stardew-valley-ridiculous-fishing

SteamDeck Sale

https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck

Main Show

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/28/23777418/plex-layoffs-20-percent-staff

Jellyfin media server

https://jellyfin.org/

Server upgrade

NixOS

https://nixos.org/

App of the Week

Paste

https://pasteapp.io/

Thing of the week

https://www.amazon.co.uk/OtterBox-Sleek-Streamlined-Protection-iPhone-Red-Clear/dp/B08D6WDHB9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=27LEXZYCZAN01&keywords=Otter+box+iPhone+12+red&qid=1688387538&sprefix=otter+box+iphone+12+red%2Caps%2C77&sr=8-1

Contact

@[email protected]

@[email protected]

email  : [email protected]

News

Second-gen Apple Watch Ultra coming this fall, new big iMac 'in early development' with larger than 30-inch screen

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/25/new-apple-watch-ultra-imac-pro/

Easily replaceable phone batteries might be back, and I’m here for it

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/21/23767057/replaceable-batteries-phones-eu

Reddit Not stopped yet

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/22/23770480/reddit-blackout-protest-pressure-mods-change-rules

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1948891

Folding Phones

Get your first look at the OnePlus V Fold, thanks to render leaks

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1949222

Motorola Razr Plus review: the right moves

https://www.theverge.com/23768630/motorola-razr-plus-40-ultra-review-screen-battery-camera

https://www.theverge.com/23773594/google-pixel-fold-review-screen-battery-hinge-camera

Why.are.there.periods.in.my.iPhone.searches

https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/06/why-are-there-periods-in-my-iphone-searches/

Android feature blamed for rise in UK’s false emergency calls

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/26/23773733/android-sos-emergency-call-uk-999-first-responder-google

Google accuses Microsoft of anticompetitive cloud practices

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/06/21/google_ftc_microsoft_anticompetitive_cloud/

Airline 5G mess still not over, expect flight delays from this weekend

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/26/airline-5g-mess/

iOS 17 things:

Scanning QR Codes With Your iPhone Is About to Get Easier in iOS 17

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/19/qr-code-scanning-easier-ios-17/

iOS 17 lets users ask Siri to play media on the HomePod using iPhone apps

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/19/ios-17-homepod-siri/

Social Media and News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65969970

visionOS Beta

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/21/apple-releases-first-ever-visionos-beta/

https://www-roadtovr-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.roadtovr.com/apple-vision-pro-webxr-support-safari-model/amp/

DuckDuckGo Browser

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/duckduckgo-offers-its-privacy-centered-browser-in-a-windows-open-beta/

Media

Witcher Season 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzS8Ao0H6Co

Games

GT7 Keeps Giving

https://www.gran-turismo.com/gb/gt7/news/00_8830376.htmlN

Gravity Rush 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Rush_2

Main Show

Summer Tech Projects

https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/

developer.apple.com/

Rebuilding my Proxmox server

Lots of SSDs

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/integral-v-series-2tb-sata-iii-25-inch-internal-ssd-up-to-520mbs-read-470mbs-write-ps6496-with-code-at-mymemory-4156205

App of the Week

Seatfrog

https://seatfrog.com/

Contact

@[email protected]

@[email protected] 

email  : [email protected]

News

More monitor choices

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/23/samsung-next-gen-smart-monitor-m8-imac-like-design/

Nasty exploit discovered by Microsoft

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/30/macos-exploit-microsoft/

Musk stiffing Google could unleash yet more abuse on Twitter, report says

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1947152

Texas will require parental consent for kids to use social media

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1948255

MKBHD’s 1st video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gk_rl3y_SU

More info on the games porting toolkit

https://www.applegamingwiki.com/wiki/Game_Porting_Toolkit#Game_compatibility_list

Apples music social network

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/16/apple-music-social-features-hands-on/

Japan seeks to bust Apple, Google, app store monopolies

https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/19/japan_digital_reform/

Reddit carries on…

https://reddark.untone.uk/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65949412

https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2023/06/17/ep-379

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/19/23765895/reddit-hack-phishing-leak-api-pricing-steve-huffman

Battersea store is open

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/06/apple-battersea-opens-in-londons-historic-battersea-power-station/

MKBHD Video on Apple’s Keynotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvN5_GXlg2Y

Media

The Fugitive (1993)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fugitive_(1993_film)

Star Trek Strange New Worlds Free!

https://www.ign.com/articles/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-entire-first-season-is-now-free-to-stream-on-youtube

Grand Tour: Eurocrash

https://www.amazon.co.uk/placeholder_title/dp/B0B6GB94G1/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2Y7U7CJFU7OKB&keywords=grand+tour&qid=1687194737&sprefix=grand+tour%2Caps%2C72&sr=8-2

Games

Steam gets a visual refresh

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1948635

Battlebit Remastered

https://store.steampowered.com/app/671860/BattleBit_Remastered/

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-top-selling-game-on-steam-right-now-is-a-new-254-player-fps-made-by-4-people/

Descenders

http://descendersgame.com/

No more hard drives

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23761845/pc-games-ssd-minimum-specs-starfield-cyberpunk-2077

Main Show

Features wanted right now

https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/06/the-new-apple-os-features-i-want-right-now/

Airpods Pro 2 getting new features

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/19/five-new-airpods-pro-2-features/

Scanning QR Codes

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/19/qr-code-scanning-easier-ios-17/

App of the Week

Audio Hijack Pro

https://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/

Thing of the week

iPhone stand

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B56CCFJH?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

Contact

@[email protected]

@[email protected] 

email  : [email protected]

Follow Up

Carpuride W901

https://tech-sonar.com/carpuride-w901-pro-review-carpuride-9-inch-carpuride-carplay/

News

Activision Blizzard are back again with the FTC

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/12/23758194/ftc-microsoft-activision-blizzard-complaint-block-acquisition-call-of-duty

The Android open source project is getting worse

https://www.osnews.com/story/136235/google-further-guts-the-android-open-source-project-by-deprecating-the-dialer-and-messaging-apps/

Reddit Situation

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/12/23755974/reddit-subreddits-going-dark-private-protest-api-changes

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759942/google-reddit-subreddit-blackout-protests

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/13/reddit-tomfoolery/

https://512pixels.net/2023/05/reddits-api-pricing-is-ridiculous/

Google Risks Breakup of Ad business

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1947761

Microsoft being naughty again with Chrome

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/06/14/microsoft-edge-sends-images-you-view-to-microsoft/

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/6/23736289/microsoft-bing-chrome-search-fake-ai-chatbot

Teams being removed from Windows 11

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23761859/microsoft-windows-11-teams-chat-integration-deprecation

Windows 11 ink

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/14/23761371/windows-ink-writing-fields-insider-preview-23481

Media

Silo Season 2

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/14/23760771/silo-season-2-apple-tv-plus

Babylon 5

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23141717/babylon-5-the-road-home-first-animated-trailer

Games

DORF

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dorf-looks-to-evoke-the-best-parts-of-command-conquers-look-and-feel

Stormgate

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-new-rts-from-former-starcraft-2-devs-looks-a-lot-like-starcraft-2

Pentiment

https://www.ign.com/articles/pentiment-review

Complete History of Computer Games

https://youtu.be/argpSxB1NQE

Game kit porting

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/06/14/warren-game-porting-toolkit

Main Show

Extra snippets post WWDC

Talk Show Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgLrBSQ6x7E

Vision Pro

Cameras are locked

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/13/vision-pro-camera-apps/

All the places Apple sees you using a vision Pro

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/6/23738124/apple-vision-pro-marketing-wwdc-2023

Where is side loading in iOS 17?

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/13/ios-17-beta-sideloading/

15” M2 Macbook Air

https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/06/15-inch-macbook-air-review-sometimes-bigger-is-better/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TCuf_Qcfv8&t=2s

App of the Week

Keka -

https://www.keka.io/en/

Thing of the week

LG 43: https://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-LED-UQ91-43-Smart/dp/B0BYK8PD1X/ref=sr_1_3?crid=908DT2D4CB4J&keywords=Lg%2B43&qid=1686836738&sprefix=lg%2B43%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-3&th=1

Contact

@[email protected]

@[email protected] 

email  : [email protected]

Main Show

WWDC

New Mac Hardware

MacBook Air 15inch

https://www.apple.com/uk/macbook-air-13-and-15-m2/

Mac Studio (M2)

https://www.apple.com/uk/mac-studio/

Mac Pro (M2)

https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/mac-pro

iOS

What are the new features if IOS17

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/06/06/ios-17-feature-roundup-standby-namedrop-contact-posters-more

Notes

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/08/apple-notes-links-quotes/

Keyboard

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/ios-17-finally-lets-you-type-what-you-ducking-mean-on-your-iphone/

AirTags

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/6/23751614/apple-airtag-find-my-sharing-ios-17-feature

Stage Manager

https://www.macstories.net/stories/with-ipados-17-stage-manager-is-finally-moving-in-the-right-direction/

External webcam/mics

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/06/ipados-17-external-webcams-microphones/

Experience

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/05/hands-on-apple-vision-pro-mixed-reality-headset/

MKBHD tried the headset

https://youtu.be/OFvXuyITwBI

News

Developer Beta Free to all

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/06/apple-makes-ios-17-developer-beta-free/

Apple buys an AR startup

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/6/23751350/apple-mira-ar-headset-startup

Games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3n62FOX1Go

App of the Week

Ivory for Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/23/mastodon-ivory-for-mac/

Carpuride

https://carpuride.com/products/carpuride-w901pro-portable-smart-multimedia-dual-bluetooth-dashboard-console?_pos=1&_sid=046bd23c8&_ss=r

News

Microsoft Build

https://www.theverge.com/23734104/microsoft-build-2023-ai-bing-copilot

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1941293

Why dont Rich people use phone cases?

https://time.com/6280905/iphone-no-case-rich-people/

Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/05/26/windows_xp_activation_cracked/

Surface X Cameras have just stopped working

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/05/24/microsoft_surface_pro_x_cameras/

Apple VR Sports Strategy

https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/05/6-under-the-knife-5-19-23-by-will-carroll-under-the-knife/

Photo Stream going away

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/26/my-photo-stream-july-2023-shutdown/

iPad Logic and iPad Final Cut

https://www.theverge.com/23734180/apple-logic-pro-ipad-review

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/23/final-cut-pro-logic-pro-mac-update/

Spain also wants to ban end to end encryption

https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/

Why your iPhone keyboard sucks now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYz8JtiVJmg

Record Meta Fine

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/22/23732461/meta-eu-privacy-fine-us-data-transfers-1-3-billion

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/21/facebook-to-be-fined-648m-for-mishandling-user-information?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Media

Silo on Apple TV+

Succession on Sky

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Tenet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDbiTLLZVz8

Games

Humanity

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1581480/Humanity/

Bungie rebooting Marathon

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bungie-are-rebooting-marathon-as-a-pvp-focused-loot-shooter

Main Show

Everything expected at WWDC

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/26/wwdc-2023-what-to-expect/

Operating Systems

Hardware

Headset

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/22/reality-pro-launch/

Schedule:

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/23/apple-teases-wwdc-2023-confirms-keynote-for-june-5-at-10-a-m/

App of the Week

Disable stupid previews

https://mastodon.social/@chockenberry/110386586751278042

Monitor Control

https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/releases

Thing of the week

Blackadder Audiobook

Contact

@[email protected]

@[email protected]

email  : [email protected]

News

Texting Broken to android

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/18/android-iphone-text-message-bug/

UK Going even more mental on surveillance (RIPA)

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/internet-connection-records-uk-surveillance

Software updates

16.5 is out - Sports Tab in News

Apple brings set lists to music / Concert discovery

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/16/find-apple-music-set-lists/

https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/16/apple-brings-concert-discovery-features-to-apple-music-and-apple-maps/

16.6 is in Beta

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/19/first-ios-16-6-beta/

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/19/ios-16-6-imessage-contact-key-verification/

WWDC / Headset / Timings

https://daringfireball.net/2023/05/bajarin_wwdc_headset

Interesting Article on Wired connections

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/17/ethernet-vs-wifi-speed-lost/

Record of Android users switching to iPhone

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/17/android-switching-to-iphone-highest-level/

Logitech Doing the right thing (they get a lot of mentions from us)

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/05/17/logitech_teams_up_with_ifixit/

STUPID possibly dangerous Tech from Dyson

https://www.dyson.co.uk/headphones/zone#tucs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFdnCzfJPJ0

New Beats Headphones

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/17/beats-studio-buds-plus-review/

Media

Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese, di Caprio)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG0si5bSd6I

Games

Dishonoured

https://store.steampowered.com/app/205100/Dishonored/

Hardspace Shipbreaker

https://www.ign.com/articles/hardspace-shipbreaker-review

Main Show

Accessibility : Newly announced feature:

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-previews-live-speech-personal-voice-and-more-new-accessibility-features/

Assistive Access

Detection Mode in Magnifier

Save your voice

https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-marks-global-accessibility-awareness-day-with-features-coming-to-ios-ipados-and-macos-later-this-year/

Appreciate the Voice over for blind/partially sighted people

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDm7GiKra28

Voice Control

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

App of the Week

Merlin Bird ID

https://apps.apple.com/app/id773457673

Thing of the week

Blur Album (The Ballad of Darren) / The Narcissist Single

https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-ballad-of-darren/1688020024

Contact

@[email protected]

@[email protected]

email  : [email protected]

Follow Up

EU approves Microsoft to purchase activation

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/15/23723703/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-approved-eu-european-commission

News

Teenage Engineering Dictaphone

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/12/23721033/teenage-engineering-tp7-audio-recorder-motorized-tape-reel-price

Apple service outages are unacceptable

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/12/apple-service-outages/

User Repairable Headphones

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1938678

That Dell screen can now be bought

https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/dell-ultrasharp-32-6k-monitor-u3224kb/apd/210-bhnx/monitors-monitor-accessories

Google also now does Coding with AI

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1938356

Do the LLM thing on your own data

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/11/open_source_ai_makes_subscriptions_irrelevant/

Twitter has a new boss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65574826

‘Pro’ Apps come to iPad (at last)

https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/05/final-cut-pro-and-logic-pro-come-to-the-ipad-at-last/

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/05/09/final-cut-pro-and-logic-pro-for-ipad/

Is iPadOS finally going to deliver?

https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/30/ipados-17-rumors-new-features/

Log in or get purged

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1937543

Live Activities

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/5/23711698/iphone-14-pro-dynamic-island-live-activities-always-on-display

Apple prepped

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/15/kuo-apple-well-prepared-headset-unveiling/

https://www.techradar.com/news/the-apple-vr-headset-is-a-winner-according-to-the-meta-quests-pioneer

Media

The Crowded Room Trailer - Apple TV + (June 9, 2023)

https://youtu.be/4w1xZA7pX2c

Another Oppenheimer Trailer

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

Amazon Licensing content

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/8/23715523/amazon-prime-video-originals-license-streaming-services

Games

Pocket City 2

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocket-city-2/id1533709428

Main Show

Googles Announcements

https://www.theverge.com/23718158/google-io-2023-biggest-announcements-ai-pixel-fold-tablet-android-14

Passkeys a loss of user control

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/05/08/passkeys-a-loss-of-user-control/

or a no brainer

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1937113

App of the Week

Waze / Apple Maps

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/waze-navigation-live-traffic/id323229106

Thing of the week

Slow Horses (Novel) by Mick Heron

https://www.waterstones.com/book/slow-horses/mick-herron/9781399803052

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