Follow Up

Apple Removes '2024' Timeframe From Next-Generation CarPlay Page

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/23/apple-removes-2024-from-next-gen-carplay-page/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

UK competition authority formally investigating iPhone App Store monopoly

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/23/uk-competition-authority-formally-investigating-iphone-app-store-monopoly/ 

DEI ending

https://www.chcoc.gov/content/initial-guidance-regarding-deia-executive-orders 

https://urbanists.social/@Karstan/113874546135323862 

A free upgrade could let Philips Hue and other Zigbee bulbs act as motion sensors

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/22/a-free-upgrade-could-let-philips-hue-and-other-zigbee-bulbs-act-as-motion-sensors/#more-987011 

Bambu Lab pushes a “control system” for 3D printers, and boy, did it not go well

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/bambu-lab-pushes-a-control-system-for-3d-printers-and-boy-did-it-not-go-well/ 

TikTok ban suspended for 75 days, but Trump order may not be legal

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/21/tiktok-ban-suspended-for-75-days-but-trump-order-may-not-be-legal/#more-986817 

Le Monde, French newspaper of record, quits Elon Musk’s X

https://www.politico.eu/article/le-monde-france-top-newspaper-quits-elon-musk-x/ 

News 

Revealed: Microsoft deepened ties with Israeli military to provide tech support during Gaza war

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/23/israeli-military-gaza-war-microsoft?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

Apple g4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2ThMmgQdpE 

Related: Microsoft and the Amazon Jungle

https://www.ft.com/content/3ac7e92f-bea5-4460-8791-23a2697d8b80

Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/could-hackers-use-new-attack-to-take-down-european-power-grid/ 

Apple sued for using dangerous 'forever chemicals' in Watch bands

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/apple_watch_pfas_bands/ 

Trump 'waved a white flag to Chinese hackers' as Homeland Security axed cyber advisory boards

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/dhs_axes_cyber_advisory_boards/ 

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 event was an AI presentation with occasional phone hardware

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/samsungs-galaxy-s25-event-was-an-ai-presentation-with-occasional-phone-hardware/ 

China claims major fusion advance and record after 17-minute Tokamak run

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/china_tokamak_plasma_record_claim/ 

Digital passports among IDs to be available in UK government app

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/21/digital-passports-among-ids-to-be-available-in-uk-government-app?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

New Sony Headphones???

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/24/sony-wh-1000xm6-headphones-fc-filing/

Media 

New year, same streaming headaches: Netflix raises prices by up to 16 percent

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/new-netflix-price-hikes-increase-subscription-fees-by-up-to-2-50-a-month/ 

Bank of Dave 2

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bank_of_dave_2_the_loan_ranger

Prime Target

https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/prime-target/umc.cmc.5hje8i3v25dzow2olljxetnus 

Secret Level Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Level-Season-1/dp/B0DJPRN1FJ 

Beast Games

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Level-Season-1/dp/B0DJPRN1FJ 

Games

Tempest Rising

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1486920/Tempest_Rising/ 

Civilisation 7

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1295660/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VII/

Settlements Rising?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2378910/Settlements_Rising/

Main Show

Operating a drone in the UK 

https://www.caa.co.uk/drones/rules-and-categories-of-drone-flying/introduction-to-drone-flying-and-the-uk-rules/ 

Rods Drone

https://www.dji.com/uk/neo 

App of the Week 

Apple Notes

https://www.icloud.com/notes/ 

Thing of the Week 

A Man Called Otto

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

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Follow Up

Rods Car about to get more apps

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344560/google-android-automotive-play-store-apps-car-ready-program 

TikTok Ban is a thing

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6p1g54q85o

Also marvel snap

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24347034/marvel-snap-banned-tiktok-bytedance 

Lawmakers press Meta, Apple, Google, and others on massive Trump donations

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/17/24345244/elizabeth-warren-senator-press-big-tech-trump-donations 

Apple suspends AI-generated news alert service after BBC complaint

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/17/apple-suspends-ai-generated-news-alert-service-after-bbc-complaint?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu 

iOS 18.3 temporarily disables Apple Intelligence notification summaries for select apps, more

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/16/ios-18-3-temporarily-disables-apple-intelligence-notification-summaries-for-select-apps-more/ 

Apple's interoperability efforts aren't meeting spirit or letter of EU law, advocacy groups argue

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/apple_dma_compliance_criticized/ 

EU denies pausing action against Apple and others ahead of new US presidency

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/14/eu-denies-pausing-action-against-apple-and-others-ahead-of-new-us-presidency/ 

M4 Mac mini USB-C Issues

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/01/16/m4-mac-mini-usb-c-issues/ 

The people should own the town square

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/ 

News 

European Union orders X to hand over algorithm documents

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/european-union-orders-x-to-hand-over-algorithm-documents/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social 

Google decides it won't comply with EU fact-checking law

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/google-decides-it-wont-comply-with-eu-fact-checking-law-201514781.html?src=rss&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub&guccounter=1

RedNote may wall off “TikTok refugees” to prevent US influence on Chinese users

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/rednote-may-wall-off-tiktok-refugees-to-prevent-us-influence-on-chinese-users/ 

Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0lldd30xlo 

Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launches SpaceX rival

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/16/24342567/blue-origin-launch-sucessful 

Parallels brings back the magic that was waiting seven minutes for Windows to boot

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/parallels_x86_vms_on_apple_silicon/ 

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

DJI loosens flight restrictions, decides to trust operators to follow FAA rules

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/15/dji_ditch_geofencing/ 

Media 

Severance Season 2

Apple continues high-profile Severance promos with fun homepage panels

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/17/apple-continues-high-profile-severance-promos-with-fun-homepage-panels/ 

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/14/apple-severance-season-2-promo/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

The Great 

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

Juror #2

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/juror_2

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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

Games

XCOM2

https://store.steampowered.com/app/268500/XCOM_2/ 

 Civilization VII preview: The most complete package since IV

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/01/civilization-vii-preview-a-new-age-for-a-storied-franchise/ 

Switch 2

It’s official: Take a first look at the Switch 2

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/01/its-official-take-a-first-look-at-the-switch-2/ 

The Nintendo Switch 2 supports original Switch cartridges

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/16/24343666/nintendo-switch-2-cartridge-backwards-compatibility 

https://www.theverge.com/24344511/nintendo-switch-2-features-specs-handheld-dock-upgrade-comparison

Main Show

SONOS

https://investors.sonos.com/news-and-events/investor-news/latest-news/2025/Sonos-Announces-CEO-Transition/default.aspx 

Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after app update debacle 

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/sonos-ceo-patrick-spence-steps-down-after-app-update-debacle-2025-01-13/ 

Tony Fadell wanted Apple to buy Sonos; Steve wanted to sue it

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/15/tony-fadell-wanted-apple-to-buy-sonos-steve-wanted-to-sue-it/#more-985975 

App of the Week 

Crossover Office

https://www.codeweavers.com/ 

Thing of the Week 

Scalextric

https://uk.scalextric.com/

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Follow Up

Chris’ new mac 

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-mac-mini-20th-anniversary/ 

Apple Intelligence isn’t helping Apple boost iPhone sales, says analyst

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/10/apple-intelligence-iphone-sales/ 

Google and Microsoft donate $1 million apiece to Trump’s inauguration

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/9/24340039/google-microsoft-trump-inauguration-donation 

Apple Intelligence summaries might get warning labels. That’s not enough.

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/01/apple-intelligence-summaries-might-get-warning-labels-thats-not-enough/ 

News 

DEI

Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/07/meta-facebook-instagram-threads-mark-zuckerberg-remove-fact-checkers-recommend-political-content?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

Meta kills diversity programs, claiming DEI has become “too charged”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/meta-kills-diversity-programs-claiming-dei-has-become-too-charged/ 

Apple opposes investor calls to end its DEI efforts: ‘We strive to create a culture of belonging’

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/10/apple-opposes-investor-calls-to-end-its-dei-efforts/ 

STS

https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/113805651782663581 

Kevin Beauont via the Verge

https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/113791783682996073 

not a big fan of the new logo tbh

https://saturation.social/@jkottke/113793363432794819 

Now Trump's import tariffs could raise the cost of a laptop for Americans by 68%

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/trumps_tariff_electronics_prices/ 

Bird Buddy Launches 'Wonder' Camera for Watching Insects

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/06/ces-2025-wonder-insect-camera/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

ShiftCam unveils PLANCK: An ultra-tiny SSD for recording ProRes video on your iPhone

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/07/planck-ultra-small-ssd-prores-iphone/ 

LG teases upcoming UltraFine 6K Display with Thunderbolt 5 and stunning slim bezel design

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/06/lg-teases-upcoming-ultrafine-6k-display-with-thunderbolt-5-and-stunning-slim-bezel-design/#more-984794 

Everyone’s favorite office monitor is getting even better

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24336649/dell-ultrasharp-4k-office-monitors-120hz-price-availability 

The end of an era: Dell will no longer make XPS computers

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/the-end-of-an-era-dell-will-no-longer-make-xps-computers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social 

Media 

CES 2025: VLC Media Player Introduced AI Subtitles and Translation That Work Offline

https://lifehacker.com/tech/vlc-media-player-introduced-ai-subtitles-that-work-offline-ces-2025 

LG and Samsung are adding Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant to their TVs

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337033/lg-samsung-microsoft-copilot-smart-tvs-ces-2025 

Bad Monkey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Monkey_(TV_series) 

Senna

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81068725 

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81068725 

The Apprentice

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

Games

World's biggest game publisher Tencent threaten to sue US government for listing them as a Chinese military company

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/worlds-biggest-game-publisher-tencent-threaten-to-sue-us-government-for-listing-them-as-a-chinese-military-company 

This new MagSafe game controller will make on-the-go iPhone gaming incredibly easy

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/09/ohsnap-mcon-magsafe-game-controller/ 

Nvidia’s AI NPCs are no longer chatbots — they’re your new PUBG teammate

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337949/nvidia-ace-ai-npcs-pubg-ally-teammate 

Main Show

Rod has a new car

https://www.volvocars.com/uk/cars/ex30-electric/ 

Charging Experiences (car charges at 157kw max)

DAY 1

Gridserve Scotch Corner (350kw)

https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-richmond-north-yorkshire-moto-scotch-corner-services/ymxyxk 

Ionity Gretna (350kw)

https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-gretna-ionity-gretna-green/7q9q8 

Ionity Greenock (350kw)

https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-cartsdyke-greenock-inverclyde-ionity-greenock/mx8e9x 

DAY 2

Ionity Greenock (350kw)

https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-cartsdyke-greenock-inverclyde-ionity-greenock/mx8e9x 

Swarco Cairn Lodge, Lanark (150kw)

https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-lanark-westmorland-cairn-lodge/xr9yp2 

Tesla Todholls Southbound (250kw)

https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-carlise-todhills-southbound-uk-supercharger/6pj7x9 

Tesla Holiday Inn Express Preston (250kw)

https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-preston-preston-uk-south-supercharger/dqykq5 

BROKEN BP connect (SF Connect, Worcester Rd, Droitwich WR9 8AX)

https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-wychavon-droitwich-sf-connect/z25kpy 

Evyve Castle Hotel Droitwich (75kw)

https://chargefinder.com/en/charging-station-worcestershire-castle-hotel-droitwich/ypyeey 

App of the Week 

Octopus Electroverse

https://electroverse.octopus.energy/ 

Thing of the Week 

Outsmarted ‘Board’ Game

https://www.outsmarted.co.uk/

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Apple News+ Seems to be full of ads

Apple Vision Pro May Now Be Out of Production

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/31/vision-pro-may-be-out-of-production/ 

Apple Intelligence errors with news alerts keep piling up, here’s the latest

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/03/apple-intelligence-errors-with-news-alerts-keep-piling-up/ 

Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/apple-agrees-to-pay-95m-delete-private-conversations-siri-recorded/ 

With 10 months of support remaining, Windows 10 still dominates

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/windows_10_grows/ 

News 

Tim Cook donating $1 million to Donald’s Campaign

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/03/tim-cook-apple-donate-1-million-trump-inauguration 

Riley

https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/113766794034668928 

Gruber

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/01/03/allen-tim-cook-1m-trump-inauguration 

Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15

https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2024/12/3.html 

Apple Fitness+ and Strava

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/03/apple-fitness-plus-strava-integration/

LA deputies dogged by New Year date glitch in patrol car PCs

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/la_sheriffs_computer_crash/ 

Nick Clegg steps down as Meta's top flack in favor of more Trump-friendly candidate

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/nick_clegg_meta/ 

‘Major incident’: China-backed hackers breached US Treasury workstations

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/30/investing/china-hackers-treasury-workstations/index.htm

Whistleblower finds unencrypted location data for 800,000 VW EVs

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/12/whistleblower-finds-unencrypted-location-data-for-800000-vw-evs/ l 

Media 

Free AppleTV+ Weekend

https://9to5mac.com/everything-on-apple-tv-plus-2024/

Blade Runner 2099 Wraps Production for Prime Video Miniseries

https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1899148-blade-runner-2099-wraps-production-prime-video-miniseries 

SAS Rogue Heroes

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0d5z0xy/sas-rogue-heroes 

Bad Monkey

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

Dune Prophecy

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

Service Unit

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195790861-service-model 

Missing You

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

Games

Athena Crisis

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2456430/Athena_Crisis/ 

Mirrors Edge

https://store.steampowered.com/app/17410/Mirrors_Edge/ 

Main Show

3D Printing with Bambu Lab

Hardware

https://bambulab.com/en-gb/a1 - A1 Printer

Maker World

https://makerworld.com/en?from=bambulab.com

https://www.printables.com/ 

Stream Deck

https://www.elgato.com/uk/en/s/welcome-to-stream-deck 

App of the Week 

uBlock Origin

https://ublockorigin.com/ 

Thing of the Week 

Taskmaster New Year Treat

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/taskmasters-new-year-treat 

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Follow Up

Eddy Cue says apple wont make a search engine

https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zgvoalybovd/apple%20declaration.pdf 

DMA.100203 - Consultation on the proposed measures for interoperability between Apple’s iOS operating system and connected devices

https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/dma100203-consultation-proposed-measures-interoperability-between-apples-ios-operating-system-and_en 

News 

Hertz continues EV purge, asks renters if they want to buy instead of return

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/12/hertz-is-asking-ev-renters-if-they-want-to-buy-their-rentals/ 

Media 

Gavin and Stacy Special 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/26/gavin-stacey-christmas-special-tv-streaming 

Wallace and Gromit : Revenge Most Fowl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQqrBzJ5wIc 

TV Episode Watch

Community Comparative Religion

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/community/s01/e12 

Friday Night Dinner

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/friday-night-dinner/on-demand/51976-007

Die Hard

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKu0dprM9N0

Main Show

Mac App of the Year

iPhone Screen Sharing

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/120421

Zen Browser

https://zen-browser.app/ 

Grab2Text

https://www.softwarehow.com/grab2text/ 

Maccy

https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy

Apple product of the year

iPhone 16

https://www.apple.com/uk/iphone-16/

iPhone 16 Pro

https://www.apple.com/uk/iphone-16-pro/ 

Mac Mini

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

iPad Pro

https://www.apple.com/uk/ipad-pro/ 

iOS App of the Year

Reeder

https://reederapp.com/ 

Monzo

https://monzo.com/download 

Callsheet

https://www.caseyliss.com/2023/8/7/callsheet

Carrot Weather

https://www.meetcarrot.com/weather/ 

tvOS App of the Year

Tailscale

https://tailscale.com/kb/1280/appletv

JellyFin

https://jellyfin.org/

MotoGP

https://www.motogp.com/en/apps 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/ 

iPadOS app of the year

Reeder

https://reederapp.com/

Outlook

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-outlook/id951937596

Good Notes 6

https://www.goodnotes.com/blog/introducing-goodnotes-6

Notion

https://www.notion.com/ 

TV Show of the Year

Slow Horses

https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/slow-horses/umc.cmc.2szz3fdt71tl1ulnbp8utgq5o Runner Up

Shogun

https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/shogun/77sCbAqhMU5H Winner

Dune Prophecy

https://www.hbo.com/dune-prophecy 

Mr Bates Versus the Post Office

https://www.itv.com/watch/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/10a0469/10a0469a0001 

Movie of the Year

Deadpool & Wolverine

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

Inside Out 2

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inside_out_2

Dune Part 2

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

Civil War

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/civil_war_2024 

Paddington in Peru

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

Game of the Year

Balatro

https://www.playbalatro.com/ 

https://www.metacritic.com/game/balatro/

CoD Blops

https://www.callofduty.com/uk/en/blackops6 

https://www.metacritic.com/game/call-of-duty-black-ops-6/ 

Tactical Breach Wizards

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/Tactical_Breach_Wizards/ 

https://www.metacritic.com/game/tactical-breach-wizards/ 

Satisfactory

https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/Satisfactory/ 

https://www.metacritic.com/game/satisfactory/

Biggest Screw Up

Apple and the DMA/EU

Google Antitrust

Crowdstrike

Most absent

Apple Intelligence 

Apple Vision Pro

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Follow Up

EU wants Apple to ensure ‘effective interoperability’ of iOS with other platforms

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/18/eu-apple-ios/ 

PSA: iPadOS 18.3 and macOS 15.3 betas still don’t have the redesigned Mail app (or really anything)

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/16/new-mail-app-ipados-macos/ 

PSA: AirPods Max are missing a key feature on the new USB-C model (WTF)

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/18/psa-airpods-max-are-missing-a-key-feature-new-usb-c-model/ 

Most iPhone owners see little to no value in Apple Intelligence so far

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/16/most-iphone-owners-see-little-to-no-value-in-apple-intelligence-so-far/ 

Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is now available

https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-remix-41-is-now-available/

ChatGPT’s AI search engine is rolling out to everyone

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/16/24322665/chatgpt-search-engine-rolling-out-free-users 

https://chatgpt.com/c/6763e595-2330-8007-b9aa-01f1dbbc5af2 

Blackmagic’s Vision Pro immersive camera can be yours for only $29,995

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/16/24322713/blackmagic-cine-immersive-camera-preorder-vision-pro-immersive-video 

Apple to stop selling iPhone SE and iPhone 14 in Europe as USB-C deadline hits

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/13/apple-stop-selling-14-se-usb-c-lightning/

News 

Bloomberg: Apple scraps plans to offer iPhone hardware subscription service

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/18/iphone-hardware-subscription-service/ 

Seagate is getting ready to launch its first high-capacity HAMR hard drive

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/18/24324143/seagate-32tb-hamr-hard-drive 

China's homebrew Bluetooth alternative is on the march as Beijing pushes universal remotes

https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/china_starflash_universal_remotes_standard/ 

EV Corner

Honda and Nissan explore merger to navigate uncertain EV future

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/17/24323448/honda-nissan-merger-talks-memorandum-ev

Trump to block the government and military from buying EVs

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/12/on-trumps-chopping-block-evs-charger-funding-californias-emissions/

January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924!

https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/

Media 

New Apple TV+ movie will star John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, and big Indiana Jones energy

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/17/new-apple-tv-blockbuster-features-john-krasinski-natalie-portman-and-big-indiana-jones-energy/

Apple officially renews sci-fi drama Silo for two more seasons to close out the story

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/16/apple-tv-renews-silo-2/

Gavin and Stacy Xmas special

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/articles/2024/gavin-and-stacey-the-finale-everything-you-need-to-know 

Rod went to a Panto

https://www.swanseagrand.co.uk/JackAndTheBeanstalk 

Games

The Nintendo Switch 2 and its dock, as described by the mystery Reddit leaker

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/18/24324483/nintendo-switch-2-leak-reddit-next-handheld 

Steam Winter Sale

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/steam-winter-sale-2024-start-time-date/

Main Show

Apple Products released this year:

App of the Week 

rsync

https://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync

Thing of the Week 

That Christmas

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81309564

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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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Follow Up

You can now try Microsoft’s Recall AI feature on Intel and AMD Copilot Plus PCs

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24314795/microsoft-recall-testing-amd-intel-copilot-plus-pcs 

Brazilian court overturns injunction imposed on Apple’s App Store

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/05/brazilian-court-apple-app-store/

OpenAI announces full “o1” reasoning model, $200 ChatGPT Pro tier

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/openais-new-200-mo-chatgpt-subscription-will-buy-you-more-compute-time/

Apple Music’s yearly recap is finally available ‘in the app’

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24311987/apple-music-2024-recap-available-app

The Flexbar resurrects the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar as a standalone device

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24311935/flexbar-touchscreen-apple-macbook-pro-touch-bar-kickstarter 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1735591421/flexbar-a-versatile-and-fully-customizable-touch-bar-solution/description

https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/products/keyboards/mx-creative-console.html

Vodafone and Three merger given green light by CMA

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3z96x0199o

News 

Bloomberg: Apple ‘investigating’ bringing cellular to the Mac for the first time

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/06/apple-investigating-cellular-mac/ 

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24315099/apple-custom-modems-5g-macs-vision-pro

Anthem BCBS is reversing its anesthesia policy after online outrage

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24314770/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-limit-policy-health-insurance 

Microsoft Discontinues iMac Rival Surface Studio 2+

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/06/microsoft-discontinues-imac-rival-surface-studio/

Temporary printable tattoos could be the future of EEGs

https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/05/brain_boffins_eeg_tattoos/

US officials recommend encrypted messaging to evade hackers in telecom networks

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/4/24313187/encrypted-apps-salt-typhoon-hack-telecom-fbi-cisa 

UK CMA vs. Apple’s Browser Rules

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/12/04/uk-cma-vs-apples-browser-rules/

Jaguar’s bizarre rebranding continues with the Type 00 concept electric car

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/2/24311604/jaguar-type-00-concept-ev-copy-nothing 

Media 

Users fear the Sonos app could require a subscription; company says no plans in hand

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/02/users-fear-the-sonos-app-could-require-a-subscription-company-says-no-plans-in-hand/

Wolf Hall

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

Fly Me to the Moon on Apple TV+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0k04aH71UA

Dune Part 2 Rewatch

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

Games

Valve’s master plan for Steam Machines is finally coming into focus

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24315098/valve-steam-machines-steamos-steam-deck-vr 

Ubisoft shooter XDefiant is shutting down and sending refunds to players

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24312584/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-refunds 

PlayStation at 30: the console that made video games cool

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/dec/03/playstation-at-30-the-console-that-made-video-games-cool?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

Sony brings back original PlayStation boot screen with PS5 anniversary update

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/2/24311112/playstation-30th-anniversary-psx-boot-sequence-ps5-update

Commandos: Origins delayed until March 2025

https://blog.kalypsomedia.com/en/commandos-origins-dev-log/

Main Show

Splitting Apple iCloud Accounts shared on two iPhones

https://support.apple.com/en-us/109040

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252757845?sortBy=rank

iCloud Photo Sharing (Dedupe photos)

https://www.macworld.com/article/1366211/how-to-use-duplicate-detection-apple-photos.html

Car parking apps!

https://www.paybyphone.co.uk/

Phone Book

Emergency Contacts

https://www.howtogeek.com/768576/how-to-set-an-emergency-contact-on-iphone-and-why/

Legacy Contacts

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102631

macOS Migration for 10 year old laptop

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102613

ROD COUGHED

App of the Week 

Skeets App

https://www.skeetsapp.com 

Thing of the Week 

Festivitas App

https://www.festivitas.app/

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Follow Up

Ransom gang claims attack on NHS Alder Hey Children's Hospital

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/29/inc_ransom_alder_hey_childrens_hospital/ 

Australia bans social media for under 16s

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/28/24308245/australia-bans-social-media-children-under-16

Reddit overtakes X in popularity of social media platforms in UK

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/28/reddit-overtakes-x-in-popularity-of-social-media-platforms-in-uk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

UK carrier Three supporting RCS for iPhone users from next month

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/28/uk-carrier-three-supporting-rcs-for-iphone-users-from-next-month/ 

Microsoft hits back at claims it slurps your Word, Excel files to train AI models

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/microsoft_word_excel_ai/ 

Mini vMac for iOS Rejected via Notarization

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/26/mini-vmac-for-ios-rejected-via-notarization/ 

Apple unveils 2024 App Store Awards finalists

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/25/apple-unveils-2024-app-store-awards-finalists/ 

Boox Palma 2 Review is in

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/24/24301379/boox-palma-2-review-e-reader-android

News (21:00)

Zoom 2.0 relaunches as an AI-first company without video in its name

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/25/24305942/zoom-communications-rename-ai-first-company

LITIGATION WATCH

Microsoft is being investigated by the FTC over antitrust concerns

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/27/24307790/microsoft-is-being-investigated-by-the-ftc-over-antitrust-concerns  

Brazil Rules Against Apple’s Anti-Steering Rules

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/27/brazil-rules-against-apples-anti-steering-rules/ 

Google must face £7B UK class action over search engine dominance

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/26/google_7_billion_cat/

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/25/24305942/zoom-communications-rename-ai-first-company 

Delicious Library is going away 

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/25/the-end-of-delicious-library/ 

https://mastodon.social/@wjs/113539330521476328 

Media

Bake-Off Finale

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-great-british-bake-off 

Apple’s Movie Theater Beef With Hollywood

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/26/apples-movie-theater-beef-with-hollywood/ 

Dune Prophecy 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dune_prophecy/s01 

Major League

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097815/?ref_=tturv_ov_i

Inception (Rewatch)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_inceptio

Games

Sony is reportedly working on a PS5 portable

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/sony-is-reportedly-working-on-a-ps5-portable/ 

Steam Black Friday Sale

https://store.steampowered.com/specials 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/Satisfactory/

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/satisfactory-10-review

Crossword Jam (Apple Arcade)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crossword-jam/id6448909510 

Main Show

Editing the Podcast

Apps

Apple FaceTIme

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/102215 

Audio Hijack Pro

https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/ 

Logic Pro

https://www.apple.com/uk/logic-pro /    

Mac Whisper

https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper   

Forecast

https://overcast.fm/forecast

Da Vinci Resolve

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/ 

OBS

https://obsproject.com 

Workflow

The future of editing and subscriptions 

https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/09/final-cut-pro-logic-ipad-subscription-price/ 

App of the Week

TrueNAS Scale (Electric Eel)

https://www.truenas.com/truenas-scale/

Thing of the Week 

Surprise!

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

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Follow Up

You can now try Microsoft’s Recall AI feature on a Copilot Plus PC

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/24302947/microsoft-recall-windows-insider-testing-dev-channel-click-to-do

Microsoft flashes Win10 users with more full-screen ads for Windows 11

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/21/windows_11_fs_ad/

OpenAI accidentally erased ChatGPT training findings as lawyers seek copyright violations

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/21/openai-accidentally-erased-chatgpt-training-findings-as-lawyers-seek-copyright-violations/ 

DOJ Watch 

DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/20/24300617/doj-google-search-antitrust-chrome-breakup

Apple fights to keep DOJ antitrust suit from reaching trial

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/20/24301660/apple-doj-motion-dismiss-antitrust-lawsuit 

iOS 18.1.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1.1 patch security vulnerabilities that were actively exploited

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/19/ios-18-1-1-security-fix-update-details/

Apple Intelligence intro is not going well

Apple Intelligence notification summaries are honestly pretty bad

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/11/apple-intelligence-notification-summaries-are-honestly-pretty-bad/ 

An Honest Review of Apple Intelligence... So Far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haDjmBT9tu4&t=871s 

News 

The app store must end

https://www.macworld.com/article/2525708

Foursquare Open Source Places: A new foundational dataset for the geospatial community

https://location.foursquare.com/resources/blog/products/foursquare-open-source-places-a-new-foundational-dataset-for-the-geospatial-community/ 

Apple faces antitrust action in the UK over default web browser (but not cloud gaming)

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/22/apple-faces-antitrust-action-in-the-uk-over-default-web-browser-but-not-cloud-gaming/ 

Android will soon instantly log you in to your apps on new devices

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/android-will-soon-instantly-log-you-in-to-your-apps-on-new-devices/ 

Apple will now be treated like a bank, says US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/21/apple-will-now-be-treated-like-a-bank-says-us-consumer-financial-protection-bureau/ 

Apple now sells its own Apple News ads for the first time

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/19/apple-now-sells-its-own-apple-news-ads-for-the-first-time/

Microsoft goes thin client with $349 Windows 365 Link mini PC

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/microsoft_windows_365_link/

Media

Silo Season 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLJDR-vFUdY 

Shogun 

https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/shogun/77sCbAqhMU5H 

Developers behind F1 app ‘Lapz’ for Vision Pro forced to remove it from TestFlight

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/19/f1-app-lapz-vision-pro-testflight/ 

Apple TV+ spent $20B on original content. If only people actually watched.

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/11/apple-tv-spent-20b-on-original-content-if-only-people-actually-watched/ 

JFK Documentary on Disney+

https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/jfk-one-day-in-america/2up6Kqj9n6YJ 

https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/movies/jfk/5x0ZmjGauCud

Deadpool and Wolverine on Disney+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_1biulkYk 

Wallace and Gromit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQqrBzJ5wIc

PSA: Great British Bake Off Finale this week

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-great-british-bake-off 

Games 

Flight Simulator 2024

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 struggles to take off 

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/microsoft_flight_simulator_2024_launch/ 

Main Show 

The Bluesky resurgence

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/24/bluesky-promised-land-x-social-media 

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2024/x-bluesky-migration-gathers-pace 

The counter

https://bsky-users.theo.io/