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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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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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/

Follow Up

Apple quietly gave the M4 MacBook Pro a quantum dot display

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/15/apple-quietly-gave-the-m4-macbook-pro-a-quantum-dot-display/

Learned about this option today, helpful on the 256GB machines.

https://tapbots.social/@paul/113490344157847664 

M4 Macs Can’t Virtualize Older macOS

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/15/m4-macs-cant-virtualise-older-macos/ 

M4 Mac FOMO

https://christianselig.com/2024/11/mac-mini-m4-prints/

Are standing desks good for you? The answer is getting clearer.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/11/a-standing-desk-wont-improve-your-heart-health-but-it-wont-hurt-it-either/ 

AirPlay Mirroring on Mac Just Got a Huge Upgrade

https://lifehacker.com/tech/airplay-mirroring-on-mac-just-got-a-huge-upgrade

Apple Music Classical adds dedicated CarPlay app and Siri support

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/12/apple-music-classical-carplay/

MKBHD got himself in trouble again

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24294921/mkbhd-controversy-dji-sponsored-video-speeding

News

Apple hit with £3 billion claim of ripping off 40 million UK iCloud users

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/apple_sued_icloud_uk/ 

Elon Musk targets Microsoft in amended OpenAI lawsuit

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/15/24297271/elon-musk-openai-microsoft-amended-lawsuit

EU fines Meta €800 million for breaking law with Marketplace

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/eu-fines-meta-e800-million-for-breaking-law-with-marketplace/ 

AI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created by O2 to waste phone scammers' time

https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/ai-tool-sounds-like-elderly-30370351 

Apple receives EU warning to end ‘discriminatory’ geo-blocking practices

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24294554/apple-eu-warning-geo-blocking-practices-app-store

NOT A HEADLINE…?

https://nileane.fr/@nileane/113482851710113640 

Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/academic_papers_retracted_software_licensing/ 

NatWest blocks bevy of apps in clampdown on unmonitorable comms

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/natwest_blocks_bevy_of_apps/ 

OWC announces its first Thunderbolt 5 dock, compatible with latest M4 Macs

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/12/owc-thunderbolt-5-dock/

Media

Mythic Quest is getting a spinoff anthology series

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/14/24296445/mythic-quest-season-4-premiere-date-side-quest 

Amazon is shutting down Freevee

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24295129/amazon-shutting-down-freevee-prime-video

Channel 4 launches Vision Pro streaming app with a Taskmaster environment

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/12/channel-4-launches-vision-pro-streaming-app-and-it-even-has-a-taskmaster-environment/

Games 

Final Fantasy games are coming to Apple Arcade

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/13/24295537/final-fantasy-4-apple-arcade

Half Life 2 is 20

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/half-life-2-is-20-years-old-and-has-been-updated-with-steam-workshop-support-and-developer-commentary

Classic shooters Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free and preserved on the Internet Archive

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/classic-shooters-unreal-and-unreal-tournament-are-now-free-and-preserved-on-the-internet-archive 

GOG’s Preservation Program is the DRM-free store refocusing on the classics

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/gogs-preservation-program-is-the-drm-free-store-refocusing-on-the-classics/ 

Main Show 

What apps MUST you install on a new mac

1Password

https://1password.com/ 

Homebrew

https://brew.sh/ 

Maccy

https://maccy.app/ 

iTerm2

https://iterm2.com/

Linearmouse

https://linearmouse.app/

Grab2Text

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

Ivory

https://tapbots.com/ivory/ 

Raindrop.io

https://raindrop.io/ 

Reeder (5) 

https://reederapp.com/ 

What you must install on your iPad

https://1password.com/ 

Email: Outlook

Work: Microsoft Office suite of Apps 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/install-and-set-up-office-on-an-iphone-or-ipad-9df6d10c-7281-4671-8666-6ca8e339b628

iNews Paper

https://inews.co.uk/

Apple Office Suite (Numbers, Pages, Keynote)

https://www.apple.com/iwork/

Reeder

https://reederapp.com/ 

All the streaming apps

Channel 4

https://www.channel4.com/

iPlayer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

Prime, etc.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/storefront/ref=atv_hm_hom_legacy_redirect?contentId=IncludedwithPrime&contentType=merch&merchId=IncludedwithPrime

App of the Week

MX MASTER 3S

https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/products/mice/mx-master-3s.910-006560.html 

Thing of the Week 

Believe the Story Behind Ted Lasso

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Believe-Audiobook/B0CXBKS438?qid=1731833341&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=4HGFM9KXJW9XH5YT9Z9B&pageLoadId=mjSNc9cygEkk16uK&creativeId=41e85e98-10b8-40e2-907d-6b663f04a42d&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1

Contact

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Follow Up

 M4 Mac mini offers modular SSD storage, faster base model speeds

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/08/m4-mac-mini-storage-speeds/

Apple is finally letting green bubbles send message reactions

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/7/24290703/apple-green-bubble-message-reaction-rcs-android

Thoughts on the M4 iMac, and making peace with the death of the 27-inch model

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/11/thoughts-on-the-m4-imac-and-making-peace-with-the-death-of-the-27-inch-model/ 

Apple reportedly facing first-ever EU fine over App Store rules

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/5/24289067/apple-eu-fine-digital-markets-act-app-store

Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/mozilla_foundation_layoffs/

macOS 15.2 lets users add a Weather widget to the Menu Bar

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/04/macos-15-2-weather-menu-bar/

News

Apple botched the Apple Intelligence launch, but its long-term strategy is sound

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/despite-unforced-errors-the-future-of-apple-intelligence-could-be-bright/

Apple’s new AirPlay options for macOS add a little more privacy

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/7/24290301/apple-macos-screen-mirroring-airplay-single-window

Cops Suspect iOS 18 iPhones Are Communicating to Force Reboots, Making Unlocking Harder

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/07/ios-18-forcing-reboots-law-enforcement/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

macOS High Power Mode comes to MacBook Pro and Mac mini with M4 Pro

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/07/macos-high-power-mode-m4-pro/

Microsoft just learned its lesson about overcharging for AI features

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/07/microsoft-just-learned-its-lesson-about-overcharging-for-ai-features/ 

EU opens antitrust investigation into key Apple supplier Corning

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/06/eu-opens-investigation-into-key-apple-supplier-corning/ 

Media

Harlen Coben’s Missing You on Netflix - 1st January

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/missing-you-harlan-coben-release-date-news

Down Cemetery Road

https://www.apple.com/uk/tv-pr/news/2024/04/apple-tv-announces-new-thriller-down-cemetery-road-starring-emma-thompson-and-ruth-wilson/

Alien

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

Nick Cave and the Bad seeds Cardiff Unita Arena

https://www.nickcave.com/news/the-wild-god-tour-uk-europe-2024/ 

Games 

A whole bunch of Sega classics are being delisted

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/7/24290671/sega-classic-games-delisted 

Switch 2 will play Switch games

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/5/24284745/switch-2-backward-compatibility-nintendo-online-preservation

Main Show 

Apple Mac Mini M4 review: a tiny wonder

https://www.theverge.com/24289730/apple-mac-mini-m4-review 

M4 Mac Mini

https://www.apple.com/uk/mac-mini/ 

New Screen

Benq PD2705U Display

https://www.benq.eu/en-uk/monitor/professional/pd2705u.html

App of the Week

Deskpad

https://github.com/Stengo/DeskPad 

Thing of the Week 

Commandos Behind Enemy Lines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commandos:_Behind_Enemy_Lines#Expansion

Contact

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Follow Up

RECALL

Microsoft just delayed Recall again

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/31/24284572/microsoft-recall-delay-december-windows-insider-testing

Microsoft isn’t secretly installing Recall on your Windows PC

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/29/24282821/microsoft-windows-recall-feature-optional-uninstall

Apple Intelligence Is Coming to EU iPhones After All

https://lifehacker.com/tech/apple-intelligence-coming-to-eu-iphones-after-all

Tech Bros and the Elections

Wapo and Bezos

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168416/washington-post-bezos-endorsement-president-cancellations-resignations

A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles

https://www.theverge.com/24282022/kamala-harris-endorsement-presidential-election-2024

News

Apple expands iPhone satellite services deal, commits $1.1bn to expand capacity

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/01/apple-expands-iphone-satellite-services-deal/

Microsoft accused of 'greenwashing' as AI used in fossil fuel exploration

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/microsoft_greenwashing_ai/

OpenAI launches ChatGPT with Search, taking Google head-on

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/openai-launches-chatgpt-with-search-taking-google-head-on/

Generative AI is coming to Google Maps, Google Earth, Waze

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/10/generative-ai-is-coming-to-google-maps-google-earth-waze/

Meta spruiks benefits of open sourcing Llama models – to its own bottom line 

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/meta_q3_2024/

Wanted. Top infosec pros willing to defend Britain on shabby salaries

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/gchq_needs_advanced_cybersecurity_professionals/

Apple reaches deal to acquire Pixelmator

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/01/apple-reaches-deal-to-acquire-pixelmator/

Founded in 2007

Media

Nintendo Music App: Every Game Soundtrack Included

https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/nintendo-music-app-every-game-soundtrack-included-how-to-download-all-systems

Nintendo Music

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/nintendo-music/id6466376604

Apple Ads

Apple Intelligence | Writing Tools | iPhone 16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0MoYKwVTM

Apple Intelligence | Create memory movies | iPhone 16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0BXZhdDqZM

No Sweat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r3_pPkjOdg

Apple Intelligence – Smug and gross

https://blog.blankbaby.com/2024/10/apple-intelligence-smug-and-gross.html?amp=1

Paddington in Peru

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

Star Trek Lower Decks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8WRgPfjB4E

Games 

Moida Mansion is the new free game from Return Of The Obra Dinn’s Lucas Pope, and it's out now

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/moida-mansion-is-the-new-free-game-from-return-of-the-obra-dinns-lucas-pope-and-its-out-now

Call of Duty’s massive filesize drives peak internet usage

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/30/24283801/comcast-call-of-duty-black-ops-6-large-downloads

Main Show 

Apple Earnings

Apple’s Q424 results: $95B revenue–with a twist

https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/10/apples-q424-results-95b-revenue-with-a-twist/

Apple reports record Q4 2024 earnings with nearly $95 billion in revenue

https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/31/aapl-q4-2024-earnings/

New Macs

iMac

https://www.apple.com/imac/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaB7nCdId0Y

First mac to support 8k

https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/28/m4-imac-8k-120/

Mac Mini

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjpGvjy0Gxk

New Mac mini shrinks down, gains M4 and M4 Pro chips

Macbook Pro

https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHTT_7AjoU8

https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/02/apple-m4-max-geekbench-macbook-pro/

The MacBook Air gets a surprise upgrade to 16GB of RAM

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/30/24282981/apple-macbook-air-m2-m3-16gb-ram-minimum-price-unchanged

All new Macs now ship with 16GB of RAM

App of the Week

Sunshine/Moonlight

https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine

Thing of the Week 

https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/news/oxfordshire-news/clarksons-farm-who-cheerful-charlie-6604801

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Follow Up

Bluesky wants to introduce a paid subscription with exclusive features

https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/25/bluesky-paid-subscription/ 

Rochko

https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/113365319263963755 

iOS 18.2 Beta 1 is out

https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/23/ios-18-2-new-features-changes/

https://www.macrumors.com/guide/image-playground/

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/23/ios-18-2-default-apps-section/

iOS 18.2 adds iMessage child safety feature for reporting nudes to Apple

https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/24/ios-182-adds-imessage-child-safety-feature-for-reporting-nudes-to-apple/ 

Report: Apple May Stop Producing Vision Pro by the End of 2024

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/23/apple-may-stop-producing-vision-pro-by-end-of-2024/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

WhatsApp is making a massive change to the way it saves your contacts 

https://www.thevergReport: Apple May Stop Producing Vision Pro by the End of 2024 - MacRumorse.com/2024/10/22/24276714/whatsapp-built-in-contacts-address-book 

News

Jury rules Masimo smartwatches infringe Apple design patents

https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/25/masimo-apple-design-patents-apple-watch/ 

Jeff Bezos reportedly killed the Washington Post’s Kamala Harris endorsement

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/25/24279602/jeff-bezos-washington-post-kamala-harris-endorsement 

The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/ 

Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/10/phone-tracking-tool-lets-government-agencies-follow-your-every-move/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social 

Anthropic's latest Claude model can interact with computers – what could go wrong?

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/anthropic_claude_model_can_use_computers/ 

Report: Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license, endangering its chip business

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/report-arm-cancels-qualcomms-architecture-license-endangering-its-chip-business/ 

Scientific Racism

Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity promote scientific racism in AI search results

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/google-microsoft-and-perplexity-promote-scientific-racism-in-ai-search-results/ 

Concerns raised over access to UK Biobank data after ‘race scientists’ claims

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/25/concerns-raised-access-uk-biobank-data-race-scientists-claims?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

Farewell to Foursquare’s app

https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/22/farewell-to-foursquares-app/ 

Media

Disney Plus and Hulu won’t let you sign up through Apple anymore

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/21/24276226/disney-plus-hulu-sign-up-apple-app-store-anymore 

Alien: Romulus is getting a VHS release

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/20/24274915/alien-romulus-vhs-limited-edition-collectible-release-date 

Inside Men rewatch

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bpkjl

The Penguin

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

Almas Not Normal

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

Games 

Cod BLOPs 6

https://www.callofduty.com/blackops6 

Dead space Remake

https://www.ign.com/articles/dead-space-remake-review 

Main Show 

Apple teases ‘week’ of Mac announcements starting on Monday

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/24/24266448/apple-mac-announcements-october-2024 

https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/24/apple-october-event-confirmed-details/

https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/113373962699788108

App of the Week

New British Canon (YouTube)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLooaZ33lSaldYH8HSXL4Mpjgtjg0e1b8a 

Thing of the Week 

iPhone Mirroring (Mac App)s

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

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