Accidental Tech Podcast

468: You Got Your Non-Money's Worth

02.03.2022 - By Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John SiracusaPlay

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Pre-show: Marco enters winter luxury

Marco’s “Slippers”

John’s Slippers

Marco’s Rug

Marco’s Rug Heater

Reminder: Celsius is stupid for ambient air temperatures

Robot or Not: Sundays

Follow-up:

Google ships tapback parsing

Regarding “Screeners”

Xbox Game Pass

PC Game Pass

Game Pass Ultimate

Xbox Cloud Gaming

Stratechery Interview with Phil Spencer

Apple and the Netherlands

New beta bits

Face ID unlock and glasses from Ryan Booker

Notes on Universal Control from Carlos Carpio Carcía

Sony buys Bungie for $3.6B

FAQ

Sony hints at More Acquisitions

Google tells legacy Gmail account holders to “pay up”

Ars Technica’s coverage

Google information

Amazon Simple Email Service

Using a custom domain with iCloud email

Mimestream

Fastmail (former sponsor)

Hey (former sponsor)

Zimbra

#askatp:

How do we back up shared photo albums? (via Carlos Moffat)

How do we manage power (and battery) for desktop laptops? (via Anirudh Coontoor)

Settings → Battery → Battery (in sidebar) → Optimized battery charging

What security steps do we take for family devices? (via Lars Bekkema)

Post-show:

Supercap jump-starter

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