Episode 154: gonna call him Tim Apple

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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