Episode 160: Slightly More Positive Chris

Follow Up

AirPods Pro volume increases automatically in wind 

Argos instead of Amazon

https://www.argos.co.uk/

Social Media Lifespans

https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/113986535718924599 

US lawmakers press Trump admin to oppose UK's order for Apple iCloud backdoor

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/us_demand_uk_apple_backdoor_close/ 

Apple Maps cycling directions expand across UK and Ireland

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/13/apple-maps-cycling-directions-expand-across-uk-and-ireland/ 

Testing the New ASUS ProArt 5K Display

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/12/asus-proart-5k-display/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

Benq: https://www.benq.com/en-us/monitor/professional/pd2730s.html

Apple Resumes Advertising on X

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/12/apple-resumes-advertising-on-x/ 

AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/bbc_ai_news_accuracy/ 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40670-025-02293-z  

Apple officially owns Pixelmator and Photomator

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/11/apple-officially-owns-pixelmator-and-photomator/ 

News 

Apple warns 'extremely sophisticated attack' may be targeting iThings

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/apple_ios_ipados_patches/ 

Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead

 https://marcan.st/2025/02/resigning-as-asahi-linux-project-lead/ 

Man offers to buy city dump in last-ditch effort to recover $800M in bitcoins

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/man-offers-to-buy-city-dump-in-last-ditch-effort-to-recover-800m-in-bitcoins/ 

Microsoft Outlook’s new minimize button makes mobile emails much easier

https://www.theverge.com/news/612853/microsoft-outlook-mobile-minimize-button-email-drafts 

Apple teases special product launch coming February 19

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/13/apple-teases-special-product-launch-coming-february-19/ 

Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/larry_ellison_wants_all_data/ 

Apple TV Is Finally Available on Android

https://lifehacker.com/tech/apple-tv-finally-available-on-android?utm_medium=RSS 

Nvidia’s RTX 5090 power connectors are melting

https://www.theverge.com/news/609207/nvidia-rtx-5090-power-connector-melting-burning-issues 

Media 

Blazing Saddles

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

Back to Black

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

F1 Updated Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGicWJQh_o0

Netflix and Apple TV app

Coming: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/14/netflix-shows-in-apple-tv-app-for-some-users/

Going: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/14/netflix-no-apple-tv-integration/

The Gorge

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

Games

Civ 7

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

Commandos: Origins

https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/commandos-origins-finally-with-a-release-date-the-classic-strateg/z6790f

Main Show

AI Makes you lose your faculties

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/microsoft_study_ai_critical_thinking/ 

Back to the Mac

https://birchtree.me/blog/matt-gemmell-is-back-on-the-mac/

https://mattgemmell.scot/back-to-mac/?ref=birchtree.me 

App of the Week 

Bookplayer

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bookplayer/id1138219998 

Thing of the Week 

Chris Harris and Friends Podcast

https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42KzCP/ 

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