Episode 186: What Could Go Wrong?

Follow Up 

UK Reportedly Withdraws Demand to Access Encrypted iCloud User Data

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/19/uk-withdraws-icloud-user-data-demand/ 

Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo 

Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/microsoft_adds_copilot_ai_formulas/

GitHub will be folded into Microsoft proper as CEO steps down

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/github-will-be-folded-into-microsoft-proper-as-ceo-steps-down/ 

Breathe easy: Apple Watch can read your oxygen levels again

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/apple_watch_revives_blood_oxygen/   

Apple says the App Store is 'fair and free of bias' in response to Musk's legal threats

https://www.engadget.com/ai/apple-says-the-app-store-is-fair-and-free-of-bias-in-response-to-musks-legal-threats-235555807.html?src=rss 

Pebble 2 Designs are out

https://ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-time-2-design-reveal 

News 

You've got drought: UK gov suggests you save water by deleting old emails

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/uk_government_delete_emails_water/ 

RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi and 5G conspiracies appear to make it into MAHA report draft

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/maha-draft-takes-on-electromagnetic-radiation-echoing-rfk-jr-s-conspiracies/ 

GenAI FOMO has spurred businesses to light nearly $40 billion on fire

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/generative_ai_zero_return_95_percent/

Report: Siri to Get New Design on iPhone and iPad as Early as Next Year

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/14/siri-redesign-report/ 

Apple Still Working on Studio Display 2

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/13/apple-still-working-on-studio-display-2/ 

Seven Deadly Sins (in tech)

https://social.vivaldi.net/@brucelawson/115026635400837274 

Philips Hue ‘Bridge Pro’ leaks with ‘more capacity,’ turns lights into motion sensors

https://9to5google.com/2025/08/14/philips-hue-bridge-pro-leak-motion/ 

DARPA’s Cylon raider autonomous fighter jet advances to next phase

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/darpas_scylon_raiders_autonomous_fighter/

Car Corner

Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/367566/forget-netflix-volkswagen-locks-horsepower-behind-paid-subscription

Hyundai: Want cyber-secure car locks? That'll be £49, please 

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/hyundai_want_secure_locks_on/

$30K Ford EV truck due in 2027 with much-simpler production process

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/ford-bets-big-on-universal-ev-production-system-and-30k-truck/ 

Media 

Thursday Murder Club on Netflix

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/thursday-murder-club-cast-release-date-plot

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator_2_judgment_day 

Moonraker

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1014217-moonraker 

For Your Eyes Only

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

Alien Earth

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

Games

Donkey Kong Bananza

https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-2-games/Donkey-Kong-Bananza-2785804.html?srsltid=AfmBOor0noOGCHE5JavEZ0rv_51VwazQO_dBnKhhFqcWJkTs9WQQU_Sl 

Tetris 99

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_99 

Main Show

The Apple Betas

App of the Week 

Infuse Media Client

Infuse 

Thing of the Week 

Moving a Church

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cde3xp4xlw9o

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