This one is really really late and I am sorry – so much stuff happening in my life at the moment – things should get easier going forward but there you are. Nick and I get together to discuss a bunch of stories that basically surprise no one!
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Recorded 26th June 2022
On this week’s show
NICK RILEY
- @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally.
- Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots’ Let’s Talk Apple
- Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
- Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube
APPLE
- Compared: M2 vs M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, and M1 Ultra – AppleInsider
- Apple M2 is fast, but not faster than M1 Pro or M1 Max – Cult of Mac
- Gurman: Apple working on at least four new Macs with M2 processor variants – 9to5Mac
- Apple updates Subscriptions menu in iOS with refreshed interface – 9to5Mac
- Reasons Why You Should Wait For The M2 MacBook Air Instead of Buying The M2 MacBook Pro — Wccftech
- Apple drops free AirPods from this year’s Back to School promotion – The Apple Post
- Apple increasing Apple Music subscription prices for students in the US, Canada, and UK –The Apple Post
- Apple Hasn’t Given Up On This Futuristic Device Concept – SlashGear
- Mail Merge Returns to Pages After Nine Years – Daring Fireball
- Pages 12.1, Numbers 12.1, and Keynote 12.1 – Tidbits
- iOS 16 beta 2 now resends edited messages to users running previous versions of iOS – 9to5Mac
- Watch YouTube videos on your Apple Watch with WatchTube – 9to5Mac
- Apple responds following Roe v. Wade ruling, saying it covers out-of-state medical care – The Apple Post
TECHNOLOGY
- Micron’s Record-Setting 1.5TB microSD Card Stores 4 Months of Video – PetaPixel
SECURITY & PRIVACY
- Apple and Google Fix ‘Hermit’ Spyware Found on iPhone and Android Phones – iPhone in Canada
- The iPhone will be the future of proving our identity, online and offline – 9to5Mac
- iOS 16 Is Done Playing With CAPTCHAs — Lifewire
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