This week Simon and Nick get back together to talk about a variety of stories that for a change aren’t all “sources familiar with the matter say”. Regardless of that they do of course manage to wander off the topics and into other matters…
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Recorded 9th July 2023
On this week’s show
NICK RILEY
- Spligosh in the Slack
- Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
- Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube
APPLE
- Apple’s biggest Vision Pro headset production problem is the displays — AppleInsider
- Apple Vision Pro rumored to launch in the UK and Canada by end of 2024 — The Apple Post
- Apple invents Future Tunable Ophthalmic Lenses that could be fine-tuned to Change Visible Properties for HMDs & Smartglasses – Paatently Apple
- Apple’s Game Porting Tool sees MacBooks run Cyberpunk 2077 better than a PS4 — Laptop Mag
- Apple’s Game Porting Tool for macOS got its first update – and it’s a huge one — 9to5Mac
- How to use Personal Voice in iOS 17 and how it compares to an actual voice — AppleInsider
- Apple Partnership with Goldman Sachs Nears End, American Express Could Step In — AppleMagazine
- Apple is working on a new hearing test feature for AirPods Pro, but you’ll have to wait — TechRadar
- Spotify Subscribers No Longer Allowed to Pay Through App Store – MacRumors
- Intel prevented Apple from making a 15-inch MacBook Air: “It just did not say ‘Air’ to us” — 9to5Mac
- Workflow cofounder and Shortcuts engineering manager departs Apple
- Vision Pro parody ad featuring Stephen Fry banned from Apple Music
- Apple Music didnt ban track over Vision Pro parody, admits artist – [AppleInsider]
- Jony Ive’s discontinued Apple design book now goes for big bucks — Cult of Mac
- Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story — IEEE Spectrum
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Twitter isn’t showing tweets unless you’re logged in | Engadget
- Elon Musk claims Twitter’s new login requirement is a ‘temporary’ response to data scrapers | Engadget
- Twitter puts strict cap on how many tweets users can read each day | Engadget
- Twitter quietly backtracks on requiring users to log in to see tweets | Engadget
- Meta launches Instagram Threads in a direct challenge to Twitter — CNBC
TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE
- Tooth Regrowing Drug Therapy Set For Human Clinical Trials Next Year — IFLScience
SECURITY & PRIVACY
- Apple security and privacy engineers thwarted Pegasus. It was just one of their successes this year — Fast Company
- Taking Action: Apple Cracks Down on Predatory Lending Apps in India after Investigation — Grit Daily
- Iranian hackers targeted nuclear expert, ported Windows infection chain to Mac in a week – [IT Pro]
- How to lock your iPhone from your Apple Watch — BGR
WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS
- ‘I don’t know whose bag it goes to’: Airport worker finds lost AirTag in plane’s luggage compartment, says it defeats their purpose — Daily Dot
- 12 macOS Tips New Mac Owners Should Know (Especially Former Windows Users) — SlashGear
JUST A SNIPPET
For things that are not worth more than a flypast
- Somebody Figured out How Much Forrest Gump’s Apple Stock Is Worth Today (It’s a Lot) — Comicbook.com
- Jony Ive’s first post-Apple hardware project is a $60,000 turntable — Engadget
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