0203 - Happy New Year

What this episode covers

In this episode, Puppies, Pickles and Profit Margins BackBites Jami’s Sandwich - Jami’s Comment on Episode 0202 - Jami’s Comment on Episode 1 Kim - Kim’s Keeping Up Appearances Pandamonium - Pandamonium’s Comment In The News Logi Options+ - Options+ and G HUB macOS Certificate Issue - Logitech Support + Download - Logi Options+ (Plus): Customization App for Logitech Devices - No more Logi Options+ : r/logitech CES Silly Season 2026 - The Verge Awards at CES 2026 | The Verge - Ecovacs’ new launch nearly made me cry during my CES booth tour | TechRadar - I’ve played with Lego’s new Smart Brick - here are my honest thoughts | Stuff - BirdBuddy 2 mini smart feeder films wildlife with a 2K camera Apple Creator Studio - Apple Creator Studio bundles 6 apps - Pixelmator Pro arrives on iPad with desktop-class image editing - These Apple Apps Will No Longer Receive All New Features Without a Subscription - Apple confirms Pixelmator for iOS will no longer receive updates - Apple Says ‘Pixelmator’ App on iOS Will No Longer Receive Updates - Pixelmator Pro arrives on iPad with desktop-class image editing | Cult of Mac - Subscription fatigue is real, and 2026 will be the breaking point for artists - Free Affinity app sparks huge debate among artists and designers - Affinity’s free gambit could shatter Adobe (but if it doesn’t, that tells us a lot) - Does Apple Creator Studio make subscription apps palatable? - Apple Creator Studio is another step an app bundle future - Paid features coming to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - Compared: Apple Creator Studio vs Adobe Creative Cloud Pro - Apple invites creators to multi-day ‘Apple Experience’ next week Is It an Ad? - Apple testing new App Store design that blurs the line between ads and search results New Raycast - New Raycast - Coming 2026 Grok’s “Undress Mode” and the One-Way Street of Digital Abuse - Woman felt ‘dehumanised’ after Musk’s Grok AI used to digitally remove her clothes - Ofcom asks X about reports its Grok AI makes sexualised images of children - Government demands Musk’s X deals with ‘appalling’ Grok AI - Apple asked to pull X and Grok apps over ‘sickening content generation’ - U.S. Senators Ask Apple and Google to Remove X and Grok Apps Over Sexualized Image Generation - Have US senators told Apple and Google to remove X/Grok? - X to block Grok AI from undressing images of real people - As pressure mounts, xAI says Grok will stop undressing people - Has Grok blocked non-consensual images? - Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards In a Pickle - Squinting Face, Pickle, and Lighthouse Among New Emoji Coming to iOS - Pickle, lighthouse, and meetor among new emoji coming in 2026 - Here are the new emoji likely coming to iPhone with iOS 27 Icon Instructions ... Really! - Dear Apple: if your new icons need a manual, they’re not working - Google’s new app icons were desperately needed - These parody Google icons are better than the new update - Spotify’s New Disco Ball App Logo Is Terrible Mike’s New Tech - John Lewis - Unboxing of Mike’s New Tech Contact Us - Mail Us - Contact Us - Join the MacBites Community - MacBites Mail - Elaine on Bluesky - Mike on Bluesky - MacBites on Bluesky - MacBites Siri on Bluesky

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