Episode 196: Because Internet Explorer was garbage

Follow Up Out of nowhere, I got a full screen ad for Apple Arcade on my Home Screen. My jaw dropped.https://mastodon.social/@sandofsky/115419228798792901Apple loses UK antitrust lawsuit over App Store feeshttps://www.engadget.com/big-tech/apple-loses-uk-antitrust-lawsuit-over-app-store-fees-184515613.html?src=rssOpenAI just bought the team behind Apple Shortcutshttps://9to5mac.com/2025/10/23/openai-just-bought-the-team-behind-apple-shortcuts/Strava pulls the plug on its Garmin lawsuit after just 21 dayshttps://www.engadget.com/wearables/strava-pulls-the-plug-on-its-garmin-lawsuit-after-just-21-days-204255109.html?src=rssApple decries ‘intense lobbying,’ says it may be forced to turn off App Tracking Transparency in Europehttps://9to5mac.com/2025/10/23/apple-decries-intense-lobbying-threatens-to-turn-off-app-tracking-transparency-in-europe/Apple dumps dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store over privacy and moderation issueshttps://www.engadget.com/apps/apple-dumps-dating-apps-tea-and-teaonher-from-the-app-store-over-privacy-and-moderation-issues-191305457.html?src=rssNews Amazon OutageAmazon apologises to customers impacted by huge AWS outagehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgvnp77dy9oEight Sleep adds ‘outage mode’ to smart beds after AWS problems left them frozenhttps://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/aws-crash-causes-2000-smart-beds-to-overheat-and-get-stuck-upright-3272251/https://www.theverge.com/news/804289/eight-sleep-smart-bed-aws-outage-overheating-offline Swift SDK for Android now availablehttps://9to5mac.com/2025/10/24/swift-sdk-for-android-now-available/Apple on short list of donors to Trump’s White House demolition ballroom projecthttps://9to5mac.com/2025/10/23/apple-on-short-list-of-donors-to-trumps-white-house-demolition-ballroom-project/Nike says its first ‘powered footwear’ is like an e-bike for your feethttps://www.theverge.com/news/805664/nike-powered-show-project-amplifySamsung Galaxy XRWhy the Samsung Galaxy XR can support 'almost all' Android appshttps://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/why-the-samsung-galaxy-xr-can-support-almost-all-android-apps-021000889.html?src=rssSamsung's Galaxy XR doesn't give me much hope for Android XRhttps://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/samsungs-galaxy-xr-doesnt-give-me-much-hope-for-android-xr-110000129.html?src=rssAmazon's smart glasses with AI will help its drivers deliver packages fasterhttps://www.engadget.com/wearables/amazons-smart-glasses-with-ai-will-help-its-drivers-deliver-packages-faster-041009681.html?src=rssButt breathing” might soon be a real medical treatmenthttps://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/butt-breathing-might-soon-be-a-real-medical-treatment/Car CornerUS investigates Tesla’s ‘Mad Max’ high-speed driver assistance modehttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/24/tesla-mad-max-driver-assistance-investigation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_OtherRivian’s first e-bike is unlike anything you’ve ever seenhttps://www.theverge.com/news/804157/rivian-tm-b-electric-bike-price-specs-helmet-quadJLR hack is costliest cyber attack in UK history, say analystshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9pdld4y81o Media Warner Bros says Apple has shown interest in acquiring its TV and film libraryhttps://9to5mac.com/2025/10/23/report-warner-bros-apple-acquire-hbo-tv-film-library/Captain America : Brave New Worldhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/captain_america_brave_new_world Peacemakerhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/peacemaker_2022GamesCivilisation 7 https://www.metacritic.com/game/sid-meiers-civilization-vii/ Tetris 99https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/TETRIS-99-1505396.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqtKp7WJWmsEIRhg1ikjFjNYMYhQFqEPk3DhkRAbV01WHOgaOhr Main ShowWhats going on with Apps?OpenAI releases bot-tom feeding browser with ChatGPT built inhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/10/22/openai_crams_chatgpt_into_atlas/ ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Webhttps://www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/atlas-anti-web-browser/Creative neglect: What about the apps in Apple?https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/creative-neglect-what-about-the-apps-in-apple/App of the Week Apple HomeMultiple Homes..matter just worked!https://www.apple.com/uk/home-app/ Thing of the Week Rewatchables Podcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/1lUPomulZRPquVAOOd56EWhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/12/spotify-boycott-artists Contact@[email protected]@g5maniac.bsky.social@[email protected] email  : [email protected]