We got a teaser for a new MacBook, the Lakers are coming to Vision Pro, Apple TV+ has a new name, and the Clips app is going away. You forgot about the Clips app, didn’t you? There’s even more Apple news to cover and a wide range of other tech news to discuss. Plus some great tips and picks to help you get out there and tech better!
INTRO (00:00)
Portland Retro Gaming Expo (04:00)
I tracked Amazon’s Prime Day prices. We’ve been played (05:20)
Sora 2 App Fun (07:30)
MAIN TOPIC: Apple Stuff (15:20)
- Greg Joswiak teases new Macbook Pro
- Have a Vision Pro? Immersive Lakers games are coming
- Apple TV+ being rebranded as Apple TV
- Apple’s Clips app discontinued
- Time’s 2025 300 best inventions of the year includes AirPods Pro 3
DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Pin Albums to top of Apple Music Library (24:20)
JUST THE HEADLINES: (28:05)
- Germany to allow police to shoot down drones
- Rubik’s Cube gets a $299 update, complete with IPS screens and its own apps
- Find My iPhone enabled police to catch gang smuggling 40,000 phones to China
- Denver hosts 31-mile run where racers have to constantly consume Taco Bell
- California law forces Netflix, Hulu to turn down ad volumes
- Ferrari announces its first electric sports car, promising real engine noises – sort of
- The Moon is rusting — thanks to ‘wind’ blown all the way from Earth
LISTENER MAIL: Can individual folders or files be locked, outside of putting the whole computer behind a passcode/Face ID?
On Mac – Notes, Encrypto, Disk Utility (31:15)
TAKES:
- A data center fire in South Korea sees 858 TB of government files and ‘eight years’ worth of work’ stored in the cloud go up in smoke (36:15)
- Netflix is launching party games for the living room with iPhone integration (38:20)
- Microsoft Patch Tuesday October 2025 (39:20)
- Discord support breach may have exposed photo IDs for millions of users (42:40)
BONUS ODD TAKE: Vintage Macintosh Programming Book Library (45:10)
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
RAMAZON PURCHASE OF THE WEEK (56:10)
