Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Sources: Riot Games is working on a major overhaul of League of Legends, internally called League Next, for 2027; Riot confirms a big update is in the works  —  A refreshed version being called ‘League Next’ is planned for 2027  —  Riot Games is working on a major overhaul of its flagship game League …

• Pre-show: Marco joins team snow tires
  • i3: 155/70R19
  • XC90: 275/40R21
  • Molex
  • F-150 Lightning’s demise
• 🗣️ Remember, ATP gift memberships are a thing!
• 🗣️ New ATP Members Special: ATP Movie Club: WarGames
  • WarGames
• Follow-up:
  • Some impromptu spoiler-free follow-up about the member’s special
  • John’s Cloudflare update
    • Hypercritical
  • Marco’s former TV (via Wayne Morgan)
  • Apple executive departures
    • Jeff Williams has been nominated to join Disney’s board
      • Press release
      • The Verge
    • Would Johnny Srouji consider Rivian? What about NVIDIA?
  • Apple 2030 & carbon credits (via Zach)
  • Split iMessage groups (via sirshannon)
  • AI-generated voice-matched dubbing
    • Fran Besora tried the Spanish version
    • Stefanus Secundus tried the German version
    • Ben Mattison had an odd YouTube experience
  • Siri and pronunciations (via Paul Zadunajsky)
  • Intel stealing learning from chips it fabs
    • Thread by Joe Lion
      • VHDL
    • Jason Biatek points out this is all basically cryptography
      • Galois blog post
  • Migrate Purchases (via James Wilby)
• Paris Buttfield-Addison got locked out of his Apple ID… because of a gift card
  • Casey’s tangentially-related rant
• Netflix to acquire Warner Brothers
  • Dominic Preston at The Verge
  • From the past: Blockbuster’s reaction to Netflix
    • Marc Randolph’s comment
  • Paramount launches hostile $108B bid
    • Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge: Larry Ellison’s big dumb gift to his large adult son
    • Gruber’s take
    • As per Brian Stelter, Netflix is prepared
    • More Paramount context from Charles Pulliam-Moore at The Verge
      • Emma Roth at The Verge: CBS News was just taken over by a Substack
      • Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge: Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed
• Post-show: Casey asks for programming help
  • StoreKit2
  • UserDefaults
  • NotificationCenter
  • Singleton
  • Publisher
  • @Environment
  • Dependency injection
  • @EnvironmentObject
• Members-only ATP Overtime: The State of TV
  • Verizon FiOS stabs John & Casey
  • CableCARD
  • PCMCIA
  • TiVo
  • Channels
  • HDHomeRun
  • TVEverywhere

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Suzanne Smalley / The Record:
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that police can get Google search data without a warrant; an expert warns it may encourage warrantless searches nationwide  —  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police did not need a warrant to obtain a convicted rapist's Google searches when investigating the crime.

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is escalating its attacks on transgender Americans and gender-affirming health care. What happened? Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday that […]

TikTok has finalized a deal to sell enough of its US business satisfy the divest-or-ban law, as initially reported by Axios, The Hollywood Reporter, and CNBC. According to a memo sent from CEO Shou Zi Chew to employees (included in full below) on Thursday, they are targeting a closing date of January 22nd, 2026. Once […]