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The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Lose the Ear Lottery
- Pre-show: Eh, that’ll keep…
- 🗣️ St. Jude time is almost done! 🗣️
- 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Dev: Computer Science Curriculum
- Follow-up:
- ATP in the wild (via Mark Christian & Richard Earney)
- iOS 26.0.1 allegedly fixes N1 Wi-Fi/BT issues
- What does iCloud back up? (via Dayton Lovell)
- iCloud for Messages
- A ringing endorsement from Nick
- A potential fix for ∞ GIFs (via Nathan)
- iPhone Transfers
- Why not pre-populate them, Kindle-style? (via Winnie Lewis)
- TestFlight is… better now? (via Daniel Nelson)
- Some thoughts from Nick
- Apple’s onboarding enshittification (via Imthaz)
- Thought to text & AlterEgo
- Firefox (1982)
- Prior MIT project (via Hannes)
- CJ’s thoughts
- More first impressions
- Ask ATP:
- How do we really know if something is encrypted? (via Joshua Wold)
- What is the point of neural engine cores, anyway? (via Tom Cole)
- SIMD
- Evaluating the Apple Silicon M-Series SoCs for HPC Performance & Efficiency
- AMX Units
- Neural Engine
- Does filling a phone SSD slaughter performance? (via Sean Harding)
- Post-show: Marco’s USB odyssey
- Members-only ATP Overtime: NAS Noodling
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Your First Mistake Phone
- Marco’s AppleCare “Express” Replacement
- 🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
- Follow-up:
- Auburn’s colors are UVA’s colors (via Tony Scida)
- You don’t need the trick new Apple charger to charge an iPhone 17 at full speed
- iPhone Air
- Why people are buying the iPhone Air / 15” MacBook Air
- Bending the iPhone Air
- Apple (via Tom’s Guide)
- JerryRigEverything (timestamp link to 6m35s)
- Same video, different timestamp (7m37s)
- Battery life
- Speaker (via Steve Troughton-Smith)
- Thermals
- iFixIt Teardown
- Thickness
- Visual comparison of thickness (via Ludwig Schubert)
- Thin iPhone future? (via Ian)
- iPhone 17 Pro
- iPhone sales
- iPhone setup advice
- Casey’s tale of woe (see also Upgrade #582: First Chance to Make One Impression)
- First impressions: iPhone 17 Pro
- Scratchability
- Telephoto camera
- Post-show:
- Members-only ATP Overtime: Anthropic’s $1.5B book piracy settlement
- The Verge: Settlement announced, 5 September
- Previously, on ATP #656: Anthropic asked for $1.5B/yr from Apple
- The Verge: Settlement paused, 9 September
- Ars Technica, 9 September
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Ears Are Weird
- Marco 0️⃣ → 1️⃣
- 🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
- Podcastathon 2025: Friday, noon → midnight EDT
- Stephen Hackett said the foldable will be the “iPhone Ultra”
- μm is a “micron”
- The iPhone Air battery pack does have a USB-C port after all
- iPhone 17 Pro requires a new adapter to charge at full speed
- A19 vs. A19 Pro
- A19 Pro benchmarks
- The N1 is in every new iPhone
- The whole of the iPhone Air is in the camera plateau
- Casey’s memory problems corner
- ATP #655 (Overcast timestamp link)
- The mmWave antenna window is back
- Logo placement on Apple’s cases
- Some funny renders from iPhone case makers
- Theories about the iPhone 17 Pro colors
- iPhone Air
- Will it bend?
- 17 was a last-second decision? (via Sam Henri Gold)
- Max Tech’s discoveries
- The Air does not have stereo speakers
- The Dynamic Island is lower than on other phones
- The USB-C port is not vertically centered
- No Cinematic Mode video, including the selfie camera
- The new selfie camera is actually a 24MP sensor
- No LiDAR scanner
- Air & 17 non-Pro are limited to USB 2
- Every new iPhone screen has the same specifications, save size/resolution
- iPhones 17 can now toggle screen flickering off
- Apple Watch
- Satellite data requires a cellular plan
- Jason & Greg Pierce agree
- Is “24-hour” battery claim because of a change in measurement?
- Underscore’s observations about the Ultra
- AirPods
- Ear shapes (via Tirial)
- About that “2×” noise reduction
- The new AirPods Pro case is not smaller
- “New generation of Ultra Wideband technology” is the U2 chip
- Live translation is on-device (not in ☁️)
- Live translation is blocked for EU users with EU Apple Accounts
- Safari on iOS 26’s compact toolbar
- Tahoe Toolbars (via Zhenyi Tan) * Frosting download link * Frosting test page
- Post-show: John’s red dot
- Members-only ATP Overtime: Alterego and “thought to text” translation
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A Long T-Shirt
- 🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
- iPhone event
- Post-show:
- Apple trade-in
- ✨ Tina’s dream has come true! ✨
- Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s competing implementations for the new Siri
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Shorts-Compatible Body Type
- Pre-Show: Trouble in Razer paradise
- 🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
- Follow-up:
- Casey has thoughts about the compact iOS 26 controls in Safari
Settings→Apps→Safari
- Apple device advice for those that are athletically engaged
- Place your phone face-down (via. A. O.)
- Sleep focus is an option (via A. M.)
- So is Theater Mode and, if taps are an issue, water lock (via Ryan)
- How to stop Siri from randomly activating all the damn time by D. Griffin Jones
- Fun fact: you can add it to the Health app! (via Niv Ben-Porath)
- A truly hilarious story from Anonymous
- Developing “product sense” (via Joseph Kibe)
- Casey has thoughts about the compact iOS 26 controls in Safari
- iPhone 16 exit interview
- iPhone event preview
- Crossbody strap
- Apple Natural Titanium Milanese Loop (Marco’s summer watch band)
- Post-show: Smaller e-ink note-taking tablets
- Members-only ATP Overtime: US government buys 10% of Intel
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