This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Lowpass is taking a winter break and will be back on January 8, 2026. All I want for Christmas is to find that darn movie I've been meaning to watch. […]

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• Follow-up:
  • Paris Buttfield-Addison’s locked Apple ID
    • 🇦🇺 ACCC: Consumer Rights & Guarnatees
    • 🇺🇸: Remember when we had a CFPB?
  • Chat math
  • Metadata thread splitting & merging
  • Colin spells it out for us
    • TV Everywhere
    • XMLTV
    • m3u8
    • IPTV Github Repo
    • 🚨 Proceed with caution 🚨 StreamEast
    • 506 Sports
  • Custom pronunciations in iOS
    • Accessibility → VoiceOver → Speech → Pronunciations
      • See Apple support
    • Accessibility → Read & Speak → Pronunciations
      • See Apple support
    • Apple video guide
  • Tahoe Studio Display flickering
  • Malicious content delivery in Apple Podcasts
    • Previously 1
    • Previously 2
• iPhone roadmap
  • Article on The Information
• iPhone XX rumor roundup
  • Under-screen FaceID?
  • Haptic buttons?
• Apple exploring touch-sensitive iPhone cases
  • Patent
• Ask ATP:
  • How do we manage our contacts? (via Tyler Kindy)
  • How do we use version control? (via Dmitry Myronenko)
• 🗣️ Remember, ATP gift memberships are a thing!
• Post-show: John’s bug
  • FB21375029
  • Sample project
• Members-only ATP Overtime: RAM shortage, or the flip-side of the Apple Intelligence RAM dividend
  • Sam Altman’s dirty DRAM deal
  • RAM is ruining everything
  • It-hurts-because-it’s-true wisecrack by ziplyne
  • The RAM shortage is here to stay
  • Chipwrecked

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