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Jan 2025
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546: Headline Snob

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Bonnets off to the BBC, the trouble with headlines, Socrates on mountain skis, some slight existential dread about Mac software, irrational love of old computers, Apple's smart home strategy for 2025, and the long wait for some AI features.

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Connected #534: The Rickies (January 2025) - Relay
Apple Intelligence summaries might get warning labels. That’s not enough. – Six Colors
LLMs aren’t always bad at writing news headlines – Six Colors
Artifact’s killer feature was rewriting bad headlines – Six Colors
Fires Deal Another Blow to Reeling Entertainment Industry, City - Bloomberg
Report: Apple’s US chip manufacturing grows by adding Apple Watch S9 SiP - 9to5Mac
How TSMC’s Arizona Chip Plant Seeded a Tiny Taipei in the Desert - The New York Times
Apple Intelligence | Imagine it. Genmoji it. | iPhone 16 - YouTube
After 30 years, Script Debugger is being retired – Six Colors
Upgrade #338: Loved by Podcasters the World Over - Relay
The mortality of software – Six Colors
Apple 2025 Plans: iPhone 17, Smart Home Hub, iOS 19, AI, Apple Watch, iPads, M5 - Bloomberg
The MacBook Air’s wedge is truly gone — and I miss it already - The Verge
Apple Watch | Quit Quitting | Apple - YouTube
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Kuo: Ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air will be just 5.5mm at thinnest point - 9to5Mac
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