0203 - Happy New Year

In this episode, Puppies, Pickles and Profit Margins

BackBites Jami's Sandwich

• Jami's Comment on Episode 0202
• Jami's Comment on Episode 1

Kim

• Kim's Keeping Up Appearances

Pandamonium

• Pandamonium's Comment

In The News Logi Options+

• Options+ and G HUB macOS Certificate Issue - Logitech Support + Download
• Logi Options+ (Plus): Customization App for Logitech Devices
• No more Logi Options+ : r/logitech

CES Silly Season 2026

• The Verge Awards at CES 2026 | The Verge
• Ecovacs' new launch nearly made me cry during my CES booth tour | TechRadar
• I've played with Lego's new Smart Brick - here are my honest thoughts | Stuff
• BirdBuddy 2 mini smart feeder films wildlife with a 2K camera

Apple Creator Studio

• Apple Creator Studio bundles 6 apps
• Pixelmator Pro arrives on iPad with desktop-class image editing
• These Apple Apps Will No Longer Receive All New Features Without a Subscription
• Apple confirms Pixelmator for iOS will no longer receive updates
• Apple Says 'Pixelmator' App on iOS Will No Longer Receive Updates
• Pixelmator Pro arrives on iPad with desktop-class image editing | Cult of Mac
• Subscription fatigue is real, and 2026 will be the breaking point for artists
• Free Affinity app sparks huge debate among artists and designers
• Affinity's free gambit could shatter Adobe (but if it doesn't, that tells us a lot)
• Does Apple Creator Studio make subscription apps palatable?
• Apple Creator Studio is another step an app bundle future
• Paid features coming to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote
• Compared: Apple Creator Studio vs Adobe Creative Cloud Pro
• Apple invites creators to multi-day 'Apple Experience' next week

Is It an Ad?

• Apple testing new App Store design that blurs the line between ads and search results

New Raycast

• New Raycast - Coming 2026

Grok's "Undress Mode" and the One-Way Street of Digital Abuse

• Woman felt 'dehumanised' after Musk's Grok AI used to digitally remove her clothes
• Ofcom asks X about reports its Grok AI makes sexualised images of children
• Government demands Musk's X deals with 'appalling' Grok AI
• Apple asked to pull X and Grok apps over 'sickening content generation'
• U.S. Senators Ask Apple and Google to Remove X and Grok Apps Over Sexualized Image Generation
• Have US senators told Apple and Google to remove X/Grok?
• X to block Grok AI from undressing images of real people
• As pressure mounts, xAI says Grok will stop undressing people
• Has Grok blocked non-consensual images?
• Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards

In a Pickle

• Squinting Face, Pickle, and Lighthouse Among New Emoji Coming to iOS
• Pickle, lighthouse, and meetor among new emoji coming in 2026
• Here are the new emoji likely coming to iPhone with iOS 27

Icon Instructions ... Really!

• Dear Apple: if your new icons need a manual, they're not working
• Google's new app icons were desperately needed
• These parody Google icons are better than the new update
• Spotify's New Disco Ball App Logo Is Terrible

Mike's New Tech

• John Lewis
• Unboxing of Mike's New Tech

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