Essential Apple Podcast 291: WWW is 35 years old!

On this show: the World Wide Web turned 35, Nick still has hacker issues, Sonoma bugs, Vision Pro used in neuro surgery, hints that Apple are ramping up on their AI works and more. As ever Simon and Nick have a natter about it all.

MISSION TO SEAFARERS APPEAL

The Mission to Seafarers is looking for donations of old, but working, smartphones and internet capable tablets to give seafarers far from home a way to talk to friends and family
If you have any old smartphones or tablets cluttering your cupboard and drawers why not donate them to this worthy cause? If you are in the UK contact Rev. Andrew Dotchin Vicar@felixparish.com or your nearest Mission to Seafarers Centre, or if you live outside the UK and would like to help, simply visit missiontoseafarers.org and make a donation.

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Recorded 17th March 2024

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On this week’s show

NICK RILEY

Spligosh in the Slack
Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube

APPLE

The World Wide Web just turned 35 years — and please, stop calling it the Internet – TechRadar
Vision Pro used in surgery for the first time “to eliminate human error“ – 9to5Mac
Apple reports AI training breakthrough – Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
Apple buys startup DarwinAI, adds staff to its AI division, Bloomberg reports – Reuters
A wrinkle in lawmakers’ plans for TikTok: Finding a willing buyer – CNN
New macOS Sonoma update is reportedly taking down printers as well as USB Hubs – TechRadar
Oracle Warns macOS 14.4 Can Cause Java to Terminate Unexpectedly – MacRumors
Apple is now assembling the 6.1-inch iPhone 15 in Brazil – 9to5Mac
iOS 18 could bring hearing aid functionality to AirPods Pro – Cult of Mac
Leaked Apple roadmap hints at iPhone SE 4, foldable iPhone, and AR glasses – TechRadar
Apple developed chip equivalent to four M2 Ultras for Apple Car – 9to5Mac
Building Under Regulation – Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky

SECURITY & PRIVACY

GarageBand update comes with an important security patch – 9to5Mac
Do an iPhone’s ‘Journaling Suggestions’ Settings Reveal Your Name and Location? – Snopes

WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS

How to Fix iPhone Messages Indexing [2024] – TechPP

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All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers.
Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online.
Doug.ee Blog for Andy J’s security tips.
Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with
33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again.
AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter… You get to keep 2 free avatars though.
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ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test.
Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need.
Wire and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.

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