Accidental Tech Podcast

676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

January 29, 2026 02:20:12 • Download (135 MB)

TCL and Sony TVs, Apple and Google's AI infrastructure, new AirTags, John Ternus overseeing design, and more adventures with Claude Code.

Pre-show: Snowpocalypse update
Follow-up:
- atp.fm passkey update
- Google Private AI Compute
- Apple 🤝🏻 Google Cloud
- Removing copy/paste crud (via rauli)
- Screen on RAM
- ASUS improves color accuracy for Mac users (via Oliver Thomas)
- Modular headphones
  - AIAIAI (via Graham Dobie)
  - Tyler H’s review of the Fender Mix and Fairphone Fairbuds
- Window management in macOS (via Ben)
  - FlashSpace
  - AltTab
New AirTags
- The chime has changed from F → G
Apple hosting LA event
- Invite image
- Jason’s Creator Studio review
TCL has bought Sony’s TV business
- TCL Super Quantum Dot
- TCL X11L
John Ternus takes over design at Apple
- Sebastiaan de With → Apple
- Who makes design decisions at Apple, anyway?
Post-show:
- We stand with Minnesotans.
- John’s new bff
  - XKCD #974: Pass the salt
Members-only ATP Overtime: TikTok in the US is under new ownership… for real this time

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675: Open, Retrieve, Expand, Load

January 22, 2026 02:06:03 • Download (122 MB)

Thoughts on Tahoe.

Pre-show: Snowpocalypse is coming for Casey
🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Tier List: Automotive Logos 🗣️
Follow-up:
- We’ll talk TCL/Sony next week!
  - Gruber’s post
- Top Dogs is coming
- “Cloud technology”?
  - Google’s blog post
  - Gurman’s post
- Clipboard hijacking
  - It’s an Apple thing
  - No, really
- Indonesia is not small
- MainStage is not new (via Mike Taffet et al)
  - Interview
- Apple’s Pro Apps Bundle still exists for education users (via Pekka Salonen)
- Pro apps free trials
  - Prior art (via Karoline)
  - The trials are full versions (via Ian Robinson)
- Monitors at CES
  - DisplayPort alternate mode for USB-C
  - What about color accuracy?
    - Extended Display Identification Data
- ProMotion in Safari
  - iOS: Settings → Apps → Safari → Advanced → Feature Flags
  - Test
- Vision Pro does have Keynote
Icons in Tahoe menus
- Nikita Prokopov
- Jim Nielsen
- Colin M. Ford (and an explanation)
- Apple’s guidelines
You don’t have bad aim; it’s Tahoe
How to prevent Tahoe update nags
Ask ATP:
- Was Alan Dye a better or worse steward of software design that Jony Ive? (via Austin)
- Will Alan Dye’s departure effect a touchscreen MacBook Pro? (via Tom Armstrong)
- What is our favorite macOS style? (via Nate)
  - macOS Screenshot Library
Post-show: John’s migration continues
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January 19, 2026

Somehow, we didn't want to murder each other this time.

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674: A Reliable, Boring Partner

January 16, 2026 02:01:25 • Download (118 MB)

Apple Creator Studio, the Gemini deal, the NBA on Vision Pro, and how Casey should spoil himself for his 50th birthday.

Pre-show: Casey’s dreams were squashed
- Ubiquiti Travel Router
- Verizon Jetpack
- Marco’s hotspot (newer models exist; check for refurbs, they’re way cheaper than new)
- Solis Edge
Follow-up:
- The ~~Grim Reaper~~ FiOS CableCARD email came for John
  - TiVo Roamio Pro
  - Casey on Downstream
- Temporal dithering (via Kyle Foreman)
- Dagnabbit, the screen count is just too damn high
  - MSI MEG Vision X (Screen grab)
  - MSI Lightning RTX 5090 (Screen grab)
- Wi-Fi channel selection & size
- Wi-Fi 7 8
A tour of Apple- (or John-) relevant monitors from CES
- As a reminder…
  - Apple Studio Display
  - Pro Display HDR
- MSI MPG 271KRAW16
- DisplayHDR 1400 certification
- MSI MAG 271KPD7
  - Monitors Unboxed
- ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM (Photo)
  - HDTVTest
- Subpixel arrangements
Apple Creator Studio
- Icons over time
- Photomator lives on… for now (via Chris Welch)
  - MacRumors
- Apple’s defense of the icons
- Jason on iWork freemium
Apple 🤝🏻 Google
- More from The Information
Chase to become the new issuer of Apple Card
- FAQ
- Back story on the Wall Street Journal (Apple News)
Post-show: NBA Immersive
- Stratechery
- Dithering
Members-only ATP Overtime: The continuing disaster at Twitter
- Elizabeth Lopatto: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
- Dan Moren: Apple cowardly still has not pulled X and Grok from the App Store
- Bloomburg: Musk’s Grok AI blocked in Indonesia, Malaysia over sexual images
- Robert Hart & Jess Weatherbed: X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK

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673: Six Impossible Things

January 8, 2026 02:23:54 • Download (139 MB)

What we're most excited for in 2026.

Pre-show: Casey has a question for Marco
Thank you, ATP Patrons!
Follow-up:
- Cord-cutting
  - Casey on Downstream
  - suppose.tv
- Multi-select in iOS Contacts.app (via many, including Simon Ljungberg)
- The Studio Display is $1600 (via Greg Seay)
  - Quinn’s video on making a 5K display
- Display flickering (via Stephen Perelson)
  - This started in late 2020 with Big Sur
  - Temporal dithering (AKA Frame rate control)
  - Stillcolor to disable temporal dithering on macOS
  - BetterDisplay for turning on and off GPU dithering
    - Docs
- PlayStation Portal
  - …works with PlayStation Plus
  - …but really needs solid Wi-Fi
  - …and doesn’t support Wi-Fi 6
  - …and requires wired or first-party Bluetooth headphones
- Double-tap title bar to Fill (via Chirag Desai)
  - Knowedge base
  - System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Window title bar double-click action → Fill
- Wi-Fi 7
  - Ubiquiti’s Wi-Fi 7 implementation is not great (via Reid)
    - WPA3
  - WPA3 is not well supported (via USB Type-Steve)
  - Alternatively, try band steering (via Patch)
  - Wi-Fi Pro Abraham Vegh weighs in
  - …as does pro Saul Sutherland
  - John’s Eero Max 7 setup
- Thread vs. Matter
  - Thread
  - Matter
  - Derek Seaman’s series
  - To run Matter in HA, you need a separate container
- Apple Fitness+ and Quitter’s Day
  - Bodi
ASML & TSMC
Tech stuff we’re looking forward to in 2026
- Gartner hype cycle
- The Trow of Disillusionment
Post-show: Casey bought something silly
Members-only ATP Overtime: Strange form factor rumors for forthcoming iPhones
- The Information
- MacRumors
- Mockup image & video
- Jason’s & Stepen’s posts
- iPhone fold display quietly debuted at CES?

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