Meta Orion, NotebookLM's generated podcasts, leather iPhone 16 cases, and a request for two simple apps. How hard can they be?

• Pre-show: Windows woes
• Follow-up:
  • Thank you, listeners. 💙
  • Hard-wired camera indicator light
  • AirPods 4 bass & new MagSafe puck (via Wayne Dixon)
  • Quinn’s AirPods 4 review
  • The A18 is not a binned A18 Pro
    • Fabian Häusler’s interpretation
  • The tiny ∆ between These AirPods
  • iPhones 16 battery life
  • Battery limiting
    • AlDente app for managing charge settings
  • Electrical battery release with reversed polarity (via David Schaub)
  • Verizon activation problems
    • Verizon self-service (via Steven)
  • Bullstrap case review
    • Peel Magnetic iPhone 16 Pro Case
  • Apple Store experience (via Eli Liebman)
• Marco’s call for help
  • Exist.io
  • Sleep++
  • ATP #497: The Hotness Has to Go Somewhere
    • Audio Advice Video
    • Catchin’ Sync
• Masimo founder resigns as CEO after board ouster
  • More from Matt Levine
  • More from Ben Thompson
• Meta Orion
  • Meta Connect overview
• NotebookLM
  • Simon Willison’s writeup
  • I Made This
• Post-show: Torturing John Again
  • Better Pasta
• Members-only ATP Overtime: Kids and phones at school
  • The Verge coverage
    • California’s Phone-Free School Act

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