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As the new year begins, reports about Apple's forthcoming headset product arrive to confuse and perplex us. We also discuss a potentially quiet year for the rest of Apple's product line, the fundamental dignity of a circular pizza, and a handful of things we cared about at CES 2023. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get an extra three months free. TextExpander: Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication. Get 20% off. Capital One: Machine learning at Capital One. What's in your wallet? Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Amazon.com: Zyliss Pizza Wheel Disc Easy-clean Pizza Cutter | Joseph Joseph Mac Power Users #673: Apple's New Freeform App - Relay FM When Will Apple Launch the Reality Pro Mixed-Reality Headset? Apple 2023 Devices - Bloomberg Apple mixed reality headset may require AirPods for audio, H2 chip includes secret low-latency mode – 9to5mac Daring Fireball: Knee-Jerk Reactions and Thoughts Regarding The Information’s Latest Report on Apple’s Upcoming Headset CES 2023: all the news from the year’s biggest tech conference - The Verge Samsung ViewFinity S9 first look: a sleek alternative to Apple’s Studio Display - The Verge Dell’s new 32-inch 6K monitor gives Apple’s ProDisplay XDR some competition - The Verge Qi2: How Apple might finally harness MagSafe by giving it away - The Verge Everything HomeKit and Matter at CES 2023! (The Future of Smart Homes!) - YouTube CES 2023: Aqara Announces Video Doorbell G4 With HomeKit Secure Video and Smart Lock U100 With Apple Home Key Support - MacRumors CES 2023: Ember's New Temperature-Controlled Mug to Support Apple's Find My - MacRumors Product Review: The Ember Smart Mug - YouTube

It's a new year, and Jason has made his fearless predictions about what will happen in 2023! (Myke has questions.) We also consider the fate of the iPhone Plus, discuss Apple pausing its HomeKit architecture roll-out, and pour one out for Dark Sky. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Ooni Pizza Ovens: Bring the world’s best pizza to your own backyard. Discount automatically applied at checkout. Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. iPhone 14 Pro availability improves as demand falls, supply grows Myke Hurley on Cortex Brand & Streaming - YouTube Apple Adds iOS 16.2's Home App Upgrade to Internal List of Major Issues - MacRumors Apple Reportedly 'Seriously' Concerned About iPhone 14 Plus Sales, Looking to Reevaluate iPhone 15 Lineup - MacRumors 'iPhone 15 Ultra' Won't Be Exclusively Assembled by Foxconn - MacRumors Apple Shuts Down Popular Weather App 'Dark Sky' - MacRumors Apple Guiding Dark Sky Users to Apple Weather – 512 Pixels Weather today: the rise and fall of the best and worst weather app ever. Ultra, Max, and the next big thing: How Apple's 2023 will change everything | Macworld 2023 is shaping to be Apple's biggest year yet–literally | Macworld Apple Didn't Release Any New Macs This Quarter for First Time Since 2000 - MacRumors Utah Road Trip becomes IT´S ROAD TRIP. iPad air 2 keynote 17th october 2014 - YouTube

As the year comes to an end, it's time for the Ninth Annual Upgradies! Myke and Jason discuss their favorites of 2022, take the input of many Upgradians, and hand out awards in numerous categories! Only the finest will walk away with the most coveted of titles: Upgradies Winner. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Memberful: Best-in-class membership software for independent creators, publishers, educators, podcasters, and more. Get started now, no credit card required. Hover: Make a name for yourself. Get 10% off any domain name. Rocket Money: Cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your expenses. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Upgradies Hall of Fame

It's the most wonderful time of the year, but the news doesn't stop! We discuss next year's Mac lineup, the end of Apple's NFL Sunday Ticket negotiations, and reports that Apple is planning to open up the iOS app ecosystem in response to new rules from the European Union. But before we're done, we also take a little time out to re-tell our Apple origin stories. Happy holidays to all Upgradians! This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: TextExpander: Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication. Get 20% off. Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now with Zocdoc. Sign up for free. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Tim Cook admits that iPhones use Sony camera sensors - The Verge Belkin Debuts Continuity Camera Mount for Mac Desktops - MacRumors Belkin iPhone Mount with MagSafe for Mac desktops and displays - Apple 15.5-Inch MacBook Air Expected to Launch in Spring 2023 - MacRumors 13-Inch MacBook Air With OLED Display Rumored to Launch in 2024 - MacRumors Gurman: New MacBook Pro Models to Launch in Early 2023, iMac With M3 Chip Possible Later in Year - MacRumors Gurman: All-New Mac Pro Still in Testing, But 'M2 Extreme' Chip Likely Canceled - MacRumors When Will Apple Release the Apple Silicon Mac Pro With M2 Ultra Chip? - Bloomberg Iger Expectations & the ESPN X Factor - Puck Apple Reportedly Quits NFL Sunday Ticket Streaming Negotiations - MacRumors Downstream - Relay FM Will Apple Allow Users to Install Third-Party App Stores, Sideload in Europe? - Bloomberg Answering the burning questions about Apple’s reported App Store plans – Six Colors Upgrade #395: This App May Kill You - Relay FM Konfabulator - Wikipedia Diggnation - Wikipedia Spirited (film) - Wikipedia

Myke has returned, and so have the Apple Car rumors. But before we try to figure those out, we've got to consider Apple's encryption announcements, Tim Cook's appearance at a chip factory in Arizona, and John Siracusa's appearance in our shared show document. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. CleanMyMac X: Your Mac. As good as new. Get 5% off today. Trade: The perfect gift for loved ones. Get $30 off a subscription. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Give the Gift of Relay FM Apple will use American-made chips from TSMC’s new Phoenix fab - The Verge Apple starts actively diversifying from China – Six Colors Foxconn's Main iPhone Factory Could Resume Full Production by Late December - MacRumors Apple advances user security with powerful new data protections - Apple Apple to extend end-to-end encryption, add other security features – Six Colors Apple Plans New Encryption System to Ward Off Hackers and Protect iCloud Data - WSJ Account recovery contact security - Apple Support (IN) Apple Scales Back Self-Driving Car and Delays Launch Until 2026 - Bloomberg Apple Car Project Scaled Back and Delayed, Won't Feature Full Self-Driving Capabilities - MacRumors Noir – Dark Mode for Safari

John Siracusa returns to the show to chat about Jason's recent visit to his house, Mac app development, Apple's brain drain, TSMC breaking ground in Arizona, the problems with AI training models, the current state of macOS, and what makes a Good Product. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: StoryWorth: Help your family share their story this holiday season with StoryWorth. Save $10 on your first purchase. Capital One: Machine learning at Capital One. What’s in your wallet? Ooni Pizza Ovens: Bring the world’s best pizza to your own backyard. Discount automatically applied at checkout. Guest Starring: John Siracusa Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. ATP × Studio Neat Chicken Hat Collab ATP Store — Accidental Tech Podcast Apple Executive Who Pushed for Shift to Cloud Leaves for Roblox - Bloomberg Biden to Arizona Tuesday for Apple silicon fabricator's 'tool-in' ceremony | Philip Elmer‑DeWitt TSMC’s Arizona Chip Plant, Awaiting Biden Visit, Faces Birthing Pains - WSJ Lensa AI: Photo & Video Editor on the App Store Invasive Diffusion: How one unwilling illustrator found herself turned into an AI model - Waxy.org Stable Diffusion and AI generated art is absolutely wild in every way – A Whole Lotta Nothing Yours Truly, Through the Eyes of Stable Diffusion – 512 Pixels AI-generated answers temporarily banned on coding Q&A site Stack Overflow - The Verge AI Homework – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Rabbits Eat Their Own Poop | Office for Science and Society - McGill University Coprophagia - Wikipedia Hypercritical: Good Products Thoroughly Considered #88: The Last Detail with Jason Snell - Relay FM Amazon.com: Breville Bit More 4-Slice Toaster, Brushed Stainless Steel, BTA730XL: Home & Kitchen Amazon.com: Breville Ikon Cordless 1.7-L Stainless-Steel Electric Kettle: Breville Hot Water Kettle: Home & Kitchen

John Gruber joins Jason on Upgrade for the first time. Topics include eWorld, Apple's iPhone production problems in China, FIFA and Qatar and the World Cup, the reasons behind Apple's sports ambitions, BBEdit, regular expressions, Perl and Python, MarsEdit, nanotexture displays, webcams, and the state of the art in ADB-to-USB adapters. Happy Cyber Monday to all those who celebrate! This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now with Zocdoc. Sign up for free. Trade: The perfect gift for loved ones. Get $30 off a subscription. ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get an extra three months free. Guest Starring: John Gruber Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. The Ninth Annual Upgradies Apple to Lose 6 Million iPhone Pros From Tumult at China's Foxconn Plant (AAPL) - Bloomberg Mass resignations of iPhone workers; report of 30% production hit Foxconn unrest risks iPhone shipments, weighs on Apple shares | Reuters England, Other Teams Drop Plans to Wear Antidiscrimination Armbands at Qatar World Cup - WSJ Qatar 2022: The World Cup That Changed Everything - The New York Times On Eve of World Cup, FIFA President Gianni Infantino Defends Qatar - The New York Times Kafala system - Wikipedia Qatar World Cup: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube An Unexpected Detention by World Cup Security USMNT World Cup Daily, Day 2 - Fútbol with Grant Wahl No, Apple Isn't Planning to Buy Manchester United - MacRumors Cord Cutting Diary: Fubo TV – Six Colors BBEdit: A text utility, not just a text editor – Six Colors Dr. Drang's blog, And now it’s all this Jeffrey Friedl's Blog » Source of the famous “Now you have two problems” quote Bare Bones Software | BBEdit User Manual Jeffrey Friedl's Mastering Regular Expressions tinkerBOY ADB Keyboard/Mouse to USB Converter with QMK Firmware and Via support - tinkerBOY Josh Centers: So Long and Thanks for All the Fish - TidBITS ThinkPad USB-C Wireless Compact Mouse | Lenovo US

There's some huge news from the world of streaming, as Disney switches bosses and Apple plans its next wave of sports-streaming products. Meanwhile, Myke's busy building out his smart home while Jason has been reminded of the fragility of smart-home networking. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: TextExpander: Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication. Get 20% off. Memberful: Best-in-class membership software for independent creators, publishers, educators, podcasters, and more. Get started now, no credit card required. Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Moom Raycast Downstream - Relay FM Bob Iger Returns as Disney CEO After Chapek Is Fired - The New York Times Disney’s Bob vs. Bob Blame Game - Puck Bob Iger Back at Disney; Chapek’s Tactics, Iger’s Strategy; Tactics, Strategy, or Environment – Stratechery by Ben Thompson MLS Season Pass begins to bring Apple TV/MLS deal into focus – Six Colors As Apple TV deal awaits, MLS is in a race against time to build a broadcast operation - The Athletic NFL’s clock ticking for new Sunday Ticket partner. Why is it taking so long? - The Athletic Aqara Ultimate Smart Home Tour 2022 - Shane Whatley - YouTube Arlo

Let's get real about the Apple VR headset. Is it really coming next year? What's it going to look like? What features should it have? What lessons can Apple learn from Meta's foray into VR products? We break it all down. Also, we've got home automation on our minds in various ways, as a smart switch fails Jason, Myke seeks advice, and it's beginning to look a lot like expensive fairy-light season. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. StoryWorth: A meaningful gift to treasure forever. Get $10 off your first purchase. Get started right away with no shipping required. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Thoroughly Considered #88: The Last Detail with Jason Snell - Relay FM Philips Hue Line Gains New 'Festavia' String Lights - MacRumors The Ninth Annual Upgradies – Voting Form Upgradies Hall of Fame Meta Quest Pro review: get me out of here - The Verge Apple Reality Pro Headset Plans: 3D Mixed Reality World, Games, Video Service - Bloomberg Reality Labs (Oculus) - Wikipedia Apple reportedly chose a standalone AR / VR headset over a more powerful tethered design - The Verge

The strong dollar is helping to drive up Apple's prices around the world, but is it teaching the company that high prices don't matter? Also, Apple downgrades our favorite tvOS feature, Apple gets into the TV ad game, and iPhone production grinds to a halt. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Capital One: Machine learning at Capital One. What's in your wallet? Hover: Make a name for yourself. Get 10% off any domain name. Trade: Save Big, Support Small Roasters. Get $30 off your first order. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Analog(ue) #207: You’re the Worst in the Best Way - Relay FM Thoroughly Considered #88: The Last Detail with Jason Snell - Relay FM Upgrade | Cotton Bureau Gurman: Apple Planning No New Mac Releases For Remainder of 2022 - MacRumors Apple’s Next Change for Siri: Dropping the ‘Hey’ in ‘Hey Siri’ Trigger Phrase - Bloomberg Apple’s Next Step in Ads Will Be Built Around New Soccer Deal - Bloomberg Downstream #29: Let the Sharks Feast and Fight - Relay FM As Apple's prices keep going up, where will the value come from? | Macworld Apple to Apple TV users: We don’t care what you want to watch – Six Colors Up Next? Disappointment. – Six Colors Myke Hurley's Mega Studio - YouTube mahabis men's curve slippers