659: Lose the Ear Lottery
02 October 2025

659: Lose the Ear Lottery

Accidental Tech Podcast

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    Pre-show: Eh, that’ll keep…


      M5 iPad Pro
      FCC leaks

    🗣️ St. Jude time is almost done! 🗣️


      Supporting Action for Emergency Response
      Lebanon case study
      Global crisis repsonse blueprint

    🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Dev: Computer Science Curriculum
    Follow-up:


      ATP in the wild (via Mark Christian & Richard Earney)
      iOS 26.0.1 allegedly fixes N1 Wi-Fi/BT issues


        CarlinKit wireless CarPlay dongle

      What does iCloud back up? (via Dayton Lovell)
      iCloud for Messages


        A ringing endorsement from Nick
        A potential fix for ∞ GIFs (via Nathan)

      iPhone Transfers


        Why not pre-populate them, Kindle-style? (via Winnie Lewis)
        TestFlight is… better now? (via Daniel Nelson)
        Some thoughts from Nick

      Apple’s onboarding enshittification (via Imthaz)
      Thought to text & AlterEgo


        Firefox (1982)
        Prior MIT project (via Hannes)
        CJ’s thoughts


          Preview video
          EMG
          EEG



    More first impressions


      TechWoven cases
      Tina’s Bullstrap case
      Bullstrap wallet
      Stephen Robles leather iPhone case review
      Nomad Magnetic leather back


        Marco’s video of the flaw

      iPhone 17
      AirPods Pro 3


        Erin’s Audio Corner
        The Headphone Show
        The Harman Curve


    Ask ATP:


      How do we really know if something is encrypted? (via Joshua Wold)
      What is the point of neural engine cores, anyway? (via Tom Cole)


        SIMD
        Evaluating the Apple Silicon M-Series SoCs for HPC Performance & Efficiency
        AMX Units
        Neural Engine

      Does filling a phone SSD slaughter performance? (via Sean Harding)

    Post-show: Marco’s USB odyssey


      CalDigit Thunderbolt Element 4
      BLE caberQu

    Members-only ATP Overtime: NAS Noodling


      Synology [sorta] says third-party drives will be supported in the future


        Synology Solution Day 2025 teaser video

      Ubiquiti’s new NAS units


        UNAS 2
        UNAS 4




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