674: A Reliable, Boring Partner

16/01/2026 2h 1min Episodio 674

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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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