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Nokia G22: DIY repairs
HMD Global is making a big deal of the way Nokia G22 owners can do their own repairs. But is it really important unless you’re clumsy? Don’t get me wrong: I’m very much in favour of being able to repair things. But my issue with the G22 is that it comes with a three-year warranty…
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I finally had an “I was today years old” moment
I must admit that when I read something starting with “I was today years old” I’m left feeling smug. I‘m something of a pedant, so I know “today” isn’t a number (unless you’re measuring it relative to an epoch) and therefore the construction doesn‘t really make sense, but that’s not my complaint, because the phrase…
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”iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus arriving in yellow“
”The tipsters were right: Apple has added yellow to the iPhone 14’s and iPhone 14 Plus’s range of colours.“ “I‘m not buying an iPhone until I can get a yellow one,” said nobody ever.
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Watching: Hello Tomorrow
This Apple TV+ series is set in a “retro-futurist” world – perhaps a late-40s/early-50s view of a near future that includes hovercars, robots, videophones, and space tourism that’s within reach of the middle class. And one with levels of diversity that (as far as I can see from outside the US) took several more decades…
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“Best Practices for Securing Your Home Network”
The US National Security Agency’s Best Practices for Securing Your Home Network is a worthwhile read. It collects into one place many of the security considerations that are relevant to the domestic environment — and I bet you know someone who doesn’t follow at least one of them.
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[Will be] Watching: Ted Lasso
Apple TV+ has announced that the third season of Ted Lasso will arrive on 15 March. To my mind, this is one of a relatively small number of series that really deserve their awards and accolades. On the subject of Apple TV+, Hello Tomorrow looks interesting, and I’m looking forward to the return of Foundation…
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When is Safari 16.3.1 really Safari 16.3?
If you were quick to install this week’s macOS updates from Apple, you might have seen a reference to Safari 16.3.1, but About Safari tells you you’re still on version 16.3. Did Software Update miss something? No. It seems that the version originally billed on Apple’s security updates pages as 16.3.1 is (now) 16.3, but…
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If you notice something wrong on Apple Maps…
…do take a moment to report it. I know from personal experience that Apple does act on such reports.
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“What to check before you power on an old Macintosh”
A lot of us have kept old Macs as ‘museum pieces,’ for compatibility purposes, or even sentimental reasons. Cult of Mac offers some useful tips to help avoid age-related decay going from bad to worse when you power up an old Mac that’s been sitting around for years. Some of the tips apply generally to…
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Listening: Slay
Slay is Scott Sigler’s latest podcast novel, and it marks a return to the old days when podcast fiction episodes were written, recorded and released week by week. I’ve been listening to “#1 New York Times best-selling author” Sigler’s novels since 2005. They won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but if you’re into science fiction…