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Accidental Tech Podcast

Accidental Tech Podcast

By: Marco Arment Casey Liss John Siracusa
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 Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.Copyright 2013–2025 Accidental Tech Podcast
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  • 671: Even Apple Can’t Beat the Sun

    671: Even Apple Can’t Beat the Sun
    Dec 23 2025
    Pre-show: Christmas-slideshow timeFollow-up: Paris Buttfield-Addison’s locked Apple ID 🇦🇺 ACCC: Consumer Rights & Guarnatees🇺🇸: Remember when we had a CFPB?Chat mathMetadata thread splitting & mergingColin spells it out for us TV EverywhereXMLTVm3u8IPTV Github Repo🚨 Proceed with caution 🚨 StreamEast506 SportsCustom pronunciations in iOS Accessibility → VoiceOver → Speech → Pronunciations See Apple supportAccessibility → Read & Speak → Pronunciations See Apple supportApple video guideTahoe Studio Display flickeringMalicious content delivery in Apple Podcasts Previously 1Previously 2iPhone roadmap Article on The InformationiPhone XX rumor roundup Under-screen FaceID?Haptic buttons?Apple exploring touch-sensitive iPhone cases PatentAsk ATP: How do we manage our contacts? (via Tyler Kindy)How do we use version control? (via Dmitry Myronenko)🗣️ Remember, ATP gift memberships are a thing!Post-show: John’s bug FB21375029Sample projectMembers-only ATP Overtime: RAM shortage, or the flip-side of the Apple Intelligence RAM dividend Sam Altman’s dirty DRAM dealRAM is ruining everythingIt-hurts-because-it’s-true wisecrack by ziplyneThe RAM shortage is here to stayChipwrecked Sponsored by: Gusto: Payroll and benefits software built for small businessesZapier: Put AI to work across your company—for realDeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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    2 hrs and 2 mins
  • 670: Institutionally Inescapable

    670: Institutionally Inescapable
    Dec 19 2025
    Pre-show: Marco joins team snow tires i3: 155/70R19XC90: 275/40R21MolexF-150 Lightning’s demise🗣️ Remember, ATP gift memberships are a thing!🗣️ New ATP Members Special: ATP Movie Club: WarGames WarGamesFollow-up: Some impromptu spoiler-free follow-up about the member’s specialJohn’s Cloudflare update HypercriticalMarco’s former TV (via Wayne Morgan)Apple executive departures Jeff Williams has been nominated to join Disney’s board Press releaseThe VergeWould Johnny Srouji consider Rivian? What about NVIDIA?Apple 2030 & carbon credits (via Zach)Split iMessage groups (via sirshannon)AI-generated voice-matched dubbing Fran Besora tried the Spanish versionStefanus Secundus tried the German versionBen Mattison had an odd YouTube experienceSiri and pronunciations (via Paul Zadunajsky)Intel stealing learning from chips it fabs Thread by Joe Lion VHDLJason Biatek points out this is all basically cryptography Galois blog postMigrate Purchases (via James Wilby)Paris Buttfield-Addison got locked out of his Apple ID… because of a gift card Casey’s tangentially-related rantNetflix to acquire Warner Brothers Dominic Preston at The VergeFrom the past: Blockbuster’s reaction to Netflix Marc Randolph’s commentParamount launches hostile $108B bid Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge: Larry Ellison’s big dumb gift to his large adult sonGruber’s takeAs per Brian Stelter, Netflix is preparedMore Paramount context from Charles Pulliam-Moore at The Verge Emma Roth at The Verge: CBS News was just taken over by a SubstackElizabeth Lopatto at The Verge: Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomedPost-show: Casey asks for programming help StoreKit2UserDefaultsNotificationCenterSingletonPublisher@EnvironmentDependency injection@EnvironmentObjectMembers-only ATP Overtime: The State of TV Verizon FiOS stabs John & CaseyCableCARDPCMCIATiVoChannelsHDHomeRunTVEverywhere Sponsored by: Guru: Your AI Source of TruthNotion: The AI workspace where teams and AI agents get more done together.Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • 669: Ternus, Take the Wheel

    669: Ternus, Take the Wheel
    Dec 11 2025
    Pre-show: Casey has a giggle about central Virginia snowFollow-up: Apple Fitness+ is doing better than the Mac Pro Workout BuddyPreviously with Jay BlahnikMore adventures with Cloudflare jramskov’s observationTLS Certificate lifetimesAlternatively, GitHub PagesSome thoughts from an anonymous Cloudflare employee WorkersPagesR2KVDurable ObjectsOops… we broke it Landon’s observation5 December Outage React.js vulnerabilitySay my name, Siri! Siri response preferences (via Jonathan Gulbrandsen) ScreenshotAirPods and Contacts (via Oren Idan)We’re… uh… sorry. Our bad. Sean SantryReid SorensoniOS 26 rollout 📈 _ on 20 November_ on 8 DecemberIntel 🤝 Apple Commentary Tambourine ManDavid BeckGoffredo Marocchi Previously on ATPSrouji’s comments (timestamp link to 34m26s)Maybe Intel will just do packaging?Maybe iPhone chips too?Gruber is… not a fan… of Alan Dye Dye Was in Tim Cook’s Blind SpotApple’s revolving door keeps spinning An anonymous observationGurman, 6 DecemberGurman, 8 DecemberGurman’s departing executive tracker imagePost-show: Messages conversation mergingA feature requestMembers-only ATP Overtime: Apple Watch & Mac mini are no longer advertised as “carbon neutral” Apple 2030Apple commits to 100% carbon neutrality for supply chain & products by 2030 (21 July 2020)Carbon removal & offsets Sponsored by: Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year.Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget. Save with code ATP.Aura Frames: Frames for every memory, gifts for every occasion Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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    2 hrs and 2 mins
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