The App Store Awards are in, and this year's breakout games are shaking up what we expect on iOS, iPad, and even Apple Vision Pro. See which titles are worthy of the hype, who's pushing boundaries, and why the winners really matter for Apple device owners.

• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket Wins iPhone Game of the Year
• Dredge Named iPad Game of the Year: Sinister Fishing Adventure
• Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition Takes Mac Game of the Year
• Apple Vision Pro Game Spotlight: Portals and Puzzle-Solving in Porta Newbie
• What the Clash Tops Apple Arcade Picks for Multiplayer Fun
• Cultural Impact Winners: Art of Fauna, Chants of Senar, Despalote
• iFixit Launches FixBot App for DIY Repairs and Battery Tracking
• Shortcuts Corner: How to Backup and Restore Apple Shortcuts

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard

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Jacob Ward of The Rip Current joins Mikah Sargent on the show this week! Lego unveils its Smart Brick. Jacob kvetches about AI's overwhelming presence at CES. We get some on-site reporting from CES. And Utah becomes the first state to allow artificial intelligence to renew medical prescriptions.

• Mikah talks about Lego's new Smart Brick technology that allows you to interact and play with your Lego sets more directly.
• Jacob shares his thoughts about the overall theme of AI that has become front and center at this year's CES event.
• Stephen Robles of beard.fm joins the show live from CES to talk about what he saw at the event.
• And Ruth Reader of POLITICO stops by to talk about Utah being the first state to allow artificial intelligence to begin renewing medical prescriptions for patients.

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Guests: Stephen Robles and Ruth Reader

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Windows is gearing up for a transformational year, with smarter Copilot actions, streamlined widgets, and the groundwork for running background AI agents. Discover what these changes could mean for your productivity and privacy.

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