Episode 53 : Have you just got fluff in it?

This week Chris and Rod have some new macs and other apple products to talk about. Lots has happened with Twitter and third party APIs and the Tech industry continues its firing bonanza. They do manage to spend a bit of time talking about chatGPT and some of the impacts that has been making this week. Chris finds photographic evidence of another iPad first user...

Wake from Sleep Episode 53 for 22/1/23 Follow Up Why is this not a thing I can buy in the UK yet?

News Rumours Apple Pushing back on UK CMA Twitters 3rd Party API Nonsense https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/20/twitter-bans-third-party-apps/ https://blog.iconfactory.com/2023/01/twitterrific-end-of-an-era/
https://tapbots.com/tweetbot/ Apple App store nonsense

ChatGPT https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23558572/nick-cave-chatgpt-imitation-lyrics-grotesque-mockery
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23558516/ai-art-copyright-stable-diffusion-getty-images-lawsuit The Tech Layoffs continue https://arstechnica.com/?p=1910849 https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/18/tech-layoffs-microsoft-amazon-meta-others-have-cut-more-than-60000.html https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/01/20/google_to_chop_12000_employees/ https://mastodon.online/@ves/109723760319778745 Full Time iPad

Media Mary Queen of Scots Extraordinary Attorney Woo Matilda The Musical (Film) Games Ghost of Tsushima Headsets https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Microphone-Comfortable-Lightweight-PlayStation/dp/B07W6J6TG5/?sprefix=Logitech,aps,73&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1 https://www.logitechg.com/en-gb/products/gaming-audio/g733-rgb-wireless-headset.981-000883.html Main Show New Things: New Homepod: No new homepod mini New Mac Mini Turning on sensors in existing products

App of the Week Ice Cubes https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ice-cubes-for-mastodon/id6444915884 https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp Contact wakefromsleep@protonmail.com @g5maniac@mastodon.scot @_cjp@mastodon.social
Title : Have you just got fluff in it? This week Chris and Rod have some new macs and other apple products to talk about. Lots has happened with Twitter and third party APIs and the Tech industry continues its firing bonanza. They do manage to spend a bit of time talking about chatGPT and some of the impacts that has been making this week. Chris finds photographic evidence of another iPad first user...