674: A Reliable, Boring Partner

• Pre-show: Casey’s dreams were squashed

• Ubiquiti Travel Router (store.ui.com/us/en/products/utr)

• Verizon Jetpack (verizon.com/support/verizon-jetpack-mifi-8800l)

• Marco’s hotspot (amazon.com/dp/B0CKY7NBJ2/tag=marcoorg-20) (newer models exist; check for refurbs, they’re way cheaper than new)

• Solis Edge (amzn.to/4b2zdOS)

• Follow-up:

• The Grim Reaper FiOS CableCARD email (cdn.atp.fm/images/20260113-fios-cablecard-doom…) came for John

• TiVo Roamio Pro (tivoidp.tivo.com/tivoCommunitySupport/s/articl…)

• Casey on Downstream (relay.fm/downstream/110)

• Temporal dithering (via Kyle Foreman)

• Dagnabbit, the screen count is just too damn high

• MSI MEG Vision X (youtube.com/watch?v=r6VT5bEeKWw&t=17m12s) (Screen grab (cdn.atp.fm/images/20260109-msi-meg-vision-x.png))

• MSI Lightning RTX 5090 (youtube.com/watch?v=-nv564jJHnk&t=7m) (Screen grab (cdn.atp.fm/images/20260109-msi-lightning-rtx-5…))

• Wi-Fi channel selection & size

• Wi-Fi 7 8 (theverge.com/tech/856883/ces-2026-wi-fi-8-asus…)

• A tour of Apple- (or John-) relevant monitors from CES

• As a reminder…

• Apple Studio Display (apple.com/studio-display/specs)

• Pro Display HDR (apple.com/pro-display-xdr/specs)

• MSI MPG 271KRAW16 (cdn.atp.fm/images/20260110-msi-mag-271kpd7.jpg…)

• DisplayHDR 1400 certification (displayhdr.org/performance-criteria)

• MSI MAG 271KPD7 (cdn.atp.fm/images/20260110-msi-mag-271kpd7.jpg)

• Monitors Unboxed (youtube.com/watch?v=r6VT5bEeKWw)

• ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM (rog.asus.com/us/articles/gaming-monitors/rgb-s…) (Photo (cdn.atp.fm/images/20260110-asus-rog-swift-oled…))

• HDTVTest (youtube.com/watch?v=Wau_dfbcZbY)

• Subpixel arrangements (cdn.atp.fm/images/20260109-subpixel-arrangemen…)

• Apple Creator Studio (apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/introducing-apple-c…)

• Icons over time (threads.com/@heliographe.studio/post/DTeOwAykwQ1)

• Photomator (pixelmator.com/photomator) lives on… for now (via Chris Welch (threads.com/@chriswelch/post/DTdR7ypkQCi?xmt=A…))

• MacRumors (macrumors.com/2026/01/13/pixelmator-no-longer-…)

• Apple’s defense of the icons (support.apple.com/en-us/125029)

• Jason on iWork freemium (sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/apples-pro-bundle-m…)

• Apple 🤝🏻 Google (blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company…)

• More from The Information (theinformation.com/articles/apple-using-gemini…)

• Chase to become the new issuer of Apple Card (apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/chase-to-become-new…)

• FAQ (learn.applecard.apple/transition)

• Back story on the Wall Street Journal (wsj.com/finance/banking/apple-goldman-sachs-cr…) (Apple News (apple.news/A0GtKjybaQMaJRealWGmU9g))

• Post-show: NBA Immersive (apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/spectrum-front-row-…)

• Stratechery (stratechery.com/2026/apple-you-still-dont-unde…)

• Dithering (dithering.passport.online/member/episode/visio…)

• Members-only (atp.fm/join) ATP Overtime: The continuing disaster at Twitter

• Elizabeth Lopatto: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards (theverge.com/policy/859902/apple-google-run-by…)

• Dan Moren: Apple cowardly still has not pulled X and Grok from the App Store (sixcolors.com/link/2026/01/apple-cowardly-stil…)

• Bloomburg: Musk’s Grok AI blocked in Indonesia, Malaysia over sexual images (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-11/musk-s-…)

• Robert Hart & Jess Weatherbed: X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK (theverge.com/news/861894/grok-still-undressing…)

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