559: Chart Man

Subtitle: Grading the Ticcilympics
Apple Music is 10 years old, the future of Siri is uncertain, and the A18 Pro may be headed to a Mac.

Lastly, the 2024 Ticcilympics are graded.

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San Diego Fireworks 2012, LOUD and up close - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=ndVhgq1yHdA)
Widgetsmith 7.3 Adds Downloadable Wallpapers and Coordinating Themes (widgetsmith.app/blog/2025/6/widgetsmith-7-3-wa…)
Roost V3 - Laptop Stand | Roost Laptop Stand (therooststand.com/products/roost-v3-roost-lapt…)
Apple Music celebrates 10 years with the launch of a new global hub for artists - Apple (apple.com/newsroom/2025/06/apple-music-celebra…)
Apple Music launching Replay All Time, revealing your most streamed music ever - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2025/06/30/apple-music-launching-r…)
Meta is offering multimillion-dollar pay for AI researchers, but not $100M 'signing bonuses' | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com/2025/06/27/meta-is-offering-mul…)
Apple Weighs Replacing Siri’s AI, LLMs With Anthropic Claude or OpenAI ChatGPT - Bloomberg (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/apple-w…)
CaMeL offers a promising new direction for mitigating prompt injection attacks (simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/11/camel)
About that A18 Pro MacBook rumor… – Six Colors (sixcolors.com/post/2025/07/about-that-a16-macb…)
New MacBook With A18 Pro Chip Spotted in Apple Code - MacRumors (macrumors.com/2025/06/30/new-macbook-with-a18-…)
Thoughts on a Possible Low-End MacBook Powered by the A18 Pro - 512 Pixels (512pixels.net/2025/07/a18-pro-macbook)
Upgrade #570: The Spite Tier - Relay (relay.fm/upgrade/570)
Daring Fireball: Jason Snell: 'About That A18 Pro MacBook Rumor' (daringfireball.net/linked/2025/07/02/snell-a18…)
Framework Laptop 12 (frame.work/gb/en/laptop12)
Connected #510: The Ticcilympics (2024) - Relay (relay.fm/connected/510)
The Ticcilympics - Rickes.net (rickies.net/#The%20Ticcilympics:%5B%5BThe%20Ti…)
Ticci and John Try Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar with Cream Soda - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=44P913QlIgQ)