550: The Tasty Part Inside Bad Bread

Is the era of tech giants allowing their customers to secure their data coming to an end? We also discuss AltStore picking a fight with Apple, and Apple's calculated response, rumors of robots, a rumor source's apology, and the future of Ted Lasso.

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A second look at the 2024 Six Colors Report Card – Six Colors (sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/a-second-look-at-th…)
Report: Ted Lasso season 4 will focus on new AFC Richmond women’s team - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2025/02/05/report-ted-lasso-season…)
Apple Leaker Issues Apology: 'Profound and Expensive Mistake' - MacRumors (macrumors.com/2025/02/07/apple-leaker-issues-a…)
‘The Interview’: Ben Stiller Knows How ‘Severance’ Ends - The New York Times (nytimes.com/2025/01/11/magazine/ben-stiller-in…)
Apple iPhone SE Overhaul to Be Unveiled in Coming Days - Bloomberg (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-06/apple-s…)
iOS 18.4 beta with expanded Siri capabilities coming 'fairly soon' – 9to5mac (9to5mac.com/2025/02/07/ios-18-4-beta-coming-soon)
One Foot Tsunami: Not So Super, Apple (onefoottsunami.com/2025/01/23/not-so-super-apple)
Apple’s friendly table lamp robot prototype – Six Colors (sixcolors.com/link/2025/02/apples-friendly-tab…)
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts - The Washington Post (washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/07/apple…)
UK government demands access to Apple users' encrypted data - BBC News (bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20g288yldko)
Apple’s Invites invites you to send invitations – Six Colors (sixcolors.com/link/2025/02/apples-invites-invi…)
Connected #538: A Future That Is Now Stuck in the Past - Relay (relay.fm/connected/538)
AltStore pokes the bear – Six Colors (sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/altstore-pokes-the-…)