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The Swear-Under-Oath Edition Sunday, January 5, 2025

'Sonuby' Is A Detailed Weather App For Outdoor Adventurers, by Michael Burkhardt, 9to5Mac

Sonuby is a different kind of weather app, designed for users who often partake in outdoor activities. For example, if you often snowboard, you can have a weather forecast that places snow conditions front and center. Weather needs can be very individualistic, which is why Sonuby allows you to tailor the app to what you care about.

This App Made Flying More Fun And A Lot Less Stressful – And I Won't Go Anywhere Without It, by Jacob Krol, TechRadar

[Flighty] is, full stop, the best app for tracking flights, and it goes for traveling for leisure or work or if you need to track a family or friend's flight. It has a modern interface that’s gorgeous and easy to navigate, provides way more details on what’s going on with your flight than the airlines, and can even predict delays or alert you about potential issues.

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Apple Siri Eavesdropping Payout—Here’s Who’s Eligible And How To Claim, by Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes

If you owned an Apple Siri-Enabled device between Sept. 17, 2014 and Dec. 31 2024, you could be eligible to claim. You also need to be based in the U.S. However, to get a share of the fee, you’ll need to swear under oath that you experienced Siri activating unintentionally and had private conversations recorded by the voice assistant.

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What do I hope to see this year from Apple: continual improvement and customization options, now that Apple Intelligence is out of the door and shareholders are happy and developers can get back to doing real work. :-)

What I know will happen but I am not really interested: all the drama on what Apple and its executives will and will not do.

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