Following approval from the Therapeutic Goods Administration, Apple has enabled sleep apnea detection notifications for some devices. The feature is supported by the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10 and Ultra 2.

From Apple's support document:

If over a 30-day period you receive more frequent elevated breathing disturbances, you receive a notification of possible sleep apnea.

In another edition of 'The Emperor's New Clothes' in Silicon Valley, today we have a new app from genius founder Jack Dorsey.

Following on from Bitchat - which uses Bluetooth to allow for close-proximity chatrooms, Dorsey has now invented a "Sun Day Tracker" app.

From The Verge:

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has released a new app that tracks your sun exposure and vitamin D levels.

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You can detail your skin type and clothing level, then manually toggle when you’re in and out of the sun and the app will track your rough vitamin D levels for the day, along with how long you can be in direct sunlight without burning.

In the same way that I don't understand AI music (we already have so much real music that it's impossible to listen to it all), now we have vibe-coded apps that...are just apps with extremely limited utility. If you have to manually toggle it every time you go outside, and then trust that the calculations are correct, how accurate could this possibly be?

Maybe it's just the Southern Hemisphere Winter getting to me.

Yeah I’m thinking this one’s gonna be real good, but I only played 15 minutes worth. Really has that Mario Odyssey feel of precision and momentum. Were some dropped frames, but who knows how much punishment that demo Switch 2 console has been through.

The new game, inspired by the world of Pokémon X & Y, is coming to Switch and Switch 2 this October 16 2025.

For players who purchase the game on Nintendo Switch, a Switch 2 "upgrade pack" will be available to purchase, which presumably means the game will cost more for Switch 2 users. From The Pokémon Company:

The cover art has also been unveiled, featuring the game’s main characters and their partner Pokémon battling a Mega-Evolved Pokémon at night in Lumiose City.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A is a new frontier for the Pokémon video game series, blending an RPG story unfolding in a single city with action elements and a real-time battle system unlike anything seen before in the franchise. Trainers can look forward to the beginning of a new adventure in Lumiose City—one woven by people and Pokémon together!​

I've been following indie 3D platformer Big Hops development on Twitter, and now Bluesky, for years now. The game features all the bells, whistles and twists that you would expect from a modern take on the genre. And now for the first time I've been able to play it via a demo on Steam.

With elements of The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild and Mario Odyssey, as well as its own unique and clearly fine-tuned art-style, the game feels amazing. In a way that other indie platformers sometimes miss. There's clearly a level of polish that Big Hops is going for. But the team at Luckshot Games might need some help.

Developer Chris Wade at Luckshot Games announced the demo over on Bluesky today, alongside news of a Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 release at the end of the year. He also announced that the games publisher had dropped the game, and they're instead turning to Kickstarter for more support.

Definitely give the demo a go and let us know what you think!

Big Hops on Steam

Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.

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