One streaming app to (almost) rule them all

This week 's Installer is off next week , but we have lots to do with this week ’s programming note.

This week was the 50th anniversary of Microsoft , and Bill Gates marked the occasion by releasing all its original Altair BASIC source code.

Plus, the latest on the Switch 2 , a screed against screen time, and much more.

Sofa is a good-looking, powerful app for Apple devices that lets you manage all the stuff you want to watch, read, listen to, and everything else.

Sofa’s big new feature this week is a podcast player, which is full-featured enough that you can use Sofa as your one and only podcast app.

On the occasion of the new update, we asked Shawn Hickman to share his homescreen with us.

If you were extremely online during a very specific time period, the names Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld might mean a lot to you.

Check out the “Greatest Jake and Amir Episode Ever” tournament the two guys are doing on their YouTube channel, rewatching and commenting on some of their best work.