WAN Show October 17, 2025 TL;DR

Linus and Luke kick things off by dissecting the drama around the Pixel 10 Pro Fold (battery fires, breakage and sky-high prices), then sift through gaming nostalgia with Capcom’s reluctance to remaster classics. Hardware woes continue as HP quietly yanks support docs for older gear, Philips ghosts its “Fixables” printables, and Microsoft doubles down on forced online Windows logins. There’s even a quirky deep dive into ChatGPT going haywire over a horse emoji, plus a serious secure-boot bypass impacting 200K Linux Framework laptops.

They also tackle the big stuff: should we outlaw paying crypto ransoms? Apple’s M5 chip and Vision Pro 2nd-gen reveal, Bose axing its SoundTouch line, and a buffet of random tangents (condo smoking issues, stock picks, gaming chairs, foldable daily-drivers and more). All that, sprinkled with product deals and sponsor shout-outs to keep the lights on.

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