News items you should check out: Jan. 22

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time.

° From AppleInsider: A so-called “pink screen” issue is affecting a small number of iPhone 13 units, with a brightly-colored display and crashes thought by Apple support teams to be a software problem, not hardware.

° From MacRumors: Apple walks back UNiDAYS verification requirement for U.S. education store.

° From Apple TV+ YouTube channel: Actor Jim Hamm laments not being cast in an Apple TV+ series or movie in a humorous ad.

° On Apple’s YouTube channel: A new video dubbed “Run, Baby, Run” uses a toddler run amok to show the durability of the iPhone 13.

° From Runner’s World: The running publication takes a look at Apple’s Fitness+.

° From The Mac Observer: On Jan. 20, the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee of the U.S. Congress House Energy and Commerce Committee discussed blockchain energy usage and other concepts related to mining and consensus.

° From an Apple Gift Guide: Apple wants you to (of course) celebrate Valentine’s Day with a gift from, well, Apple.

° From MacVoices: On the new episode, Brian McCollum, COO of eSight, explains how their medical device can help those with visual acuity issues, particularly macular degeneration. Two built in cameras help trick the brain into filling in what it normally couldn’t see. Brian walks us through it, and discusses the challenges they have in making both patients and physicians aware of this new option.