Podcast Rewind: Tech Predictions, A New Game Show, and Weird CES Returns

Last week was the annual predictions episode! The gang reflected on their predictions from 2025 and then made their Guaranteed To Be Correct Predictions for 2026. No boring predictions here; we started at Pro predictions and went all the way to Pro Max.

Last week’s Cozy Zone had everyone discussing the tricky business of streaming music and how we actually get artists paid.

And this week, Matt needs some help figuring out what browser to use, Niléane has a new game show, and Chris challenges the gang to clean up their desk area.

On this week’s Cozy Zone, the gang discusses their tech white whales. If they had unlimited funds, what would they buy? A nice camera? A beefy computer? A whole company?!

MacStories Unwind

This week, Federico and John share how they unwound during their holiday break, John has a report on CES 2026, Federico recommends Avatar: Fire and Ash, and John does a Parks and Rec rewatch and has a superhero movie deal for listeners.

Comfort Zone, Episode 81, ‘Our 2026 Tech Predictions’ Show Notes

How would you have done our challenges? How would you answer the question at the end of the show? Let us know!

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Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky

Comfort Zone, Episode 82, ‘Mine’s Bigger Than Matt’s’ Show Notes

Main Topics

Helium

Zen

Dia

ChatGPT Atlas

Perplexity Comet

Other Things

Last.fm

HermitCraft desk mat

IKEA monitor arm

Matt’s desk before

Matt’s desk after

Forecast

Cozy Zone

For even more from the Comfort Zone crew, you can subscribe to Cozy Zone. Cozy Zone is a weekly bonus episode of Comfort Zone where Matt, Niléane, and Chris invite listeners to join them in the Cozy Zone where they’ll cover extra topics, invent wilder challenges and games, and share all their great (and not so great) takes on tech. You can subscribe to Cozy Zone for $5 per month here or $50 per year here.

MacStories Unwind, ‘The Wonderful Weirdness of CES’ Show Notes

CES Weirdness

My Favorite Gear From CES 2026 – and Some Weird and Wonderful Gadgets, Too

Picks

Federico’s Pick:

Avatar: Fire and Ash

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John’s Pick:

Parks and Recreation: The Complete Series

Unwind Deal

Thunderbolts: The New Avengers (One of John’s 2025 best movies of the year picks)

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