Apple “fixes” Studio Display, big changes coming to iOS, & Elon buys Twitter… (CultCast #542!)
The CultCast
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4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2022
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
This week:
- How to get a M1 MacBook Pro fast and cheap!
- Apple "fixes" the Studio Display...
- New EU regulations could be HUGE changes for iOS!
- Our reactions to Elon's Twitter buy
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This week's stories
Apple pushes February MacBook Pro orders back to June
- People who ordered a top-tier MacBook Pro in February are being notified that it won’t be delivered until June. The delay results from COVID-19 lockdowns in China hampering notebook assembly.
Win an Aer Fit Pack 3 backpack and go from work to gym in style [Cult of Mac giveaway] - lewis
- This week’s Cult of Mac giveaway is for the Fit Pack 3 backpack from Aer. The Fit Pack 3 is more than just a backpack, though. It’s a hybrid duffle/backpack that will carry you from work to the gym without hassle because it has special compartments for everything.
Apple now offers parts and tools needed to fix your own iPhone
- Apple has long faced criticism from “right to repair” advocates for being strictly against DIY fixes. But government regulators around the world are starting to force companies to loosen up on allowing users to fix their own devices. Apple is bowing to the pressure.
Leaked ‘final’ EU antitrust bill looks bad for Apple
- The European Union may force Apple to make big changes to its App Store as well as services like FaceTime and Messages, if a leaked version of an EU antitrust proposal becomes law.
Elon Musk buys Twitter for a cool $44 billion
- Twitter said Monday it accepted Elon Musk’s offer to purchase the company for $44 billion. That gives the billionaire — who is the world’s wealthiest person — absolute control of the social media platform after the deal is approved.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Meet the lady, her name is Lisa, and she is the most exciting thing to happen in computers today. |
| 0:09.0 | The lady Lisa, beautiful, a classic triumph for Apple, pure and simple graphic images and a clever pointing of ice called a mouse. |
| 0:19.0 | But most importantly, unlimited expandability, unlimited power, Lisa from Apple. |
| 0:27.0 | In the future, today, at Wallace MicroMart. |
| 0:32.0 | Hello, and welcome to Col Cassie Best, 30-plus app conversation. |
| 0:36.0 | You're going to hear, all week long, I'm your host. |
| 0:39.0 | Here for our last journey today, much like the Mac Studio with M on Ultra, he's compact, but he packs a wallet. |
| 0:44.0 | He's also got RAM, which he uses to break down the front doors of Coltomac writers, then drag them back to the writing cage. |
| 0:51.0 | He is the magic editor of Coltomac. |
| 0:54.0 | Ooh, as well as his hair. |
| 0:57.0 | Yeah, but have you seen the benchmarks? Benchmarks are very impressive. |
| 1:01.0 | Oh, really? Because I heard that they were lower than expected. |
| 1:04.0 | Like, you thought they were going to be benchmarked off? |
| 1:07.0 | They were like, what's going on here? They just seem like they're... |
| 1:10.0 | Look at me, I'm going full-binding here with this squint. I don't know why I'm doing this. It's not even that bright in here. |
| 1:14.0 | Some of you are probably wondering where Dear Leader Elcane is. |
| 1:19.0 | So we got an update on him, and we'll talk about that at the end of the show. |
| 1:23.0 | He is going to be taking the break. Nothing's wrong. He's fine. In fact, he's having a great time. |
| 1:28.0 | If you don't believe me, I've got pictures to prove it. |
| 1:31.0 | So we'll do a little LK update at the end of the show here for those of you that are interested. |
| 1:37.0 | But he is going to be taking some time off from the show. |
| 1:40.0 | And if you're wondering what he's doing, well, I bet you can imagine. |
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