Apple sting BUSTS major leaker + Logic & Final Cut on iPad REACTIONS/details (CultCast #594)
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🗓️ 12 May 2023
⏱️ 74 minutes
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This week: Apple's internal sting operation just nabbed them one of Twitter's most prolific leakers — but how'd they do it? Plus: our reactions and details on Final Cut Pro and Logic for iPad, and a new startup staffed with a stable of Apple's top ex-employees showcases a new gadget they say is BETTER than the iPhone.
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This week's stories
Apple busts major iOS 17 leaker with spycraft ‘canary trap’
- The tipster who went by analyst941 leaked a large number of details about iOS 17, but his or her inside source apparently was caught by Apple in a sting operation. The source has reportedly been fired, and both they and the tipster could face legal action by the iPhone-maker.
Apple unveils Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro for iPad
- With Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro becoming available for Apple’s tablets, “music and video creators can now unleash their creativity in new ways that are only possible on iPad,” Apple said.
iPhone users want pro camera mode from Final Cut Pro for iPad
- The iPad version of Final Cut Pro that Apple recently unveiled includes a “pro camera mode” with a number of manual settings not included in the standard camera application. iPhone users saw this and quickly started calling for these features to be brought over to iOS, too.
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Apple brings in robust iPhone revenue but Mac and iPad are down
- During the first three months of 2023, Apple’s total revenue dropped 3% year over year. iPhone was a bright spot, but revenue from virtually all of the company’s other product segments saw annual declines. CEO Tim Cook blamed the drop on a “challenging macroeconomic environment.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm a Mack and I'm a PC PC. What's with the suit? What what's with the biohazard suit? Oh the biohazard suit |
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| 0:24.0 | I couldn't hear you through my virus proof mask. Well |
| 0:31.0 | Hello |
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| 1:49.0 | Let's see here sort of bring up the notes. Why not? So we're gonna be talking about Apple's major sting operation |
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