Face ID rumors, more
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🗓️ 29 January 2026
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Tim Cook addresses Minneapolis shootings in internal memo
- iPhone users begin to receive payouts from $95 million Siri privacy settlement
- Apple Cash is making instant transfers more expensive soon
- Will the Mac ever get Face ID? This latest rumor is a good sign
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 9 to 5 Mac Daily for Wednesday, January 28, 26. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.7 | We are sponsored this week by Stuff, the Clean and Powerful To-D-List Application. |
| 0:15.8 | Leading off today following intense criticism for attending a VIP White House screening of the Melania documentary, |
| 0:22.8 | just hours after the killing of Alex Pretti, |
| 0:26.4 | Bloomberg reports that Tim Cook sent an internal memo to employees where he tried to address the situation. |
| 0:32.9 | Cook attended the Melania screening at the White House alongside other tech CEOs, including Amazon, Zoom, AMD, and more. |
| 0:41.7 | The event was held just hours after the killing of Preti by ICE agents in Minneapolis, |
| 0:47.6 | again leading to widespread criticism for Cook. |
| 0:51.4 | In the memo sent to Apple employees last night and obtained by Bloomberg, |
| 0:55.6 | Cook broadly referenced the events in Minneapolis and said that he had a good |
| 0:59.8 | conversation with the president where he shared his views on the situation. The full |
| 1:05.3 | memo reads, quote, I'm heartbroken by the events in Minneapolis, and my prayers and deepest sympathies are with the families, the communities, and with everyone that's been affected. |
| 1:15.8 | This is a time for de-escalation. I believe America is strongest when we live up to our highest ideals, when we treat everyone with dignity and respect no matter who they are, or where they're from, and when we embrace |
| 1:28.3 | our shared humanity. This is something Apple has always advocated for. I had a good conversation |
| 1:34.5 | with the president this week where I shared my views, and I appreciate his openness to engaging |
| 1:39.7 | on issues that matter to all of us. I know this is very emotional and challenging for so many. |
| 1:45.9 | I am proud of how deeply our teams care about the world beyond our walls. That empathy is one of |
| 1:52.0 | Apple's greatest strengths and is something I believe we all cherish. End quote. In other news today, |
| 1:58.8 | Face ID has been part of the iPhone for close to a decade and the iPad for nearly as long, but the Mac still uses Touch ID. |
| 2:07.1 | A new rumor this week offers hope of that potentially changing. |
| 2:11.4 | Leaker Instant Digital posted on Waybo, with an interesting new detail about the iPhone Air 2 that may be pertinent to the future |
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