Fri. 06/04 – iPad Pro Rumors And WWDC Pre-Hype

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🗓️ 4 June 2021

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Is MagSafe charging coming to iPads? Is the Biden administration actually cracking down harder on China than the Trump administration did? Is the recent slate of ransomware attacks the new normal or the sign of something bigger brewing? And, in the weekend longreads suggestions, we meet a guy who’s job is to negotiate with ransomware hackers. Sponsors: Cybereason.com Metalab.com Links: Apple Working on iPad Pro with Wireless Charging, New iPad Mini (Bloomberg) Facebook to end special treatment for politicians after Trump ban (The Verge) Biden Expands Trump-Era Ban on Investment in Chinese Firms Linked to Military (New York Times) Exclusive-U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrorism, official says (Reuters) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How to Negotiate with Ransomware Hackers (The New Yorker) Inside The ‘World’s Largest’ Video Game Cheating Empire (Motherboard) The NFT Market Has Collapsed, Oh No (Kotaku) Armed Low-Cost Drones, Made by Turkey, Reshape Battlefields and Geopolitics (Wall Street Journal) Developer relations (Marco Arment) Apple WWDC 2021: iOS 15, new MacBook Pros, and what else to expect (The Verge) Subscribe to Spacecasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Friday, June 4th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:08.6	Today is Mag Safe charging coming to iPads. Is the Biden administration actually
0:14.2	cracking down harder on China than the Trump administration did? Is the
0:17.9	recent slate of ransomware attacks, the new normal or the sign of something
0:21.5	bigger brewing? And in the weekend long rate suggestions
0:24.4	we meet a guy whose job is to actually negotiate with ransomware hackers.
0:29.1	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:32.0	Mark. miss today in the world of tech.
0:37.0	Mark Germin Apple Scoop Friday. Mark sources say Apple is working on a new iPad Pro
0:41.0	with MagSafe charging as well as a glass back for release in 2022 as well as a redesigned
0:48.7	iPad mini for release later this year. Quote, the main design change in testing for the iPad Pro
0:55.7	is a switch to a glass back from the current aluminum enclosure.
1:00.0	The updated iPad mini is planned to have narrower screen borders while the removal of its home button. The part to enable wireless charging for the first time. Making the change in material
1:15.2	would bring iPads closer to iPhones which Apple has transitioned from
1:19.1	aluminum to glass backs in recent years. The company is testing a similar Magsafe system for the
1:24.4	iPad pro as it recently introduced for iPhones. Wireless charging will likely be
1:29.8	slower than directly plugging in a charger to the iPad's Thunderbolt port, which will remain as part of the next models.
1:36.5	As part of its development of the next iPad Pro, Apple is also trying out technology called reverse wireless
1:41.8	charging that would allow users to
1:43.7	charge their iPhone or other gadgets by laying them on the back of the tablet.
1:47.5	Apple had previously been working on making this possible for the iPhone to
1:51.4	charge Airpods and Apple watches."
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