MBW 897: "The Event" - NameDrop Privacy, Apple Podcasts, Solid State Cooling
MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2023
⏱️ 117 minutes
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Summary
Jason Snell is leading today's panel, with Dan Moren of SixColors joining Andy Ihnatko and Alex Lindsay. Is there a significant privacy issue with Apple's NameDrop? What are the top podcasts and books in Apple Music & Apple Books? Reports are starting to trickle in for Apple's 2nd gen Vision Pro as reports of the company are looking to cut costs of the low-end headset in half.
- Local police warn about a new iPhone feature they don't understand.
- Police departments and news sites spreading misinformation about how iOS 17 NameDrop feature works.
- Apple shares top podcasts of 2023 in Apple Podcasts.
- Castro podcast app database failed, may be shutting down?
- Apple unveils top books of 2023, new in-app Year in Review experience.
- Apple Music Replay 2023 arrives.
- Fore AirJet: A solid state cooling demo using MacBook Air.
- Apple working to cut material costs of low-end Vision headset in half.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: Eclipse Glasses
- Andy's Pick: Hannah Waddingham - Home for Christmas.
- Dan's Pick: Conlextions
- Jason's Pick: All Souls Lost by Dan Moren
Hosts: Jason Snell, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Dan Moren
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody Jason Snell in for Leo this week. I got great news. Dan |
| 0:04.9 | Moran is joining us along with Andy Anaco and Alex Lindsay. We have a lot to talk about |
| 0:09.2 | despite the fact that we had nothing to talk about. Isn't it amazing? We're |
| 0:12.4 | going to talk about lists. We're nothing to talk about. Isn't it amazing? We're going to talk |
| 0:14.4 | about philosophy. We're going to get into it. It's going to be deep. Plus a thing |
| 0:19.2 | that it cools your laptop that isn't a fan? What is that about? All coming up next. |
| 0:24.3 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:28.8 | From people you trust. |
| 0:29.9 | This is Twit. |
| 0:36.0 | This is Mac Break Weekly episode number 897 recorded on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. |
| 0:43.0 | The Event. |
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