MBW 909: A $3,500 Cheeseburger - Quest 3 vs. Vision Pro, VirnetX, NBA & Apple
MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2024
⏱️ 138 minutes
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Summary
Zuckerberg gave his thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro headset and firmly believes the Meta Quest 3 is the superior product: what a shock! Apple responds to Meta's plan to charge a 30% fee to advertisers that purchase boosted posts through Apple's App Store. Apple filmed the NBA Slam Dunk Contest for the Apple Vision Pro. And Apple finally confirms that you should not use rice to dry out your phone.
- Apple fans are starting to return their Vision Pros
- Apple Vision Pro supports Panavision 70 films.
- Zuckerberg says Quest 3 is 'the better product' vs. Apple's Vision Pro.
- EU to hit Apple with €500mn penalty in first ever music streaming fine.
- Apple responds to Meta's plan to charge 30% fee on boosted posts purchased through App Store.
- There's another fake cypto app on the App Store.
- Supreme Court sides with Apple in $503M VirnetX lawsuit, ending decade-long battle.
- Cox Communications wins order overturning $1 bln US copyright verdict.
- Rice is not included in Apple's official guidance for a wet phone.
- NBA Slam Dunk Contest filmed for Apple Vision Pro.
- Usher takes fans behind-the-scenes of 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show in Apple Music mini-doc.
- Apple Vision Pro 2 release date sooner than expected, insider claims.
- Apple in 2023: The Six Colors report card.
- Gruber: Apple was 'effectively forced' by China to bring RCS to iPhone.
- Analyzing Apple Vision Pro as an accessibility engineer.
- Apple Music Replay updated with monthly stats views, 2024 Replay Mix available starting today.
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly, and he's here, Alex is here, Jason's Mac Apple report card is just out. |
| 0:08.3 | We'll talk about that. |
| 0:09.8 | Of course, both Alex and Jason have Vision Pros. |
| 0:15.2 | Are they going to return them? |
| 0:17.0 | We'll find out. |
| 0:18.3 | And what about that thing Mark Zuckerberg |
| 0:20.9 | said about the MetaQuest being the best VR helmet out there, period. |
| 0:25.3 | All that and a lot more coming up next on Mac Break Weekly. |
| 0:28.1 | Podcasts you love from people you trust. |
| 0:34.0 | This is Twit. |
| 0:37.0 | This is Twit. |
| 0:40.0 | This is Mac Break Weekly, Episode 909, recorded Tuesday, February 20, 2024, a $3,500 Mac Break Weekly is brought to you by Delete Me. |
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