MBW 910: Patina and Scuzz - Apple Car, FineWoven Cases, Apple 'Ask'
MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 130 minutes
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Summary
Breaking news: Apple has canceled work on its electric car, shifting the team to work on generative AI instead. Apple gets post-quantum encryption in the iOS 17.4 update. Is Apple's FineWoven case any good? And did Microsoft try to sell its Bing search engine to Apple in 2018?
- Apple cancels work on electric car, shifts team to generative AI.
- Apple iOS 17.4: iMessage gets post-quantum encryption in new update.
- It's apparently easy to crack the Apple Vision Pro's front screen.
- Here's why the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro headset is so expensive.
- Apple's FineWoven iPhone 15 case draws poor reviews, criticism.
- Apple says iPhone 15 batteries have a longer lifespan than initially thought.
- Google says Microsoft offered to sell Bing to Apple in 2018.
- Apple Sports: A free iPhone app to get you the score, fast.
- Simple complexity: Apple's trio of sports apps.
- AppleCare support advisors testing new ChatGPT-like tool 'Ask'.
- Crying in Apple Vision Pro.
- Biden deputy press secretary leaving White House for Apple.
- Major shareholders planning to force Apple to reveal use of AI.
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly. |
| 0:01.6 | Andy Anakos here. |
| 0:02.6 | Alex Lindsey's here. |
| 0:03.4 | Jason Snell is here. |
| 0:05.4 | And there is big news. |
| 0:07.3 | They're cancelling the car. |
| 0:09.5 | We'll talk about that in just a bit. |
| 0:10.9 | Is your fine woven case starting to look pretty ratty? |
| 0:14.0 | Well maybe there's some other choices and Google says yeah yeah we were |
| 0:19.2 | gonna Microsoft was gonna sell being to Apple, but we made a better product. |
| 0:23.2 | So there, we'll talk about something we think is even better. |
| 0:26.5 | Mac Break Weekly. |
| 0:27.5 | Coming up next. |
| 0:29.5 | Podcasts you love. from people you trust. |
| 0:34.0 | This is Twit. |
| 0:37.0 | This is Twit. |
| 0:48.0 | This is Mac Break Weekly, the episode one after 909, episode 910, recorded Tuesday, February 27th, 2024, Patina and Scus. This episode of Mac Break Weekly brought to you by My Little Doggy. |
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