MBW 917: Let A Thousand Dorks Bloom - M4 Mac Rumors, iPhone Mercenary Spyware Attack
MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2024
⏱️ 138 minutes
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Summary
The rumor mill has begun on the upcoming M4 chips. Could these M4 chips be a way for Apple to start pushing into the AI-powered device market? Apple notifies users in 92 countries about attempted spyware attacks on select iPhone users. And Apple expands repair options for its devices with support for used genuine Apple parts.
- Apple readies M4 chip Mac line, including new MacBook Air and Mac Pro.
- Apple is reportedly planning a big AI-focused M4 Mac upgrade.
- Apple's mysterious fisheye projection.
- Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks.
- Apple drops term 'state-sponsored' attacks from its threat notification policy.
- Apple to expand repair options with support for used genuine parts.
- Apple opens access to used iPhone components for repair.
- 'Dickinson' showrunner says she ended the show after Apple 'actively gaslit' her.
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| 0:00.0 | It's here. |
| 0:02.0 | here. |
| 0:03.0 | Alex is here. |
| 0:04.0 | Alex is at NAB in Las Vegas. |
| 0:05.0 | Jasonnell is here. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm at Mom's house and we're going to talk about lots of interesting things including |
| 0:12.0 | M4 and AI is Apple prepared for the revolution |
| 0:16.7 | W.W. D.C. what's going to be in the new iPads and why you never want to be a |
| 0:21.7 | showrunner with a show on Apple TV plus. |
| 0:24.0 | All that and more coming up next on Macbreak Weekly. |
| 0:27.0 | Podcasts you love from people you trust. This is Twit. |
| 0:37.0 | This is Mac Break Weekly, episode 917, recorded Tuesday, April 16, 2024. |
| 0:46.2 | Let a thousand dorks bloom. |
| 0:49.6 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly, the show we cover the latest news from Apple and we are all over the map today. |
| 0:56.4 | The only person, well I'm not, I don't know where I am, I'm in Grandma's house. |
| 1:01.8 | Jason Snell is it? |
| 1:03.5 | Are you at home or at mom's? |
| 1:04.6 | I'm in my garage. |
| 1:05.5 | This is real. |
| 1:06.1 | This is not a green screen. |
| 1:07.4 | I am in my garage. |
| 1:08.5 | I'm back from the eclipse and now back just in my garage with my dog. Was it really cool? |
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