MBW 919: Thinko's - AI iPads, Apple's Titanium Cards, Apple CarPlay
MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2024
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
Could Apple's announcement of its new iPad's next week be positioned as an AI-powered device? What happened with Apple IDs being reset suddenly for some users? Apple is replacing its titanium Apple cards from the 2019 batch. And Mercedes-Benz is planning not to adopt the next iteration of Apple's CarPlay in its vehicles.
- Apple rivals retool to challenge the iPhone and Vision Pro.
- Apple's OpenAI talks intensify as it seeks to add AI features.
- Many people say their Apple IDs were inexplicably reset last night.
- FCC fines AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data.
- Apple starts replacing titanium Apple cards from 2019 batch.
- Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says.
- Epic Games is dragging Apple back to court over anti-steering.
- iPad used to fire modern weapons in old Ukrainian jets.
- Mercedes-Benz won't let Apple CarPlay take over all its screens.
- Why an iPhone can survive a drop from a plane, but not from your kitchen counter.
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly. |
| 0:01.6 | Andy will be here. |
| 0:02.8 | He's gonna adjourn court and go into his chambers, |
| 0:05.6 | but we're gonna get him in a little bit, |
| 0:07.2 | along with Jason Snell and Alex Lindsay. |
| 0:10.3 | What happened Friday night? |
| 0:12.1 | So many Apple users were kicked out of their accounts. We speculate. |
| 0:16.7 | Is it really going to be the M4 and the iPad Pro? We're only a week away from the announcement Alex says couldn't possibly be and |
| 0:26.5 | we'll talk about Siri is it the stupidest of all the assistance and can it get |
| 0:32.4 | better it's all coming up next on Macbreak |
| 0:34.8 | weekly |
| 0:37.8 | podcasts you love |
| 0:39.6 | from people you trust |
| 0:42.0 | this is Twit. |
| 0:47.0 | This is Mac Break Weekly, episode 919, recorded Tuesday, April 30th, 2024. |
| 0:54.3 | Thinkos. |
| 0:56.7 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly, the show we cover the latest Apple News. |
| 1:00.0 | And he is at the Boston Public Library struggling with his setup. |
| 1:04.4 | So we'll start the show with Jason. |
| 1:06.1 | It's now back from Memphis, Tennessee. |
| 1:09.2 | Hello, I'm back. |
| 1:10.3 | St Jude Hospital out there. |
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