MBW 935: Sports Are Sport - The EPL, visionOS 2.0, 9th Gen iPad
MacBreak Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2024
⏱️ 142 minutes
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Summary
Several Microsoft apps for macOS have been found to have security vulnerabilities. Fortnite returns to the iPhone in the EU. Select people have received demos of the upcoming visionOS 2.0. 9th-gen iPads are available at Amazon and Best Buy for the lowest price ever: $199! And what could be Apple's biggest competition in India? It couldn't be itself and used iPhone sellers, could it?
- The English Premier League will ditch its hated VAR Offside Tech for a fleet of iPhones.
- Procreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its products.
- Flaws in Microsoft apps could let attackers spy on users.
- Jason's interview with Zach Gage.
- Fortnite is back on the iPhone — with a whole app store in tow.
- Competing in search — Benedict Evans.
- "Apple is apparently giving Secret (or just "private") Demos showing off VisionOS 2.0 features that have yet to appear in beta, plus some kind of enterprise AR demos."
- California driver's licenses to be available on Apple, Google wallets.
- Apple iPad 9th Gen hits $199 for first time.
- Apple Podcasts launches on the web.
- Apple's first India-made iPhone Pro models coming this year.
- iPhone 16 Pro's new color could be called 'Desert Titanium'.
- Apple's biggest competition in India? Used iPhone sellers.
- Apple's HomePod and iPad hybrid tabletop robot with an arm spotted in the supply chain, estimated to cost $1,000.
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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly, Andy and Aoco, |
| 0:02.0 | Alex, Lindsay, Jason Snell. |
| 0:03.9 | We're all here to talk about the latest Apple News, |
| 0:06.7 | including the new Apple Home Pod with a robotic arm, |
| 0:10.6 | but why? |
| 0:12.3 | Jason says, this is a very bad idea. |
| 0:15.0 | Fortnite is back on the iPhone in the EU only, |
| 0:18.0 | and the Premier League buys a lot of iPhones. |
| 0:21.0 | We'll explain why. With that and a lot more next on Mac Break Weekly. |
| 0:25.6 | Podcasts you love from people you trust. |
| 0:31.3 | This is Twit. |
| 0:37.6 | This is Mac Break Weekly, episode 935, recorded Tuesday, August 20, 2024. Sports are sport. |
| 0:47.0 | It's time for Mac Break Weekly, the show we cover the latest news from Apple. |
| 0:52.0 | And today there is... cover the latest news from Apple. |
| 0:53.1 | And today there is news from Apple. |
| 0:56.3 | Let me introduce Jason Snell, |
| 0:57.8 | who'll be the first to know |
| 0:59.4 | when Apple's event is coming up. |
| 1:01.3 | Jason from Six Colors.com, |
| 1:03.2 | always gets an invite about this time. |
| 1:05.8 | I don't know, maybe next week. |
| 1:07.8 | I don't always get an invite for the iPhone event. |
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