Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Thursday, January 12th, 2023. I'm Brian McCullough today.

Is Apple finally ready to bring touch screens to Max? Sam Bankman Freed has a sub-stack, Apple Maps, Courts Businesses,

is Twitter going to auction off user handles, and what tech publication that I quote from all the time on this show has been using AI to write

entire articles for months now.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

John Barrenthall yelling voice. God damn Mark Ermin. Are you going to take a break

this week or just another big scoop every day? Mark's latest Apple scoop is maybe the biggest this week though.

His sources say that Apple is working on Max with a touch screen.

The first model may be a Macbook Pro with an o-led display, supporting gestures even,

set to be released in 2025.

Quote, for more than a decade the company has argued that touch screens don't work well on laptops and that the iPad is a better option if someone wants a touch interface

Apple is also worried that touch screen max could cannibalize iPad sales. But rivals have increasingly

added touch screens to computers putting pressure on Apple to do the same. A Mac

resurgence in recent years also has made the business a bigger moneymaker than the iPad and the company

wants to keep its computer lineup as compelling as possible.

Based on current internal deliberations the company could launch its first touchscreen

Mac in 2025 as part of a larger

update to the Macbook Pro according to the people who asked not to be

identified because the plans are private. The current work calls for Apple's

first touch screen Macbook pro to retain a traditional laptop design, including a standard trackpad and keyboard.

But the laptop's screen would support touch input and gestures just like an iPhone or iPad.

Over time, Apple could expand touch support to more of its Mac models.

...