We unravel everything you need to know about DeepSeek, the Chinese AI starup and how it’s affecting OpenAI, Meta, and more, plus new features came with iOS 18.3, iPhone SE 4 might finally do away with the home button, and we dive into the Rube Goldberg machine of how we manage email.

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Links from the show

• How Apple Builds Iconic Stores: SVP Deirdre O’Brien Interview! - YouTube
• iOS 18.3 NEW Visual Intelligence Features: Finally Good? - YouTube
• Apple Sports now includes broadcast info for where to watch national games - 9to5Mac
• Vision Pro now offers 2,000+ games via NVIDIA GeForce NOW support - 9to5Mac
• iPhone SE 4 appears in new photos and video, notch and all | The Verge
• Meet the new Notion AI
• DeepSeek-R1’s bold bet on reinforcement learning: How it outpaced OpenAI at 3% of the cost | VentureBeat
• Why everyone is freaking out about DeepSeek | The Verge
• OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
• Mark Zuckerberg tells Meta investors to not worry about DeepSeek | The Verge
• Sam Altman’s Response to ChatGPT’s Biggest Threat Yet Is a Revealing Lesson
• DeepSeek privacy under investigation in US and Europe; App Store impact
• Zuckerberg wants to Make Facebook Great Again | The Verge
• Mark Zuckerberg Just Got Political Again. This Time He Has a Point

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