Rosemary and Mikah have the new Apple Watch Series 7 and share their thoughts. 
Here's everything you need to know about Apple Watch Series 7 fast charging
Apple's $129 MagSafe Duo Charger Can't Fast Charge Apple Watch Series 7
Hands-on with Apple's gorgeous new Contour watch face
Apple Watch Series 7 ships with new charging puck made from aluminum instead of plastic
Updating Apple Watch Weirdness?
  
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Apple introduces HomePod mini in new bold and expressive colors
Apple introduces the Apple Music Voice Plan
Apple Announces New Third-Generation AirPods
A Song Made From 45 Years of Apple Sounds
Apple Restructures Website, Separates AirPods and 'TV & Home' Into Their Own Sections
Exclusive: These are the new Beats Fit Pro earbuds, powered by Apple's H1 chip and launching November 1
  
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Mike wants a Shortcut that can change Apple Watch orientation
  
Feedback & Questions: 
Steve wonders if there is a way to standardize the Share Sheet
  
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Rosemary's App Cap: Broadcasts
Mikah's App Cap: My Time at Portia
 
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iOS Today 572: Apple Watch Series 7 Review

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Leo, Paul, and Richard steer towards the performance race as they speculate about how Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite/Plus PCs will compare to Apple Silicon MacBooks. What makes a laptop truly user-friendly? System reliability, UI consistency, battery life? Plus, the recent Fallout TV series, the practicality of using winget for browser installations, and how the ARM chipset switch is revving up the PC market. 
ARMed & ready 
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon X Plus and confirms Paul's report that the Snapdragon X Elite will have three SKUs (product editions) 
All four SKUs outperform Apple M3, Intel Core Ultra 7/9, AMD Ryzen 9 7940/8945HS on most benchmarks 
Why? PC makers asked Qualcomm for familiar choices 
Previously, an X Plus-based Surface Pro 10 and an X Elite-based ThinkPad T40s leaked. Paul can now confirm from a source that Surface Laptop 6 (13 and 15-inch) and Surface Pro will all be on X (something} 
Vivaldi is bringing its browser to Windows on Arm too 
Windows 11 
The April 2024 Week D preview update is here: Recommended apps and frequently used apps in Start, Widgets icon updates, Lock screen widgets improvements 
Canary: Moves off 24H2 train to build 26200, no more switch to Dev, minor changes to the Widgets board and Taskbar (no new build for Dev) 
Beta: New Widgets design with navigation bar, new account manager in Start, Gmail in Share, MSA recovery advertisement, and new Game Pass recommendation card in Settings 
Microsoft Store app downloads from the web get simpler, more sophisticated 
After yet another Quest 2 Headset price cut, and mounting problems for Apple's Vision Pro, Meta opens up Horizon OS, Microsoft is sort-of on board 
Microsoft 365/Dev 
Office LTSC 2024 commercial is now available in preview 
Classic Teams rides off into the sunset on July 1 
Dropbox offers deeper Microsoft 365 integration 
GitHub sees success in 2FA push 
AI 
The European Commission will not formally investigate Microsoft/OpenAI partnership 
Microsoft released a new SLM 
Microsoft gives a sneak peek of VASA-1, a crazy and scary "talking faces" AI tool 
Google copies Microsoft again, announces massive AI reorg - that has Pixel fans worried 
Adobe's generative AI image capabilities are predictably fantastic 
Xbox 
Get an Xbox Mastercard in the US, if you're a tool 
Microsoft announces IGN x ID@Xbox digital showcase - indie games 
Tips & Picks 
Tip of the week: Have you heard the one joke about the one time you need to use Edge? 
App pick of the week: Tiny11 Builder 
RunAs Radio this week: PowerShell 7.4 with Sydney Smith 
Brown liquor pick of the week: GlenKinchie 12 
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What do you call "Stuxnet on steroids"?? 
Voyager 1 update 
Android 15 to quarantine apps 
Thunderbird & Microsoft Exchange 
China bans Western encrypted messaging apps 
Gentoo says "no" to AI 
Cars collecting diving data 
Freezing your credit 
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Lazy People vs. Secure Systems 
Actalis issues free S/MIME certificates 
PIN Encryption 
DRAM and GhostRace 
AT&T; Phishing Scam 
Race Conditions and Multi-core processors 
An Alternative to the Current Credit System 
SpinRite Updates 
Chat (out of) Control 
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Apple announced a May 7th event, hinting very heavily that new iPads will be announced at the event! Will Apple stop producing its FineWoven accessories following negative reviews of the product? Apple is continuing its environmental push. And is Apple cutting its future Vision Pro shipment forecasts? 
Apple announces May 7th event for new iPad. 
Apple reportedly stops production of FineWoven accessories. 
Apple hits 18 gigawatts of clean energy in its environmental push. 
What really happens when you trade In an iPhone at the Apple Store. 
Apple finally plans to release a Calculator app for iPad later this year. 
macOS 15 rumored to feature revamped Calculator app. 
Apple says it was ordered to pull WhatsApp from China app store. 
Apple cuts 2024 & 2025 Vision Pro shipment forecasts. 
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Alex's Pick: Apple Reality Composer 
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Need a Linux distro to clean up after a ransomware incident? We've got CSI Linux! Want to run a newer mainline kernel with a RHEL derivitave? Rocky's doing it! And Nvidia has hired a Nouveau developer, the 6.10 kernel may have a blue screen of death, and Gentoo bans AI code! For tips we have nmon to build-your-own top, the final staps to re-sizing a virtual machine drive, and obfuscate for doing a bit of image redaction. Find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3Ju3l6G and see you next week! 
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Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules 
TikTok 'ban' passes in the House again 
Senate reauthorizes FISA spy program, but not before its midnight expiration 
Surveillance Law Section 702 Keeps Us Safe 
Netflix (NFLX) earnings Q1 2024 
Americans' New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat. 
How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright 
Amazon Prime Memberships in US Gain 8% to New High After Lull 
Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal 
Tesla asks shareholders to approve Elon Musk's nixed $56 billion pay plan 
Cool or creepy? Microsoft's VASA-1 is a new AI model that turns photos into 'talking faces' 
GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading advisories 
Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot goes electric 
Schools Want to Ban Phones. Parents Say No. 
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iOS Today 572: Apple Watch Series 7 Review

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