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This Week's Stories

• Get a facemask you can wear without losing FaceID
• Apple warns of revenue loss due to COVID-19 coronavirus
• iPhone 9 / iPhone SE2 still on track for late March announcement?
• Is Apple launching "AirPods Pro Lite" March 31st
• Will Apple make a foldable iPhone Samsung Galaxy Z Flip competitor?
• What's the market for an inexpensive iPhone?
• Related: what are convolution kernels?
• Where will the next China competitor be? India? Malaysia?
• BlueMail sues Apple for stealing their features, gets kicked out of the App Store
• Apple: no push notifications on App Store apps, unless they are for Apple products
• Is Sign in with Apple a success?
• Rene Ritchie: what to do if you lose Pokemon Go access due to a job change
• MalwareBytes: malware threats on Mac increased exponentially last year
• Jason Snell's sixcolors.com: Malwarebytes is full of crap
• California court: Apple stores must pay employees for the time spent checking their bags for stolen merchandise
• The real reason there is no iPad Instagram app
• Apple Music Replay's new 2020 Replay playlist is still in beta
• Sonic The Hedgehog movie redesign pays off: best video game movie opening weekend haul in history

Picks of the Week

• Andy's Pick: Lego Lunar Lander
• Rene's Pick: Cairo Throw
• Lory's Pick: Logitech StreamCam
• Alex's Pick: LumaFusion
• Alex's Pick 2: TheMcDubbys on Tik Tok

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, Lory Gil, and Alex Lindsay

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This Week's Stories:

• Taika Waititi blasts MacBook keyboard at the 2020 Oscars
• Samsung Galaxy S20 announcement - that's a lot of megapixels
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is a laptop in your pocket
• Are all premium phones going to cost $1000+ from now on?
• Is Mobile World Congress 2020 doomed? Coronavirus fears may shutter this year's show
• Foxconn closed for Coronavirus - iPhone production delays
• Apple adds universal purchase for iOS and macOS apps - buy an iPhone app, get a Mac app for free!
• macOS kernel extensions (KEXTs) out, security in
• Catalina is breaking Mac apps left and right
• Apple joins FIDO alliance
• France fines Apple 55 minutes of revenue for slowing down iPhones
• You can now find your iPhone with your Android phone
• CIA used Crypto AG to spy on the world
• Apple Watch sells more than all Swiss watches put together
• T-Mobile Sprint merger clears final hurdle

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: How to turn off Netflix Autoplay Previews
• Andy's Pick: Sony NW-A55 Walkman
• Rene's Pick: Swift Playgrounds for Mac
• Lory's Pick: Locke & Key on Netflix
• Alex's Pick: Kabaq Augmented Reality food
• Alex's Pick #2: 090 Media

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, Lory Gil, and Alex Lindsay

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This Week's Stories:

• Election tech nightmare in Iowa
• Apple's record quarter - almost 8 billion dollars a month
• 5G is still not going to work in 2020
• Apple grows in Europe and India
• 1.5 Billion Apple devices
• Don't try to trick Tim Cook
• Coronavirus hits Apple production until February 9th
• Blackberry phones are finally dead
• Russia's law against Apple
• Hamilton is coming to Disney+
• EU votes to kill Lightning plug
• Cal Tech gets 1.1 Billion from Apple and Broadcom for patent infringement
• Apple figures out how to make two-factor authentication better
• Apple TV's 'Foundation' is the largest ever production in Ireland
• LG TVs get Apple TV

Picks of the Week:

• Lory's Pick: SpellTower+
• Rene & Leo's Pick: Fantastical
• Andy's Pick: Amphetamine for MacOS
• Alex's Pick: Calvary

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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This Week's Stories:

• Apple Quarterly Report expectations
• Could Coronavirus slow iPhone production?
• Apple TV+ still needs a hit
• Apple in talks to buy MGM
• RottenTomatoes AppleTV+ ratings
• Apple surging in India with lower-priced phones
• iPhone SE 2 coming this spring?
• iPad turns 10
• Lack of multitasking is still holding the iPad back
• iOS 13.3.1 update
• Neil Young thinks MacBook Pro audio sucks

Picks of the Week:

• Rene's Pick: DoubleTake
• Andy's Pick: rsync
• Lory's Pick: Nomad Rugged Case for AirPods Pro
• Alex's Pick: Byte

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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This Week's Stories:

• Did Apple drop plans to fully encrypt iCloud at FBI request? Or is it more complicated?
• Why banning face recognition misses the point
• Blueberry-scented AirPods take 71% of the wireless headphone market.
• Tile, Sonos, and Pop Sockets vs Apple, Google, and Amazon in Congress.
• Tim Cook talks Augmented Reality and healthcare in Ireland.

Picks of the Week:

• Andy's Pick: DxO camera on clearance
• Rene's Pick: JibONE
• Lory's Pick: Twelve South AirSnap Pro
• Alex's Pick: Sonic Atom

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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This Week's Stories:

• CES 2020 was the Concept Electronics Show, full of toilet paper bots and cars that will never be made.
• What will we do with computers in the future? Apple's 1988 vision.
• At CES, Apple talks privacy, encryption, and child abuse.
• Apple fights back against DOJ attempts to kill encryption.
• Apple Accessories were everywhere at CES 2020.
• Robots at CES 2020: from scary robot dogs to a real-life Terminator.
• Apple steps up their recycling efforts, working toward a fully-recycled phone.
• Rack-mounted Mac Pro now available.
• Will Apple ever ditch Intel for AMD?
• Apple's services score $1.4 Billion from Christmas - New Years.
• "Pro Mode" coming to Macs.
• The EU wants to kill Lightning ports.
• Location-based data trackers angry at Apple.
• Apple now accepting donations for Australian fire relief efforts.
• Apple offers replacements for defective battery cases.

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: How I Rip DVDs and Blu-Rays
• Andy's Pick: XLD audio converter for Mac
• Rene's Pick: Quasar Science Lights
• Lory's Pick: Brydge Pro+
• Alex's Pick: Reality Converter & 2020 - A Decade of Predictions

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, Lory Gil, and Alex Lindsay

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This Week's Stories:

• The biggest Apple CES 2020 news
• Apple comes to CES 2020 to talk security
• The best CES 2020 product for iPad: Brydge Pro+ is the first iPad keyboard with a trackpad
• The best CES 2020 product for iPhone: PopPower finally lets you wirelessly charge your phone without removing your Pop Socket
• FBI asks Apple yet again to unlock a shooter's iPhone
• Ricky Gervais roasts Tim Cook at Golden Globes
• Apple wins Christmas, stock crosses $300
• Why hasn't Apple bought music exclusives?
• We debunk the "Apple is making a gaming computer" rumor
• External flash that connects to iPhone now available
• Sonos sues Google for stealing smart speaker tech. They only have enough money to sue one company at a time, so Amazon is next, then maybe Apple?
• You can now etch the poop emoji on your AirPods case, or one of 30 others. Which emoji would you use?

Picks of the Week:

• Mikah's Pick: ecobee Switch+ | $48
• Andy's Pick: Hi-Res Music in general, HD Tracks and Qobuz in particular
• Rene's Pick: Decline Stickers by Timothy Buck
• Alex Pick: Shadow Draw

Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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The Best of MacBreak Weekly from 2019!

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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This Week's Stories:

• - AirPods Pro improve audio latency with H1 chip
• - Apple, Google, Amazon, and more partner on new IoT standard
• - Apple open sources some of HomeKit
• - ToTok spy chat app removed from App Store
• - Apple's secret satellite internet team
• - Mossberg's decade of Apple
• - AppleTV+ hits its stride with fabulous finales
• - iPhone takes 66% of smartphone profits
• - Apple's highs and lows of 2019
• - All Mac software will have to be notarized to run starting in February
• - San Francisco face recognition ban almost locks out employees' iPhones
• - New iPhone flash photography spec
• - App Store Xmas surprises
• - New Apple Watch badges in 2020
• - Apple Arcade Lego game
• - USB-C magnetic charging pad for Apple Watch
• - Mythic Quest
• - AirPods Pro smell like blueberries
• - Snow Crash coming to HBO Max
• - Need a last-minute Xmas gift? Apple has two-hour delivery!

Picks of the Week:

• - Leo's Pick: LuLu from Objective-See
• - Andy's Pick: Patrick Stewart's "A Christmas Carol"
• - Rene's Pick: Pokemon Go Buddies
• - Lory's Pick: Dial Code Santa Claus (Game Over)

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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This Week's Stories

• Mac Pro Teardown: yes, it grates cheese!
• Apple patents in-screen fingerprint reader
• BetterTouchTool is a great tool for MacBook Pros
• Apple Makes Mac Pros for the US in Texas, the rest of the world in China
• Apple dodges 15% tariff on Chinese imports
• AirPods make Apple $4 Billion per quarter
• HomeKit could be Apple's next big business
• Three Apple products make Time's top 10 gadgets of the decade
• Apple kills app that turns your iPhone into an iPod
• Apple is moving to Pittsburgh
• MKBHD's 2019 Blind Smartphone Camera Test
• Apple buys British company to make iPhone camera better
• Bug in iOS lets kids skirt parental controls in contacts
• Apple Arcade deal: get 12 months for the price of 10
• Apple Arcade gets Ultimate Rivals: The Rink
• Apple News gets election coverage from ABC
• Get your Christmas movie classics for cheap at the Apple store
• Tim Cook loves monopolies!
• Apple is hiring!
• Apple gives free genetic screening to its employees

Picks of the Week

• Leo's Pick: Peak Design Travel Tripod
• Andy's Pick: Inigo Gets Out on Archive.org
• Rene's Picks: Digital Sputnik Voyager, Snowflake Weather
• Lory's Pick: Spirited Away
• Alex's Pick: SKAAT Car Vent Magnet

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, Lory Gil, and Alex Lindsay

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