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Show Notes:

* Tim Cook meets with the Pope

* –Apple no longer activates its SIM cards for iPads

* –Yahoo Mail app update

* –Amazon is launching a dedicated hub

* –Black holes can’t trash info about what they swallow

* –Incredible view of DART asteroid impact

* –Stephen King’s latest thriller

* –Walgreens turns to robots

* –YouTube Premium and 4K

* –NASA’s hunt for minerals

* –A data-sharing agreement between the US and the UK

* –Mets settle lawsuit

* –Hulu’s price is going up