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Apple released Final Cut Pro 11 with Magnetic Mask, caption transcriptions, and more, OpenAI nearing the launch of AI agents to automate user tasks, Apple's AI Home Hub rumored to come soon, the high barrier to enter the smart home world, and Jason’s wrong about his macOS Dock.

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• Final Cut Pro 11 begins a new chapter for video editing on Mac - Apple
• Kino — Pro Video Camera for iPhone
• Apple’s Find My enables sharing location of lost items with third parties - Apple
• OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agents to Automate Tasks For Users - Bloomberg
• ChatGPT Search Made Me Quit Google for Good
• Bluesky reaches 15 million users; people look for alternatives to X
• Croissant App
• Apple Home Hub Detailed: Apple Intelligence, HomeOS, Square iPad-Like Design - Bloomberg
• Mark Gurman on Apple AI Home Device - X
• Sonos revenue falls in the aftermath of the company’s messy app debacle - The Verge
• Meta to Launch Ads on Threads in Early 2025 — The Information

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We review the new M4 Mac mini, pros and cons of nano-texture displays on the new M4 iMac, visionOS 2.2 beta with ultra-wide Mac display mirroring, Apple Intelligence summaries needs improvement, and why ChatGPT Search is giving Google Search a run for its money.

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• The M4 Mac Mini is Incredible! - YouTube
• Belkin Head Strap for Apple Vision Pro - Apple
• visionOS 2.2 Beta Adds Wide and Ultrawide Modes to Mac Virtual Display - MacRumors
• Everything You Need to Know About iOS 18.2 Apple Intelligence Image Tools - YouTube
• ChatGPT Search is not OpenAI's 'Google killer' yet | TechCrunch
• Dharmesh Shah on LinkedIn
• A new home for Pixelmator - Pixelmator Blog 
• Radio Station's Attempt to Replace Hosts With AI Ends in Absolute Disaster

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Apple releases the new M4 iMac, completely redesigned M4 Mac mini, and new M4 Pro + M4 Max MacBook Pros with a nano-texture display option. Plus, we explore iOS 18.2 beta with Image Playgrounds, Netflix Moments allow users to share clips of movies and shows, tech earnings driven by AI, and Stephen bricks his iPad Pro.

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Links from the show

• Wall Genie | thatvirtualboy
• iMac Announcement - October 28 - YouTube
• iMac - iMac Technical Specifications - Apple
• Introducing the all-new Mac mini | Apple - YouTube
• Mac mini - Technical Specifications - Apple
• @stephenrobles • Mac Studio Threads Post • Threads
• What you need to know about Thunderbolt 5 | Macworld
• With the New M4 Mac mini Apple Is Just Showing Off
• MacBook Pro - Tech Specs - Apple
• Apple Just Quietly Updated the 2-Year Old M2 MacBook Air. It’s the Most Brilliant Thing I’ve Seen Yet
• @stephenrobles • Ok, well, I finally got Image Playgrounds…and I immediately regret everything • Threads
• OpenAI will start using AMD chips and could make its own AI hardware in 2026 - The Verge
• OpenAI plans Orion AI model release for December - The Verge
• Netflix Just Announced Its Smartest Idea Yet. Customers Are Going to Love It
• ‎Nintendo Music on the App Store

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The latest iOS 18.2 Beta provides a first look at Apple’s ChatGPT integration, Visual Intelligence on iPhone 16, we review the new iPad Mini, test our hearing with AirPods Pro 2, and wonder when Siri will actually get more intelligent.

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• Learning Decks on the App Store
• Apple 2022 MacBook Air Laptop with M2
• Everything New in iOS 18.2 Beta 1 - MacRumors
• Apple Event - September 9 - YouTube
• @stephenrobles • New iPad mini arrived before I got access to Image Playgrounds. Color: Barely Blue • Threads
• Brian Tong iPad mini Review - YouTube
• The New iPad Mini Is All About Apple Intelligence
• Apple Intelligence Isn’t Very Smart Yet—and Apple’s OK With That - WSJ
• Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 update is good for your hearing health - The Verge
• @stephenrobles • As a musician and someone who enjoys reviewing audio gear, I was a hesitant to take the hearing t... • Threads
• Vimeo brings spatial video sharing to everyone with new Apple Vision Pro app - 9to5Mac
• Introducing computer use, a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5 Haiku \ Anthropic
• Severance — Season 2 Official Teaser | Apple TV+ - YouTube
• Passwords have problems, but passkeys have more

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Apple announced a “new” iPad mini doing literally the least, Amazon's Kindle Colorsoft announced, Robotaxi, Space X, and the problem with Elon Musk, subscriptions will be easier to cancel in the future, Apple’s next CEO, and you can pry iTunes Match from my cold dead hands.

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• Parent Path on the App Store
• Apple introduces powerful new iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence - Apple
• Introducing Amazon Kindle Colorsoft – With color display
• Arc Ultra: Home Theater Soundbar with Dolby Atmos - Sonos
• Home Theater and Surround Sound Speaker Sets - Sonos
• The Tesla Robotaxi is Confusing... - YouTube
• WATCH: SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad - YouTube
• Elon Musk Just Showed Off His Most Transformational Accomplishment. No, It Wasn't That Vaporware Cybercab
• The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership - The Verge
• A Customer Tried to Cancel Their SiriusXM Subscription. The Company's Response Is the 1 Thing No Brand Should Ever Do
• Netflix Has Figured Out the Secret to Making People Happy and It's What Every Company Should Do
• Adobe Generative Extend - YouTube
• Google inks nuclear deal for next-generation reactors - The Verge
• Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors
• Apple’s Chief People Officer to Exit After Less Than Two Years - Bloomberg
• Apple’s Vision Pro leader, Dan Riccio, is retiring - The Verge
• Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Thinks Micromanaging Is Underrated
• @stephenrobles • I may have failed as a tech Dad…this is my daughter’s iPad, and there are many pages of this • Threads

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The DOJ investigating whether Google should breakup, Apple's M4 MacBook Pro leaked, Notebook LM generating whole podcasts with AI, satellite messaging during hurricane season, and the “right” pocket for your iPhone.

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• Submerged — Official Trailer | Apple Vision Pro - YouTube
• On Quantum Computers - YouTube
• When Will Apple Intelligence Be Released? When Is Apple Releasing M4 Macs, iPad? - Bloomberg
• Alleged M4 MacBook Pro Unboxing Video Reveals These Four Upgrades - MacRumors
• A.I. Isn't Just for Arguing With Chatbots. Why Notion's CEO Thinks It Will Fundamentally Change the Way We All Work
• Google Antitrust Case: DOJ Tells Judge It's Weighing Breaking Up Company - Bloomberg
• Uber and Lyft drivers use Teslas as makeshift robotaxis, raising safety concerns | Reuters
• Google's Notebook LM - WSJ
• Starlink and T-Mobile’s text-by-satellite service is available in Florida - The Verge
• Brazil clears X for return after a monthlong ban - The Verge
• Apple Complies With Russian Censorship, Pulls More VPNs From Russia's App Store | PCMag

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OpenAI’s $6.6B funding round is the largest in history, iPadOS 18 still not release for M4 iPad Pro, what’s going on with Apple software, possible October Apple event, CNN and The Verge possible paywalls, and Jason takes Tesla’s Full Self Driving on a 250-mile road trip.

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• OpenAI just raised $6.6 billion to build ever-larger AI models - The Verge
• The Crunchbase Megadeals Board
• iPadOS 18 pulled for M4 iPad Pro after bricked devices complaints
• Apple pulls watchOS 11.1 beta 3 after users report frozen devices - 9to5Mac
• Excessive Heat Warning alert on iPhone? - 9to5Mac
• What to Expect From an Apple Event in October: iPad Mini 7, Redesigned Mac Mini, and More - MacRumors
• Oura Ring 4 smart ring announced for $349, releases Oct. 15
• Christian Selig’s Juno app for streaming YouTube on the Vision Pro has been removed - The Verge
• Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio on MacOS
• Amazon will “ramp up” Prime Video ads in 2025
• CNN will start locking some articles behind a paywall - The Verge
• On The Verge of a Paywall
• WP Engine sues WordPress co-creator Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging abuse of power | TechCrunch
• Epic is suing Google — again — and now Samsung, too - The Verge
• Microsoft Office 2024 now available without a subscription for PC and Mac | ZDNET
• Croissant: A Beautifully-Designed App for Cross-Posting to Multiple Social Media Accounts - MacStories
• I Took a 250 Mile Roadtrip to Chicago With Tesla’s Full Self Driving

• (00:00) - Intro

Meta shows off its prototype AR glasses, a must-change setting on watchOS 11, Marques Brownlee's ‘Panels’ app draws all the schadenfreude, our review of iPhone 16 Pro after one week, Jony Ive teams up with OpenAI to make a gadget Stephen will surely buy, and recent departures from OpenAI.

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• St. Jude Fundraiser
• Change This 1 Setting Right Now on Your Apple Watch| Inc
• iPhone 16 Pro and Apple Watch Series 10 Review - YouTube
• How to Make Camera Control Actually Useful - YouTube
• Mark Zuckerberg's Shirt Says 'All Zuck or All Nothing' in Latin
• Hands-on with Orion, Meta’s first pair of AR glasses - The Verge
• Just 5,000 people use the Rabbit R1 every day - The Verge
• iPhone 12 mini! Watch the full reveal here (with price) - YouTube
• Apple's 80% Charging Limit for iPhone: How Much Did It Help After a Year? - MacRumors
• Apple Intelligence | Custom memory movies | iPhone 16 Pro - YouTube
• Marques Brownlee's ‘Panels’ Backlash, Explained
• Best MKBHD Meme - X
• Mira Murati Announces Departure - X
• OpenAI's chief research officer has left following CTO Mira Murati's exit | TechCrunch
• OpenAI’s for-profit switch could include equity for Sam Altman - The Verge
• Inside Jony Ive’s Life After Apple and His LoveFrom Design Business - The New York Times
• One more thing... Goodbye from iMore | iMore

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Early reviews of iPhone 16 and 16 Pro are out and we highlight the big camera upgrades, we have AirPods 4 in-hand and review their noise cancelling compared to AirPods Pro 2, why Instagram's latest safety feature for teens may fall short, ChatGPT has a model that can now reason, and we roast iPhone docks from the community!

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Links from the show

• St. Jude Fundraiser
• Stephen's AirPods 4 Review - YouTube
• iPhone 16 Pro Camera Review: Kenya — Travel Photographer - Austin Mann
• Apple iPhone 16 Pro review: a small camera update makes a big difference - The Verge
• iPhone 16 Pro & 16 Pro Max Review! Battery Life Is Beast, But Should You Upgrade? - YouTube
• Apple Watch Series 10 Review: It Won Me Over in Almost Every Way - YouTube
• Instagram's Latest Change Is Supposed to Make Teens Safer. It Won't Solve the Worst Problem | Inc
• Verizon Just Announced a Major Change That Is Making Customers Mad. It All Starts This Month | Inc
• OpenAI unveils o1, a model that can fact-check itself | TechCrunch
• OpenAI’s new model is better at reasoning and, occasionally, deceiving - The Verge
• Dock Roasting | Primary Technology

• (00:00) - Intro

We cover more details from the iPhone 16 and Apple Watch lineup, iOS 18.2 and Apple Intelligence coming later this year, M4 Mac mini and what we hope to see at an October event, Taylor Swift responds to AI deepfake, the legacy of James Earl Jones, and Jason’s unboxing surprise!

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• St. Jude Fundraiser
• iPhone 16 Pro - Apple
• MagSafe Charger - Apple
• AirPods 4 - Technical Specifications - Apple
• Apple Today Announced These Four New Features Are Coming to Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 - MacRumors
• iOS 18.2 Expected in December With These New Features - MacRumors
• Apple Just Rolled Out a Truly Life-Changing Feature and It Had Nothing to Do With AI | Inc
• Huawei Triple-foldable - YouTube
• OpenAI Targets $150B Valuation With New Major Funding Round - Bloomberg
• Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris in response to fake AI Trump endorsement - The Verge
• James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader, has died at 93 - The Verge

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