In This Episode: Epic vs Apple. AI brings voices back from the dead. The mess of RealID. Tech tariffs.
This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
0:45 GR: Fee for the privilege of using the app store2:30 It’s in the news this week:Fortnite: Epic didn’t like paying Apple 30%, so they broke the rules, Apple kicked them outJudge ruled 9-out-of-10 items in favor of Apple, but not the link-to-external-site rulesNew ruling pushes Apple to allow links, and stop taking cuts from those external links8:30 This is US-only. 10:30 MacMost cannot link to Patreon. 12:15 Fortnite has been banned. US users can’t get it on their phones.Supporting Articles: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/epic-games-just-scored-a-major-win-against-apple/https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/apple-appeals-court-decision-that-forced-it-to-allow-links-to-external-payments-in-apps/https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/06/amazon-kindles-ios-app-adds-new-get-book-button-following-apple-payments-ruling/15:00 What happens if it is all free?22:00 LN: AI voice clones in the wildJim Fagen comes backhttps://www.theverge.com/news/661911/nbc-nba-jim-fagan-ai-generated-voice-narration(James Earl Jones has a similar contract – already used as well prior to his death)25:00 GR: Cloning my own voice27:40 LN: Doing it in real time… changing accents.32:15 LN: RealID is really here. And confusing. https://www.theverge.com/privacy/661475/real-id-act-deadline-may-7-tsa-dmv GR: CO no problem at all really…41:00 GR: PA (and other states) problems43:30 GR: The tariffs on tech are here … 145%!Moving factories means you have to move all the parts, and raw materials46:00 Tariff on movies?https://www.geekwire.com/2025/just-got-our-first-tariff-bill-seattle-area-hardware-startup-wyze-sheds-light-on-trade-policy-impact/47:00 GR: More satellite internet options, but also goodbye night skyhttps://www.theverge.com/space/657113/starlink-amazon-satellitesPlug for Jay’s podcast “Deep Sage Nine” https://www.skylapser.com/podcasts/deep-sage-nine-starcast/Ain’t it Cool
53:00 LN: So long Righteous Gemstones53:50 GR: When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Moon_Hits_Your_EyeBSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
55:40 LN: The Enduring Myth of Annual Subscriptions to Windows – https://askleo.com/180253 56:30 GR: https://macmost.com/clean-up-your-contacts-app.htmlTranscript
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