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April 08, 2025MacBreak Weekly 967: Breathy, But Not In a Ditch
Sales of Apple devices spike heavily as tariffs and potential price hikes drive customers to a shopping frenzy for Apple goods. Apple, alongside Google, is given permission to keep TikTok in its App Store until the US deal is finalized. Could the iPhone's auto-suggested contact be to blame for the Signal scandal? And even though Severance is a big hit, it isn't enough to give Apple TV+ a boost in subscribers.
Apple stock bloodbath continues after China applies retaliatory tariffs.

How Apple 'flew' 5 flights full of iPhones from India and China in 3 days to beat Trump tariffs.

Apple customers dash to stores to buy iPhones ahead of tariffs.

Tarriff-related iPhone price increases estimated to be lower than feared.

From Kuo: Apple can reduce impact of Trump's massive tariffs in five ways.

Secret court rules against Yvette Cooper over Apple encryption.

White House reportedly blames auto-suggested iPhone contact for Signal scandal.

EU to issue Apple's Digital Markets Act antitrust ruling within weeks.

Visa offers Apple roughly $100 million to take over credit card from Mastercard.

Apple launches new Mac and Vision Pro app for managing Immersive content.

Apple's canceled Federation Square store lives on in Apple Vision Pro.

New "Immersive VIP Yankee Stadium" immersive video.

Apple TV+ brings Lumon Industries to life.

Even Severance isn't enough to give Apple TV+ a big boost in subscribers.

Z-Wave, popular among smart home enthusiasts, becomes an open-source protocol with a new long-range technology as it seeks Matter support to avoid obsolescence.

CalDigit's new Thunderbolt 5 docks bring plenty of ports.
Picks of the Week:
Leo's Pick: icloudpd 1.27.2

Jason's Picks: Insta360 2-in-1 Invisible Selfie Stick + Tripod & Neewer Mini Desk tripod.

Andy's Pick: Kindle Comic Converter

Mikah's Pick: puffies.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell

Guest: Mikah Sargent

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2 hr 9 min
April 03, 2025Tech News Weekly 381: Nintendo Switch 2's Higher Price
Amazon makes a bid for TikTok in the US. What Amazon's new Alexa+ can and cannot do. Nintendo officially unveils the Switch 2 console. And OpenAI & Anthropic are taking on the education market.
Abrar Al-Heet of CNET joins Mikah Sargent this week! Abrar talks about Amazon making a bid to purchase TikTok in the US as Bytedance scrambles to divest ownership of the social media app.

Mikah talks about Amazon's Alexa+ and some of the features that the service has yet to include following its launch.

Kyle Orland of Ars Technica joins the show to talk about Nintendo's new Switch 2 console and some of the positives and negatives of the newly unveiled console.

And Mikah rounds things out with OpenAI and Anthropic's push into the education market with new features to support university students.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Abrar Al-Heeti

Guest: Kyle Orland

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55 min
March 27, 2025Tech News Weekly 380: 23andMe's Bankruptcy Fallout
Some alternatives to Teslas. A law in Utah makes app stores rather than companies responsible for age verification. 23andMe files for bankruptcy. And OpenAI is following in the footsteps of its rival, Anthropic.
Emily Forlini of PCMag joins Mikah Sargent this week! Emily talks about some alternatives to Teslas that cover various price ranges.

Mikah talks about a new law passed in Utah that pushes the responsibility of age verification from tech companies to app stores.

Geoffrey Fowler of The Washington Post joins Mikah to talk about 23andMe filing for bankruptcy, why you should swiftly delete your DNA information from the company, and shares how you can delete that information.

And OpenAI is following Anthropic in adopting the company's standard for connecting AI models to data.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Emily Forlini

Guest: Geoffrey Fowler

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March 20, 2025Tech News Weekly 379: Google Unveils Midrange Pixel 9a
Will iRobot's new Roomba's bring the company back to the forefront of robotic vacuums? What to know about Amazon's change of handling voice recordings through Alexa devices. Two new PebbleOS watches are available for pre-order! And the lowdown on the new Pixel 9a smartphone that Google recently announced.
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge joins Mikah Sargent this week! Jennifer talks about the new Roombas that iRobot has unveiled but is unimpressed by the lack of innovation in these new robotic vacuums.

Do you have Alexa devices in your household? Be aware of some of the new changes Amazon is making to how Echo devices handle voice recordings.

Two new Pebble watches are available for pre-order after Google open-sourced PebbleOS in January of this year!

And friend of the network, Jason Howell, talks with Mikah about Google's newly announced Pixel 9a phone.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Guest: Jason Howell

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1 hr 13 min
March 16, 2025This Week in Tech 1023: This is Not Tax Advice
The Electric State, Kill Switches, Baidu's AI, Scopely, Careless People, Gemini Robotics
An arbitrator instructs a former Meta employee to stop promoting and publishing her book alleging company misconduct; publisher Flatiron Books earlier objected

DeepMind's latest AI model can help robots fold origami and close Ziploc bags

Future Today Strategy Group, or FTSG.

Intel has a new CEO

Russo Brothers' Busy, Boring Netflix Sci-Fi

Directors Anthony and Joe Russo say they're building a high-tech studio aiming to help artists use AI as a creative tool to make films, shows, and video games

Baidu launches two new versions of its AI model Ernie

Startup Claims Its Upcoming (RISC-V ISA) Zeus GPU is 10X Faster Than Nvidia's RTX 5090

Pokemon Go is getting a new owner after almost 9 years with Niantic

Developer convicted for "kill switch" code activated upon his termination

TikTok will play 'calming music' to remind teens to stop using the app

F-35 kill switch concerns non-US countries

Firmware update bricks HP printers, makes them unable to use HP cartridges

Sonos Cancels Its Streaming Video Player - Slashdot

Everything You Say To Your Echo Will Be Sent To Amazon Starting On March 28

Musk-led cuts drive US consumer protection agency to ask for Amazon trial delay

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Amy Webb, Glenn Fleishman, and Mikah Sargent

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3 hr 13 min
March 13, 2025Tech News Weekly 378: Apple's Upcoming OS Overhaul
Does OpenAI have the capability for creative writing? Would you want to be coached in gaming through AI? What is Apple planning for its possible operating system redesign? And does AI have inconsistencies when providing the correct information to search queries?
Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent this week. Amanda talks about OpenAI and Sam Altman's social media post about how OpenAI is good at creative writing.

Mikah talks about Microsoft's plan to launch Xbox Copilot, an AI-powered gaming assistant that can offer tips, guides, and information about the games you are playing.

Mark Gurman of Bloomberg stops by to talk about Apple's plans to dramatically overhaul the look of its operating systems with the next iterations of iOS, iPadOS, and Mac OS.

And Mikah talks about a study from the Tao Center and how AI systems are frequently providing incorrect information and citations from various sources and news articles.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling

Guest: Mark Gurman

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1 hr 2 min
March 06, 2025Tech News Weekly 377: MWC 2025: Marvelous Mobile Tech
There was something in the air for sure as Apple released updates to the iPad and iPad Air, alongside the M4 MacBook Air and Mac Studio with the M4 Max and M4 Ultra chips. Some of the exciting and interesting devices shown at the Mobile World Congress 2025 event. The recent iOS 18.4 beta introduced AI-powered summaries in the App Store. And Prime Video is testing AI-powered dubbing for some of its video content.
Dan Moren of SixColors joins Mikah Sargent to talk about the new devices announced throughout the week: the updated iPad and iPad Air, MacBook Air with the M4 chip, and the Mac Studio with the M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips.

Patrick Holland of CNET stops by to share with Mikah some of the new and exciting devices that came out of the Mobile World Congress 2025 event, alongside the more interesting concepts and gadgets from the event.

Mikah talks about the the latest iOS 18.4 beta that is out now and how it has introduced AI-powered review summaries in the App Store.

And continuning the trend of AI-powered features, Amazon's Prime Video is testing AI-powered dubbing for some of its select videos in English and Spanish.

Host: Mikah Sargent

Guests: Dan Moren and Patrick Holland

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1 hr 14 min
March 04, 2025MacBreak Weekly 962: The Brutalist Rainbow
Apple updates the iPad Air with the M3 chipset. iFixit does a teardown of the iPhone 16e. A new documentary film about Bono will be released later this year, with an immersive version of the film for Apple Vision Pro. And Apple has launched a legal challenge to UK's "back door" order.
Apple updates iPad Air with faster M3 processor.

New M4 MacBook Air could debut on Wednesday.

Apple Park rainbow arches gone, but reportedly being rebuilt.

Apple's artificial intelligence efforts reach a make-or-break point.

iPhone 16e Teardown: Never before has skipping the upgrade made more sense.

Skype is shutting down after two decades.

Apple sets premiere of "Bono: Stories Of Surrender".

Apple just released two brand new apps in iOS 18.4 and visionOS 2.4 beta 2.

Introducing ADIB spatial banking on Apple Vision Pro.

Apple Park in 8K 3D 180 HDR.

Apple faces likely French antitrust fine for privacy tool, sources say.

US examining whether UK's encryption demand on Apple broke data treaty.

Apple launches legal challenge to UK "back door" order.
Picks of the Week:
Leo's Pick: Peak Design - Roller Pro Carry-On Luggage

Mikah's Pick: WiFiMan Wizard

Alex's Pick: Neat Video Noise Removal

Andy's Pick: Zen Browser

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Guest: Mikah Sargent

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2 hr 24 min
February 27, 2025Tech News Weekly 376: Amazon's New AI-Powered Assistant
Anthropic's Claude AI is now playing Pokemon through Twitch - albeit slowly. Emily Forlini was at the Amazon event this past week and talks about Alexa+ that was announced at the event. And Framework announced a new desktop PC, but did Framework really need to get into the PC desktop space?
Mikah Sargent talks about how Anthropic's Claude AI is being utilized to play Pokemon Red through Twitch.

Emily Forlini attended Amazon's February 2025 Devices & Services event in New York and talks about Alexa+ which was announced at the event, and what could possibly happen to Amazon Prime when Alexa+ starts to roll out to users in the coming weeks.

And Sean Hollister from The Verge talks about Framework's first foray into a desktop PC. He spent some time with the PC and shares his thoughts on it!

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Emily Forlini

Guest: Sean Hollister

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1 hr 7 min
February 20, 2025Tech News Weekly 375: Apple's New iPhone 16e
In this episode, Mikah Sargent is joined by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge to discuss NVIDIA's work on an AI platform for American Sign Language and her review of the Skylight Calendar Max. Zac Hall of 9to5Mac talks about the new iPhone 16e, and Scott Stein of CNET discusses the end of the Humane AI Pin.
NVIDIA is collaborating with the American Society for Deaf Children and creative agency Hello Monday to develop Signs, an online platform that uses AI to help people practice and understand American Sign Language. The platform aims to create a validated dataset to account for variations in signing and provide real-time feedback to learners.

Jennifer reviews the Skylight Calendar Max, a 27-inch digital touchscreen display for managing family schedules. She finds the AI-powered Sidekick feature, which can parse various data formats to create calendar events, to be incredibly useful and a potential glimpse into the future of AI in smart home devices.

Zac Hall discusses the newly announced iPhone 16e, which replaces the iPhone SE 3 and iPhone 14. Priced at $599, it offers a modern design with Face ID and an A18 chip for Apple Intelligence features, making it a compelling upgrade for those with older iPhones.

The Humane AI pin is being sold to HP for $116 million, and users will lose access to its services on February 28th, 2025, with no recourse or refunds for most customers. Scott Stein shares his experience reviewing the AI pin, its shortcomings, and his thoughts on the future of AI-augmented devices and their relationship with smartphones.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Guests: Zac Hall and Scott Stein

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1 hr 3 min

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