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    #552: Stage Manager Could Never

    May 14th, 2025 · 99 minutes

    This week, Myke hosts The Quizzies, Apple announces new accessibility features, Federico explains vibe coding, Google makes announcements ahead of IO, and Stephen takes on xAI.

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    Links and Show Notes

    Google's statement on May 7 press reports about Search traffic – Google Blog
    Apple opened the door to web paywalls — our test shows it might hurt conversions
    Initial Data Is In: App2Web Conversion Rates After the App Store Ruling — Superwall
    Apple unveils powerful accessibility features coming later this year - Apple
    The Android Show: I/O Edition - YouTube
    Android 16 Material Three Expressive UI coming in beta this month | The Verge
    The Swift Student Challenge Interviews and watchOS and tvOS Wishes
    Apple, Anthropic Team Up to Build AI-Powered ‘Vibe-Coding’ Platform - Bloomberg
    Good Vibrations Between Apple & Anthropic – MG Siegler
    Apple and Anthropic reportedly partner to build an AI coding platform | TechCrunch
    Andrej Karpathy on Vibe Coding
    Cursor
    OpenAI Is in Talks to Acquire Programming Tool Windsurf for $3 Billion - The New York Times
    Variant
    Junie
    App Store Vibes - MacStories
    VibeCode App
    Google confirms it’s close to getting Gemini support on iPhones | The Verge
    xAI in Memphis - Archives - 512 Pixels
    Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer stirs turmoil over smog in Memphis : NPR
    Protect our Aquifer
    Second xAI Datacenter Could Take Enough Energy to Power 40% of Memphis; Government Agency Charged with Studying Impact Targeted by DOGE - 512 Pixels
    Memphis Chamber of Commerce Claims No New Gas Turbines Will be Placed at Second xAI Location, Despite Documents to the Contrary - 512 Pixels
    Musk’s xAI explores another massive methane gas turbine installation at second South Memphis data center - Southern Environmental Law Center
    A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment – The Weird Turn Pro
    What's the carbon footprint of using ChatGPT? – Sustainability by numbers
    Relay 5 vs. ChatGPT