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    This week, David and Stephen are joined by Kurt Knight, Senior Director, Platform Product Marketing at Apple to talk about the M1 chip and macOS Big Sur. After that, the guys talk about this first wave of new Macs.

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    #555: iOS 14 Extravaganza

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    #554: Read-it-later Services

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