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#525: Best of U3

August 19th, 2024 · 90 minutes

Fortnite and Epic return to the (not your) iPhone, Apple opens up NFC and enacts new restrictions on Patreon, Spotify posts a link, and we discuss what is and is not a 'Tabletop Robot.'

#524: We're Making a Trifle

August 12th, 2024 · 94 minutes

This episode has a lot of layers, as we discuss the Olympics, the Google antitrust ruling, Apple's new EU fee plan, a tiny new Mac mini, macOS dialog disasters, and the tech world of a decade ago.

#523: I Got It to Hallucinate Already

August 5th, 2024 · 88 minutes

Myke has a mostly positive Apple Intelligence experience (except for Siri), Apple results make us consider the power of Services, and the Color Czar may be up to their old tricks.

#522: Reserve Your Spot

July 29th, 2024 · 93 minutes

After recapping their excitement about the Relay 10 event in London, Jason and Myke discuss the arrival of Apple Intelligence in a surprising beta release and imagine some interesting new directions for the iPhone product line.

#521: I Can Get Pineapple Into Anything

July 15th, 2024 · 88 minutes

Jason and Myke interview the writers of "What If...? An Interactive Story" for Vision Pro about the challenges of writing something that's not quite a movie and not quite a video game for a brand-new platform. Also: hot dogs!

#520: Cruel Summer

July 8th, 2024 · 95 minutes

There's more news about Apple's battles with Epic and the EU, and Apple tightens its ties with OpenAI, but all of the controversy gets us thinking about what makes us stay excited about technology during difficult times.

#519: The Intelligent Trinity

July 1st, 2024 · 91 minutes

After some feedback about the future of the Vision Pro, we discuss Apple's adventures in the EU, the inevitable fragmentation of Siri, and a curious new AirPods rumor.

#518: Having Lots of Money Doesn't Make You a Bank

June 24th, 2024 · 120 minutes

Apple backs away from some financial services and changes its Vision hardware approach, and there's a new phase in the company's relationship with the EU. For the Summer of Fun, we look at our current iPhone home screens.

#517: Maybe It's Catchier in Japanese

June 17th, 2024 · 99 minutes

The Summer of Fun has arrived, but we've still got a lot of catch-up work to do after a huge WWDC. So this week we share more thoughts about Apple's new AI strategy and discuss a lot of the feedback we got about what happened last week.

#516: I'm Suppressing My Feelings

June 12th, 2024 · 144 minutes

Live from Cupertino, Jason has his in-person reactions to Apple's big WWDC announcements. And in London, Myke processes his feelings about some controversial Apple choices.