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YouTuber and podcaster Chris Lawley joined me and Sparks on this episode of MPU to tell us about how the Mac has replaced the iPad as his primary computer.

I just sent the April edition of System Extension, the newsletter for 512 Pixels members. I’m currently writing a series of articles for members outlining the history of internal expansion ports that have shipped in Macs over the years. This month, the…

Samuel Hardiman, at The Daily Memphian, writing about the on-going concern here in Memphis over xAI’s use of gas turbines to help power its AI supercomputer: Chunrong Jia, a professor in the U of M’s division of epidemiology, biostatistics and…

There’s a new EV truck on the scene, and it’s not even a pointy stainless steel triangle! Sean O’Kane has details at TechCrunch: It’s affordable, deeply customizable, and very analog. It has manual windows and it doesn’t come with a main infotainment…

Today marks ten years since the original Apple Watch shipped. In that decade, it’s gone from a slow and constrained device that was trying to do far too much to something that I wear every day and night to track my fitness and get a very select number of…

Chance Miller at 9to5Mac: Apple CEO Tim Cook is being pressed for information on his collaboration with the Trump administration surrounding tariffs. In a letter sent today, Senator Elizabeth Warren said that Cook’s collaboration with Trump “creates the…

This week on the podcast: Myke is back from paternity leave and has some hot takes on the last two months of tech news. He and Federico accidentally have the same surprise, while Stephen wonders what Beats could slap its logo on.

Kailynn Johnson at The Memphis Flyer: The mail said the turbines are designed to protect the air with “air quality levels similar to those from a neighborhood gas station. It cited that the Environmental Protection Agency refers to facilities like the xAI…

Ben McCarthy, writing about what they would like to see in the rumored iOS 19 redesign: For a long while, I’ve felt that the design of iOS is too top heavy. While our phones seem to grow larger every year, our hands do not and so interface elements are…

Harry McCracken: In the 1980s and 1990s, PC Connection built its brand on a campaign starring folksy small-town critters. They’ll still charm your socks off. JUST LOOK AT THEM! HOLY MOLY:

That man is Henry Blodget.

Kevin Purdy, writing at Ars Technica: Popular NAS-maker Synology has confirmed and slightly clarified a policy that appeared on its German website earlier this week: Its “Plus” tier of devices, starting with the 2025 series, will require…

On Friday’s episode of The Vergecast, there was an exchange that really caught my attention. David Pierce mentioned the photos of all the tech CEOs at Trump’s inauguration in January, to which Nilay Patel replied: The thing that kills me at that is the…

Do you love the Apple Notes document scanner, but would you like more flexibility in sending the scans to email, messages, files, or other apps? Then Simple Scan is for you. Simple Scan is the quick, easy way to scan paper documents to optimized, searchable…

On this feedback episode, David and I revisit iCloud.com access and Advanced Data Protection, both make confessions about recent setup changes, and answer a bunch of listener questions.

Shelly Brisbin has a new update out for her book: I’m pleased to announced that iOS Access for All (iOS 18 edition) is available now. As usual, there is more information than ever before. The book is fully updated for iOS 18 and the new iPhones and iPads…

As is annual tradition around here, I have a request of the Reminders team. This time, it’s about the watchOS version of the app. Take a look at these watch faces: The example on the left includes the GoodTask complication; the one on the right is from…

I recently linked to CalDigit’s line of new Thunderbolt 5 docks with excitement. Then, my buddy Jim Metzendorf sent me a link to this press release about the products. Just soak this in: CalDigit’s new Element 5, is more than just a next-gen connectivity…

Dan and Tom had to John on Thoroughly Considered to talk one of the most incredible Macs ever made: Today’s guest is John Siracusa, the proprietor of Hypercritical.co and co-host of The Accidental Tech Podcast and Reconcilable Differences. His object is the…

When it was announced that xAI was coming to my hometown, I knew it was just a matter of time before we learned how our local leaders were going to get bamboozled. Looks like some of those chickens have come home to roost, according to Samuel Hardiman at The…

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Several weeks ago we got some anonymous feedback in the Connected inbox, directed at Federico: It’s a shame to hear that you’re going back to the Mac, because this year iPadOS is getting live window resizing and positioning, similar to macOS and visionOS…

This week on MPU: Kim Caloca-Madden joins the show to talk with the guys about her online business supporting other entrepreneurs and companies, and how automation and AI make her more efficient at her tasks.

The hits keep coming when it comes to what’s going on with Apple, Siri, and AI. For this round, we go to Tripp Mickle writing for The New York Times: The A.I. stumble was set in motion in early 2023. Mr. Giannandrea, who was overseeing the effort, sought…

For years, tons of people have wondered why Siri has seemed so stuck in the mud, seemingly impossible for Apple to improve in meaningful ways. Now, thanks to a new report in The Information, we know a lot more about the mess behind the scenes. Hartley Charlton…

This week on the podcast: Ahead of an iOS redesign, a new game emerges. Also: feedback, the power of a blog’s color scheme, and new CalDigit docks.

Jason Koebler at 404 Media: This weekend, U.S. secretary of commerce Howard Lutnick went on CBS’s Face the Nation and pitched a fantasy world where iPhones are manufactured in the United States:  “The army of millions and millions of people screwing in…

Jason Snell: There are a lot of suggestions that the prices of Apple products are headed up. Apple Stores are crowded with buyers who are trying to beat the anticipated price increases. But while prices are probably going up, that’s only one of the many…

Kylie Robison at The Verge: A new report from Pew Research Center released last week shows a sharp divide in how artificial intelligence is perceived by the people building it versus the people living with it. The survey, which includes responses from over…