597: Apple Watch Shuffle

Pre-show: 🗣️ New member’s special! ATP Insider: Roast My Home Screen 🗣️
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Additional thoughts on TSMC vs. American workers (via Josh Osborne)
EU approves Apple’s commitments to open NFC access



EU announcement


Apple approves emulator UTM SE after initial rejection



infinitemac.org


More on robots.txt (via Mike Lewis)



MISP
Verifying Googlebot & other Google crawlers
Verifying Bingbot




Maybe Open AI ain’t such a great group, after all



Phil Schiller to join OpenAI’s board as an “Observer”
Wait, j/k j/k j/k
Open AI silences whistleblowers



SEC Whistleblower Program




Apple Watch SE with… plastic casing?
New HomePod Mini color



Press release


Apple “Home Accessory”



Touchscreen HomePod rumors


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Should one even bother learning an ancient language today?
What’s the correct placement for an EV charger? (via Thomas Brock)
How do we keep our backup vortexes from becoming backup black holes? (via Russell Fitzpatrick)



Arq Backup


Why doesn’t Apple include a small battery in desktop Macs? (via Ty Bolt)


Post-show: Marco’s 🍌 has come home



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Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple Product Longevity



Apple improving battery replacements
Apple commits to at least 5 years of security updates
Apple’s Don’t Let Me Go ad
Gruber’s response



Follow-up
iCloud vs. Competition

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