AppleInsider Podcast

One month with Apple Vision Pro, strange days with the EU and Epic Games, plus the M3 MacBook Air, all on the AppleInsider podcast.

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• Wes Hilliard on email

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MacBook Air with M3

• New M3 MacBook Air arrives with faster Wi-Fi and better performance
• Early M3 MacBook Air benchmarks aren't surprising

Apple Car just can't die, at least in the news

• Abandoned $10 billion Apple Car project referred to as 'Titanic disaster' by employees
• Apple's failed 'Project Titan' was a Full Self Driving gamble
• Apple sat at a crossroads of indecision that led to Project Titan's slow death

The terrible, no good, very bad, DMA

• Apple stresses security risks of complying with EU's Digital Markets Act
• Apple cites bevy of scared users to back up its case against the EU DMA
• Apple reverses course on death of Progressive Web Apps in EU
• Setapp announces beta of iOS app store for the EU
• Spotify, Epic complain again that Apple won't be in compliance with the DMA
• European Union smacks Apple with $2 billion fine over music streaming
• Apple updates rules surrounding EU DMA compliance to address developer concerns
• 'Verifiably untrustworthy' Epic Games iOS app store plans in EU killed by Apple

Apple Vision Pro - one month in

• Apple Vision Pro one month review: a new reality is setting in            
• A software engineer wore Apple Vision Pro to his wedding, much to his new bride's chagrin
• Three things Apple got wrong with the Vision Pro launch
• Capturing spatial video: Apple Vision Pro vs iPhone 15 Pro

Misc

• 20.3-inch foldable MacBook expected in 2027
• Watch 51 classic movies for free on Apple TV+
• You can now save up to $1 million in your Apple Card Savings Account
• Apple Card, Savings data now available in more third-party budget apps
• The next Apple CEO: Who could succeed Tim Cook?

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (00:32) - Apple Car lament
• (01:14) - MacBook Air
• (08:24) - Mac desktop salkes
• (11:56) - Tales of the Apple Car
• (24:34) - Epic Games
• (34:36) - EU
• (38:54) - Epic Games again
• (47:10) - Spotify
• (01:01:54) - One Month with Apple Vision Pro