MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

Stories of the Week:

• Coronavirus: Apple tells employees worldwide to work from home
• Coronavirus: Apple gives retail employees unlimited sick leave
• Coronavirus: iPhone 9 and 12 delayed
• Coronavirus: App Store rejects coronavirus apps
• Coronavirus: Irish Apple employee infected
• Coronavirus: Apple loses $100B in value in one day
• Coronavirus: Apple TV+ premieres canceled
• Coronavirus: Good news: you CAN use Clorox wipes on your iPhone.
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: iPad mouse support, new smart keyboards with trackpad
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: over-the-ear AirPod / EarPod headphones icon
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new iPhone 9 and iPad Pro with new triple-lens camera array and time-of-flight 3D sensor
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: improved Express Travel tap-to-pay. Plus: Andy Ihnatko explains how to steal free transit codes!
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new Apple TV remote with Find My Remote scream
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: AirTags Trackr competitor with user-replaceable batteries
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: HomeKit will recognize your face, Atmos soundbar
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: Apple Watch will have a tachometer, blood oxygen sensor
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: Siri voices customizable by developers
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: AliPay App, wallpaper app, kids mode, more
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: homescreen list view with Siri suggestions
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new Apple AR app codenamed "Gobi"
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new sleep tracking app, fitness app codenamed "Seymour," GymKit
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: massive improvements to Apple Pencil
• Good Apple: iPad Air 3rd generation get free repairs for screen blanking issue
• Bad Apple: Apple lets developers put ads in notifications
• Ugly Apple: ex-Apple tech support worker steals billionaires' identities, cops nab 55 stolen iPhones valued at $80k, and more in the MacBreak Police Blotter
• Apple Pay available in Mexico
• New jailbreak lets you install Android on an iPhone 7
• iPhone can do whaaaat?
• HUGE iPhone 12 leak: bigger battery, 64MP camera, and 120Hz display
• Lory Gil and Apple celebrate International Women's Day
• Apple Music, Spotify, and others sued for music industry conspiracy

Picks of the Week

• Andy's Pick: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy turns 42
• Rene's Pick: Logitech Brio
• Lory's Pick: The Apple War. Max Von Sydow died on March 9th, 2020. Among his many legendary performances, Sydow starred in "The Apple War," a 1971 German film about Jean Volkswagner, a businessman who comes to Sweden to build Deutschneyland, a gigantic amusement park for German tourists. Roy Lindberg, played by Sydow, does not like the idea, and with the help of a little magic, his family starts scheming against it.
• Alex's Pick: Screen
• Leo's Pick: Subscribe to Hands-On Mac!

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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