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Telly, Nightmare TV or Surveillance Capitalism’s Dream?

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Telly announced its free 55-inch 4K dual-screen television this week, which makes for a perfect opportunity for Jeff to trigger Bryan. They discuss the TV’s second screen dedicated to ads, collecting personal information for targeted advertising, and the depth of activity monitoring detailed in the TV’s terms of service.

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Apple Accessibility, Disney Cuts a Bunch of Shows, and Apple TV+ Highlights

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It’s streaming discussion day on The Context Machine. This week, Bryan and Jeff react to the news that Disney is removing over 50 shows from Disney Plus and Hulu. They also take a look at the Tetris movie, City on Fire, and Silo on Apple TV+, and the new iOS accessibility features Apple announced this week.

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Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro Come to the iPad, Plus Digressions

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Bryan and Jeff dive into Apple’s Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad announcement, and explain why you’re seeing an alert on your iPhone about COVID-19 exposure notifications ending. They also have plenty to say about the evolution of language and words, and even add in a little jazz reference.

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Apple Q2 2023 Earnings, and More AI Theories

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Bryan and Jeff talk about what they found most interesting in Apple’s Q2 2023 earnings report, look at where the company may be headed with AI, and Bryan shares what he thinks may be Apple’s reasoning behind launching a savings account service.

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Apple Savings Account Goes High

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Bryan and Jeff take a look at Apple’s new high-yield Savings account and compare it to interest rates to some other savings options. They also respond to listener feedback on last week’s discussion on GM’s decision to drop CarPlay support.

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GM Puts CarPlay in the Back Seat

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GM is dropping Apple CarPlay support in its upcoming electric vehicles, so Jeff takes full advantage of the situation to trigger Bryan. They also talk about Rivian’s lack of CarPlay support, Ford’s ongoing commitment, and what impact each automaker’s decision may have on car sales.

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Spoiler: AI is Here to Stay

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There’s a lot of hype around Artificial Intelligence right now, so Bryan and Jeff jump in to share their thoughts on the current state of AI, where they see issues, how they’d like to see these platforms improve, and what they can do to improve productivity.

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Streaming TV Pricing, Apple TV+ Movies, Apple Leadership

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Bryan and Jeff get all worked up about streaming TV services thanks to YouTube TV’s price increase. They also talk about Apple TV+ movies and the new titles they’re looking forward to, like ghosted and Tetris, and even find some time to talk about Tim Cook and Apple’s current leadership team.

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The Big Sci-Fi Discussion, Plus The Mandalorian and Picard

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This week, Bryan and Jeff talk about the current state of sci-fi on TV, in movies, and in books. Considering the topic, they’re pretty much honor bound to discuss the new seasons of The Mandalorian and Star Trek: Picard, too.

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Modern-Day Tinkering and the Espresso Process

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Bryan recently reviewed some espresso machine gear, which got him and Jeff talking about tinkering and our processes for the things we enjoy. Jeff also shares a cool IFTTT trick he found for automating crossposting to Mastodon from other social media platforms.

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