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Apple Lays Off Employees in Books (and News)

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Bryan and Jeff dissect the report that Apple is laying off 100 employees from its Books and News service teams. Spoiler: This isn’t doom and gloom for Apple or its ebook service. They’re also shocked to discover Apple had 100 people on the Books team.

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Apple Tabletop Adventure and NFC for the Masses

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A new report says Apple wants to put a robot on your counter so Bryan and Jeff look at what that device might really be. They also have some thoughts on Apple opening NFC to third parties in iOS 18.1.

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Apple’s Google Problem, The Kindle Unlimited Problem

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Bryan and Jeff share their thoughts on the DOJ’s court win that Google is its monopoly status to unfairly dominate the online search market, and what impact that could have on Apple. Bryan shares his changing perspective on Kindle Unlimited and the single change that would get him to publish his books there.

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Star Trek Archive, AAPL Brief, Fire Tracker, D&D

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Bryan and Jeff explore the ships of Starfleet in The Roddenberry Archive, note that Apple once again earned all the money, and share an app for tracking wildfire activity. They also talk about Jeff’s experience as a new D&D player.

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Hong Kong Ad Firm Poops on TUAW, Apple Avoids OpenAI Board

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Bryan and Jeff take a look at the ugly resurrection of The Unofficial Apple Weblog as an AI-generated content farm and the intentional misrepresentation that the writing team includes the staff from before the site shut down in 2015. They also talk about why Apple isn’t joining OpenAI’s board of directors after all, and Bryan shares a Mac app to help writers develop the plot for their stories.

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Meta Reminder, Ebooks and Audiobooks, Bartender Replacement

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It’s PSA time on The Context Machine. Bryan and Jeff discuss opting out of Meta using your content to train its AI model, along with Jeff’s favorite option for replacing Bartender on your Mac. Bryan also shares the services he’s found to help promote and distribute ebooks and audio books for indy authors.

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Apple’s New OS Announcements and Breaking Down Apple Intelligence

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Bryan and Jeff discuss the iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and visionOS 2 announcements from this week’s Apple World Wide Developers Conference. They also look at what’s coming this fall with Apple Intelligence.

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King Liam and Other Creative Works, Apple’s 100 Best Albums

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Bryan and Jeff take a look at Bryan’s new short story, King Liam, First of His Name. They also share their thoughts on the Apple Music top 100 albums list, chat about borbs, and offer a teaser for Jeff’s upcoming presentation at Macstock 8 in July.

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Listener Email, Sugar, and Dark Matter

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Bryan and Jeff catch up on reader email, and also take a look at two Apple TV+ shows: Sugar and Dark Matter.

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Apple’s Commercial Kerfuffle and a Deep Dive on New iPad Pro

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Bryan and Jeff talk about the backlash to Apple’s M4 iPad Pro commercial, and also look at the just announced M2 iPad Air, M4 iPad Pro, and Apple Pencil Pro from the company’s “Let Loose” media event.

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