MBW 702: Baby Alex




MacBreak Weekly (Audio) show

Summary: <p>This Week's Stories:</p><ul> <li> JIF vs GIF: The peanut butter weighs in on the pronunciation debate of the ages</li> <li>Let's just get rid of animated GIFs and use animated PNGs instead!</li> <li>COVID-19: Apple moves production to Taiwan, stocks down, but iPad purchases up</li> <li>Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR Tech Deep Dive</li> <li>Warren Buffett finally switches from flip phone to iPhone</li> <li>Apple might maybe think about letting you use Chrome on your iPhone</li> <li>Safari requires 13-month HTTPS certificates</li> <li>Apple wants you to secure your router with HomeKit, but only 3 routers use it</li> <li>Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple-designed ARM Macs coming in 2021</li> <li>COVID-19: Apple asks shareholders to follow CDC coronavirus quarantine measures</li> <li>Steve Jobs would have been 65 yesterday</li> <li>Larry Tesler, the inventor of copy and paste, dies at 74</li> <li>Bert Sutherland, who helped develop the ARPANET, dies at 83</li> <li>Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician dies at 101</li> <li>How often does your TV set off your HomePod, Echo, Cortana, and Home?</li> <li>Supreme Court: Apple must pay VirnetX $440 million</li> <li>Apple will soon let you text someone your car keys</li> <li>Bob Iger resigns from Disney</li> </ul><p>Picks of the Week:</p><ul> <li>Andy's Pick 1: Agrippina - Metropolitan Opera in HD</li> <li>Andy's Pick 2: Spend Stack</li> <li>Rene's Pick: Sachtler Flowtech 75: the world's fastest tripod legs</li> <li>Lory's Pick: Nintendo Switch Animal Crossing: New Horizons Edition</li> <li>Alex's Pick: Leica BLK360 LIDAR Imaging Laser Scanner</li> </ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/alex-lindsay">Alex Lindsay</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/andy-ihnatko">Andy Ihnatko</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/rene-ritchie">Rene Ritchie</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/lory-gil">Lory Gil</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly</a>.</p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://matias.ca/MacBreak">matias.ca/MacBreak</a></li> <li><a href="http://casper.com/macbreak">casper.com/macbreak - promo code MACBREAK</a></li> </ul>