Apple Broke the Law, I Was Deepfaked, and Even the Beach Has Ads
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Epic Games got a huge win against Apple, what it means for the App Store and Tim Cook’s leadership, Meta's new Llama 4 AI chat app for iOS, Take It Down Act tries to tackle deepfakes, and Amazon refurb iPhones may be a scam.

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Links from the show

• A judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App Store | The Verge)

• Tim Sweeny’s Victory Lap)

• Epic win: Apple forced to give developers (almost) free reign to link out and avoid paying Apple's 30% cut - 9to5Mac)

• Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers - Practicalities of Modern Patent Litigation Conference Practicalities of Modern Patent Litigation Conference)

• Daring Fireball: Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers Rules, in Excoriating Decision, That Apple Violated Her 2021 Court Order Regarding App Store Anti-Steering Provisions)

• ChatGPT is getting better for shopping | The Verge)

• OpenAI says its GPT-4o update could be ‘uncomfortable, unsettling, and cause distress’ | The Verge)

• Meta launches standalone AI chat app based on Llama 4 for iPhone and iPad - 9to5Mac)

• Mark Zuckerberg is planning a premium tier and ads for Meta’s AI app | The Verge)

• ‎Snapshot on Apple)

• Amazon Considered Displaying Tariff Charges on Its Ultracheap ‘Haul’ Site - WSJ)

• Congress passes Take It Down Act to fight deepfake nudes, revenge porn - The Washington Post)

• Raycast for iOS)

• Why the lettering on Pope Francis's tomb looks so bad - Fast Company)

• Accessibility - Apple)

• (00:00) - Intro

• (03:16) - Apple Broke the Law

• (05:44) - Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

• (09:04) - Epic v Apple Trial

• (13:38) - Cook Chose Poorly

• (15:45) - Apple VP LIED Under Oath

• (20:26) - Phil Schiller Voice of Reason

• (31:27) - What It Means for Apple

• (37:31) - ChatGPT Shopping

• (40:08) - Meta’s AI App

• (41:50) - Even the Beach Has Ads

• (44:46) - Apple Snapshot

• (47:56) - Amazon Tariff Pricing

• (50:46) - I Was Deepfaked

• (58:31) - Raycast iPhone App

• (01:00:00) - The Pope's Kerning

• (01:02:07) - Stephen Bought a Thing...

• (01:05:04) - Amazon Refurb Scam

• (01:08:29) - Apple Accessibility is Really Good

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