Amazon's Alexa+ vs Siri, iPhone 16e Reviews, ChatGPT Deep Research is Actually Great
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Amazon announced Alexa+ its AI-powered voice assistant that will likely be way better than Siri, iPhone 16e reviews are out at the strangest embargo time, U.S. joins Apple in opposing the U.K.’s push to create a backdoor to iCloud data encryption, and OpenAI's ChatGPT Deep Research is very good.

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• Meet the new Alexa)

• With Its AI-Powered Alexa+, Amazon Just Put Apple on Notice)

• iPhone 16e Review: Who Are You? - YouTube)

• Adobe launches a Photoshop iPhone app | TechCrunch)

• Apple introduces News+ Food - Apple)

• Top 5 iOS 18.4 Beta Features - Ambient Music, Recipes, and Shortcuts Actions! - YouTube)

• Apple Intelligence comes to Apple Vision Pro in April - Apple)

• Apple Original Films announces new documentary event “Bono: Stories of Surrender” - Apple TV+ Press )

• ChatGPT Can Be Used as Default Safari Search Engine With New Extension - MacRumors)

• Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection in the United Kingdom to new users - Apple Support)

• Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggests UK broke agreement in secretly asking Apple to build iCloud backdoor - 9to5Mac)

• Five Eyes Intelligence Oversight and Review Council (FIORC))

• Apple will spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years - Apple)

• MacRumors Buyer's Guide: Know When to Buy iPhone, Mac, iPad)

• OpenAI expands Deep Research to all paying ChatGPT users)

• (00:00) - Intro

• (06:26) - Alexa+ Amazon Event

• (21:24) - iPhone 16e Reviews

• (24:27) - Photoshop iPhone App

• (26:01) - iOS 18.4 News+ Food

• (31:45) - visionOS 2.4 Features

• (38:29) - ChatGPT Default Search Safari

• (43:20) - Apple and US vs UK iCloud Data Protection

• (51:17) - Apple's $500B US Investment

• (53:36) - Macrumors Turns 25

• (56:10) - Buccee's Supercharger

• (59:51) - ChatGPT Deep Research

• (01:09:14) - Sports +  Vision Pro

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