MacBreak Weekly with Leo Laporte

Aug 6th 2024

MacBreak Weekly 933

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Q3 2024 Results, Distraction Control, DOJ Antitrust

Records live every Tuesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 18:00 UTC.
Category: News

Apple's Q3 2024 results are out, and Jason Snell produced his signature charts to cover the results. A look inside Apple's instructions for its Apple Intelligence. Apple has filed a motion to dismiss the DOJ antitrust lawsuit. And Ziff Davis buys back CNET for $100 million.

  • Disney+ Vision Pro app adds Iceland environment.
  • SpongeBob Squarepants immersive environment now available for Vision Pro.
  • tvOS 18 will soon let Apple TV users open web links on iPhone.
  • Apple results: Quarterly record, all-time high in Services.
  • Existential thoughts about Apple’s reliance on Services revenue.
  • ‘You are a helpful mail assistant,’ and other Apple Intelligence instructions.
  • Apple debuts new ‘Distraction Control’ feature for Safari, launching today with iOS 18 beta 5.
  • How iOS 18's Web Eraser content-blocker morphed into a distraction-hiding tool.
  • Apple files motion to dismiss DOJ antitrust lawsuit, citing harm to innovation and user experience.
  • Our audit of Homebrew.
  • Apple now sending up to $395 payments to butterfly keyboard MacBook owners.
  • CNET to be sold to Ziff Davis in sign of possible media deals to come.

Picks of the Week:

  • Jason's Pick: Flighty 4.0
  • Andy's Pick: Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose
  • Alex's Picks: Kandao EGO & Spatialify
  • Leo's Pick: Apple's Superdrive

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