Nov 15th 2020
This Week in Tech 797
There's Blubber All Over the Highway
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Apple Silicon, Exploding Whale, TikTok
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
Apple Silicon, Exploding Whale, TikTok
- Apple releases three new Macs based on the M1 chip. Should you buy them?
- Why the fact that MacBooks have a 720p camera doesn't matter
- Why Apple put the M1 chip in their low-end Macs first
- How Rosetta 2 works
- Is Apple really faster than 98% of PC laptops?
- These people should still buy an Intel-based Mac
- How Apple Silicon Macs are changing the entire PC industry
- What's inside Apple's M1 chip and why it's there
- Is Apple's new M1 chips' integrated GPU a problem?
- Will Apple Silicon kill Adobe?
- How Apple Silicon will change the AR world
- This is the HomePod Mini
- Wait a minute... Apple checks your apps and IP every time you launch a program???
- What's new in macOS Big Sur
- iJustine: Xbox Series X Fridge Unboxing
- Google Photos unlimited storage is no longer free
- SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch
- Google is spying on your Android phone
- Eric Schmitt becomes a citizen of Cyprus
- YouTube Rewind is canceled this year
- EU opens antitrust investigation on Amazon
- Alibaba's Singles Day makes $115b total over 12 days
- TikTok survives: US government gives them 2 more weeks
- The first internet video Karsten ever saw: the exploding whale
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Links
- Apple Launches Three New Macs
- Apple makes bold claims about its M1 chip for Macs
- Apple Silicon M1 MacBook Air and Pro get improved cameras but still stuck at 720p
- Anandtech estimates M1 perf (super detailed write up)
- No, the new MacBook Air is not faster than 98% of PC laptops
- Apple's M1 processor spotlights Intel's chip challenges - CNET
- First things first: Why the M1 starts at Apple’s low end
- macOS 11.0 Big Sur: The Ars Technica review
- macOS 11 Big Sur now available, here’s what’s new for your Mac
- Are you considering updating to Big Sur on launch day? Consider this first!
- Mac users couldn’t launch apps this afternoon after Apple verification server issue
- Jeffrey Paul: Your Computer Isn't Yours
- Does Apple really log every app you run? A technical look
- I really really want to buy an M1 MacBook Pro. Here’s why I’m not yet
- Google Photos Just Made the Case for Breaking Up Big Tech
- Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage on June 1st, 2021
- The former CEO of Google has applied to become a citizen of Cyprus
- YouTube is canceling Rewind this year because 2020 has been too much
- New lawsuit: Why do Android phones mysteriously exchange 260MB a month with Google via cellular data when they're not even in us
- Killed by Google
- EU hits Amazon with antitrust charges. A huge fine could follow
- TikTok Gains Extension of Divestiture Deadline - WSJ
- TikTok says the Trump administration has forgotten about trying to ban it, would like to know what’s up - The Verge
- Xbox warns players not to blow vape smoke through their new Xbox Series X - CNET
- Alibaba’s $56 billion Singles Day record overshadowed by 10% stock plunge as China proposes new regulation
- The Exploding Whale remastered: 50th anniversary of legendary Oregon event
- iJustine: Xbox Series X Fridge Unboxing