MacBook with iPhone CPU rumors, AI Siri partnerships, new EU App Store rules
Update: 2025-07-03
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Benjamin and Chance discuss the intriguing rumor from Ming-Chi Kuo that Apple is readying a new cheaper MacBook Air powered by an A18 Pro CPU. Also, Apple befuddles everyone with a new byzantine set of App Store rules in the EU, and Apple seems open to powering AI Siri using third-party models.
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Links
- Kuo: Apple to release cheaper MacBook powered by iPhone processor
- First reference to MacBook with A18 Pro discovered in Apple code
- Apple announces sweeping App Store changes in the EU
- Apple Music launching Replay All Time, revealing your most streamed music ever
- Apple might ditch internal AI efforts for Siri revamp
- Report: Apple held internal talks about acquiring Perplexity
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