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    #49: Good Plus

    April 5th, 2018 · 59 minutes

    Intel unveils new mobile chips, Apple dumps Intel, Google loses its AI chief to Apple, and Microsoft reorgs Windows. All that, plus scooters litter the streets of San Francisco, drones are crashing all around us, oh the humanity!

    Guest Starring: Lisa Schmeiser and Mark Hachman

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    Links and Show Notes

    Intel's debut 6-core Core i9 CPUs could push gaming laptops past 5GHz speeds | PCWorld
    Dell's updated XPS 15 could crush the MacBook Pro 15—again | PCWorld
    MacBooks: What CPUs could Apple use in the next version? | Macworld
    Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel - Bloomberg
    Why the next Mac processor transition won’t be like the last two | Macworld
    Connected #187: On the Edge - Relay FM
    Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro will be shaped by workflows | TechCrunch
    Apple Hires Google’s A.I. Chief - The New York Times
    Daring Fireball: The Information on What Went Wrong With Siri
    Electric scooters are taking over San Francisco streets and sidewalks - Business Insider
    The End of Windows – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
    Satya Nadella email to employees: Embracing our future: Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge | Stories
    Watch this Russian postal drone smash into a wall on its inaugural flight - The Verge
    The Immortal Iron Feminist (@lschmeiser) | Twitter
    Mark Hachman (@markhachman) | Twitter