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    #469: Bring in the Boffins

    July 24th, 2023 · 103 minutes

    Myke's summer is a lot less fun due to his concerns about a bill advancing in the UK Parliament that could potentially drive some Apple services out of the country. Also we try to understand just what's happening at Apple regarding AI products.

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    Links and Show Notes

    Embed the Photos Picker in your app - WWDC23 - Videos - Apple Developer
    Burgee - Wikipedia
    Unity adds visionOS beta program – Six Colors
    1Password will soon let users unlock vaults with passkeys – 9to5mac
    The UK’s Online Safety Bill, explained - The Verge
    Apple joins opposition to encrypted message app scanning - BBC News
    The online safety bill: taking a sledgehammer to the internet in the UK?
    Apple slams UK surveillance-bill proposals - BBC News
    Daring Fireball: Apple Tries to Explain to U.K. Legislators That You Can't Add Back Doors to Secure Protocols
    Government boosts protection for encryption in Online Safety Bill but civil society groups concerned | Computer Weekly
    Apple Preps Ajax Generative AI, ‘Apple GPT’ to Rival OpenAI and Google - Bloomberg
    Apple Creates New Vision Products Group (VPG) for Future Mixed-Reality Headsets - Bloomberg
    Bloomberg: No, really, Apple’s working on language AI – Six Colors
    Developer Labs - visionOS - Apple Developer
    Developer Kit - visionOS - Apple Developer
    Apple Vision Pro: Will Developers Sell VisionOS Apps for the $3,499 Device? - Bloomberg
    Vision Pro Developer Kit Terms - James Thomson: Mastodon
    The Threads Episode: How We Got Here, Meta Obstacles and Advantages, Everyone Hates Twitter (And Uses It Every Day)
    Immigrant Song (Jason and Myke’s Version) dropping soon? Look out Led Zeppelin, Upgrade is coming for ya🤘 | Instagram