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    #471: A Technological 23rd Century Star Trek Thing

    August 7th, 2023 · 85 minutes

    Jason has the painful details about Apple's comeback bid for college football TV rights that fell just short of the goal line. We also discuss what Apple's rich-but-middling quarterly results say about the importance of this fall's iPhone launch.

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    Pac-12, Apple deal was $23M per school and underwhelming, but hope remained until 11th hour - The Athletic
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    Apple Q3 2023 Charts: $81.8B revenue, down 1% – Six Colors
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    If this is Apple struggling, everything is going to be just fine | Macworld
    Tim Cook uses Vision Pro every day, and other earnings call info - 9to5Mac
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