Is Apple's 'Sky Blue' really blue? Apple is delaying its 'more personalized Siri' Apple Intelligence features. Is anyone excited about RollerCoaster Tycoon coming to Apple Arcade? And Dropbox now supports Live Photos! ... after ten years.

• Sky (blue)'s the limit: M4 MacBook Air offers lower price, improved camera, and new color.
• New Mac Studio spans the generations with M4 Max, M3 Ultra chips.
• Apple is delaying the 'More Personalized Siri' Apple Intelligence features.
• Apple readies dramatic software overhaul for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
• On Apple Exclaves.
• Apple Arcade announces six new games coming, including RollerCoaster Tycoon.
• Apple reportedly planning 'feature-packed' visionOS 3 update.
• Dropbox now supports this innovative iPhone photos feature...10 years later.
• SpaceX urges FCC to block Globalstar's cellular satellite plans.
• Ben Stiller gives backstory on 'Severance' Grand Central stunt, jokes budget with Apple boss.

Picks of the Week:

• Jason's Pick: Mercury Weather
• Andy's Pick: Red Worm Moon Lunar Eclipse
• Alex's Pick: Voyage USB Ambisonic Mic

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell

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Apple updates the iPad Air with the M3 chipset. iFixit does a teardown of the iPhone 16e. A new documentary film about Bono will be released later this year, with an immersive version of the film for Apple Vision Pro. And Apple has launched a legal challenge to UK's 'back door' order.

• Apple updates iPad Air with faster M3 processor.
• New M4 MacBook Air could debut on Wednesday.
• Apple Park rainbow arches gone, but reportedly being rebuilt.
• Apple's artificial intelligence efforts reach a make-or-break point.
• iPhone 16e Teardown: Never before has skipping the upgrade made more sense.
• Skype is shutting down after two decades.
• Apple sets premiere of 'Bono: Stories Of Surrender'.
• Apple just released two brand new apps in iOS 18.4 and visionOS 2.4 beta 2.
• Introducing ADIB spatial banking on Apple Vision Pro.
• Apple Park in 8K 3D 180 HDR.
• Apple faces likely French antitrust fine for privacy tool, sources say.
• US examining whether UK's encryption demand on Apple broke data treaty.
• Apple launches legal challenge to UK 'back door' order.

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: Peak Design - Roller Pro Carry-On Luggage
• Mikah's Pick: WiFiMan Wizard
• Alex's Pick: Neat Video Noise Removal
• Andy's Pick: Zen Browser

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko

Guest: Mikah Sargent

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It's not surprising that Apple announced the iPhone 16e the day after last week's MacBreak Weekly. Already, some information about the upcoming iPhone 17 is being leaked, including some information about the rumored slim iPhone 17. And Apple is removing encrypted security features for your cloud data within the UK following the UK government ordering Apple to leave backdoor access to users' data.

• iPhone 16e: all the news on Apple's new $599 phone.
• Apple officially bids farewell to the Lightning port after 13 years.
• Per Ming-chi Kuo: all iPhone 17 models will use Apple's in-house Wi-Fi chips, enhancing connectivity and cutting costs; only the slim iPhone 17 will use the C1 modem chip.
• Apple removes cloud encryption feature from UK after backdoor order.
• Apple currently only able to detect Pegasus spyware in half of infected iPhones.
• Apple to invest $500 billion in U.S. as Trump tariffs loom.
• MacBook Air stocks start to dwindle ahead of M4 update.
• Apple Vision Pro immersive video 'Arctic Surfing' available now.
• Apple Intelligence comes to Apple Vision Pro in April.
• Apple prepares to add Google Gemini to Apple Intelligence.
• Steve Jobs Archive marks Apple co-founder's 70th birthday.
• The new Beeper app combines all of Automattic's messaging systems.

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: Hyperspace
• Jason's Pick: Framous
• Alex's Pick: Blackmagic 2110
• Andy's Pick: Desert Island Discs, with Johnny Ive.

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