MBW 1034: The Other Side of the Corn - Price Hike for Apple Music

Apple is raising its subscription prices for both Apple Music & select Apple One bundles. The OpenAI & Apple legal battle is escalating. And are Siri's AI features finally coming to China?

• Apple raises prices for Apple Music and Apple One subscriptions.
• Is Apple One worth it for you after recent price hikes?
• iCloud $32.8B CSAM lawsuit dismissed, Apple protected under Section 230 laws.
• Apple in talks to settle DOJ antitrust lawsuit, per report.
• Class action accuses Apple of misleading users about Hide My Email's privacy protections.
• OpenAI and Apple legal battle escalates, poached employees warned about data deletion.
• Apple Intelligence finally on the road to release in China.
• PrismML releases Bonsai 27B, claiming first major AI model of its size fit for iPhone.
• Apple's New Speech API vs Whisper: The First Real Benchmark.
• Apple testing 'Live Notes' AI system to record Genius Bar sessions.
• Apple's scrapped Mac Pro plans reportedly included a new Intel model.
• visionOS 27 Beta: 90-Hertz-Freeze bei 24p-Quellen und neue Controller-Plattform.
• A.I. 'Vibecoded' apps are flooding Apple's app store.
• Investigation reveals dozens of disguised gambling apps on the App Store in Brazil.
• San Francisco demands Apple and Google delete AI 'nudify' apps from App Stores.

Picks of the Week

• Jason's Pick: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker
• Christina's Pick: Nativ
• Andy's Picks: David Bowie NASA Bolt Sticker & dbrand MacBook skin

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