OpenAI drama, wearable rumors and opportunities, and somehow also HomePod news?

• Pre-show: 🗣️ New member’s special! ATP Insider: Roast My Home Screen 🗣️
• Follow-up:
  • Additional thoughts on TSMC vs. American workers (via Josh Osborne)
  • EU approves Apple’s commitments to open NFC access
    • EU announcement
  • Apple approves emulator UTM SE after initial rejection
    • infinitemac.org
  • More on robots.txt (via Mike Lewis)
    • MISP
    • Verifying Googlebot & other Google crawlers
    • Verifying Bingbot
• Maybe Open AI ain’t such a great group, after all
  • Phil Schiller to join OpenAI’s board as an “Observer”
  • Wait, j/k j/k j/k
  • Open AI silences whistleblowers
    • SEC Whistleblower Program
• Apple Watch SE with… plastic casing?
• New HomePod Mini color
  • Press release
• Apple “Home Accessory”
  • Touchscreen HomePod rumors
• Ask ATP:
  • Should one even bother learning an ancient language today?
  • What’s the correct placement for an EV charger? (via Thomas Brock)
  • How do we keep our backup vortexes from becoming backup black holes? (via Russell Fitzpatrick)
    • Arq Backup
  • Why doesn’t Apple include a small battery in desktop Macs? (via Ty Bolt)
• Post-show: Marco’s 🍌 has come home
  • Before photo
• Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple Product Longevity
  • Apple improving battery replacements
  • Apple commits to at least 5 years of security updates
  • Apple’s Don’t Let Me Go ad
  • Gruber’s response
    • Follow-up
    • iCloud vs. Competition

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