Episode 289: Apple Store closes, Thieves, Icon Factory and TapBots

Apple has permanently closed a store in Charlotte, North Carolina after multiple shooting incidents in the area. Thieves in NYC have come up with some interesting ways to steal your iPhone and gain access to all of your information before you can enact any safety measures. Oh, and they're also stealing AirPods Max right off people's heads. Finally, we talk about Icon Factory and TapBots and the dire situation they find themselves in after Twitter cutt off their apps.

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Show Notes:

• Steve Jobs Archive

• Apple Permanently Closes Charlotte, North Carolina Store After Multiple Shooting Incidents

• Joanna Stern reporting for WSJ on thieves stealing people’s iPhone passcodes, then their iPhones, then their digital lives

• AirPods Max thieves snatching them from owner’s head, warns NYPD

• The dire situation of Icon Factory and TapBots

• Apple’s secretive Exploratory Design Group

Shows and movies we’re watching

• Echo 3, Apple TV+
• The last of Us, HBO
• Poker Face, Peacock