Apple announces new iMacs, AirTags, and iPad Pro / Congress is diving into the App Store fight

Vergecast hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss all the product announcements from Apple's Spring Loaded event this week with Verge news editor Chaim Gartenberg.

Verge politics reporter Makena Kelly details what happened at Wednesday's congressional hearing focusing on competition in Apple's App Store.

Further reading:

• What we’re learning from the rare cases of COVID-19 in vaccinated people
• Alexa can now tell you where to find a COVID-19 vaccine
• Doctors are testing a prescription video game for COVID-19 ‘brain fog’
• Wisconsin amends Foxconn’s contract to reflect radically smaller project
• Apple’s Spring Loaded event: the 8 biggest announcements
• Apple Podcasts launches in-app subscriptions
• Can Apple get you to pay for podcasts?
• Apple AirTag hands-on
• Apple’s AirTags don’t have a built-in keychain loop, and we have some thoughts
• Apple announces new Apple TV 4K
• Apple unveils an improved remote for its Apple TV
• Yes, older Apple TVs can also be calibrated with your iPhone
• Apple announces thinner iMac with M1 chip and bright colors
• New Touch ID Magic Keyboards work with all M1 Macs, not just the iMac
• Apple launches new iPad Pro with M1 processor
• How the M1-powered iPad Pro compares to other iPad models
• Any video conferencing app can use the iPad Pro’s fancy zoom and pan camera
• Big iPad, Mini LED: why Apple’s new iPad Pro display is better and brighter
• Put macOS on the iPad, you cowards
• Congress is diving into the App Store fight
• Lina Kahn on Amazon’s antitrust paradox
• Apple’s $64 billion-a-year app store isn’t catching the most egregious scams
• Sen. Tammy Duckworth on hate crimes, racism, and environmental justice
• Asian Activists are tracking the surge in hate crimes as police reporting falls short
• Inside the glass fibers connecting our wireless world

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