297: Factual Controller

This week Jason and Myke ponder the mysteries of the 13-inch MacBook Pro(s), including why the Touch Bar is frozen in time and whether there's a bigger change coming to Apple's laptop line. Also Jason makes another IKEA order, Myke shares some knowledge about unusual BBC job titles, Jason's iPhone X battery fails at an inopportune time, and WWDC gets a new date and format.

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Needs repair: A 5K iMac with spider retention issues - Six Colors

Moving Forward - Relay FM

Episode 162: iPadOS and Pointer Support with Craig Federighi – AppStories

Upgrade #213: The California Environment - Relay FM

Liftoff - Relay FM

Apple Inks Deal With 'Desperate Housewives' Veteran Annie Weisman for Apple TV+ Content - MacRumors

‘Morning Show’ Showrunner Kerry Ehrin Extends Apple Overall Deal – Variety

Apple TV Plus Hires BBC Factual Boss Alison Kirkham – Variety

The Fat Controller - Wikipedia

B-Sides #13: Sir Topham Hatt - Relay FM

New Oscar Rules: Films That Didn’t Play in Theaters to Be Considered – Variety

Apple awards $10 million from Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics - Apple

Daring Fireball: Apple to Aid COPAN Diagnostics in Production of COVID-19 Testing Kits

Apple-style contact tracing agreed by seven European countries - 9to5Mac

France issues misleading statement about Apple contact tracing - 9to5Mac

Report: UK NHS asks developers to 'investigate' switching its contact tracing app to Apple's API - 9to5Mac

Apple/Google contact tracing now winning out over rival method- 9to5Mac

Apple to host virtual Worldwide Developers Conference beginning June 22 - Apple

13-inch MacBook Pro (2020) review: Two laptops, one keyboard - Six Colors

Dithering

If your AirPods Pro make crackling or static sounds - Apple Support

3rd Gen iPod Classic - Wikipedia

Flashback #2: The Microsoft Zune - Relay FM