Apple is still dominating the news this week. They announced the new AirPods Max 2, acquired a video company, won an Oscar, and more. We’ve also got some sad news, one of our beloved segments might be forced to end.
INTRO (00:00)
MAIN TOPIC: More Apple Stuff (05:25)
- Apple introduces AirPods Max 2
- Compare AirPods Models
- Apple acquires MotionVFX, maker of popular Final Cut Pro plugins and more
- Apple Vision Pro is getting the ‘World’s Most Advanced Flight Simulator’
- Apple original film F1 wins Oscar for best sound
- Apple toys with the competition – MacBook Neo offers more single-core performance than any mobile processor from AMD, Intel or Qualcomm
DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Find iPhone with Apple Watch WITH BLINKING FLASH (20:05)
JUST THE HEADLINES: (23:10)
- ‘Pokémon Go’ players unknowingly trained delivery robots with 30 billion images
- 11M Facebook and Instagram scam accounts zapped, new alerts launched
- Perplexity inks deal to use CoreWeave’s data centers
- Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud
- Grammarly says it will stop using AI to clone experts without permission
- Meta just bought Moltbook, the social network for AI bots
- Backblaze hosts 314 trillion digits of Pi online and the dataset is massive
WITHIN REACH! Dave 2-1, this is round 4 Dave Goes First (26:10)
TAKES:
- Digg’s open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam (30:45)
- Setapp now lets users buy or subscribe to selected apps individually (34:30)
- Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 Edition (37:20)
BONUS ODD TAKE: The Little Wanderer – A Collective Journey (39:30)
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
Nate: AppleCare+ for AirPods (46:15)
RAMAZON PURCHASE OF THE WEEK – RIP (53:55)
