The Apple Car is gone but instead Apple is said to be working on robots. It's all a long way from Apple's origins this week in 1976, and even quite a long way from the original iPad which in 2010 was the last product announced by Steve Jobs.

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Apple Robotics

• Apple's next big thing could be a home robot

Anniversaries

• Computing would be totally different had Apple not been formed 48 years ago, today
• Apple's iPad is still showing the world how to do tablets, 14 years later - April 3

Apple Vision Pro

• Apple Vision Pro's first new immersive video in months is 5 minutes of old soccer clips
• Spatial Personas adds 3D calling to FaceTime on Apple Vision Pro

Destroying the web as a service

Arc promises to "browse for you" by eliminating the middle man and present information directly to you. The company doesn't have a business model or a way to make money. It just scrapes data from websites and presents it to users.

• The Browser Company poaches Apple Safari design team member

Misc.

• Apple Savings APY to decrease for first time on April 3
• Beats Solo 4 release imminent with FCC regulator listing
• Apple Pencil 3 could have new squeeze gesture
• iPhone 16 Pro may get new colors using iPhone 15 glass technology

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:44) - Getting down with Apple Services
• (03:30) - Robots
• (16:40) - Losing digital films
• (19:54) - Apple anniversary
• (22:42) - Pirates of Silicon Valley
• (27:40) - iPad anniversary
• (39:45) - Apple Vision Pro
• (52:27) - Where is the Apple Vision Pro content?
• (57:45) - Spatial personas
• (01:02:55) - Arc The Browser Company
• (01:16:25) - Outro

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