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Mar 2024
16m 52s

Thu. 03/07 – The Epic/Apple Fight Gets G...

Brian McCullough
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On the first day of the DMA regime, the whole battle between Apple and Epic Games has gotten hella weird. Rumors of the US government going after TikTok again are swirling, again. What if we see a foldable Macbook before a foldable iPhone? And why the job of AI Prompt Engineer might be made redundant by… AI. Sponsors: Kolide.com/ride Links: Apple kills Ep ... Show More
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