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Apple announces macOS Big Sur, new silicon chips, and iOS 14

Apple announces macOS Big Sur, new silicon chips, and iOS 14

FromThe Vergecast


Apple announces macOS Big Sur, new silicon chips, and iOS 14

FromThe Vergecast

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Length:
96 minutes
Released:
Jun 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn welcome back Verge alum and Wall Street Journal columnist Joanna Stern to discuss the big announcements from Apple's developer conference this week. Verge news editor Chaim Gartenberg joins in the second half to discuss the Apple updates you may have missed.
Stories discussed this week:

Fire and plague prepared these teens for the world

New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut will quarantine travelers from states with surging COVID-19 cases

The EU plans to ban US travelers indefinitely after haphazard COVID-19 response

The healing power of Black art


Big Sur is officially macOS 11.0 as Apple finally leaves OS X behind 

Macs with new Apple-built chips will natively run iPhone and iPad apps

Apple’s new ARM-based Macs won’t support Windows through Boot Camp

Apple details iOS 14, its next major software update

iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 will let you set default email and browser apps

watchOS 7 announced with sleep tracking and rebranded Fitness app

Apple TV 4K will at last play YouTube in 4K with tvOS 14 update

AirPods updated with automatic switching and a new ‘Spatial Audio’ feature

Apple teases new tracking protections and an approximate location feature in iOS 14

Apple approves Hey email app, but the fight’s not over

After outcry, Apple will let developers challenge App Store guidelines

Hey opens its email service to everyone as Apple approves its app for good

Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming

Mixer failed — here's why


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Released:
Jun 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Hello! This is The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of The Verge... and your life. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn make sense of the week's tech news with help from our wide-ranging staff. And on Tuesdays, Nilay hosts in-depth, one-on-one interviews with major technology leaders. Join us every week for a fun, deeply nerdy, often off-the-rails conversation about what's happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets.