Ep. 464: Trick or Treat? Apple Intelligence and New Macs!

Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better

Apple is finishing October with a bang. Monday brought the official release of Apple Intelligence with iOS 18.1 and also for iPads and Macs. Apple also announced a new iMac with an M4 processor on Monday. Tuesday brought the new, smaller, redesigned Mac Mini with M4. What will Wednesday bring? Good chance of MacBook Pros. Plus, there's other tech news to catch up on and some tips and picks to help you tech better!

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INTRO (00:00)

Vote (04:10)

MAIN TOPIC: Trick or Treat? Apple Intelligence and new Macs (06:50)

Apple Intelligence is available today on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

iOS 18.2 with new Apple Intelligence features coming in December, Apple confirms

Apple updates the iMac with new colors and an M4 chip

Apple announces redesigned Mac Mini with M4 chip

DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Select the camera type by long long-holding camera icon in the Control Center (22:20)

JUST THE HEADLINES: (27:30)

Britain to axe up to 1.5m lampposts

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said

NASA reveals prototype telescope for gravitational wave observatory

San Francisco’s Muni’s rail system will spend $212 million to upgrade from floppy disks

Hacker returns $19.3 million to drained US government crypto wallet

DTrace for Linux comes to Gentoo

TAKES

McDonald’s restaurants finally have a solution to their busted McFlurry machine problem (29:20)

Astropad Launches 'Bookcase' for Turning an iPhone Into an E-Reader (31:30)

Vimeo brings spatial video sharing to everyone with new Apple Vision Pro app (35:00)

Astronauts return from nearly eight months on ISS after Starliner problems (36:45)

Adobe made its painting app completely free to take on Procreate (38:00)

BONUS ODD TAKE: Kasso - Bonkers Japanese Skateboarding Show (39:45)

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Dave: Mic Cover Foam Microphone Windscreen, Condenser Microphone Size A, 1 Pack (41:05)

Nate: SmallRig 51" Cell Phone Selfie Stick Tripod with Wireless Remote, Aluminum Portable Cellphone Tripod Freely 10 Meters Bluetooth Remote Control Tripod for iPhone 16 Pro Max/15/14 Pro/14/13, Samsung S22/ S23 Ultra/Android Smartphone via TikTok (43:20)

RAMAZON PURCHASE - Giveaway! (50:25)