MacBook with iPhone CPU rumors, AI Siri partnerships, new EU App Store rules

Benjamin and Chance discuss the intriguing rumor from Ming-Chi Kuo that Apple is readying a new cheaper MacBook Air powered by an A18 Pro CPU. Also, Apple befuddles everyone with a new byzantine set of App Store rules in the EU, and Apple seems open to powering AI Siri using third-party models.

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Links

Kuo: Apple to release cheaper MacBook powered by iPhone processor

First reference to MacBook with A18 Pro discovered in Apple code

Apple announces sweeping App Store changes in the EU

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