The Rebound

Artificial intelligence is coming for us all. Zoom's new terms of service raised some concerns . Prosecraft, an AI that was scanning published books without permission, has shut down . Apple Music has launched a new music discovery feature . Lex's family likes these Apple Watch bands . Nomad now has a glow in the dark band . Congrats to Casey Liss on shipping Callsheet . Welcome to Macintosh , Anž...

Technology is a voyage of discovery. The iPhone 15 Pros might be more expensive . Who wants an Apple Watch Ultra in black titanium ? Moltz might be moving from Plex to Jellyfin . Foldable phones are not sweeping the market . We are not trying Beeper . Our thanks to Zocdoc, a free app that shows you doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance and are available when you need them. So when...

Cue the X-Men theme music. A Mastodon thread gives some background on Elon Musk's long-term obsession with "X". Hilarious that Microsoft owns the trademark for X . Threads now lets you have a chronological timeline . The iOS 17 menu that Lex hates has been fixed a bit . Our thanks to Rocket Money, a personal finance app that finds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, an...

We talk a bit about baseball and betas this week.  Dan gives an overview of the iOS 17 public beta. Our thanks to Memberful, the easiest way to sell memberships to your audience, used by the biggest creators on the web. Generate sustainable, recurring income while diversifying your revenue stream. Get started for free at memberful.com/rebound - no credit card required. Our thanks to Factor, A...

Happy Prime Day to all who celebrate. Apple shipped some very important security updates... and then pulled them . Moltz is just now learning about Lucid cars . Turns out they have CarPlay . Our thanks to CleanMyMac X from MacPaw. CleanMyMac X includes 49 tools to find and delete invisible computer junk, organizes disk space and frees up tons of space so your Mac never runs into issues with storag...

eSIMs, exercise goals and guillotining. Lex used the Airalo eSIM while in France. Craig Grannell wishes his Apple Watch would back off a bit . Our thanks to Zocdoc, a free app that shows you doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance and are available when you need them. So when you walk into that doctor’s office, you’re set up to see someone in your network who gets you. Go to zocdoc.c...

James Thompson and Guy English join Dan and John to talk about visionOS. visionOS is available for developers . James has been playing around with it . Ben Thompson has some thoughts on the FTC case against Amazon. Our thanks to Indochino , where you'll find the best made to measure shirts and suits at a great price. Use the promo code "REBOUND" and get $50 off any purchase of $399 or more. Our th...

This week we discuss passkeys, Meta joining the Fediverse and Apples Visions Pros. John Gruber doesn’t think much of Mastodon instances pre-banning Meta. Dan has previously discussed how to use sudo in the Terminal sudo so more things can use TouchID. Our thanks to CleanMyMac X from MacPaw. CleanMyMac X includes 49 tools to find and delete invisible computer junk, organizes disk space and frees up...

Who wants to buy us Apple Vision Pros? A cheaper Apple Vision headset could arrive within the next 18 months . Jason takes a look at the new 15-inch MacBook Air . Dan thinks Apple's OS betas point to new hardware products . Reddit's CEO believes the furor over their API pricing will pass . Twitter's new CEO is off to a rough start . Our thanks to CleanMyMac X from MacPaw. CleanMyMac X includes 49...

We call 'em goggles. Jason Snell got some face time with the Apple Vision Pro headset . Dan has some thoughts on watchOS 10 . Our thanks to Zocdoc, a free app that shows you doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance and are available when you need them. So when you walk into that doctor’s office, you’re set up to see someone in your network who gets you. Go to zocdoc.com/REBOUND and do...

Come for our WWDC predictions, stay for... uh... Apple has invited members of the XR press to WWDC so it looks like the headset is happening. Our thanks to Sunday. Sunday makes taking care of your lawn easier than ever. Made with natural ingredients, Sunday takes the guesswork out of growing a greener, more beautiful lawn this Spring. Visit getsunday.com/rebound to get $20 off your custom lawn pla...

We're back to register our complaints. Ivory for the Mac is out. Max is also out. David Zaslav rightly got booed at Boston University . Dan notes Logic Pro for iPadOS isn’t ready for podcast editing. Our thanks to Memberful, the easiest way to sell memberships to your audience, used by the biggest creators on the web. Generate sustainable, recurring income while diversifying your revenue stream. G...

Apple's new accessibility features look interesting and has the headset operating system name been chosen? (Disclaimer: Lex's recording had some audio troubles this week, we hope we got them all sorted but apologies if we did not.) Apple announced new accessibility features coming to iOS 17. The company says it has stopped more than $2 billion in fraudulent transactions Apple has registered a trad...

Moltz starts off discussing his mic problems, Lex isn't loving the Bluesky discourse and Dan has thoughts on Apple's new Pro iPad apps. Lex is huge on T2 . If you're having trouble logging into Bluesky on the web, it's here . Apple is shipping two Pro apps for the iPad . Dan and Moltz are enjoying Silo . Our thanks to Zocdoc, a free app that shows you doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your in...

This is now an all-AirTags podcast. Apple and Google are working on a standard for AirTags and other tracking devices . The New York police department is giving away AirTags to fight car theft. The makers of Alto's Adventure have a new game out . Our thanks to Sunday. Sunday makes taking care of your lawn easier than ever. Made with natural ingredients, Sunday takes the guesswork out of growing a...

Starving podcasters can be fed for pennies a day. Apple may be putting a mood tracker and AI-based health coaching in iOS 17 . iCloud mail has a long history of filtering some messages . Bluesky is the latest social platform from the guy who did so great with Twitter. Our thanks to Memberful, the easiest way to sell memberships to your audience, used by the biggest creators on the web. Generate su...

Why is Tim happy? Macs. Tim gets surprised in India . Is Apple going to enable side-loading in iOS 17 ? Substack? Not a great company. Our thanks to Sunday. Sunday makes taking care of your lawn easier than ever. Made with natural ingredients, Sunday takes the guesswork out of growing a greener, more beautiful lawn this Spring. Visit getsunday.com/rebound to get $20 off your custom lawn plan at ch...

We've replaced John Moltz with Guy English—let's see if anybody notices the difference. Should Lex return his HomePod mini? Is Apple's headset truly delayed ? If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to  prime.reboundcast.com  to check it out! You can now also support the show by buying  shirts ,  iPhon...

This podcast will sometimes start out quiet but then go hard at the end. GQ has an interesting interview with Tim Cook . Matt Howie blogged about removing cable clutter . Lex bought a Creative Stage Air v2 soundbar . He also got the Caldigit TS4 hub . Our thanks to Sunday. Sunday makes taking care of your lawn easier than ever. Made with natural ingredients, Sunday takes the guesswork out of growi...

After playing "What's on your desktop?" we discuss the Apple headset, Apple's classical music app and answer subscriber questions. Moltz likes Wallaroo . Wavelength is a new messaging platform advised by some guy named Gruber. The Apple headset is a real head-scratcher . Nintendo dropped a new look at the upcoming game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom . Dan took a look at Apple's new clas...

Dan is away so Lex and Moltz talk a little technology and a little more entertainment. The cast of Ted Lasso visited the White House . Our links on Mastodon are:  Dan , Moltz , and Lex . Amazon is laying off even more people . Matt Howie had a thread about his first trip in his Rivian. Lex goes to Locals in Manalapan. Moltz likes Cook’s Tavern in Tacoma. When in Asbury Park, eat at Mogo . Lex...

This week, enough hosts to play a bridge game. New AI just dropped . It still thinks Chris Breen is dead . Very cool that Microsoft laid off the ethics and society team for AI. The Financial Times has a report on Apple's headset which both John Gruber and the Macalope took a look at. Our thanks to Porkbun, a refreshingly different domain name registrar, with over 500 domain extensions available to...

Special guest Guy English joins us for an epically long episode in which we have nothing to talk about. Mark Gurman discussed the upcoming rev of the MacBook Air. The iPhone 14 now comes in yellow . Apple likes space content on TV+ and is doing a space race movie called "Project Artemis" . Storing your photo ID on you iPhone is going very slowly . "Silo" is an upcoming TV+ show based on the "Wool"...

We really enjoy using Oobontoo on Leeenawd. Joanna Stern looks at the problem of passcode theft . The Lastpass hack was done through an employees Plex. Akamai Cloud, formerly Linode, is raising some prices . Our thanks to Rocket Money, a personal finance app that finds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps you lower your bills - all in one place. Cancel unwante...

Dan's tired, Lex is itching to fight robots, and Moltz wants all the bread. Apple is making advances in blood glucose level testing. Microsoft is rolling its Bing AI out even more . The AI that doesn’t know what year it is . Could a patent suit agains Apple halt imports of the Apple Watch? Reports of Chris Breen's demise have been fabricated and exaggerated . Our thanks to CleanMyMac X from MacPaw...