Apple Immersive Metallica and What's Going on at Apple with Siri?
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03/17/25 • 58 min
Apple has updated the iPad Air, iPad, MacBook Air, and Mac Studio. The new Apple Immersive Metallica experience is phenomenal; is it a turning point for Apple's immersive content? And what in the world is going on at Apple with Siri?
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Apple has updated the iPad Air, iPad, MacBook Air, and Mac Studio. The new Apple Immersive Metallica experience is phenomenal; is it a turning point for Apple's immersive content? And what in the world is going on at Apple with Siri?
Links from the show:
Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino
Apple’s (AAPL) Siri Chief Calls AI Delays Ugly and Embarrassing, Promises Fixes
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
AI’s Real Hallucination Problem
An AI Coding Assistant Refused to Write Code—and Suggested the User Learn to Do It Himself
Question or Comment? Send us a Text Message!
Contact Us
- Drop us a line at [email protected]
- You’ll find Jeff at @reyespoint on Threads and reyespoint.bsky.social on Bluesky
- Find Tom at @tomanderson on Threads
- Join Tom’s newsletter, Apple Talk, for more Apple coverage and tips & tricks.
- Tom has a new YouTube channel
- Show artwork by the great Randall Martin Design
Enjoy Basic AF? Leave a review or rating!
- Review on Apple Podcasts
- Rate on Spotify
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- You’ll find Jeff at @reyespoint on Threads and reyespoint.bsky.social on Bluesky
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- Join Tom’s newsletter, Apple Talk, for more Apple coverage and tips & tricks.
- Tom has a new YouTube channel
- Show artwork by the great Randall Martin Design
Enjoy Basic AF? Leave a review or rating!
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Basic AF: a (mostly) tech podcast - Apple Immersive Metallica and What's Going on at Apple with Siri?
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Intro
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And I'm fully self-aware that I was that idiot back in the '90s.
Tom Anderson (4s)
So this is not, you know, a holier-than-thou statement by any means.
Tom Anderson (12s)
Well everyone and welcome to another episode of Basic AF. As always a pleasure to have you joining us here.
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I'm Tom Anderson, and I'm joined as always
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