Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include the launch of Threads, Apple’s Vision Pro, and iPhone/iCloud device security.
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Links:
- Joanna’s Rock ’Em Sock ’Em CEOs, Zuck vs. Musk Edition.
- Zuck vs. Cook, back in 2021.
- Joanna and Nicole Nguyen’s investigative series for the WSJ on organized thieves stealing Apple IDs after stealing iPhones and gleaning their passcodes:
- February: “A Basic iPhone Feature Helps Criminals Steal Your Entire Digital Life”
- April: “The iPhone Setting Thieves Use to Lock You Out of Your Apple Account”
- Me and Joanna trying to figure out whether Facebook should make an iPad app or web app next for Threads. (It’ll probably be the web app.)
- Hillary Clinton joins Threads with a joke, and the top replies are civil and fun.
- Paris Hilton’s collection of old — really old — phones.
- Mark Zuckerberg posting on Threads:
- Chatting with Sundar Pichai.
- And Jeff Bezos.
- Dunking on Elon Musk.
- And tweeting for the first time in 11 years.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.