AppleInsider Podcast· Folge 650

Paying for AI, freezing iPhones, & avoiding scams on the AppleInsider Podcast

Freitag, 7. August 2026 · 1 h 00

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Someone has to pay for all this AI, nothing is foolproof, and Apple's lawsuit with OpenAI is only just beginning, all on the AppleInsider Podcast.
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Links from the Show:
• Apple AI compute costs will be covered by iCloud+ subscriptions, for now (appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/31/apple-ai-co…)
• Meta's Muse Code is yet another AI coding agent on macOS (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/05/metas-muse-…)
• RAM production worldwide is sold out through 2027 (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/05/ram-product…)
• The world's RAM supply crisis is going to get worse before it gets better (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/05/the-worlds-…)
• Why you should never put a hot iPhone in the fridge or freezer (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/05/why-you-sho…)
• Another iPhone 17 Pro plummets from plane, and found intact (appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/31/another-iph…)
• Tilta Khronos iPhone 17 Pro Max photography kit review (appleinsider.com/articles/26/04/03/tilta-khron…)
• PSA: don't fall for the scam Uber email making the rounds (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/05/psa-dont-fa…)
• Google Health now shares Fitbit workouts with Apple Health (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/03/google-heal…)
• WebKit leaks in iOS & macOS expose user data in spite of proxy use (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/05/webkit-leak…)
• New OpenAI post doesn't address Apple's IP theft claims at all (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/04/new-openai-…)
• Confidential Apple files followed former employees to OpenAI through iCloud (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/03/confidentia…)
• Apple demands OpenAI injunction, discovery, testimony now to prevent more harm (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/04/apple-deman…)
• Apple's corporate espionage suit against OpenAI: How we got here (appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/13/apples-corp…)
• Telegram's takedown caused by planted porn & weaponized App Store policies (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/04/telegrams-t…)
• Telegram briefly disappeared from the Apple App Store due to CSAM (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/04/telegram-br…)
• 2027 iPhone 18 rumors: Smaller Dynamic Island, 12GB or 9GB RAM, 2nm A20 chip (appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/31/2027-iphone…)
• iPhone Fold is on schedule for September after manufacturing problems are solved (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/03/iphone-fold…)
• Staff lottery reveals Apple's first-half September event plans (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/04/staff-lotte…)
• Apple's iPhone 18 Pro event won't be live, no matter what you've heard today (appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/05/apples-sept…)
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• () - Email scams, Google Health, and OpenAI

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