Tim Cook speech on privacy, rumored new Macs, and potential new modems for iPhones on the AppleInsider Podcast

Tim Cook speaking about the data-industrial-complex

AppleInsider editor Victor Marks and writer William Gallagher discuss:

• iMacs, and perhaps a Mac Mini - we're pretty sure about iMacs, but Victor still holds out hope for a Mac Mini.
• Apple TV's service could launch in the first half of 2019.
• Tim Cook speaks bluntly about the 'data industrial complex' and how data is weaponized with military-efficiency. Victor scares William, who hadn't really thought he was being surveilled.
• In light of Tim Cook's stance on privacy and securing data, it's understandable why he's calling for a retraction of the Bloomberg Spy Chip story. He calls it "100% a lie", and it's hard to see how he could be any more forceful about it.
• Qualcomm and MediaTek are working on 5G modems, accelerating their schedule, which might make 5G a possibility for a rumored 2019 iPhone

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Show note links:

• Apple aims to launch TV service in 100+ countries, US debut expected in 1H 2019
• Four new Macs spotted in Eurasian regulatory filings
• Tim Cook calls data collection 'surveillance' in blunt, forceful speech on 'data-industrial complex'
• Tim Cook declares iCloud spy chip account '100 percent a lie' in privacy interview
• Accelerated modem chip rollout could make 5G possible in 2019 iPhones Links to our sponsors:
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