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In this special presentation, Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind '91, USAFA's 22nd superintendent, shares an inside look into cadet development and answers graduate questions. Hosted by Lt. Col. (Ret.) Naviere Walkewicz '99, this episode dives into the Academy's mission and how it is preparing our nation's future warfighters. FULL TRANSCRIPT SPEAKERS Guest: Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind '91 | Host: Lt. Col. (Ret.)Navire Walkewicz '99 Naviere Walkewicz This special edition of the Air Force Gradcast is a production of the Long Blue Line Podcast Network, presented by the U.S. Air Force Academy Association & Foundation. I'm your host, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Naviere Walkewicz, Class of '99. We're honored to feature the superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy, Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, Class of '91. In this presentation, Gen. Bauernfeind will share important updates on current initiatives and developments at our Air Force Academy. Following his remarks, he and I will sit down for a conversation, during which he'll respond to questions submitted by graduates in our alumni community. So now, without further ado, Gen. Bauernfeind. Thank you for being here, sir. Gen. Bauernfeind Well, Naviere, thank you so much for allowing us to come and share our story of our wonderful Air Force Academy. And thank you as well to the Association of Graduates and the Foundation for all of the incredible support that we receive to develop our future leaders into the warrior leaders that we need on Day 1 in our Air Force and Space Force. Naviere Walkewicz Yes, sir, we are grateful you're here, and we can't wait to hear what you're able to share with us today, sir, so we can jump ahead if you're ready. Gen. Bauernfeind Wonderful. So I would like to share with you an updated mission brief of where we are going at the United States Air Force Academy. And during this time, I'd like to share not only our leadership team that's taking on the transformation that has been mandated, but also to update our alumni on our mission, our vision, our priorities and our mission sets, as well as talk about how we are creating warfighters, leaders of character and quality, and critical thinkers, and provide an update of how we are transforming this amazing institution to develop those warrior leaders that we need to keep our adversaries at bay. So as always, I'd like to start all briefings with a little video that highlights what our cadets are doing and our incredible public affairs team and video team put together the following video that shows what our cadets have been doing over the last six months... ...So you can see that our cadets have been absolutely busy over the last few months, and I can attest that this summer is they brought the problems up even more and are bringing even more energy to their training, their education, their development. But let me first talk about the amazing team at the senior leadership levels at the United States Air Force Academy, because we cannot do what we're doing without this incredible team. So first, we're welcoming reader Gen. Nicholas Evans as our new vice superintendent, coming out as the 18th Wing commander at Kadena Air Base, bringing a wonderful operational experience to bear, as well as academic bona fides to be our vice superintendent. Our command chief remains Command Chief John Alsvig and our commandant remains to be Brig. Gen. Marks and Col. Steve Hasstedt is our acting dean as we work to bring a new dean into bear. Ms. Gail Colvin is our stalwart chief of staff, with her wisdom from the Class of '80 that keeps us moving forward. Ms. Jen Block is our executive athletic director. Mr. Nate Pine is our director of athletics, and our brand new wing commander, the 10th Air Base Wing, Col. Ahave Brown. And we all know that nothing happens at USAFA without the 10th Air Base wing providing the foundational support. But also Col. Taylor from the 306 Flying Training Wing, and Col. Silva is our space detachment commander, and it's important that we have all those leaders that are helping us transform USAFA. And to that transformation, we talk about our updated mission statement that was approved last fall. And that updated mission statement is that “USAFA's mission is to forge leaders of character motivated to a lifetime of service and developed to lead our Air Force and Space Force as we fight and win our nation's wars.” And for the alumni, as we went through this mission statement development, we realized that there are many activities we take on at the United States Air Force Academy. There's education, there's training, there's motivation, inspiration, development. And we realized that we are taking the most amazing women and men from all four corners of this United States, and we're bringing them here as raw materials, and we are taking them through high-stress military, academic and athletic programs to forge them into something stronger than what they were when they showed up. And those are the leaders of character. We also wanted to make sure that we highlighted that it's about delivering a lifetime of service to our nation. It doesn't mean that every graduate needs to do 34-plus years in active duty like I'm currently doing, but continue to give back, whether that's in active duty, the Guard the Reserve, to your community in the defense industry, as an elected official or as a key supporter in our alumni networks — keep serving our nation. And then finally, an acknowledgement that we, alongside our teammates at West Point and Annapolis, have a very special mandate that we are developing those warrior leaders that will fight and win our nation's wars. While we hope that we will achieve peace through strength and deter our adversaries, we must always be ready when the nation calls and we will go forward and deliver victory for our nation. So it's important in our mission, but a mission will only take us so far. And the next step is acknowledging that we must have a vision. What is our North Star? And our North Star is we will remain and continue to be the nation's premier service academy. That we're bringing in rigorous, adversary-focused military training, military training that achieves a standard, that achieves a requirement, and not just training for training sake. But also maintain our level as a nationally recognized academic program with highly competitive athletics, and acknowledging that for us to deliver on those four, we must continue to sustain a world-class installation. But more importantly, continue to bring in professional and dedicated permanent party into our faculty. Our coaches, our headquarters, our installation support requires our outstanding permanent party. And so our vision moves us forward. And from our mission and our vision, we have established three key priorities, and those priorities will guide our decision making. But let me take your attention to the bottom first. The bottom is our foundational aspect, that we build all of our aspects upon our service core values of our Air Force and our Space Force of integrity first, service before self, excellence in all we do, courage, character, connection and commitment. And those we build upon further foundationally to acknowledge that we are in the military and all aspects of military operations activities require a strict adherence to standard. What is the task that we are executing? What are the conditions on which we will execute those tasks? And what standards do we expect, especially in high end warfare, where our standards are so tight. We also acknowledge that what is special about us is our Honor Code. It is foundational to our character, and we'll talk more about that as we build upon this. But realizing that the Class of '59 that established our Honor Code. It has been foundational to the development of our leaders of character and quality as a board, and then adding into the fact that leaders who built lethal warfighting teams — they do it from a position of respect and teamwork, that they take their team and they support them, they hold them accountable, but they push them to rise above what they could think they could personally achieve. And how do we build those future leaders that are going to take teammates from all four corners of this United States and make sure every single teammate is seen, heard and valued and can give everything possible to the mission at hand? And that leads us to our priorities. That our priorities are we are here to forge warfighters to win, to inspire leaders of character and quality, and finally, to motivate critical thinkers to adapt, because all three are important. And that takes us to our mission sets, because those three priorities span across everything we do in a cadet's journey at the United States Air Force Academy. And the first is acknowledging the military training aspect. That military training goes beyond just learning how to put a uniform on, just how to march correctly, but also understanding how to operate inside of Air Force and Space Force norms and take on those military training activities that our Air Force and Space Force are taking on right now with Ready Airmen Training and the ability to execute agile combat deployment. And that's activities like being able to shoot, move, communicate, medicate and automate, but also acknowledging that we also must have that world-class academic program that challenges our future leaders not what to think, but how to think, and to do that from a warfighting-focused curriculum that is very STEM focused, but also leans in hard to how we can leverage the incredible intellect that these cadets are bringing in today and unleash them on some of the hardest Air Force and Space Force problems through our research programs as we lean into it. And then finally, as we talk about our competitive athletics, that athletics is a key aspect of the cadet's journey, whether it be through our 30 incredible intercollegiate sports teams, our intramural programs, our physical education programs, or finally our physical fitness tests that demonstrate the warrior ethos that is being expected of a military service academy, and it's important that we look across those. But let me talk about a little further of our priorities from those three lenses. The first is the aspect of warfighters win, of how we're bringing in training such as shoot, move, communicate, medicate and automate. And I've heard some teammates are going, “Why are we doing this ground focused training?” And at the end of the day, it's not ground focused training, it's joint force training. This is where our Air Force is going. That we still need to be able to succeed in the air, space, cyber domains, but we must also deliver excellence in these domains. With shoot, I requested that all of our cadets now become qualified in their long gun, the M4, and their sidearm, the M18, every single year. So now they'll have the confidence of their weapons when they have to go forward into harm's way. The same with move and communicate. Can they understand the aspects of mission command, especially in future fights where we may not have the best connectivity with our highest headquarters? Will they understand commander's intent and still be able to generate the combat power we need to keep our adversaries on their heels? Finally, to medicate. Over the last few decades, we have benefited from the golden hour, where we had such dominance that when we had a teammate isolated or injured, we would have medical care a rescue capability to them inside the hour. Future battlefields will likely not give us that luxury. So we must teach our future leaders those advanced medical capabilities to take care of their injured teammates while they're continuing to generate combat power. And finally, as we have seen from the Iranian wars and the Ukrainian wars, automation is here and part of modern warfare. And so how are we going to bring automation capabilities to our future leaders so they can develop the new TTPs that we are working through. And again, thank you to the Association of Graduates and Foundation, because you all provided the seed funding for our first automation efforts this summer. So thank you so much. And let me dig in a little further on why warfighters win. And from our president and our secretary of defense, it has been very clear that they want us to establish peace through strength, that we must develop our ways in three areas: to restore the warrior ethos, to rebuild our military and to reestablish deterrence. And we have gotten that guidance very clear from our leadership, and we will prepare our future leaders in that mind. And we have added that over the last year by bringing in year round warfighting training. So not only during the summer periods, but also through the academic year, are we asking our future warrior leaders to take on the military mission, the academic mission and the athletic mission as we move forward. And as discussed, it is directly aligned to our Air Force with Ready Airman Training and our agile combat employment. And over the last year, we took our baby steps. We're not where we need to be, but I can tell you I'm proud of how far we've come, because we moved forward with energy and violence through the fall and spring culminating exercises. I'm proud of how far we've come, but now for this year, we're gonna enter into the walk phase, because we have more to go. And with that in mind, there's been conversations of recognition and promotion, and that is tied not only to our leadership development, but also to our warfighting training. And it's an acknowledgement that for every year you at the Air Force Academy, we are purposely developing you and increasing your capabilities. And so we are going to provide the expectations for your year, whether you're four-degree, three-degree, two-degree or first-degree — a firstie — and you must meet those training standards, and if you do not meet the training standards, then we are not going to recognize you for your past work, but if you meet our standards, then we are going to recognize you for the good work and promote you to the next grade. But the ultimate promotion being a Second Lieutenant in our Air Force and Space Force as it goes forward. Over the last year, there are teeth of this. We did have 153 cadets that were not recognized due to not meeting the standards, but we are now providing them the options over the summer and this fall to now meet the standards as we move forward. Also this year, focusing on warfighting, is acknowledging that we must arm the cadets to be the instructors. Last year, we did it very quickly. Now we're going to take advantage of our incredible cadets, just like our cadets do exceptional things — teaching each other how to fly, teaching other each other how to jump during our freefall program — but now we are working through the cadet warfighter instructor course, a beta course, where we will teach cadets to be those instructors inside of our squadrons in the academic year, to take on how to teach, how to shoot, to move, to communicate, automate and medicate. And we are one more week left in our inaugural cadet warfighter instructor course. I know we will learn much from this beta iteration, but I'm excited to see what we learned from this as we go into the academic year and unleash these cadets and train ourselves. We're also very appreciative from the Foundation for the establishment of the Institute for Future Conflict. And the Institute for Future Conflict has been around for a couple of years and has already forced us to focus and think differently. And I would offer to you the reason behind that is because they are focused on our adversaries. So I like to call them our adversary focused disruptors. They are going to bring ideas to bear that force us to change the way we develop our cadets for the future, because they're looking at what our adversaries are doing. And as such, we made the decision to elevate them into Headquarters USAFA, so they can have a wider impact, not only within the dean of faculty, but also within the Cadet Wing and the Athletic Department, so we can ensure that we are bringing those disruptive thoughts and putting them into in place so we prepare our leaders for a very uncertain world, to include bringing realism into the training that our cadets are taking on. We're also acknowledging academically, there's more that we have to do with our intellect. And over the last year, we have added three additional warfighting minors, one on quantum, one on aerospace materials, and we're in the final stages of establishing a warfighting minor on future conflict. Hopefully that we will be able to start providing that to our cadets over the next year, as we went into that so very excited to the growth in our academic options. And then finally, athletically, we're updating our PT standards, and we're adding additional PE courses for our future leaders. Our future leaders — we will increase water survival, especially when we look to the future and the regions where we expect to potentially have conflict, increased water survival is important — as well as increased combatives, and we're still in the final stages of planning of how we can bring a team focused final warfighting capstone physical education course that brings all of that physical education together for a team-focused event for our firsties, but still in the planning stages of that. And as discussed, updating our PT standards to align with our Air Force and our Space Force, with an acknowledgement that simply what we were doing is adding minimums to each of the caveats to ensure that you must pass each individual event while also meeting a score-based event as we move forward. Again, aligning with our Air Force and Space Force. Now, as we transform, it's not just about warfighters to win. It's also about leaders of character and quality. As I like to say, it's developing leaders who do the right thing the right way, even if it's unpopular, because we must have leaders that are willing to stand up and do the right thing for the formation. And we focused on that. We have focused on reinforcing standards and accountability. While initially it was permanent party coming in fairly strong to establish the standards and accountability, what we quickly saw from our amazing future generation was cadets going, “We've got this. We will establish it. We will uphold our standards. We will uphold our accountability.” And to me, that's very important to see that our next generation is taking ownership of that key leadership aspect, to even include honor. As many know, we had a pretty significant honor violation last year. The bad news is that occurred. The good news is it was the cadets themselves who came forward and said, “This happened, and this is our way forward.” As in all situations, though, anytime you point a finger at somebody, three fingers pointing back at yourself, we realized that institutionally, we had probably lowered the standards too far. We didn't expect enough, and we had parsed the Honor Code. And we made the decision to return to our roots and say, “No, the Honor Code is holistic. It will not be parsed.” But we do acknowledge that these amazing men and women that come from all four corners are coming to us in different stages of their character development, and so the sanctions that come from an honor violation for somebody with us for a few weeks or a couple months may be far different than the sanctions of somebody that are weeks or months out from commissioning and graduation. So ensuring that we have a tiered sanction system to deal with our honor violations. I'm very proud of the ownership that our cadets took with our honor system, and we are reinforcing their efforts as we move forward. We've also pivoted strongly to a four-class system. My observation was is through time at the Air Force Academy, we've ebbed and flowed from a four-class leadership development system to a fourth-class leadership development system. I would offer that we had gone to the point where the majority of training and focus was on the four-degrees, when we are blessed to have these our future leaders for 47 months, and we should be developing them the entire 47 months. And so we have developed the fourth-class leadership system, where for their four-degree year, we will focus them on being good teammates and followers. For the three-degree year, we will focus on them being good frontline engaged supervisors, two-degrees as team leaders and firsties as unit leaders, representing those roles in our Air Force from cadet squadron commander to DO, to executive officer, to A1 through A6 staff positions and flight commander and taking on those responsibilities. And again, just like we talked about work by training, there's assessment mechanisms for each of these that they must meet leadership assessments that will go into whether or not they are recognized and promoted to the next grade, as it moves forward. We executed the first year. Last year, I would offer that it was successful, but we've learned much from the process, and as we go into the second year, I think we're going to be able to go even further with our four-class leadership and development. We've also doubled down on discipline, that standards and accountability are important, and if you fail to meet our standards, then you must be held accountable, not only with punitive aspects, but also with rehabilitative aspects. It's a two-edged pincer movement as we went forward, and from my time at the Academy, I will offer to you, while I may not have enjoyed it at the time, I benefited greatly from both, because it forced me to reflect upon what got me in that situation and how I can take ownership of my own development as we move forward. So that is one of the aspects we return to. And then finally, for our National Character and Leadership Symposium: Let's focus on those character elements that we find through warfighting. And so last fall's was focused on, how are we going to develop warfighters to win? And then for next year, we're going to focus on the courage required to overcome adversity in a warfighting environment. And so I'm very excited as we get the speakers identified for both the fall, a shorter fall iteration, and the normal spring iteration, sharing those speakers with the wider alumni environment. And then finally, talking about those critical thinkers to adapt. I jokingly tell our cadets that, since I was in the '90s, we got to solve all the easy problems, and all that is left are all the wicked hard problems, but we need those critical thinkers to adapt, because they are going to bring the ingenuity, they're going to bring the innovation, and what I've challenged them is they also have to bring the courage to challenge the status quo. Too many times in our military, when we ask why we do something, if the answer is, “We've always done it that way,” then maybe we need to rethink and understand, are there better ways to do it? And I can tell you, our cadets bring that to bear. And so for this year, we're really focused on cadet empowerment and responsibility. Last year with the mandate, we moved very quickly, and we were more directive in nature. And what we heard loud and clear is that cadets hurdled over our expectations. What we heard loud and clear from them was, “We want to control the way forward.” And so how do we empower them more? And how do we make it clear that they are responsible not only for their mission, but their people? And adding to that of spending more time with them with these changes of why are we doing this change, and making sure that they understand the rest of the story. You may not always like the why, but if you have an appreciation of the why, its foundation will be able to execute mission command, because you now understand commander's intent, and you now can go, “I know the why. We can keep moving forward, because we can move forward with that.” We're also focusing on operationalizing all of the United States Air Force Academy, bringing that operational mindset to bear, from whether it would be establishing an A2 directorate in the headquarters and the cadet wing and in all cadet squadrons, and the DA2 director being our intelligence directorate, so that we can start to bring in classified intelligence briefings and give them not only to a permanent party, but to our future leaders. And we started that last January to great success, so that our future leaders can start to understand not only our and our allies capabilities, but our adversary capabilities and how we will conduct our joint warfighting aspects as we move forward. And it's important that we continue to bring in those operational matters so we prepare the cadets of today for the second lieutenants of tomorrow that can seamlessly nest in to how our Air Force and our Space Force operates. And that's a nicer way of saying is some of the USAFA unique things we've done— we probably need to think about how we're doing that in our Air Force and Space Force. We're also doubling down that cadet squadrons are the unit of action, just like it is in our Air Force, that the squadron is the unit of action. And it's tough at USAFA where you may prioritize your IC team, or your major, or your club, but at the end of the day, it's going to be the squadron that succeeds together as a team. And so we are focusing on making sure that we are reinforcing what the cadet squadrons are doing. They are going to go through their military training together. They're going to go through their culminating exercises together, same as recognition and promotion. And that's important as we focus on the four-class system of those teammates, followers, frontline engaged supervisors, team leaders, unit leaders, but also acknowledging that we must empower cadet leaders to own the responsibility of their units. And I recently sat down with cadet squadron commanders and their special staffs and said, “Congratulations, you're the cadet commanders. You are responsible for two things: your mission and your people. It's not just about marching at the front of a formation. It's about executing the mission you've been given, whether that mission be military, academics or athletics, and taking care of your people.” And as such, we have established special staffs inside of each cadet squadron, every wing in the Air Force, most groups and many squadrons have special staff to both support the unit, but more importantly, advise the commander, because the commander is the one who's ultimately responsible for their people. And so we are bringing cadet special staff — which they may not be the subject matter experts in equal opportunity, integrated prevention response, spiritual matters or medical matters. They are there to support the squadron, advise the commander and have that connectivity to our subject matter experts, whether it be our chaplaincy, whether that be our amazing medical group and cadet clinic, our amazing SAPR team and all the helping agencies across USAFA to make sure that we can support all of our cadets going through a high-demand developmental program at the United States Air Force Academy. And the twist on that is again, saying, “Commanders, you are the ones who are responsible.” And now let's give you the tools to be successful as the permanent party are there to advise and oversight, empower our cadets even more. And then the final one is a return to decorum training. We conducted a beta test last year to success, and now we're looking to see how we can bring forward that decorum training for the entirety of the Cadet Wing. I am not this is not a return to the days of wine pairings, you know, but it is an acknowledgement that as an officer in our Air Force and Space Force, when you go to events, you're not only representing yourself, you're representing your team, you're representing your unit. And what are those decorum skills you need to have at events so that you can develop networks with teammates that might be outside your normal operational circle, or how do you ensure how you engage with other teammates so you can learn more about the world you're in? And so it's important that we establish that decorum focus and looking forward to how we can squeeze that in into the complicated lives of all of our cadets as we move forward. And then, just to reinforce on the critical thinking, I've already talked about the three minors we added, but I'm proud to say that we're in close coordination right now with Gen. Tullos at Air University and about to sign the memorandum of understanding where we will start a beta test for offering master's degree classes at the United States Air Force Academy, with the long-term intent of offering master's degrees at United States Air Force Academy under the Air Force Institute of Technology certification. So we have much to learn, but the doorway is open, and I can tell you from looking at so many of our cadets that come in with 20, 30, 40 college credit hours already, I think we have cadets that are ready to take on that journey, and I look forward to giving an update on that after we get through some of our initial how does this work process. So just to summarize: Our mission, our vision, our priorities are delivering what we need. And it's those warrior leaders that are ready on Day 1 in our Air Force and Space Force. And thanks to our amazing team, whether it be in the senior leader team, but more importantly, those incredible permanent party that are working long hours, whether it's in Fairchild Hall, Sijan Hall, Vandenberg Hall, in the tunnels, in the heat plant, in the Child Development Center, down at Clune Arena, out in Jacks Valley — our permanent party are crushing it, and it's important because our nation deserves the best leaders that we can give the 330,000 airmen and guardians that are standing watch for our nation. Thank you. Naviere Walkewicz Thank you for sharing the mission brief. I think many of us as graduates think we know what happens at the Academy, but you actually sharing what you accomplished in just a year is a bit mind blowing, sir. Gen. Bauernfeind Thank you. And I, at times, am concerned at how fast we are moving, but I also know that we must move this fast. The adversaries are watching us, and they are choosing when is the right time to test our nation. And so in order to achieve peace through strength, we must display that deterrence, that warfighting ethos, that warfighting capability. So we keep our adversaries waking up every single morning going, “Today is not today to test the United States.” Naviere Walkewicz Yes, sir, that is right on point. Yes, sir. Well, I would like to thank you in advance for taking on additional questions from our alumni and our graduate community. So if we might start, general, with some of the information across various channels that cuts about to our academics and the Department of Faculty, what would you be willing to share about the civilian workforce reductions and any next to the Academy's academic faculty? Gen. Bauernfeind First and foremost, the reduction of civilians is not just civilian faculty. It's through all civilians at the United States Air Force Academy, and as we're tracking, throughout the entire Department of Defense. What makes it a little more challenging at the United States Air Force Academy is we have so many different civilian teammates, from firefighters to childcare workers to coaches to headquarters staff, personnel and faculty. And as we lean into the aspect, the conversations about all of our civilian teammates. The first challenge that we faced is historically, the United States Air Force Academy has been over our civilian paid budget, and we've received great support from the Department of Air Force to address our over execution. This year is a little different, and so that has to be a baseline consideration as we understand that— that we have to hire and maintain civilian teammates within the budget that the American public has given us as a lean forward. And to that point, thank you to the Association of Graduates and the Foundation, as well as other Academy-focused foundations that have provided volunteer and funded volunteer support to give us that additional margin of excellence that helps us mitigate this matter. With respect to fiscal year '25, our Air Force is going through a reduction of civilian personnel to the tune of 5,000 billets. Of those 5,000 billets, the portion of the United States Air Force Academy was a part of was a 140 billets. And as we have moved through that reduction of 140 billets, we identified 104 billets as we went through our prioritization that were unencumbered or empty, but lower priority. Unfortunately, there are 36 billets that were encumbered, so someone inside of that billet as we move forward. And the goal with that is to continually work over the coming months of how we can move teammates laterally into open billets, either at the United States Air Force Academy or other locations. So we keep their expertise inside of the greater Air Force, Space Force enterprise, and our A1 team continues to work that aspect. But it's also making sure that we're being very clear with our teammates that when those billets become unfunded, at some point without funding, we're having to pay for that billet via other means. And so it's important for us to have frank conversations with our teammates, to say, “Update your resume. Start looking. At some point this will move forward.” With respect to our faculty members, 16 took advantage of the government's deferred resignation program, which was a well-funded early retirement program which allowed them to leave in the spring under and basically on admin leave and retain their pay to later in the fall/winter timeframe as that moves forward. We also had three that already had planned retirements, so they were moving forward. Unfortunately, we see a hiring freeze so no backfill. But also three whose terms are many of our senior faculty, our term employees, at the end of their term came. And so we have backfilled them with active-duty and Reserve military faculty to keep our academic progress going forward. And thanks to our dean and their team, they are, you know, quickly adjusting, but they are making the changes they need to ensure that we continue to offer the majors that we promised through the Class of '26 and continue to offer the courses as we move forward. For the fall semester, in addition to the three minors we've added, we've also added four additional classes, and there are 10 classes of the 753 in our course of instruction, there are 10 that we will not offer in the fall semester, but we will continue to still move forward. Naviere Walkewicz Yes, sir, thank you for that. You talked about backfills. Can you talk about some of the most important competencies for those instructors, as they were backfilling these positions right? Gen. Bauernfeind As I testified to the Senate earlier this spring, the two most important things to me inside of our classroom is: One is subject matter expertise, and we value the subject matter expertise brought to us by our professors, associate professors, our assistant professors, our permanent professors, our senior military faculty, and the depth they provide, initially with a master's degree, but more importantly, those Ph.D.s that were an extreme depth of that subject matter expertise. But also as a military service academy— that operationally relevant experience, how do they apply what they're learning in the classroom into their futures in the Air Force and Space Force, whether that be in labs on operational units and future battlefields, and how they can connect that to the future. And we have many of our civilian faculty are also veterans, who are able to bring that strong connection to bear as it moves forward. Naviere Walkewicz Yes, sir. Well, you mentioned you were adding a couple a few minors. Have there been any majors that have been removed from the program, and has this affected our accreditation in any way? Gen. Bauernfeind No, ma'am, no majors have been impacted during this time. Every single year, we go through a curriculum review, and we have a curriculum review committee where we will adjust as we move forward based upon guidance we receive from the Air Force and Space Force, but also what demand signals we're seeing from our cadets. You know what they're signing up for. But that is just an annual aspect to make sure that we have the right instructor core to support the curriculum we need to develop and educate our future leaders what the Air Force and Space Force is expecting. But zero majors have been eliminated from the United States Air Force Academy. Naviere Walkewicz Thank you, sir for clearing that up. Gen. Bauernfeind Oh, and accreditation. We're in a good spot with accreditation. We maintain continual conversation with our accrediting bodies, whether it be the Higher Learning Commission or several of the engineering- or STEM-focused accrediting bodies such as ABET, we're still in a good spot. In fact, this year, we just approved our quality initiative, which is a key aspect to sustaining not only our accreditation, but showing that we're continuing to improve ourselves, and that quality initiative will focus strongly on data science, throughout all of our curriculum. Naviere Walkewicz Yes, sir. I think that's wonderful. I know a lot of graduates were, you know, maybe didn't have all the information, so I think that's wonderful that you just shared that. Something interesting you talked about your brief was some master's, a beta testing for a master's program, working with AFIT. Can you expand a bit more about that? And then do you see the Academy becoming a five-year institution, or we will stay four years, 47 months? Gen. Bauernfeind Right now, I believe that we will still stay a 47-month program because our academic program is 47 months; our athletic program is 47 months, and most importantly, our leadership development and military program is 47 months. For the AFIT program, the vision is — these amazing young Americans come in with so much academic credit. Many of them now are part of the Martinson Scholar Program. And thanks to Mr. Martinson's great support, we have a program that can focus on them going even further. What we can offer them now, the majority are taking multiple majors and multiple minors. What if, in the future, you didn't want to do multiple majors or minors, but you want to go and start on your master's degree, which many other institutes of higher learning are offering in a parallel aspect? And so in conversation with Gen. Tullos, how can we start allowing cadets as early as their junior year start taking master's programs and achieve what would be required? Initial assessment is we will have some that can probably achieve it in 47 months, but probably the greater group will need to stay the Academy for maybe six or 12 more months as a second lieutenant to finish up their AFIT courseware. So they would stop their 47-month USAFA program, but continue with their master's program in the classroom in Fairchild and finish out their master's here. Is the vision— and we're working through this. I want to be very clear that this is beta. We have a lot to learn in this. And from my perspective, as I work with the Air Force to get greater support for this, this is going to be a strong cost saver for the Air Force. When our Air Force officers go to get master's degree, as a general rule, they are out of their operational career field for two years as they go to execute their 18-month AFIT program, plus two associated PCSs. Now we show not only a time saving, but a cost savings. And now these second lieutenants are entering, a portion of them, are entering their air force or Space Force with a master's degree. And it is not uncommon for many of our second lieutenants right now to even start their initial training, depending on what training is available until the spring of the next year after they graduate. So I see a strong promise, but we've got a lot of work to do to make it a reality. Naviere Walkewicz Yes, sir. Well, that's creative and innovative thinking right there. I think that we're very excited to hear more about that, especially as the beta testing moves forward. Sir, maybe we can move into the warfighting realm. Graduates have been very interested in the renewed focus on warfighting that you've taken over the past year. What recent programs or military training taking place at USAFA right now are really supporting this development of the warfighter. Ready to lead on Day 1? Gen. Bauernfeind So I believe we've always had a strong foundation of warfighting training, whether it be our airmanship programs, our powered flight programs, our jump programs, our special warfare programs and basic cadet training and cadet survival. But we're building upon that, and we're adding to those as great examples. As discussed earlier, if we can fight for the ammunition, we will have every single cadet qualify on both weapons every single year. The Class of '29 for the M18, the pistol, they qualified at a rate at about 65%. For the M4, the long gun, at a rate of 93%. I'm very proud of those numbers, because many of those young men and women— that was the first time they touched a weapon in their lives. And now, if they do it three more times before they graduate, those qualification rates are going to skyrocket, and they're going to have the confidence, when they deploy into harm's way, of their weapons. Additionally, thanks to the great work by the Cadet Wing, we have received 4,000 sets of chemical gear. And so not only in basic training, are they learning how to establish a forward operating base, defend it, but we're going past the days of where we walked into a tent, took our mask off and then dealt with the wonderful fluids that came out of our bodies. But now, going forward, to how are you going to conduct ATSO operations, or the ability to survive and operate in deployed locations with chemical gear on? And we're very proud to partake in some of that training with the basic cadets, and they are really taking to understanding what is required. And then the final aspect is, as discussed, the cadet warfighter instructor course, is acknowledging that to be really good at those items, we need some subject matter expertise. But the subject matter expertise required to lead, train and certify 4,000 cadets every year, we have to rely on cadet leaders, and as discussed, they're in the field as we speak in the inaugural cadet warfighter instructor course. And I look forward to seeing the feedback of how they will come back and do the squadrons. And tying that back to the cadets wanting more ownership of their training — the intent is 12 cadets inside of each cadet squadron that will now take on the responsibility through the academic year of that warfighter training that we will assess in the fall CULEX, and the ultimate assessment in the spring CULEX. Naviere Walkewicz Sir, it really shows how you're building that expertise within the squadron to support the squadron commander so they really are taking care of their people. I think that's outstanding. Gen. Bauernfeind And very excited about it. And I just want to say thank you again, because it was due to the generosity of the Foundation that got us the seed to start the automation, with 29 Group 2, the smaller UAVs, as we see automation and all monitor warfighting, unleashing the cadets on how they're going to use those UAVs to defend their forward operating bases, to understand what's across the ridgeline as they move forward. And very excited to see where the cadets will take us in this, because I'm sure they're gonna be far more innovative than my generation. Naviere Walkewicz Our generation, sir, yes, sir. Well, you talked about the four-class system and I think that was really relevant for our graduates to hear. How are cadets feeling motivated through this process? And have you seen them evolve over the past year since you started implementing that? Gen. Bauernfeind I think the first aspect was— it took them time to truly understand what we were laying out as it went forward. And every year we do this, we will get a little more advanced at the end of the day. I think our four-degrees understood it. That was good. It was that they understood what it meant to be a teammate. What it meant to be a teammate, follower, and that was an easier aspect to develop them through. The team leaders at the senior NCO level for the two-degrees and the firsties as unit leaders, they started understanding that. The biggest challenge we saw was with the three-degrees. What does it mean to be a frontline, engaged supervisor? And we have to troop lead them through, “This is what it means to be a frontline, engaged supervisor.” That they are your subordinate. But to take best care of your people, you should know where they're from. You should know about their parents. You should know their dog's name. You should know where their birthday is. You should know when their next chemistry test is, when their next PT test is. And while you may not be able to tutor them on chemistry, you can gather and motivate them for, “Hey, if the PT test is three weeks out, let's go run together. Let's go get on the pull up bar together. Let's, you know, be engaged.” And the more you know your teammates, what I offer to you, whether it be in morning formation, noon meal formation, at the tables at Mitchell Hall, in the halls of your squadron, inside of 30 seconds you're gonna see your teammates, your subordinate, and you're gonna know if they're gonna have a good day or bad day, because you're close enough to know, just quickly, OK, they're gonna have a great day or something's going on. “Let's go take a walk. Let's figure out what's driving you down. And how can I, as a frontline engaged supervisor, start taking barriers out of your way?” Naviere Walkewicz I mean, I can only imagine that giving them more pride, even now that they understand, “This is how I can be a frontline supervisor,” when you give us very specific examples. Well, if we might shift gears a little bit to admissions and graduation. Since we just had a class join us, and we had a class recently graduate, maybe you can tell us how the Class of '29 how they're faring so far. Gen. Bauernfeind The Class of '29 are doing great. I am impressed by their professionalism. I'm impressed by their energy. And as you saw, as we just did the recent march back, they were loud and proud. That was really good as it went forward. And for the Class of '29, I'm proud to report that they are faring very well. Just so everybody knows, we had over 9,000 completed applications. We offered 1,411 offers of admission, and 1,112 took the oath on I-Day as it moved forward. We had cadets from every single state and territories of Guam and Puerto Rico, as well as 12 international cadets that joined us. Of those, 117 from Prep School came up the Hill. And then 76 are, you know, part of a prior Long Blue Line as it's coming forward as it goes. Of the Class of '29, 55% were in the top 10% of their class, and 96 were all invited on varsity sports. Right now we are, as coming out of basic training, of 1,095 and during that time, they're still going strong. We did have some teammates that didn't have a full appreciation of what military life was, or may not have been as impassioned about the Academy as their parents, and so we've parted ways with a few small numbers. But during basic training, I can proudly say— we talked about the qualifications on the weapons, but also say they took their very first PFT test, and looking back over the last five years, they, on average, scored 15 points higher than the last five years. And that's a testament to two teams, I would offer to you, well, not only the cadets themselves, who had to do it, but all of our admissions team that's out there saying, “Hey, congratulations, you've been admitted. Start preparing now.” But also our athletic director, athletic department team that was out there giving them good, focused training to prepare them for those physical fitness tests. And they just took PFT No. 2 a couple days ago, and we're accessing the data but all indications are it's trending up. Naviere Walkewicz No, yes, sir. Those are outstanding numbers. As a country, we're seeing admission rates and the challenge of getting the best of the best into the door, the fact that we had such wonderful numbers coming in, and we're attriting very low, I think it's something we should be proud of. Gen. Bauernfeind I'm very proud of it, but acknowledge it's a tough— it's a knife fight to get the best of the brightest, and so thanks to Air Education and Training Command and Accessions Command, we are going to try a new marketing contract this year to further make sure that the amazing young Americans throughout all four corners truly understand the opportunity in front of them with the Air Force Academy, and make sure they're aware of it. So I'm excited to see how that marketing campaign goes to even up our numbers, even a little bit more. Naviere Walkewicz Awesome. Yes, sir. Well, sir, in the realm of athletics, last year, you shared an emphasis for cadet support and participation at more of our athletic events. What have you seen come from that? And what can you share about athletics, intramurals most currently? Gen. Bauernfeind It's one of our three mission sets: athletics. And it's not just for our IC athletes. I jokingly tell some of the teammates to say, “Tell me about a cadets life.” It's like, well, they have three full time jobs, a military job, an academic job and an athletic job, and they really get a bachelor of science in time management. And that's as we go forward. But I've asked the athletic department, you know, during COVID, our intramural program atrophied, and now we have to see, how can we really enhance our intramurals as it goes forward. But I'm especially also proud of our intercollegiate athletes, 30 intercollegiate programs. When we talk about the blood, sweat, tears, the hard work that our IC athletes representing 25% of the Cadet Wing — they are really jumping in hard. And my expectations as the superintendent is all 30 of those programs earn home field advantage. And so we've recently published an operation order to the team as we look into the fall sports. And the basic synthesis of it is, protect this house. We will come strong to all home events, and we're working through that aspect. And so as a whole, not only will we figure out how to be strong at all of our home events, whether it be, you know, this fall with women's soccer, men's soccer, cross country, water polo, volleyball and, importantly, football. And proud to report here at our AOG that the entire Cadet Wing will be marching onto the football field and protecting this house and our amazing stadium at home games. Naviere Walkewicz Yes, sir, thank you for that. That's fantastic. Sir, you know, you can't come out of this Air Force Academy, this 18,000 acres of amazing Academy, without seeing some of the changes, whether it's facilities or capabilities. You know, of course, there are two questions we hear often about the chapel in the box. When will the chapel be done? And then also, you know, what about the visitor center? When can we actually get into it? Gen. Bauernfeind No, those are two great questions, Naviere. First of all, I think that the box has become so routine there that we received a formal request from cadet. So how can we have a — no kidding — drive in movie theater screen? And the request came in at $300,000 so we thought the prudent action was, let's get the chapel done so we can take the box down instead of putting up a new theater. But right now, for our chapel, again, it is an amazing piece of architecture, and to maintain the historical relevance and the hard work that went behind it, it's going to take time. Right now, we're on schedule for 2028 and we are focused on making sure all the involved teams take every single day out and we can find out as soon as possible when we have any sort of deviation, so we can swarm it. And so as such, we hold monthly meetings with IMSC — the Installation Management Sustainment Command — Air Force Civil Engineering Command, the Corps of Engineers, to go through all of our military construction projects so that if something comes up, we are aware of it within days of the issue, and we swarm it together instead of letting issues boil for a long period of time. And so excited to get the chapel back open as such a spiritual icon of the United States Air Force Academy. And spirituality is so important to the holistic leader's readiness— not just physical, mental, social, family, but also spiritual. And I think it will be important for that development. And then to the visitor center. We're on track to open up in May of '26 before the graduation, and excited to finally open that visitor center and share with a much wider audience what all of our alumni and we know of the amazing story behind the Air Force Academy, all the amazing exemplars who have come from our Academy. And I will share with you, I'm excited to get a whole ton of young Americans inside the visitor center so they can start getting excited about being part of the Class of 2032, 2038 and beyond. Naviere Walkewicz Yes, sir. Well, they say things are worth the wait, good things are worth the wait, and I think the interactive displays that are gonna come with this are really gonna help people understand truly what our cadets go through. Gen. Bauernfeind Absolutely. And thank you again to the AOG and Foundation. As money got tight, the Foundation came forward and we now have that beautiful glider, you know, in position that shows what all of our cadets are working through. Naviere Walkewicz Yes, sir. Well, our sole existence is to support the Academy, serve our grads and prserve the heritage. Well, sir, I'm cognizant of your time. We're so grateful you're here today. Mind if I ask you one final question? Gen. Bauernfeind Please do. Naviere Walkewicz What's on your mind that you want to leave with our graduates to be thinking about when you think about our Academy and your vision and mission. What can you leave us with? Gen. Bauernfeind I just want to thank the Long Blue Line. We are 55,000-plus strong. There have been so many of our alumni, every single one of us that have gone through this journey. And we're proud of this institution. And I just say, continue to support this amazing institution. Spread the good word of what our Air Force Academy is, because we want amazing young women, amazing young men that are in your communities, in your churches, at your work centers, to say, “Hey, have you heard about the Air Force Academy? That's the place for you, because our nation deserves the best.” And just a final thanks to the alumni, and as a superintendent, I'm proud to be in this position with my amazing teammates. And any alumni that wants to ask me, “What's the rest of the story?” I am always available. Please hit me up in the hallways, on the Terrazzo, on the field, and I look forward to your conversations. Naviere Walkewicz This has been a special edition of the Air Force Gradcast. On behalf of the Long Blue Line Podcast Network and the U.S. Air Force Academy Association & Foundation, thank you for joining us. It's been a privilege to hear directly from Lt. Gen. Bauernfeind and to share updates and perspectives relevant to graduates across our Academy community. Thank you for your continued connection, commitment and support of our United States Air Force Academy. I'm Lt. Col. (Ret.) Naviere Walkewicz, Class of '99. Until next time. The Long Blue Line Podcast Network is presented by the U.S. Air Force Academy Association & Foundation
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In this episode, Zaen (MS4), Rishabh (MS4), Saad (MS4), and Alan (MS4) share their definitions of wellness and the unique ways they cultivate it outside of their studies. Through candid conversation, they explore how their approaches to physical, mental, and social well-being have evolved throughout medical school, from M1 to M4. They reflect on how prioritizing wellness has shaped their resilience, academic performance, and overall growth as future physicians.
Marty, Eric and Daniel talk about recent AVP patents, Gurman's conclusions about insufficient content, and the M4/M5 chip controversyApple's Vision Pro Is Suffering From a Lack of Immersive Videohttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-17/why-doesn-t-the-vision-pro-have-more-immersive-video-apple-is-slow-rolling-it-mefmwpb1 developer Beta 7 releasedStill no Jupiter and curved screensLatest Apple Vision Pro immersive video now available for freehttps://9to5mac.com/2025/08/09/apple-vision-pro-wild-life-immersive-video/ Apple Patent introduces Eye-Monitoring feature for a future version of Vision Pro that will Enhance a user's Comfort & Awarenesshttps://www.patentlyapple.com/2025/08/apple-patent-introduces-eye-monitoring-feature-for-a-future-version-of-vision-pro-that-will-enhance-a-users-comfort-awar.htmlAn Apple Patent unveils a Cutting-Edge Gaze Tracking System using Optical Coherence Technology for Vision Pro & Future Smartglasseshttps://www.patentlyapple.com/2025/08/an-apple-patent-unveils-a-cutting-edge-gaze-tracking-system-using-optical-coherence-technology-for-vision-pro-future-smartg.htmlApple Reinvents Battery Design for Vision Pro Headset to Improve Efficiencyhttps://www.macobserver.com/news/apple-reinvents-battery-design-for-vision-pro-headset-to-improve-efficiency/ Future Apple Vision Pro may add more touch controlshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/25/08/12/future-apple-vision-pro-may-add-more-touch-controls?utm_source=rss Why Your Eyes Aren't Enough: Apple's Next Vision Pro Breakthroughhttps://mixed.reality.news/news/why-your-eyes-arent-enough-apples-next-vision-pro-breakthrough/ APPLE VISION PRO 2: STRONGER CHIP, BETTER EFFICIENCY?https://thegeek.games/2025/08/15/apple-vision-pro-2-stronger-chip-better-efficiency/ Apple Code Confirms Upcoming Vision Pro With M5 Chiphttps://www.mactrast.com/2025/08/apple-code-confirms-upcoming-vision-pro-with-m5-chip/ Apple May Have Accidentally Leaked Upcoming iPads, HomePod, Vision Prohttps://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-may-have-accidentally-leaked-upcoming-ipads-homepod-vision-pro Code leak hints at next-gen Apple Vision Pro being powered by an M5 chiphttps://www.powerpage.org/code-leak-hints-at-next-gen-apple-vision-pro-being-powered-by-an-m5-chip/ Apple Vision Pro 2: The M5 Chip & AI Make It A MUST-BUYhttps://www.geeky-gadgets.com/apple-vision-pro-2-2/ New Vision Pro With M5 Chip Spotted In Apple Codehttps://www.uploadvr.com/m5-vision-pro-spotted-in-apple-code-macrumors/ Apple Vision Pro 2: M5 Chip, Al Upgrades Slated for Late 2025 Launchhttps://www.webpronews.com/apple-vision-pro-2-m5-chip-ai-upgrades-slated-for-late-2025-launch/ Don't count out an M4-powered Apple Vision Pro just yethttps://9to5mac.com/2025/08/17/apple-vision-pro-upgrade/ Vivo's first mixed reality headset launching on August 21, will have a design like Apple Vision Pro https://www.sangritoday.com/vivos-first-mixed-reality-headset-launching-on-august-21-will-have-a-design-like-apple-vision-pro Meta's New Smart Glasses Could Cost a Fraction of Apple's Vision Pro https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/08/metas-new-smart-glasses-could-cost-a-fraction-of-apples-vision-pro.html Mastering visionOS: Tips for Using Apple Vision Pro on the Gohttps://applemagazine.com/mastering-visionos-tips-for-using-apple-vision-pro-on-the-go/ Explore the Exciting World of Vision Pro Games in 2025https://techannouncer.com/explore-the-exciting-world-of-vision-pro-games-in-2025/ Explore the Disney+ 'Alien: Earth' immersive environment with the Apple Vision Pro nowhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/25/08/16/explore-the-disney-alien-earth-immersive-environment-with-the-apple-vision-pro-now APPS What the car?https://apps.apple.com/us/app/what-the-car/id1534708672 Spatial Gallery https://support.apple.com/guide/apple-vision-pro/spatial-gallery-tan9f24344a5/visionos Email: ThePodTalkNetwork@gmail.comWebsite: ThePodTalk.Net
Tune into episode 440 of the Mobile Tech Podcast with guest and YouTube creator Ricky Perez (The YouTube Tech Guy) -- brought to you by Mint Mobile. In this episode, we dive into the latest Google Pixel 10 and Apple iPhone 17 leaks and rumors once more, and share our excitement about a potential Apple A18 Pro-powered affordable MacBook. We then discuss Vivo's imaging-focused V60 and cover news, leaks, and rumors from OnePlus, Honor, Huawei, and MediaTek.Episode Links- Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tnkgrl- Donate / buy me a coffee (PayPal): https://tnkgrl.com/tnkgrl/- Support the podcast with Mint Mobile: https://mintmobile.com/mobiletech- Ricky Perez: https://www.threads.com/@youtubetechguy- Google Pixel 10 series leaks in photos: https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_10_trio_emerges_in_new_officiallooking_images_-news-68988.php- Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold teased in video: https://www.gsmarena.com/google_teases_the_pixel_10_pro_fold_in_a_new_video-news-69021.php- Apple iPhone 17 Air dummy leaks in video: https://www.gsmarena.com/iphone_17_air_dummy_unit_in_sky_blue_stars_in_new_handson_video-news-69036.php- Apple iPhone 17 Pro base storage rumors: https://www.gsmarena.com/iphone_17_pro_reiterated_to_start_with_256gb_storage-news-69030.php- Apple MacBook A18 Pro rumors: https://www.gsmarena.com/report_lowcost_macbook_production_imminent-news-68999.php- OnePlus 15 ultra black color and display rumors (165Hz): https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_15_to_be_very_very_black-news-69019.php- Vivo V60: https://www.gsmarena.com/vivo_v60_debuts_with_6500_mah_battery_zeissbacked_triple_rear_camera_setup-news-69007.php- Honor Magic V Flip2 colors, coming Aug 21: https://www.gsmarena.com/honor_magic_v_flip2_launch_date_design_colors-news-69023.php- Honor Power 2 battery specs leak (10,000mAh): https://www.gsmarena.com/heres_the_chipset_at_the_helm_of_the_honor_power_2_which_has_a_10000_mah_battery-news-69001.php- Huawei Mate 80 RS display and fan details leak (dual OLED): https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mate_80_rs_to_sport_a_duallayer_oled_and_a_titanium_frame-news-68979.php- MediaTek Dimensity launch rumor, coming Sep 22: https://www.gsmarena.com/dcs_dimensity_9500_will_launch_one_day_before_snapdragon_8_gen_2_elite-news-69018.phpAffiliate Links (If you use these links to buy something, we might earn a commission)- Google Pixel 9a: https://amzn.to/3SV8fOR- Google Pixel 9 Pro XL: https://amzn.to/4mk0ejl- Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M4): https://amzn.to/4fIggB9- OnePlus 13: https://amzn.to/3Fq1Fg6
Marty speaks about the latest news article reporting a soon to be released Vision Pro 2 and its new componentsToday's Vision ProNote. Vision Pro 2 is coming soon, with three new upgrades expectedhttps://9to5mac.com/2025/08/07/vision-pro-2-is-coming-soon-with-three-new-upgrades-expected/ From 9to5Mac's article published today: Vision Pro 2 is expected to include three key upgrades:M4 or M5 chip — A leap from the current M2 processor, promising significantly improved performance.More comfortable head strap — A targeted fix for frequent complaints about the original's weight.Upgraded Neural Engine — Increased cores for enhanced Apple Intelligence and AI-driven experiences.ThePodTalkNetwork@gmail.comWebsite: ThePodTalk.Net
Not everyone takes the same path to medicine—and that's a strength. In this Episode of Sink or Swim, four M4 students share what it means to take the scenic route, how to maintain work-life balance, and how their unique perspectives shape how they show up for patients and themselves.
GAT701 - Episode #154 - POWERED BY LAUER AUTO REPAIR, Bismarck - Aug 8th 2025 - www.GunsAndThe701.comIn the chamber for the show
En estas fechas tenemos nuestro habitual repaso de los números del trimestre presentado por Apple, pero hoy no ha sido así. Porque hoy… nos acompañó nuestro gran amigo Sergio Navas y junto a él, ninguno podcast puede ser “lo habitual”. Así que tuvimos un fantástico debate sobre la realidad de estos números presentados por Tim Cook y con los cuales han sacado pecho batiendo varios récord. Cada miembro del debate aportó sus conclusiones sobre estas cifras y las analizaremos en consonancia a la situación económica actual.Junto a estos números económicos, también se detallaron grandes hitos en iPhone y Servicios . Han conseguido los mejores números de ingresos en este trimestre. El Mac con su nuevo M4 los acompaña aunque de lejos. No todo son buenas noticias en Apple porque no consiguen cerrar la puerta de atrás por la que se le están escapando técnicos altamente cualificados. Y no solo están saliendo por la misma puerta sino que están siguiendo el mismo camino, todos tienen la misma Meta. Ya van cuatro miembros del equipo que han cambiado de camiseta en los últimos días y Apple no toma medidas para cerrar la herida. Aquí debatimos sobre las circunstancias de estos cambios y si Apple está adoptando la postura correcta.Junto a estas noticias hicimos un rápido recorrido con nuestras noticias cortas. Y no por ello menos interesantes.Un nuevo podcasts de nuestra familia y parte del Compromiso 7 de 7. Lo tenemos
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Shownotes: 00:00:00 Intro & lockere Talkrunde Das Team begrüßt die Zuschauer:innen – inkl. T-Shirt-Contest, Delorean-Träumen und Technik-Stolpereien. 00:01:37 Start der Sendung: Thema heute – Kann der Mac endlich Gaming? Nach jahrelangen Ankündigungen: Wie gut ist Gaming auf dem Mac wirklich? Einstieg ins Thema mit Cyberpunk 2077. 00:03:26 Alex kommt dazu – Der Gaming-Hintergrund & Lieblings-Spiele Alex erzählt, welche Games er privat zockt und warum er lieber offline als vor der Kamera spielt. 00:06:51 Games & Streaming – Performance-Druck statt Spielspaß? Warum öffentliches Spielen den Zauber killen kann – und warum Alex auf Gaming-Streams verzichtet. 00:10:00 Flugsimulatoren & Nerd-Talk Joey outet sich als MS Flight Sim-Fan, erzählt von echten Segelflügen und seiner Abneigung gegen Airliner. 00:11:30 Der Mac als Gaming-Plattform: Geht da jetzt was? Cyberpunk, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Dead Island 2 – Wie gut laufen AAA-Spiele auf M1, M2 und M3? 00:16:30 Einschränkungen & Technik-Talk Von Grafikmodi bis Cross-Saves – Wo es beim Mac-Gaming hakt (und was Apple besser macht als Windows). 00:22:50 Apple Arcade – Nur Casual Games? Was taugt Apple Arcade für Core-Gamer? Eine kleine Streitschrift gegen familienfreundliches Zwangsgaming. 00:26:39 Gewalt auf dem Mac: Cyberpunk erlaubt's! Apple erlaubt inzwischen blutige Spiele mit „Erwachsenen-Inhalt“. Eine Zeitenwende? 00:30:00 NordVPN – Sponsor der Sendung Ein kurzer Hinweis auf den Sponsor und Vorteile von VPN fürs Streaming & Gaming. 00:31:20 M1 bis M4 – Wo ist die Grenze? Apple Silicon skaliert von M1 bis M4. Wie schafft Apple es, Cyberpunk & Co. auf allen Chips spielbar zu machen? 00:35:07 Warum (noch) kein Gaming am iPad? Gleiche Architektur, aber keine AAA-Spiele? Mögliche Gründe für das iPad-Gaming-Vakuum. 00:38:33 Game-Streaming – Warum kein Apple-eigener Dienst? Wäre ein Game Streaming Service von Apple die Lösung? GeForce Now & Xbox Cloud als Alternativen. 00:40:30 Die Zukunft des Mac Gamings – Unsere Einschätzungen Alex, Joey und Michael geben ihre Einschätzung: Ist der Mac dauerhaft eine echte Gaming-Plattform? 00:43:15 Fazit & Abschied Ein plattformübergreifendes Plädoyer für Geduld, Hoffnung – und weniger Schachteln im Kopf. 00:45:57 Outro & Musik Links zur Sendung:
The boys are on fire this week. Discussion begins with iPhone 17 rumours and whether Apple are playing it too safe with their lineup of phones for 2025. This leads onto a conversation about how Apple have a hold over consumers and don't really have to push smartphone technology far anymore due to the fact that people just blindly buy them anyway. But with Samsung's new foldable lineup out, the boys chat about how this is the first time a foldable can be recommended to the general consumer and beyond the tech bubble. The sleeker design, more natural cover screen ratio and improved main camera all lend themselves to being the perfect phone for Apple users to switch to. Alex got a new M4 MacBook Air and spoke of how the M4 chip really surprised him in the lightweight package, and the boys generally discuss how Apple's computers over some of the best value for money to performance ratio of any laptops out there. Leak culture was up next, and the boys weigh in on Apple vs Jon Prosser and how leak culture has influenced content creation in general. David takes a dig at how no one actually cares about Samsung to leak, Daniel loves his MacBook Pro, and Alex tells Samsung how to fix the Fold 8. All that and more on this week's Minus Sixteen! Get in touch: david@talkingtechandaudio.com Check out the new website: https://talkingtechandaudio.com #wwdc #apple #samsung #iphone16e #iphone #iphone #youtube #contentcreator Chapters 00:00 Intro 02:50 iPhone 17 leaks & rumours 09:42 The Apple ecosystem - does it work? 12:51 Apple's services - the hidden winner 14:25 Will the Fold 7 be enough to convince iPhone users to switch? 17:35 Apple Care 1 18:33 Alex and his S24 battery issues 22:30 How much better can Apple make a foldable phone? 23:51 The floors on the Fold 7 29:00 Are we ready to spend £2000 on a phone? 31:50 The M4 MacBook Air 35:45 Apple and its 256GB storage issue 36:40 Daniel & his MacBook Pro story 43:03 Working and editing from an external SSD 45:05 Apple's Q3 results 48:30 The Jon Prosser leak story - our thoughts 53:10 Did Jon Prosser offer money in exchange for leaks? 55:11 Thoughts on large companies suing individuals/ 56:20 In Apple's defence… 58:35 Daniel's experience of NDA's 63:00 Samsung is closing some loopholes 64:00 Dyson secrets 65:00 The iPhone 17 is out in the wild
Today's Topics:1. Sound Signature Review 6.194 – Dillon Rifle Company DRC556 on the 14.5 5.56 M4. Oh my goodness – more Purposely Induced Porosity silencers? Yes. PIP is proliferating. How does this adaptation of the technology perform? Technical discussion for this paper published last week – the form factor wars are heating up!a. Intro (00:05:10)b. Physical overview (00:06:38)c. Silencer design (00:09:00)d. System performance (00:11:45)2. Sound Signature Review 6.195 – FOR Systems Monarch Recce on the 10.3 5.56 MK18. Speaking of form factor… this silencer is a little over 5 inches long, as tested, and it's ready to party. Hybrid designs continue to be developed, and the status quo just might be changing. Do short 5.56 silencers have to be loud? Learn more about why, or why not, in today's report! (00:36:08)Sponsored by - Silencer Shop, Top Gun Range Houston, Legion Athletics, Capitol Armory, and the PEW Science Laboratory!Legion Athletics: use code pewscience for BOGO off your entire first order and 20% cash back always!Magpul: Use code PSTEN to receive $10 off your order of $100 or more at Magpul
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First—as the war in Ukraine drags on and Vladimir Putin continues to rebuff efforts to negotiate a peaceful settlement, reports indicate that the U.S. has redeployed nuclear weapons to the U.K. for the first time in nearly two decades. Later in the show—four people were tragically killed during a mass shooting at an office tower in Midtown Manhattan on Monday night by a crazed gunman clad in body armor and carrying a high-powered M4 style rifle. It marked the city's deadliest mass shooting in 25 years. We'll have the details. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief American Financing: Call American Financing today to find out how customers are saving an avg of $800/mo. 866-885-1881 or visit https://www.AmericanFinancing.net/PDB - NMLS 182334, https://nmlsconsumeraccess.org Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Riley Hill from SlatePad joins the podcast to discuss a grab bag of topics including visionOS beta 4, AppleCare One, Sony's controller announcement, the new Alien environment in Disney Plus, and a few other random topics. A video recording of this episode is also available! Check the links below to watch. Early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.visionpros.fm/patreon. Early episodes are also now available in Apple Podcasts!Show notes are available at www.VisionPros.fm. Feedback is welcomed at tim@visionpros.fm.Links: - https://youtube.com/live/NIgWVs8QqG0- https://slatepad.org- https://www.threads.com/@justinryan.io/post/DMMd5cPu28y?xmt=AQF0xkEY2kVc-k7RWDOgTrd5todKc4OXKC1urNIvZifi8g- https://blog.playstation.com/2025/07/23/new-ps5-system-update-beta-previews-dualsense-wireless-controller-pairing-across-multiple-devices/Chapter Markers:00:00:00: Opening00:00:50: Riley Hill00:02:00: Beta 400:11:55: AppleCare One00:21:56: Alien Envirornment00:25:17: Multiple Pairings for PS5 Controllers00:37:42: M4 or M5 Apple Vision Pro00:50:49: Follow Riley00:51:44: Closing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Send us a textIn this episode of the AstroGuy Podcast, we dive into all the celestial highlights you can enjoy throughout August 2025. So, if you're new to astronomy or you're a seasoned amateur, this episode is for you! Here's what we explore: Planetary Rundown — When and where to see the planets this month. Lunar Feature of the Month: Schröter's Valley — Learn about this dramatic sinuous rille near the Aristarchus Plateau and why it's a favorite for lunar observers. Astronomy News and more — We talk about some recent crewed space flights, and get an update about a great new tool from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Deep Sky Tour: Scorpius — Discover stunning objects like M4, M6, M7, M62, NGC 6231, M80, and our Deep Sky Challenge Object, NGC 6144. — Plus, a special look at Antares, the beating heart of the Scorpion. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned observer, you'll get tips, background, and observing advice to help make the most of your time under the stars. Links: Feel free to buy us a cup of coffee or two! We really appreciate it! https://tinyurl.com/AstroGuyCoffee Our Facebook group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/astroguypod The August 2025 Episode Guide: https://tinyurl.com/AGGuideAug2025 The Full Episode Guide of DSO's sorted by Catalog Name: http://tinyurl.com/AGFullGuide Our “Astronomy Basics” episode: https://youtu.be/MtUkLVneNYs Charles Messier episode: https://youtu.be/3JvAEj29OBo?si=P7E2wCvIP9ZN00ZF Check out our episode about the Vera C. Rubin Observatory!: https://youtu.be/1sCFTQf03Wk?si=nkc4_SaeR61Z5BOp Affiliate Links High Point Scientific: https://www.highpointscientific.com/?rfsn=7714880.bb6129 Amazon: https://amzn.to/4gFQmOG Credits Phase Shift by Scott Buckley Under the Sun by Keys of Moon Last and First Light by Scott Buckley The Long Dark by Scott Buckley Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Today's Topic:1. Sound Signature Review 6.194 – Dillon Rifle Company DRC556 on the 14.5 5.56 M4. Oh my goodness – more Purposely Induced Porosity silencers? Yes. PIP is proliferating. How does this adaptation of the technology perform? Form factor is becoming a hot topic lately. Let's explore this new silencer from Dillon in this introductory discussion to the whitepaper published today! (00:03:58)Sponsored by - Silencer Shop, Top Gun Range Houston, Legion Athletics, Capitol Armory, and the PEW Science Laboratory!Legion Athletics: use code pewscience for BOGO off your entire first order and 20% cash back always!Magpul: Use code PSTEN to receive $10 off your order of $100 or more at Magpul
Today's Topics:1. Sound Signature Review 6.193 – Combat Application Technologies CAT/TSWIF on the 14.5 5.56 M4. This is a “blast diverter” micro silencer; it is intended to be used with blast diverters and flash suppressors from Apparition Instruments, Noveske Rifleworks, and others. Technical discussion of the whitepaper published last week. (00:08:22)2. Sig 6.75 300 BLK Rattler LT backorder came in. How does it differ from the 6.75 Virtus TACOPS? Great question. It's definitely similar, but also different. Initial observations and thoughts, as requested by many of you. Barrel and valve gas port sizes measured and on the PEW Science Small Arms Technical Data page of the website. (00:45:39)Sponsored by - Silencer Shop, Top Gun Range Houston, Legion Athletics, Capitol Armory, and the PEW Science Laboratory!Legion Athletics: use code pewscience for BOGO off your entire first order and 20% cash back always!Magpul: Use code PSTEN to receive $10 off your order of $100 or more at Magpul
Marty, Eric, Dave, and Daniel talk about doing AVP demos at Macstock, Ecamm integration using AVP, and a new rumor of a Vision Pro 2Apple acquires TrueMeeting to boost Vision Pro capabilitieshttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-acquires-truemeeting-boost-vision-110735701.htmlNext Vision ProApple's next Vision Pro will reportedly have an M4 chip and a better head straphttps://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/apples-next-vision-pro-will-reportedly-have-an-m4-chip-and-a-better-head-strap-184352374.htmlReport: Apple M4, more comfortable strap will headline first major Vision Pro updatehttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/report-apple-m4-more-comfortable-strap-will-headline-first-major-vision-pro-update/Strap In, Vision Pro Ownershttps://spiral.spyglass.org/p/strap-in-vision-pro-owners Gurman Article no paywall. https://archive.is/dj2ZZApple to upgrade its struggling Vision Pro headset with faster chip, new straphttps://macdailynews.com/2025/07/09/apple-to-upgrade-its-struggling-vision-pro-headset-with-faster-chip-new-strap/ Apple Vision Pro rumors: More speed, more comfortable, and eventually cheaperhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/25/07/11/apple-vision-pro-rumors-more-speed-more-comfortable-and-eventually-cheaperApple Vision Pro 2 with more comfortable strap and upgraded chip is coming later this yearhttps://9to5mac.com/2025/07/09/vision-pro-spec-bump-new-strap-2025/A cheaper Apple Vision is still a few years awayhttps://9to5mac.com/2025/07/09/a-cheaper-apple-vision-is-still-a-few-years-away/PatentsIn a new patent application, Apple continues to work on a Superior Securement System for the next version of Vision Prohttps://www.patentlyapple.com/2025/07/in-a-new-patent-application-apple-continues-to-work-on-a-superior-securement-system-for-the-next-version-of-vision-pro.html Apple has filed for a patent to Advance Vision Pro's Facial Interface to enhance Comfort and Adaptabilityhttps://www.patentlyapple.com/2025/07/apple-has-filed-for-a-patent-to-advance-vision-pros-facial-interface-to-enhance-comfort-and-adaptability.html Oh Great, the TikTok People Want to Strap AR Goggles on Your Facehttps://gizmodo.com/oh-great-the-tiktok-people-want-to-strap-ar-goggles-on-your-face-2000629046 Mastering the visionOS Virtual Keyboard for Apple Vision Prohttps://applemagazine.com/mastering-the-visionos-virtual-keyboard-for-apple-vision-pro/'Alien: Earth' immersive environment coming to Disney+ for Apple Vision Prohttps://appleinsider.com/articles/25/07/13/alien-earth-immersive-environment-coming-to-disney-for-apple-vision-pro APPS Manaforge: Magic: The Gathering Simulatorhttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/manaforge/id6748619920MacStockMacstockconferenceandexpo.com Digital Pass https://macstockconferenceandexpo.com/product/macstock-ix-digital-pass/Email: ThePodTalkNetWork@gmail.comWebsite: ThePodTalk.Net
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Et si le futur MacBook intégrait non pas une puce M3 ou M4… mais une puce A18 Pro, comme celle attendue dans l'iPhone 17 Pro ? Dans cet épisode, on explore en profondeur cette rumeur intrigante : Apple envisagerait de lancer un MacBook ultra-léger, potentiellement un modèle 12 pouces, équipé d'une puce A18 Pro, conçue à l'origine pour les iPhone. Quel serait l'intérêt pour Apple ? Autonomie record, design ultra-fin, prix plus abordable… mais aussi des limites possibles en performance et en compatibilité. Est-ce encore un vrai Mac, ou plutôt un iPad déguisé sous macOS ? Un nouveau segment pour concurrencer les Chromebooks ? Ou une stratégie de fusion à long terme entre iPhone, iPad et Mac ? Je vous donne les clés pour comprendre les enjeux techniques, stratégiques et utilisateurs de cette potentielle révolution.Retrouvez nos tutoriels et astuces sur Macplanete.com, MacBookcity.fr et Jcbtechno.comRetrouvez nous sur les réseaux sociaux YouTube, X, FaceBook,
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W tym odcinku podcastu prowadzący omawiają szerokie spektrum tematów, od plotek o przyszłości produktów Apple, takich jak nowy Vision Pro z M4, Vision Air i MacBook z A18 Pro, po najnowsze wersje beta systemów iOS 26, macOS 26 i innych. … Czytaj dalej → The post 540: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 i Z Flip7, road trip po Skandynawii i Nvidia RTX 5090 first appeared on Retro Rocket Network.
Uff… w końcu się udało! Zapierdziel w pracy i życiu codziennym był głównym winowajcą naszej prawie dwumiesięcznej przerwy w nagrywaniu Waszego ulubionego podcastu.Wracamy po tej przerwie, choć nie mogę obiecać, że odcinki będą pojawiać się teraz regularnie co tydzień – w końcu lato to czas spontanicznych wypadów i odpoczynku.A o czym rozmawiamy w dzisiejszym odcinku?Na początek, jak zawsze, krótki wstęp o tym, co u nas słychać po tej dłuższej przerwie.Janek ma „małego” – spokojnie, temat nie dotyczy urologii, tylko nowego komputera. Opowiada o swoim świeżym zakupie Mac mini z procesorem M4, który już na stałe zagościł na jego biurku.Wspominamy też o monitorach Samsung Viewfinity S9 oraz BenQ PD2730S– co wybrać i na co zwrócić uwagę?Na koniec kilka moich wrażeń o Nintendo Switch 2. Nie mogłem wytrzymać, żeby się nimi z Wami nie podzielić – świetnie się przy nim bawię!To by było na tyle. Dzięki, że czekaliście! Dajcie znać, jak Wam się podobało i do usłyszenia w kolejnym odcinku #LPKpodcast.Cześć!PozdrawiamyAdam i Jan00:00:00 – Intro00:00:40 – Long time no hear00:10:00 – Janek ma małego!00:21:53 – Monitor Benq PD2730S00:45:18 – Mam Switcha200:56:17 – Podsumowanie00:57:40 – Outro
Today's Topics:1. Sound Signature Review 6.193 – Combat Application Technologies CAT/TSWIF on the 14.5 5.56 M4. This is a “blast diverter” micro silencer; it is intended to be used with blast diverters and flash suppressors from Apparition Instruments, Noveske Rifleworks, and others. If you are avoiding SBR registration, does something like this work? Quick intro to the system. (00:07:35)2. Listener Questions are Back! Let's dive back into the 7th Solicitation. It's been a minute. Let's dive back in and answer your queries. (00:25:10)Sponsored by - Silencer Shop, Top Gun Range Houston, Legion Athletics, Capitol Armory, and the PEW Science Laboratory!Legion Athletics: use code pewscience for BOGO off your entire first order and 20% cash back always!Magpul: Use code PSTEN to receive $10 off your order of $100 or more at Magpul
We Like Shooting Episode 618 This episode of We Like Shooting is brought to you by: Midwest Industries, Gideon Optics, Die Free Co., Bowers Group, Mitchell Defense, and Matador Arms Welcome to the We Like Shooting Show, episode 618! Our cast tonight is Jeremy Pozderac, Aaron Krieger, Nick Lynch, and me Shawn Herrin, welcome to the show! GOALS August 9th and 10th in Knoxville, Tennessee. Knoxville Convention Center Free to GOA members https://events.goa.org/goals/ If you were at GunCon and are attending GOALS. Don't forget to get some pics with the cast to claim your free shirt. - Matt - RTT Guns & Gear YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCts3hVivpY30JOWcoCsTH0w @RTTGunsGear Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rtt.guns.gear @rtt.guns.gear Gear Chat Nick - Aaron's Mac Adventures Aaron's Mac 5 Shawn - Gideon Optics Mediator 2 Review Gideon Optics Mediator 2 What should I put the ACRO on? Bullet Points Tactical Gear Must-Haves ## Descriptive Summary of Special Forces Accessories Discussion **Introduction** In this engaging discussion, James Reeves of TFBTV hosts two seasoned military veterans—Jimmy Cannon, retired from the 10th Special Forces Group, and Benny, a European special forces member—who share their insights on the **top five most essential gun accessories** for tactical scenarios. The conversation emphasizes **prioritization**, **practicality**, and **personal preferences**, offering valuable perspectives for firearm enthusiasts and professionals alike. --- ### Center: Key Takeaways and Insights #### 1. **Primary Rifle and Pistol Choices** - **Jimmy's Rifle:** - **Model:** Noveske Chainsaw with an 11.5-inch barrel and DDF barrel. - **Rationale:** - *Versatility in tight spaces and vehicle maneuvers.* - *Compact length for unknown environments.* - *Familiarity with the 11.5-inch barrel from background experience.* - **Jimmy's Pistol:** - **Model:** Glock 17 - **Reasoning:** - *Common parts availability.* - *Robust and cost-effective.* - **Benny's Rifle:** - **Model:** Piston-operated M4 platform (e.g., 416). - **Barrel Length:** 10.5 to 11.5 inches. - **Reasoning:** - *Piston systems preferred for reliability.* - *Familiarity with piston operation.* - **Benny's Pistol:** - **Model:** Glock 19, suitable for concealment and open carry. #### 2. **Most Critical Accessory: Optic** - **Benny's Priority:** - **Optic Type:** Either a **1x6 LPVO** (e.g., Vortex Razer Gen 2) or a **red dot** with a 45° offset. - **Reasoning:** - *Enhanced engagement accuracy.* - *Night fighting capability.* - **Jimmy's Priority:** - **Optic:** Aimpoint T2 with a Unity riser, integrating iron sights. - **Reasoning:** - *Durability and ease of use.* - *Iron sight integration for redundancy.* #### 3. **Second Most Important: Lighting** - **Jimmy's Choice:** - **Model:** Surefire Ultra Scout Light (e.g., 640 or Mini Scout). - **Features:** - *White light for visibility.* - *Bright enough for tactical scenarios.* - **Benny's Choice:** - **Type:** High-quality sling (e.g., Black Trident or Pharaoh). - **Reasoning:** - *Essential for weapon control and carrying comfort.* - *Supports quick maneuvering and stability.* #### 4. **Third Priority: Weapon Light with IR Capability** - **Benny's Preference:** - **Model:** Enforce light with IR and white light features, such as the **IR/white light flip switch**. - **Use:** - *Illumination in darkness.* - *Compatibility with NVGs.* - **Jimmy's Perspective:** - Emphasizes budget-conscious options but agrees on the importance of a reliable light. #### 5. **Additional Accessories: Laser and Magazines** - **Laser:** - **Benny's Choice:** **BAS laser** for IR and visible light, especially useful with NVGs. - **Jimmy's View:** - **Laser options:** Dball A3 or Snider Dball. - **Note:** Laser is practical but less prioritized due to cost...
Pre-Show: John has made an important purchase 11 June 2011 Documentation of the journey (spoilers!) John’s beloved Ninja Anova After Dark Follow-up: We’re doing good work here, folks YoLink leak sensors Leak sensor 4-pack with compulsory hub Travel insurance is more than you think it is (via Jason Poole and Levi Dalton) Allianz concierge Window widget size in Tahoe Apple Intelligence is now allowed when booting from an external in Tahoe beta 2 Floating tab bars in iOS 26 Apple “Ducks” The Architect’s Lions Maybe don’t yank out removable storage in Windows either (via Adrian Mester) It’s the world that’s wrong, not me: iPhone 16 Pro case edition “We Messed Up” Bullstrap open-bottom case Ads in YouTube Why not use uBlock Origin? (via Igor Kulman) …or perhaps Vinegar (App Store link) (via Michael Brown) RIP FireWire Apple marketing continues to misfire Apple weighs using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri OpenAI/Meta leadership talent rivalry Ask ATP: Is it worth buying a laptop where Tahoe is preinstalled? (via François-Olivier Leblanc) How much faster will an M4 be than an M1 for Xcode Simulator launches? (via Alistair Logie) How do we choose a new UPS? (via David Levine) John’s pick Casey’s pick ATP #569 Eaton UPSes Post-show: Marco restaurant-tech MVPs… from his co-hosts! Tailscale (Tailscale is a prior sponsor) Casey’s introductory post Tailscale 4via6 YoLink temperature sensors (even cheaper with a smaller temp. range) Thermoworks VHB Tape Eve Room Members-only ATP Overtime: Should we pay developers like athletes? Sam Altman claims Meta has made $100M offers Jack Altman’s podcast Reuters coverage Sponsored by: Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last. 1Password: Award-winning password manager trusted by millions of users. Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off plus free shipping on your first box. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
Charles Thompson, the founder and MD of Devmco Group, says the broader mega mixed-use development zone north of Umhlanga, including across the M4 roadway, is still anticipated to realise around R50 billion in new development over a 20- to 25-year period, making it one of the fastest-developing property nodes in SA. Podcast series on Moneyweb
Mike Parsley switched over to the iPad Pro when the M4 came out in 2024. To cover his experiences he created a YouTube channel that you can find at YouTube.com/@TechDad650. In this episode, we discuss why the time was right to make the switch, how he uses it for his day job as a project manager and for his evening job teaching adults to get their GED. We also cover a bit of the fun side of iPad and how he uses the iPad to cloud stream Windows and Xbox games to the iPad Pro. Early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.patreon.com/ipadpros. Early episodes are also now available in Apple Podcasts!Show notes are available at www.iPadPros.net. Feedback is welcomed at iPadProsPodcast@gmail.com.Links:https://www.youtube.com/@techdad650Chapter Markers:00:00:00: Opening00:01:12: Support The Podcast00:01:33: Mike Parsley00:08:35: Game Streaming00:14:16: Outlook00:17:12: Powerpoint00:20:40: Teaching00:28:25: Safari00:34:11: Nano Texture00:38:20: Why Now?00:40:58: My Computers00:49:54: Coworkers00:53:52: Running Your Channel00:57:37: Follow TechDad65000:59:31: Closing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today's Topics:1. Sound Signature Review 6.186 – Sylvan Arms SA30TI with supersonic .308. Classic design; smaller diameter. Simple and secure mount. Technical discussion for this 30 caliber silencer whitepaper published last week! (00:08:14)2. Sound Signature Review 6.187 – Sylvan Arms SA223TIS on the 14.5 M4. The shorter, dedicated 5.56 silencer to complement the SA30TI. Another classic, small diameter system with the same simple ACME thread secondary-retention. Technical discussion for this 5.56 silencer whitepaper published last week! (00:28:04)3. Sound Signature Review 6.188 – Off Grid Scorpius on the Beretta 21A subcompact .22LR pistol. Some more rimfire data and analysis for you folks! Small. Light. Quiet? Please check out the report to find out! Intro talk for this lightweight 3D printed rimfire silencer whitepaper published today with this episode. (00:46:27)Sponsored by - Silencer Shop, Top Gun Range Houston, Legion Athletics, Capitol Armory, and the PEW Science Laboratory!Legion Athletics: use code pewscience for BOGO off your entire first order and 20% cash back always!Magpul: Use code PSTEN to receive $10 off your order of $100 or more at Magpul
Christian ; Follower of GOD Servant of CHRIST Decorated Combat VeteranCorporate; U.S. Marine Corps Urban Warfare Instrictor; S.R.T. Commander Active Shooter Response Team Law Enforcement Los Angeles Police (L.A.P.D.) Police Officer / Fugitive RecoveryF.B.I. Instructor N.R.A Instructor Competition Shooter; Multi Time State Rifle Pistol Champion Hunting; Life Long Hunter Proffessional Hunter and Guide Private Security Contractor; Several Agencies, Current. GOD Provides / JESUS SavesPatreon https://bit.ly/3jcLDuZBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gunfighter-life-survival-guns-tactical-hunting--4187306/support.
Today's Topics:1. Big shout-out to Mark and the Hunt Backcountry Podcast! Mark invited me to speak with him a while back about “Suppressor Science, Selection, and Sound” in sort of a “hunting centric” fashion. Please check out Episode 523 of their podcast when you can! (00:09:18)2. Sound Signature Review 6.185 – Otter Creek Labs Infinity with subsonic 300 BLK. The Q mini Fix – an 8-in barrel proving ground, from the beginning. How does the versatile Infinity handle subsonic ammunition combustion out of a relatively short barrel? How does its performance compare with some older designs and some purpose-built 300 BLK designs? Technical discussion for this technical paper published 30-APR. (00:11:37)3. Sound Signature Review 6.186 – Sylvan Arms SA30TI with supersonic .308. Classic design; smaller diameter. Simple and secure mount. Let's take a look at this 30 caliber silencer in this introductory topic to the whitepaper published today with this episode! (00:37:36)4. Sound Signature Review 6.187 – Sylvan Arms SA223TIS on the 14.5 M4. The shorter, dedicated 5.56 silencer to complement the SA30TI. Another classic, small diameter system with the same simple ACME thread secondary-retention. This is the introductory topic to the second whitepaper published today with this episode! (00:46:16)Sponsored by - Silencer Shop, Top Gun Range Houston, Legion Athletics, Capitol Armory, and the PEW Science Laboratory!Legion Athletics: use code pewscience for BOGO off your entire first order and 20% cash back always!Magpul: Use code PSTEN to receive $10 off your order of $100 or more at Magpul
This week on Everything About Hydrogen we have Kyle Arnold, the Managing Director of HyHAUL Mobility Ltd (HML). The company is leading the largest roll out of hydrogen Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV) refueling infrastructure in the United Kingdom, operating along the M4 with 30 trucks by Q2 2026, supported by funding from the UK Department for Transport (DfT) Zero Emission Road Freight Transport (ZERFT). ZERFT has been subsequently rebranded as Zero Emissions HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrations (ZEHID). HML plans to eventually deploy over 300 fuel cell trucks totaling 44 tonnes of gross weight, by 2030. Kyle previously developed, built and operated hydrogen refuelling infrastructure across the UK and Europe, notably the Tyseley refuelling site in Birmingham, the largest in Europe.About HML:HyHAUL is an ambitious initiative to establish the UK's first dedicated hydrogen mobility corridor, setting a new benchmark in sustainable transport by proving the feasibility and scalability of hydrogen in heavy-duty freight operations.By leveraging hydrogen's potential to power zero-emission vehicles, HyHAUL directly addresses the decarbonisation of the most challenging and emission-intensive duty cycles in road transport. This pioneering effort supports the UK's broader commitment to achieving net-zero emissions.About Kyle Arnold:HML Managing Director with over 20 years' experience in project management, innovative engineering, and delivering First-Of-A-kind (FOAK) hydrogen projects across the UK, EU, and beyond. Throughout his career, he's had the privilege of leading talented teams to ensure these groundbreaking projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and effectively. He's worked closely with local and national governments and collaborated with some of the world's most recognizable companies to drive innovation and make net-zero ambitions a reality. At the heart of everything he does, is a commitment to safety, sustainability, and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the green hydrogen space.--Links:HML - https://hyhaul.co.uk/DfT and Innovate UK - https://www.cittimagazine.co.uk/news/infrastructure/dft-and-innovate-uk-programme-to-create-54-new-zero-emission-hgv-infrastructure-hubs-across-the-uk.html
In dieser Ausgabe der Sendung haben Julia, Michi und unser Gast Caspar über die aktuelle Generation der Apple-Produkte gesprochen. Apple hat in letzter Zeit echt gute Geräte rausgebracht, wie den Mac mini mit M4, Mac Studio mit M3 Ultra, MacBook Air mit M4 und das iPhone 16e. Aber eins fehlt uns noch: ein iMac mit großem Display und natürlich der Mac Pro. Vielleicht gibt's den ja auf der WWDC. Wir haben uns über die Vor- und Nachteile eines Mac Studio mit M3 Ultra unterhalten und ob das MacBook Air zum Zocken und für Videoschnitt geeignet ist. Michael war total begeistert vom iPhone 16e, weil es ihn auf seiner Reise nach Mallorca perfekt unterstützt hat. Alles in Allem war es eine lustige Runde mit viel Inhalt und viel Spaß. Den wünschen wir euch auch beim Reinschauen.
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Ep 256MacSerbia: Srećnih nam dvadeset godina.Celebrating 50 years of Microsoft | Bill Gates@treblewoe on X:When challenged why on earth in 2025, Apple is shipping an M3 Ultra when the M4 has been out for ten months, they spun, "not every chip generation will have an Ultra config." While technically true due to Tim's greed, it is conscious deception on their part.iBoff RCC: We Finally Beat Apple's M4 SSD – Faster, Bigger, Cheaper!How to fix weak Wi-Fi on a M4 Mac mini with a connected drive or dockAnyoyo NVMe SSD enclosure sa ventilatoromApple's Worldwide Developers Conference returns the week of June 9SoundSource 5.8 - TidBITSApple Intelligence od danas dostupan u Europskoj uniji — Mob.hrZahvalniceSnimano 6.4.2025.Uvodna muzika by Vladimir Tošić, stari sajt je ovde.Logotip by Aleksandra Ilić.Artwork epizode by Saša Montiljo, njegov kutak na Devianartu
This week's EYE ON NPI is Pretty Sweet Of Course! It's the Infineon Technologies PSOC Control C3 Microcontroller Line (https://www.digikey.com/short/8cw3wpp8) a souped-up microcontroller that is a perfect choice for engineers who need to do some motor control while also managing buttons, LEDs, displays, and other product requirements all on one chip. With a the high-speed ADCs on board, you can manage your BLDC motors and handle the feedback loop in firmware for dynamic tuning without the expense of a specialized co-processor. The PSOC Control C3 series comes in two flavors, the Entry and Main line chips (https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/product/microcontroller/32-bit-psoc-arm-cortex-microcontroller/32-bit-psoc-control-arm-cortex-m33-mcu/psoc-control-c3m/). Both are based on the Arm Cortex M33 which means you know that your CMSIS-based code will be an easy compile and you can use existing pre-compiled libraries. The M33 line is an upgrade to the M3 and M4, giving you the same or better clock speeds and FPU/DSP commands you get with the M4 plus TrustZone and better power efficiency. The Entry line runs at 100MHz, with max 256k Flash 64K SRAM, 10-bit DAC, a 6 MSPS 12-bit ADC, 16 x 16-bit + 4 x 32-bit TCPWMs and a "CORDIC math coprocessor". The Main line can run at 180MHz, same Flash/SRAM and TCPWMs, and has a 12 MSPS ADC plus 4-channel HRPWM with less than 100ps resolution. Both come in 48 and 64 pin TQFP/QFN varieties, the Main line also has an 80-pin version. (There will also apparently be a Performance line, so far un-announced, which may offer more memory / higher frequency). Both have FPU/DSP support, so you'll be able to process the 6 or 12-MSPS ADC data quickly. And the CORDIC processor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORDIC) optimizes trig functions like sin/cos/tan/ln so you don't need lookup tables for performing these floating point calculations. These are particularly useful when handling motor motion calculations since they are often sinusoidal and we need to convert to-and-from the ADC measurements to the precision PWM timers. There's a huge selection of Arm processors out there, but the PSOC Control C3 has the best peripherals for motor control: it's rare to see 12MSPS 12-Bit ADC plus so many 16-bit and 32-bit timers with high-speed PWM. The CORDIC co-processor especially will make managing BLDC or Stepper motors a breeze. Plus you still get all the peripherals you would expect of a microcontroller: I2C, UART, SPI, CAN bus, DAC, IRQs, and lots of GPIO. That means you can handle all the other stuff your product has to do while also managing the motor in the background, saving you lots of space and money in BOM costs and fewer integration woes when trying to communicate between a main processor and a motor-control co-processor. The KITPSC3M5EVK eval board (https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/infineon-technologies/KITPSC3M5EVK/25880112) is in stock right now if you want a ready-to-go kit at a good price. It comes with 'Arduino shield compatible" pinouts plus a USB / debug interface, and MikroBus connector for expansion. You can also pick up just the bare chip - for example the PSC3M5FDS2ACQ1AQSA1 (https://www.digikey.com/short/8cw3wpp8) is a fancy version with 256K of flash, the 12 Msps ADC, and hall encoder in a TQFP-64 package. It's in stock now at DigiKey for immediate shipment! Order today and you can have a powerful microcontroller with excellent motor feedback control in your hands by tomorrow morning.
Hakuro Matsuda さんをゲストに迎えて、iPhone 16e, MacBook Air, Mac Studio, インドなどについて話しました。 Show Notes Perplexity Pro iPhone 16e Apple C1 modem real-world iPhone 16e tests Update: Apple's C1 modem doesn't interfere with MagSafe on the iPhone 16e Apple officially delays its 'more personalized' version of Siri Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with the M4 chip and a sky blue color Here's how much faster the M3 Ultra's GPU is compared to M4 Max Rebuild: 331: Inspired By Yoshinoya (hak) otorola razr 50 ultra Clicks Keyboard case Introducing Alexa+, the next generation of Alexa Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice The next chapter: Moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams インディア・ペールエール Hario V60ドリップスケール TRMNL | E-ink dashboard to stay focused 関心領域 トワイライト・ウォリアーズ Steam:機動戦艦ガンドッグ 太陽系物語
Apple's new gadgets this week were pretty minor updates, so of course we talk about them for a long time. Nilay and David are joined by The Verge's Jake Kastrenakes, and the three hosts discuss the latest iPad, iPad Air, MacBook Air, and Mac Studio. All three have... a lot of thoughts. After that, they run through some more tech news, including the Digg reboot, the end of Skype, VW's cheap new EV, and more. Finally, in the lightning round, they talk about the latest from DOGE and the Trump administration, Brendan Carr's latest assaults on free speech, and a smartphone that is mostly (but not entirely) a camera. Further reading: Apple iPad Air 2025: launch, price, and specs Apple refreshes the iPad but doesn't add Apple Intelligence Apple announces MacBook Air with M4 chip and a price cut Our first look at Apple's sky blue MacBook Air Apple launches new Mac Studios with M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips Behold the maxed out Mac Studio. Digg is coming back, with founder Kevin Rose and Reddit's Alexis Ohanian Discord is reportedly exploring an IPO. Nothing's Phone 3A and 3A Pro use AI to organize all your stuff The Volkswagen ID. EVERY1 is an affordable EV for the masses Volkswagen's cheapest EV ever is the first to use Rivian software Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teams The Verge remembers Skype Big Tech is now slightly less silent on Trump's tariffs Trump imposes tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China Car prices expected to increase by as much as $12,000 thanks to Trump's tariffs Best Buy and Target CEOs say prices are about to go up because of tariffs What's an import? Trump to Cabinet: Musk has no authority to fire workers FAA staff reportedly ordered to find funding for deal with Musk's Starlink Trump's USCIS wants to review all prospective citizens' social media accounts Senate votes to strip the CFPB of its power to regulate X MWC: FCC chair says U.S. will defend interests of its tech giants FCC's Carr defends broadcast probes, slams social media ‘threat' A camera for your cameraphone: Sony Cyber-shot QX10 and QX100 review Xiaomi 15 Ultra is a small update with a big periscope lens Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Send us a text!This week, Apple dropped iPads and Macs galore — we're talking ALL the details on the iPad Air, iPad 11, MacBook Air M4 and Mac Studio! Also: iOS 18.4 beta 2 and Griffin's review of the iPhone 16e. (Remember that?)This episode supported by:Listeners like you. Your support helps us fund CultCast Off-Topic, a new weekly podcast of bonus content available for everyone; and helps us secure the future of the podcast. You also get access to The CultClub Discord, where you can chat with us all week long, give us show topics, and even end up on the show. Support The CultCast at support.thecultcast.com — OR at CultOf9to5MacRumors.comCultCloth will keep your Mac Studio, Studio Display, iPhone 15 Pro, guitars, glasses and lenses sparkling clean! For a limited time use code CULTCAST at checkout to score a two free CarryCloths with any order $20+ at CultCloth.coFactor Meals. Treat yourself to Factor's delicious, high-quality, ready-to-eat meals delivered right to your door. Head over to FactorMeals.com/FactorPodcast and use offer code FactorPodcast to get 50% off plus free shipping on your first box.This week's stories:John Gruber versus Mark Gurman:Gruber/Daring Fireball: Your Source for Scoops Half a Day Before They're Announced PubliclyGurman/X: “You mean 11 months ago”Gruber/Daring Fireball: Who Cares About Getting News That's True When You're Getting It FastSteve Troughton-Smith/Mastodon: “Always funny when multiple Apple outlets try to assassinate somebody's character simultaneously out of the blue”MacBook Air gets the M4 treatment, lower price and stunning new colorApple revises the MacBook Air with the M4 chip. It comes in a beautiful new sky blue color, at an even lower price point.2025 Mac Studio launches as ‘the most powerful Mac ever'The 2025 Mac Studio is here, with either M4 Max or (surprise!) M3 Ultra processors.iPad Air gets an M3 speed boost and new Magic KeyboardApple's new iPad Air is here with an M3 chip for better performance and a revamped Magic Keyboard.iPad 11 chip upgrade does not bring Apple IntelligenceApple's entry-level tablet gets a faster processor and more storage.iOS 18.4 beta 2: All the new features and changesiOS 18.4 beta 2 brings Visual Intelligence to iPhone 15 Pro, new emoji and the Vision Pro app.iPhone 16e: Lightweight power in a beautiful package [Review]YouTube videoOhsnap! Snap Grip Luxe
Apple released so many new devices this week that there's barely time for any rumors as we figure out the Mac Studio's specifications and the MacBook Air's new color, on the AppleInsider Podcast.Contact your hosts:@WGallagher on TwitterWilliam's 58keys on YouTubeWilliam Gallagher on emailWes on BlueskyWes Hilliard on emailSponsored by:Oracle: Take a free test drive of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure at oracle.com/appleinsiderFactor: Eat smart at Factor and use code "factorpodcast" to get free shipping plus 50% off your first box at factormeals.comLinks from the Show:Tim Cook teases the imminent launch of a new MacBook AirApple updates iPad Air with faster M3 processorNew iPad Air gets revamped, lower-cost Magic KeyboardiPad updated with A16 chip, still lacks Apple IntelligenceApple's new iPad updates are not dramatic, but don't need to beMacBook Air update arrives with lower starting price & M4 performance boostNew M4 MacBook Air fixes the line's biggest problemApple's extortionate upgrade prices can't stop the MacBook Air being a bargainMac Studio gets an update to M4 Max or M3 UltraApple's M3 Ultra unlocks next-level power for AI, graphics & 3D renderingApple says not every Apple Silicon generation will get an UltraNew in iOS 18.4 beta 2: Visual Intelligence on iPhone 15 Pro, Apple Vision Pro app, moreSupport the show:Support the show on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to get ad-free episodes every week, access to our private Discord channel, and early release of the show! We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple PodcastsMore AppleInsider podcastsTune in to our HomeKit Insider podcast covering the latest news, products, apps and everything HomeKit related. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or just search for HomeKit Insider wherever you get your podcasts.Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: advertising@appleinsider.com (00:00) - Intro (00:35) - Something in the Air (03:23) - Leaks and rumors (10:26) - The week's updates (14:19) - iPad Air (18:03) - Magic Keyboard (22:01) - iPad Pro (27:57) - MacBook Air (39:13) - Mac Studio (56:08) - Mac Pro (01:00:58) - iOS 18.4 and Apple Vision Pro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
There was something in the air for sure as Apple released updates to the iPad and iPad Air, alongside the M4 MacBook Air and Mac Studio with the M4 Max and M4 Ultra chips. Some of the exciting and interesting devices shown at the Mobile World Congress 2025 event. The recent iOS 18.4 beta introduced AI-powered summaries in the App Store. And Prime Video is testing AI-powered dubbing for some of its video content. Dan Moren of SixColors joins Mikah Sargent to talk about the new devices announced throughout the week: the updated iPad and iPad Air, MacBook Air with the M4 chip, and the Mac Studio with the M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips. Patrick Holland of CNET stops by to share with Mikah some of the new and exciting devices that came out of the Mobile World Congress 2025 event, alongside the more interesting concepts and gadgets from the event. Mikah talks about the the latest iOS 18.4 beta that is out now and how it has introduced AI-powered review summaries in the App Store. And continuning the trend of AI-powered features, Amazon's Prime Video is testing AI-powered dubbing for some of its select videos in English and Spanish. Host: Mikah Sargent Guests: Dan Moren and Patrick Holland Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT bitwarden.com/twit veeam.com cachefly.com/twit
There was something in the air for sure as Apple released updates to the iPad and iPad Air, alongside the M4 MacBook Air and Mac Studio with the M4 Max and M4 Ultra chips. Some of the exciting and interesting devices shown at the Mobile World Congress 2025 event. The recent iOS 18.4 beta introduced AI-powered summaries in the App Store. And Prime Video is testing AI-powered dubbing for some of its video content. Dan Moren of SixColors joins Mikah Sargent to talk about the new devices announced throughout the week: the updated iPad and iPad Air, MacBook Air with the M4 chip, and the Mac Studio with the M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips. Patrick Holland of CNET stops by to share with Mikah some of the new and exciting devices that came out of the Mobile World Congress 2025 event, alongside the more interesting concepts and gadgets from the event. Mikah talks about the the latest iOS 18.4 beta that is out now and how it has introduced AI-powered review summaries in the App Store. And continuning the trend of AI-powered features, Amazon's Prime Video is testing AI-powered dubbing for some of its select videos in English and Spanish. Host: Mikah Sargent Guests: Dan Moren and Patrick Holland Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT bitwarden.com/twit veeam.com cachefly.com/twit
There was something in the air for sure as Apple released updates to the iPad and iPad Air, alongside the M4 MacBook Air and Mac Studio with the M4 Max and M4 Ultra chips. Some of the exciting and interesting devices shown at the Mobile World Congress 2025 event. The recent iOS 18.4 beta introduced AI-powered summaries in the App Store. And Prime Video is testing AI-powered dubbing for some of its video content. Dan Moren of SixColors joins Mikah Sargent to talk about the new devices announced throughout the week: the updated iPad and iPad Air, MacBook Air with the M4 chip, and the Mac Studio with the M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips. Patrick Holland of CNET stops by to share with Mikah some of the new and exciting devices that came out of the Mobile World Congress 2025 event, alongside the more interesting concepts and gadgets from the event. Mikah talks about the the latest iOS 18.4 beta that is out now and how it has introduced AI-powered review summaries in the App Store. And continuning the trend of AI-powered features, Amazon's Prime Video is testing AI-powered dubbing for some of its select videos in English and Spanish. Host: Mikah Sargent Guests: Dan Moren and Patrick Holland Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT bitwarden.com/twit veeam.com cachefly.com/twit
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple's Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by ChargeASAP: Check out the Flash Pro Ultra, featuring a new 275W power bank with an OLED screen that can charge up to 6 devices simultaneously, including your MacBook, phone, smartwatch, and more! New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they're available. Stories discussed in this episode: When is WWDC 2025? Here's what to expect Apple likely announcing new MacBook Air with M4 chip this week New Apple products reportedly being announced 'as early as this coming week' Gurman: ‘More conversational' Siri upgrade in iOS 19 running behind schedule, more Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Overcast RSS Spotify TuneIn Google Podcasts Subscribe to support Chance directly with 9to5Mac Daily Plus and unlock: Ad-free versions of every episode Bonus content Catch up on 9to5Mac Daily episodes! Don't miss out on our other daily podcasts: Quick Charge 9to5Toys Daily Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at happyhour@9to5mac.com. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show.
It's not surprising that Apple announced the iPhone 16e the day after last week's MacBreak Weekly. Already, some information about the upcoming iPhone 17 is being leaked, including some information about the rumored slim iPhone 17. And Apple is removing encrypted security features for your cloud data within the UK following the UK government ordering Apple to leave backdoor access to users' data. iPhone 16e: all the news on Apple's new $599 phone. Apple officially bids farewell to the Lightning port after 13 years. Per Ming-chi Kuo: all iPhone 17 models will use Apple's in-house Wi-Fi chips, enhancing connectivity and cutting costs; only the slim iPhone 17 will use the C1 modem chip. Apple removes cloud encryption feature from UK after backdoor order. Apple currently only able to detect Pegasus spyware in half of infected iPhones. Apple to invest $500 billion in U.S. as Trump tariffs loom. MacBook Air stocks start to dwindle ahead of M4 update. Apple Vision Pro immersive video 'Arctic Surfing' available now. Apple Intelligence comes to Apple Vision Pro in April. Apple prepares to add Google Gemini to Apple Intelligence. Steve Jobs Archive marks Apple co-founder's 70th birthday. The new Beeper app combines all of Automattic's messaging systems. Picks of the Week: Leo's Pick: Hyperspace Jason's Pick: Framous Alex's Pick: Blackmagic 2110 Andy's Pick: Desert Island Discs, with Johnny Ive. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit get.stash.com/macbreak zscaler.com/security
It's not surprising that Apple announced the iPhone 16e the day after last week's MacBreak Weekly. Already, some information about the upcoming iPhone 17 is being leaked, including some information about the rumored slim iPhone 17. And Apple is removing encrypted security features for your cloud data within the UK following the UK government ordering Apple to leave backdoor access to users' data. iPhone 16e: all the news on Apple's new $599 phone. Apple officially bids farewell to the Lightning port after 13 years. Per Ming-chi Kuo: all iPhone 17 models will use Apple's in-house Wi-Fi chips, enhancing connectivity and cutting costs; only the slim iPhone 17 will use the C1 modem chip. Apple removes cloud encryption feature from UK after backdoor order. Apple currently only able to detect Pegasus spyware in half of infected iPhones. Apple to invest $500 billion in U.S. as Trump tariffs loom. MacBook Air stocks start to dwindle ahead of M4 update. Apple Vision Pro immersive video 'Arctic Surfing' available now. Apple Intelligence comes to Apple Vision Pro in April. Apple prepares to add Google Gemini to Apple Intelligence. Steve Jobs Archive marks Apple co-founder's 70th birthday. The new Beeper app combines all of Automattic's messaging systems. Picks of the Week: Leo's Pick: Hyperspace Jason's Pick: Framous Alex's Pick: Blackmagic 2110 Andy's Pick: Desert Island Discs, with Johnny Ive. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit get.stash.com/macbreak zscaler.com/security
The MacBreak Weekly crew discusses the latest Apple rumors and news, including the impending iPhone SE release, a potential new M4 MacBook, and the brief integration of Netflix with Apple TV. The panel also debates Apple Intelligence's importance in the overall Apple ecosystem. • Rumors suggest Apple may soon release an updated iPhone SE, possibly called the iPhone 16E, with an A18 chip to support Apple Intelligence • Speculation about a redesigned iPhone 17 with a camera bar similar to Google Pixel phones • Apple's progress in Apple Intelligence and its potential impact on various aspects of the ecosystem. • The brief integration of Netflix with the Apple TV app, which was quickly pulled back, possibly due to ongoing negotiations or a planned rollout • A potential new 27-inch mini-LED backlit Studio Display and updates to the MacBook Air with an M4 chip. • China's efforts to hamper iPhone production in India by tightening control over key technologies and limiting engineer travel • TikTok is back on app stores after a letter from the US Attorney General, though the hosts question if the letter provides sufficient reassurance • Apple is finally letting users merge two Apple IDs to consolidate purchases, though the process has many caveats and limitations • The panel's perspective on the iPad vs. Mac debate, inspired by Matt Gemmell's article detailing his switch back to the Mac after 8 years of iPad-only use • The NBA's updated Apple Vision Pro app features a 3D tabletop view, offering an immersive experience for fans • Apple Intelligence, a new Spatial showcase app, and an enhanced Guest mode are rumored to be coming to the Vision Pro with the visionOS 2.4 update as soon as April Picks of the Week: • Andy's Pick: Tom Bihn Synapse 25 Backpack • Jason's Pick: Bellroy Transit Workpack • Leo's Pick: TUMI Backpacks • Alex's Pick: Tactical 5.11 Rush24 Backpack Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security 1password.com/macbreak cachefly.com/twit