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The Very-Efficient Edition Saturday, December 2, 2023

Inside Apple’s Chip Lab, Home To The Most ‘Profound Change’ At The Company In Decades, by Katie Tarasov, CNBC

"We have thousands of engineers," Srouji said. "But if you look at the portfolio of chips we do: very lean, actually. Very efficient."

Unlike traditional chipmakers, Apple is not making silicon for other companies.

"Because we're not really selling chips outside, we focus on the product," Srouji said. "That gives us freedom to optimize, and the scalable architecture lets us reuse pieces between different products."

Apple Celebrating Taylor Swift With Free 'Eras Experience' In New York City, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

Taylor Swift was crowned the “Apple Music Artist of the Year” a few weeks ago, and the festivities aren’t stopping anytime soon. Apple today announced that it will be holding a free “Taylor Swift Eras Experience” in New York City next week on December 8 and December 9.

Apple is quick to point out, however, that Taylor Swift herself won’t be in attendance.

Selena Gomez Celebrates Taylor Swift Becoming Apple Music’s Artist Of The Year, by Hannah Dailey, Billboard

“I think it’s pretty obvious why Taylor is the artist of the year,” Gomez says in a self-filmed clip posted by Apple Music Friday (Dec. 1) on social media. “She has done so much for her community and fans.”

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Apple iPhone 15 Ad Highlights Portrait Camera Capabilities, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

Apple today shared a new iPhone 15 ad that focuses on some of the camera capabilities of the device, such as the option to snap an image and then adjust the focus during the editing process.

The BoostCharge Pro 2-in-1 Dock Is Belkin's Best Charger Yet, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

Though the name is similar to many of the existing chargers that Belkin offers, it actually features one of Belkin's most thoughtful and unique designs to date.

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RIP RSR?, by Howard Oakley, Eclectic Light Company

I suspect that Apple’s engineers have greater aspirations for RSRs in the future, but for the moment they’ll continue to deliver early fixes for serious vulnerabilities in software like Safari and WebKit that’s already delivered in cryptexes. Even if they do require the reboot that hadn’t been intended when advertised for Ventura.

Report: Apple In Talks To Offer Combined Streaming Bundle Of Apple TV+ And Paramount+, by Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac

The notion of a cross-platform streaming bundle is becoming increasingly common, as streamers experiment with new ways to attract and retain subscribers. Today’s Wall Street Journal report says talks between Apple and Paramount are still in the preliminary stages and it did not detail exactly what the Apple and Paramount bundle would look like, if a deal comes to fruition.

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Well, today they may be talking about doing a streaming bundle, but tomorrow they may be talking about one buying the other.

But if Apple TV+ couldn't work with Jon Steward, can they work with Steven Colbert? (You know who is hiding under his desk, right?)

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