We talk AirPods X, Apple Face Shield and the (incoming!) 14-inch MacBook Pro, on The CultCast

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Here comes the 14-inch MacBook Pro you've been waiting for...
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This week on The CultCast: A tipster says the new 14-inch MacBook Pro is right around the corner! We’ll tell you what we know. Plus: Apple is readying its secret over-the-ear headphones, and a mysterious little product called the AirPods X. We discuss! And we wrap up with a USB-C charger that can charge it all, Logitech’s new StreamCam and a double-duty iPhone/Apple Watch stand in an all-new Under Review.

Episode

#435 – Here come new AirPods and the 14-inch MacBook Pro

On the show this week

@erfon / @lkahney / @lewiswallace

This week’s stories

iOS 14 could bring new wallpaper settings, Home screen widgets

  • The latest iOS 14 leaks hint that new wallpaper settings and Home screen widgets are coming to iPhone and iPad.

Apple readies new headphones, AirPods X; plans to ‘phase out Beats’

  • Apple is readying new over-ear headphones and “AirPods X” for 2020 as it plans to slowly “phase out Beats,” a tipster claimed Tuesday.

Apple expected to deliver new 13-inch MacBook Pro in May

  • Apple’s much-anticipated 13-inch MacBook Pro refresh will arrive next month, according to one popular tipster.

Apple reveals COVID-19 Face Shield details in new support doc

  • Tim Cook revealed last weekend that Apple is making 1 million face shields a week for medical workers and thanks to a new support document, we finally got a good look at how they work.

Under Review picks!

Logitech StreamCam

Highrise duet

PowerPort Atom PD 4 100W USB-C charger

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