MacBreak Weekly (Audio) MBW 1011: Oy and Whoop! - iPhones to the Moon!
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Feb 11, 2026 
Dan Moren, author and tech writer known for Apple coverage and sci‑fi, joins to riff on the latest Apple moves. They discuss AI health coach setbacks, AirPods Pro camera rumors, chip packaging gossip, iPhones going to the Moon, Lockdown Mode stopping FBI access, and the iPhone 17 Pro Max battery headlines.
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Astronauts Bringing iPhones To Artemis
- NASA's Artemis astronauts will, for the first time, be allowed to take iPhones to the Moon for personal documentation.
- Hosts note this modernizes archival footage and matches audience expectations for HD, live content.
Google Named Preferred Cloud For Apple AI
- Google stated it's Apple’s preferred cloud partner for training Apple foundation models, creating perceived contradiction with Apple's silence.
- The wording leaves unclear how much runtime vs training will rely on Google's cloud.
Apple Signals Strength With On‑Device ML Papers
- Apple publishes ML papers (like VSSFlow) to signal on-device ML competence rather than public LLM chat dominance.
- These papers emphasize low-compute on-device approaches and open-source intentions.
