TikTok outage, privacy prompts, and competition

Creator Studio is out and the rollout was rough. We review it, plus AirTag 2 launch, Tesla ends production of Model S and X, Gemini keeps beating ChatGPT, Sonos finally released new hardware, Apple Invites might be bad, and is TikTok dying?

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Links from the show

• I Tested Apple’s New Creator Studio for 2 Weeks - YouTube
• Apple’s Rumored AI Pin Forces a Simple Question: What Do People Actually Want?
• Apple’s Creator Studio Isn’t an Adobe Killer. It’s Something Else Entirely
• Apple introduces new AirTag with expanded range and improved findability - Apple
• A brief note about one more AirTag 2 difference - 9to5Mac
• Sebastiaan de With on Bluesky
• @stroughtonsmith - Mastodon
• Tesla Finally Announced the End of an Era
• I Bought an 11-Year-Old Tesla in 2024 — Worth It? - YouTube
• Apple Signs Deal for Brandon Sanderson's 'Cosmere' Universe Movies and TV Shows - MacRumors
• Google adds Gemini AI-powered ‘auto browse’ to Chrome | The Verge
• Moltbot (Formerly Clawdbot) Showed Me What the Future of Personal AI Assistants Looks Like - MacStories
• Sonos unveils its first new hardware product in over a year - 9to5Mac
• OpenAI is working out how much to charge for ChatGPT ads | The Verge
• TikTok Faces Outage and Censorship Concerns Days After U.S. Ownership Deal Closes - MacRumors
• Disgruntled TikTok Users Turn To UpScrolled—Which Outranks TikTok On App Store