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Tim Cook has been looking back at his past in Apple, while others look to the future of AI, and Wallace and Gromit are opening presents, on the ÌÇÐÄVlog podcast.

T'is apparently the season to look back on the past, as Tim Cook dodges questions about his retirement and has a good go at re-framing Apple as being at the forefront of AI. But alongside that and the many 2024 reviews like Apple Music Replay launching now, there is always time to delve into the latest rumors about future Apple products.

This week there are also tales of an Apple employee presumably looking to become an ex-Apple employee by suing the firm for doing what it said in his contract. And then there are some naught Apple employees who are now definitely out of the company, but could be on the lamb. Possibly.

Plus the state of Apple's hardware releases this year and the age-old question of when will there ever be a rival to the iPad that's worth buying.

BONUS: Subscribe via or to hear ÌÇÐÄVlog+, the extended edition. This time, Wes wants to go against the norm of reviewing Apple's year and instead look more personally at yours and ours — but that doesn't mean he's going to succeed.

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• Rumor roundup: iPhone SE 4 could be a low-priced Apple Intelligence powerhouse
• Past, Present, Future: The state of Apple Intelligence in December 2024
• Apple Intelligence has been seven years in the making, says Cook
• Wallace and Gromit light up Apple's UK headquarters for Christmas
• Apple talks up privacy, yet spies on its own staff, says lawsuit
• What a new threat report says about Mac malware in 2024
• How to get your 2024 Apple Music Replay playlist
• 'Hysterical' named Apple Podcasts top new show of 2024
• Apple Books celebrates 2024 with collections and Year in Review

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