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MacBook with iPhone CPU rumors, AI Siri partnerships, new EU App Store rules

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/02/9to5mac-happy-hour-lead1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>Benjamin and Chance discuss the intriguing rumor from Ming-Chi Kuo that Apple is readying a new cheaper MacBook Air powered by an A18 Pro CPU. Also, Apple befuddles everyone with a new byzantine set of App Store rules in the EU, and Apple seems open to powering AI Siri using third-party models.</p>



<p>And in Happy Hour Plus (http://9to5mac.com/join), Chance walks through some tech updates after another big move. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join (http://9to5mac.com/join).</p>



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