Year: 2024

Pete Distad (Source: LinkedIn)

Distad was senior director of Video, Sports, and Apple TV+ until May 2023, when he left Apple. At the time, there was no news of what he would be doing next, and according to his sparse LinkedIn profile, he hasn’t joined another company since then.

According to the Wall Street Journal, however, he is now being considered for the Chief Executive role in the new sports streaming service. The publication notes that he is not the only person under consideration, but none of the others have been revealed.

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The audio balance problem is noticeable over headphones

The bug concerns how the left/right stereo balance can wander on Macs when listening under headphones. AppleInsider readers first reported the same issue — back in 2002.

Now it’s been brought back into the spotlight by a developer known on X/Twitter as Fabian.

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Apple Music introduces ‘Love’ and ‘Heartbreak’ stations

Both stations are algorithmically generated and designed to give you a mix of songs that you’ve heard before, as well as songs that it thinks you’ll like. This is the same way that the user-based and Discovery stations work.