This week has a very Apple shape to it: ambitious AI promises slipping, quiet platform wins showing up anyway, and a bunch of stories that make more sense once you look at the plumbing underneath. Some of the flashiest things are late. Some of the most important things are weirdly technical. That’s kind of the whole vibe.

• Apple AI reality check
• A few Apple platform signals
• Vision Pro gets a pulse
• CarPlay, Tesla, and dashboard politics
• Apple gets more vertical
• Podcasts, files, and account caveats
• Open tools, gaming hacks, and AI sprawl
• Useful habits and home reality
• Odds and ends worth knowing

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