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This week on MacStories Unwind, John updates listeners on MacStories' podcast migration, John is heading to see a live show, Federico's watching one on TV, and we have an Apple TV pick for listeners.

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Podcasts and Concerts

• MacStories Podcasts' on a New Host
• Phoebe Bridgers, live in Charlotte

Picks

• Federico’s Pick:
• Oasis: Don't Look Back In Anger
• Watch the first trailer for Steven Knight's "landmark" Oasis documentary 'Don't Look Back In Anger'

Slow Horses

• John’s Pick:
• Slow Horses

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This week on MacStories Unwind, John takes an inside look at OpenAI's DevDay developer conference and how it compares to WWDC.

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John Attended OpenAI's DevDay

• OpenAI DevDay 2026
  • OpenAI DevDay 2026
  • OpenAI’s Dots: A First Look
• Conference Swag and Hardware
  • ModRetro Chromatic
  • Chromatic Gets OpenAI Codex Support for Creating Game Boy Color Games
• Media Mentioned
  • Zelda: Soccerina of Time Mod Turns Hyrule Into a Football League With Clubs Like Kokiri FC
  • Ted Lasso

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This week on MacStories Unwind, John and Federico have new Apple Watches, John wonders where Shortcuts is heading, Federico has a prediction, and they both share an update on the TV and games they're enjoying.

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Agents Replacing Automation

• Codex (OpenAI)
• Hermes Agent (Nous Research)
• Hermes Agent (GitHub)
• Grok Bot (SpaceXAI)
• Meta debuts Muse, its long-planned personal AI agent (Axios)
• Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it? (TechCrunch)

Siri AI and Shortcuts

• Apple introduces Siri AI, a profoundly more capable and personal assistant (Apple Newsroom)
• iOS 27 Makes the Shortcuts App Much Less Intimidating (MacRumors)

Codex Skills and Icon Workflow

• iTunes Search API
• Apple Design Resources

Apple Watch

• The latest iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods lineups arrive in stores worldwide (Apple Newsroom)

Games and TV

• Ted Lasso (Apple TV)

Picks

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Splatoon Raiders (Nintendo Switch 2)
• John’s Pick:
  • Slow Horses season six (Apple TV Press)

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This week on MacStories Unwind, a very tired Federico and John debate the merits of review crunch week and preview what's coming for readers next week. Plus, John recommends The Invite, a newly rentable movie starring Seth Rogan, Olivia Wilde, Ed Norton, and Penelope Cruz.

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Review Crunch Time

• A preview of Federico and John's annual OS reviews

Picks

• John’s Pick:
  • The Invite

Unwind Deal

• The Good Place: The Complete Series is just $19.99 in the TV app.

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This week on MacStories Unwind, John is paid an unexpected visit, Federico tries a new show on Netflix, and John shares an album of the year contender.

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A Man with a Gun

• John is paid an unexpected visit about a school bus.

Picks

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Dead to Me on Netflix
• John’s Pick:
  • Lost Weekend by Phoebe Bridgers

Unwind Deal

• Melrose Place, the Complete series for $14.99

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This week on MacStories Unwind, John returns from the beach with tales of cargo ships, beaches, and gravy, while Federico encourages a return to Wilmington for a One Tree Hill event and badly messes up Google Chrome.

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• Southport, NC
• Oak Island Beaches
• White Sausage Gravy
• Wilmington, NC One Tree Hill Event

• Federico and Google Chrome's experimental GPU flag

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This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico returns from the beach, he and John discuss the explosion of classic videogames being ported to the iPhone, iPad, and Android, and they share a couple of Apple TV picks.

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• PC ports of old console games are the new AI vibe coding battleground (PC Gamer)
• AI-Coded Slop, No Thanks: Animal Crossing's Native PC Port Was Made Using Claude Code (Time Extension)
• A Hollow Victory: 100% AI-Generated Smash Bros. PC Port Comes Under Fire (Time Extension)

• Gen1Recomp
• This amazing Pokémon Red and Blue voxel mod adds a 3D perspective without an emulator (XDA)

• Kahris on GitHub
• HarkinianPad
• SunPad
• SpaghettiPad
• Developer uses AI to bring a native version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to iOS (Tom's Hardware)

• AYN Thor
• Cocoon
• Minish Cap Dual Screen Mod
• Dual Screen Games for Android Handhelds
• Mcon

• OpenAI Codex
• Claude Code
• DeepSeek V4 Flash

• Federico's Pick:

• Ted Lasso

• John's Pick:

  • Silo

• The Matrix: Déjà Vu 4 Film Collection for $19.99 in the TV app

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This week on Unwind, John realizes that too much Wi-Fi is never enough, Federico wonders what he's going to do with a Linux PC, and John recommends Apple TV's Lucky.

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• John's existing setup
  • TP-Link Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 BE22000 Whole Home Mesh System
  • Added 2 TP-Link Deco 7 Pro BE63 Tri-Band WiFi 7 BE10000 routers
• Federico's Beelink SER9 Pro mini PC
• More of our networking and other gear is on MacStories Setups

• John's Pick:
  • Lucky on Apple TV

• Meet the Parents Triple Feature starring Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro is on sale for $17.99 in the TV app.

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This week on MacStories Unwind, app launchers, universal truths about ISPs, and an epic movie.

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• TinyStart
• Rocket
• Raycast
• Alfred
• LaunchBar

• John's Pick:
  • The Odyssey

• Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 9-Movie Collection - All 9 movies for $69.99

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This week on a special Saturday edition of MacStories Unwind, Federico and John talk live music, blockbuster movies, and their ongoing experiments with Markdown text editors.

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• Bruno Mars tour dates
• My Chemical Romance tour dates
• Phoebe Bridgers tour dates

• The Odyssey

• Bear
• Lettera
• Ulysses
• MWeb

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