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Apple officially announced its first foldable iPhone, creating all new paradigms of interaction with iOS, Apple Watch’s new Audio Intelligence feature might be problematic in the real world, iPhone 18 Pro has variable aperture, and LG TVs are spying on you.

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• Stephen's iPhone Duo Event Recap
• Tim Cook's Brief Appearance at the iPhone Duo Event Was Apple Stagecraft at Its Best
• I Said Apple Would Never Ship a Foldable. Then I Saw the iPhone Duo
• Jason Was Right About AI on Apple Watch
• Apple unveils iPhone Duo - Apple
• TikTok post from Apple
• X post from Adam Hlaváč
• iPhone Duo - First Look & Hands-On! - YouTube
• iPhone Duo Hands-On: Apple Finally Made a Foldable - YouTube
• iPhone Duo First Look: The $2,000 Foldable iPhone! - YouTube
• Apple Event September 9 2026: Introducing iPhone Duo and more - YouTube
• iPhone Duo Folio with Kickstand - Apple
• Introducing Apple Watch Series 12, with the all-new Health Sensing System - Apple
• About Audio Intelligence features on Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 - Apple Support
• Audio Intelligence Privacy Overview, September 2026 (PDF) - Apple
• Apple Adds AppleCare One Family Plan for Up to Six People - MacRumors
• AppleCare - Apple
• Apple debuts iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max - Apple
• iPhone 18 Pro hands-on - YouTube
• Apple introduces AirPods 5 with best-in-class open-ear Active Noise Cancellation - Apple
• Apple Plans to Squeeze More Revenue From the App Store, Report Says - MacRumors
• OpenAI claims it solved elusive math problem with a $1 million prize - The Washington Post
• Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it? | TechCrunch
• LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby | The Verge
• 216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV Problem - YouTube

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Stephen may be losing hope in humanity.

Apple's new CEO John Ternus joins X, we preview what to expect at iPhone 18 event, Anker debuts MindBase AI smart home video with Matter 1.5, Trump Admin sides with OpenAI vs NYT, and beware scam apps.

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• Dyson CameraJet™ electric toothbrush (Ceramic pink)
• This is the future of Apple Vision Pro - YouTube
• Red Sox, Yankees get first Apple Vision Pro broadcast
• Apple’s Phil Schiller Steps Down from Running App Store and Product Events - Bloomberg
• New Apple CEO John Ternus now has his own X account - 9to5Mac
• X profile for John Ternus
• Threads, Meta’s X Competitor, Hits 500 Million Monthly Users - Forbes
• Shortcuts Share Image - Threads post from Stephen Robles
• Apple response to OpenAI | DocumentCloud
• Philips Hue adds more affordable options for syncing smart lights with your TV | The Verge
• Hands-on with Philips Hue’s new Liane 360° Rope Lights | The Verge
• Anker Unveils MindBase With Matter 1.5 and HomeKit Secure Video Support - Homekit News and Reviews
• Aqara Debuts Five Matter Smart Lights With Apple Home Support - MacRumors
• Belkin introduces its first longer-lasting semi-solid-state power banks | The Verge
• I tried Sonos Ace Ultra, and it does something your Bluetooth headphones can’t | Tom's Guide
• Sonos is ready to steal back the soundbar crown with the new Beam Ultra | Tom's Guide
• How to Use Sonos Portable Speakers as Surround Sound for Home Theater - Sonos Blog
• Nvidia is buying Hugging Face for almost $13 billion | The Verge
• Anthropic upgrades Claude with new Fable 5.1 model, details here - 9to5Mac
• Trump Administration Sides With OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Lawsuit | WIRED
• Researchers fear safety disaster ahead of OpenAI’s Astra release | The Verge
• iPhone 18 Pro pre-orders could kick off slightly later than usual - 9to5Mac
• Threads post from @caffeineandcab about the sketchy app Valid

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Is the iPad a professional tool?

Apple teases their next event, “Surprise and shine” where we’ll likely see iPhone 18 Pro and foldable iPhone Ultra, plus upgraded Mac Studio and M6 Mac mini released. Meta accepts sweeping teen restrictions in major lawsuit settlement, the OpenAI breach is scarier than we thought, and we debate what makes an app “whimsical.”

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• Jason's Article on Element Photo App
• Apple announces iPhone 18 Pro and foldable iPhone Ultra event: 'Surprise and shine' - 9to5Mac
• Apple introduces new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra - Apple
• Apple unveils a more powerful Mac mini featuring the all-new M6 and M5 Pro - Apple
• Apple Maps Ads post from Stephen Robles
• Apple Maps Ads post from Joe Rosensteel
• Apple Won't Allow These Ad Categories in the Maps App - MacRumors
• Ads on Apple Maps – Apple Ads
• Meta agrees to heavy restrictions on teen users in major lawsuit settlement | The Verge
• Our Agreement With Bipartisan Attorneys General: Calling on TikTok and YouTube to Join Us in Supporting Teens
• An Open Letter to TikTok and YouTube to Join Us in Supporting Teens
• OpenAI releases its official report on the Hugging Face breach | TechCrunch
• A turbulent AI era and critical choices to make - Gates Notes
• Netflix reportedly considers opening its app to other streamers | The Verge
• "Sandra Bullock" - SmartLess
• Sandra Bullock (@sandrabullock) • Instagram
• Mac Power Users #863: 20 Years of Things with Werner Jainek - Relay

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Apple's camera-equipped AirPods are seen in leaked footage, are they a bad idea? Anthropic reveals how Claude watermarks text (it’s not great), Robin Williams' children return to Instagram to fight AI Slop, the college tech load out, and Jason revives Aperture.

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• The HÅG Capisco Is A Great Chair For People Who Sit Weird - Aftermath
• macOS 27 Golden Gate beta 6 features redesigned traffic light window controls - 9to5Mac
• Apple's Camera-Equipped AirPods Confirmed: See Them in Action - MacRumors
• Camera-equipped AirPods reportedly won’t launch in 2026, despite demo video leak - 9to5Mac
• Apple Accidentally Leaked More Than 10 New Products in macOS Update - MacRumors
• Apple Maps opens ad booking for businesses, promotional offer available - 9to5Mac
• How Claude's text watermarking works - Anthropic
• Daring Fireball: Anthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing
• Mastodon post from Stephen Robles: "Hey Claude, never say 'opine' again, thx"
• Back to School Tech Deals 2026
• declaude: rewrite AI-flavored text as plain prose
• OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face | The Verge
• Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union - Apple
• Disney’s ABC Sues FCC Over Challenge to Its Broadcast Licenses - WSJ
• Comcast is putting motion sensing into millions of homes — using its existing Wi-Fi routers | The Verge
• Robin Williams' Kids Revive Instagram to Combat 'AI Abuse' of His Image - TheWrap
• An update to how we count public views across YouTube - YouTube Community
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People have strong feelings.

Google unveils the Pixel 11 lineup and takes on Wispr Flow dictation and computational photography, Zuck writes an AI manifesto about wanting to be with the cool kids, Claude explains how it plans to label AI-generated text, and Spotify tries to end podcasting *again*.

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• Apple Announces 3D MLB Games Coming to Vision Pro - MacRumors
• The 7 biggest announcements of Google’s Pixel 11 launch | The Verge
• Made by Google '26 - YouTube
• Google's Magic Camera - Instagram Reel
• Google aims for influencers with the Pixel 11 Creator Suite | The Verge
• Google is making the Pixel cameras better by making them worse | The Verge
• Google Unveils $29 Pixel Tag to Take On Apple's AirTag - MacRumors
• The Future is for Everyone
• How to spot AI writing
• How Claude marks AI-generated content | Claude Help Center
• Spotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool
• Spotify will label 'AI Persona' profiles and exclude their music from recommendations | TechCrunch
• OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful | The Verge
• YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money | TechCrunch
• I made the PC I couldn’t buy - YouTube

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