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Jason hacks an airport, and other things related to Texas.

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Super Bowl AI ads are probably why RAM is so expensive, ChatGPT ads are here, Apple’s Siri update with Gemini is delayed “again,” Ferrari’s first EV with Jony Ive-designed interior, and a wild  Vision Pro experiment.

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• Stephen's Vision Pro Experiment - YouTube
• An app developer is suing Apple for Sherlocking it with Continuity Camera | The Verge
• Ben Affleck & Jennifer Aniston Star In 'Good Will Dunkin’ Super Bowl Ad - YouTube
• Jurassic Park... Works | Big Game Commercial 2026 | Xfinity - YouTube
• Artlist’s Official Big Game Commercial 2026 - YouTube
• YouTube TV Gets Cheaper Sports, News, and Entertainment Bundles - MacRumors
• ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads | The Verge
• Here are the brands bringing ads to ChatGPT | The Verge
• iOS 26.3 has fixes for 35+ security issues on iPhone, details here - 9to5Mac
• Apple’s iOS 26.4 Siri Update Runs Into Snags in Internal Testing; iOS 26.5, 27 - Bloomberg
• Daring Fireball: Apple Is Delaying the ‘More Personalized Siri’ Apple Intelligence Features
• Apple picks Google's Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year
• BlastDoor for Messages and IDS - Apple Support
• Apple Acquires 'Severance', Eyes Season 3 Start and Season 4 (Exclusive)
• Ferrari’s first EV will have an interior designed by Jony Ive | The Verge
• Google Photos brings 'Create with AI' templates to iPhone
• OpenAI's Jony Ive-Designed Device Delayed to 2027 - MacRumors
• AirDrop-Quick Share Interoperability Expanding to More Android Phones - MacRumors
• Meta launches AI algorithm personalization feature for Threads
• TikTok launches an opt-in Local Feed in the US leveraging users' precise location | TechCrunch
• Coinbase rolls out AI tool to 'give any agent a wallet' | The Block

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We almost fight in this one.

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Apple shatters revenue records, Tim Cook teases new innovations coming this year, Walmart hits $1T market cap, everyone’s still pouring money into AI, and OpenClaw’s “skills” have serious security concerns.

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• Mac Power Users - Relay
• Apple announces all-time record in revenue, iPhone sales – Six Colors
• While Everyone Else Tries to Replace the iPhone, Apple Just Had Its Best Quarter Ever
• New Mac configurator may point to separate CPU and GPU options - 9to5Mac
• Tim Cook hints at ‘never been seen’ innovations coming this year - 9to5Mac
• Meta (META) Q4 2025 earnings
• 185 Billion Reasons Google Isn’t Worried AI Will Kill Search
• Google's subscriptions rise in Q4 as YouTube pulls $60B in yearly revenue | TechCrunch
• It Took 64 Years to Build Walmart. It Took 3 Years to Turn It Into a $1 Trillion Tech Company
• Xcode moves into agentic coding with deeper OpenAI and Anthropic integrations | TechCrunch
• OpenClaw’s AI ‘skill’ extensions are a security nightmare | The Verge
• Humans are infiltrating the social network for AI bots | The Verge
• Anthropic's 'Dishonest' Ads Clearly Struck a Nerve With Sam Altman
• Expect more upsells and subscription bundles from Apple, Creator Studio was just the start - 9to5Mac
• Now anyone can tap Ring doorbells to search for lost dogs | The Verge
• AirTag 2 Has Wild Range! #tech #airtag - YouTube
• Google announces Pixel 10a with completely flat camera
• Alexa Plus is now available to everyone in the US | The Verge
• Apple Sports for iPhone updated with PGA, LPGA, and more - 9to5Mac
• The SpaceX-xAI Merger Isn't About Data Centers in Space. It's About Bailing Out Musk's Biggest Gamble
• Shortcuts Team Lead Hiring
• Gemini Mac App Tweet

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In hopes to avoid future regret.

Creator Studio is out and the rollout was rough. We review it, plus AirTag 2 launch, Tesla ends production of Model S and X, Gemini keeps beating ChatGPT, Sonos finally released new hardware, Apple Invites might be bad, and is TikTok dying?

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• I Tested Apple’s New Creator Studio for 2 Weeks - YouTube
• Apple’s Rumored AI Pin Forces a Simple Question: What Do People Actually Want?
• Apple’s Creator Studio Isn’t an Adobe Killer. It’s Something Else Entirely
• Apple introduces new AirTag with expanded range and improved findability - Apple
• A brief note about one more AirTag 2 difference - 9to5Mac
• Sebastiaan de With on Bluesky
• @stroughtonsmith - Mastodon
• Tesla Finally Announced the End of an Era
• I Bought an 11-Year-Old Tesla in 2024 — Worth It? - YouTube
• Apple Signs Deal for Brandon Sanderson's 'Cosmere' Universe Movies and TV Shows - MacRumors
• Google adds Gemini AI-powered ‘auto browse’ to Chrome | The Verge
• Moltbot (Formerly Clawdbot) Showed Me What the Future of Personal AI Assistants Looks Like - MacStories
• Sonos unveils its first new hardware product in over a year - 9to5Mac
• OpenAI is working out how much to charge for ChatGPT ads | The Verge
• TikTok Faces Outage and Censorship Concerns Days After U.S. Ownership Deal Closes - MacRumors
• Disgruntled TikTok Users Turn To UpScrolled—Which Outranks TikTok On App Store

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Jason has inside info on Startbucks’ new rewards program, and Stephen brags about one place he’s a premiere customer.

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Apple is rumored to overhaul Siri with a chatbot in iOS 27, and they’re working on an AI Pin, OpenAI said a hardware unveiling should happen this year, YouTubers will be able to create Shorts using AI-generated versions of themselves, and Stephen finally figured out Claude Code.

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• Apple reportedly replacing Siri interface with actual chatbot experience for iOS 27 - 9to5Mac
• iOS 27: Apple (AAPL) to Revamp Siri as Built-In iPhone, Mac Chatbot - Bloomberg
• Apple Spent Years Downplaying AI Chatbots. Now Siri Is Becoming One
• Apple Explores Using Google Gemini AI to Power Revamped Siri - Bloomberg
• Google X Apple Gemini Statement
• Apple Developing AirTag-Sized AI Pin With Dual Cameras - MacRumors
• OpenAI aims to debut first device in 2026, exec tells Axios
• Apple AI Pin Joke Announcement
• Samsung Galaxy S26 battery pack leak points to Qi2 charging support | The Verge
• YouTube CEO Neal Mohan Addresses AI Slop in 2026 Letter to Creators
• YouTubers will be able to make Shorts with their own AI likenesses | The Verge
• Cover your eyes: Netflix vertical video is coming this year - 9to5Mac
• Netflix revises Warner Bros. bid to an all-cash offer | The Verge
• Threads overtakes X on mobile, but still lags far behind | The Verge
• Threads rolls out ads to all users worldwide | TechCrunch
• Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL | The Verge
• How ChatGPT Became My Most Useful Creative Tool

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Which is the best AI app for web search, summarizing, and should you stick with one long-term for context and history?

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Google’s Gemini will officially power Apple Intelligence features, Apple Creator Studio adds new subscription pricing for Apple’s Pro Apps and iWork suite, ChatGPT integrating with Apple Health, and Digg is back!

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Links from the show

• Creative Effort - Podcast - Apple Podcasts
• Apple picks Google's Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year
• With Its Google Gemini Deal, Apple Just Made Its Most Intelligent Move Yet
• Apple will pay billions for Gemini after OpenAI declined
• What Will Jony Ive's OpenAI Device Be? Our Roundup of Best Guesses - Business Insider
• Gemini's new Personal Intelligence will look through your emails and photos - if you let it | ZDNET
• Apple Health integration launches in new ‘ChatGPT Health’ feature - 9to5Mac
• ChatGPT Translate
• Introducing Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of creative apps - Apple
• Some Apple Apps Will No Longer Receive Every New Feature Without a Subscription - MacRumors
• Verizon outage: With service restored, here's everything that's happened so far | TechRadar
• 2026 May Be the Year of the Mega I.P.O. - The New York Times
• Verizon to stop automatic unlocking of phones as FCC ends 60-day unlock rule - Ars Technica
• X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t | The Verge
• TSMC extends record quarter, profit jumps 35% on robust AI chip demand
• Alphabet hits $4 trillion market capitalization 
• Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public | TechCrunch
• Shortcuts Community | Digg | Digg
• Netflix’s first original podcasts star Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin | The Verge
• Nissan is among the first to offer magnetic phone chargers in the US | The Verge
• CARROT Weather for iOS and Android
• Apple: You (Still) Don’t Understand the Vision Pro – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

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