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May 08, 2025John Gruber on AI Replacing iPhone in 10 Years, Google vs AI Search in Safari, and Siri at WWDC
Special guest John Gruber joins us to break down Eddy Cue’s statements on AI replacing the iPhone in 10 years, using AI search in Safari, Apple’s continued fight for App Store control, and what we’ll hear about Siri and Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2025.
Bonus Episode: John Gruber on iPhone battery percentage, macOS Dock placement, and most importantly, Pencil direction. Listen here!
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Links from the show
John Gruber at Daring Fireball
Apple's Eddy Cue: AI Could Replace iPhone in 10 Years - MacRumors
Apple is looking at adding Perplexity and other AI search engines to Safari | The Verge
Apple Q2 2025 results and charts: $95.4B revenue – Six Colors
Apple Asks Court to Pause Order that Would Upend Its US App Store Business - Bloomberg
Amazon now has a ‘Get book’ button in its iOS Kindle app | The Verge
Spotify Updates iPhone App With Out-of-App Payment Options in U.S. - MacRumors
Patreon will update its iPhone app to sidestep Apple’s payment system | The Verge
Perplexity Made the Siri Apple Promised - YouTube
Man killed in Valley road rage shooting provides own impact statement through AI
How Tech Can Bring Our Loved Ones to Life After They Die | WSJ - YouTube
Lego Built 10 Life-Size F1 Cars. Then Drivers Took Them for a Lap at the Miami Grand Prix
(00:00) - Intro
(02:02) - Quark Throwback
(03:18) - Eddy Cue at Google Trial
(09:01) - AI Search in Safari
(15:35) - Siri as Apple's Search Engine
(26:54) - Apple Losing App Store Control
(41:03) - Apple Intelligence at WWDC
(01:00:53) - 3rd Party AI Assistants
(01:04:17) - AI in the Courtroom
(01:22:12) - Jason Went to an F1 Race
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1 hr 26 min
May 01, 2025Apple Broke the Law, I Was Deepfaked, and Even the Beach Has Ads
Epic Games got a huge win against Apple, what it means for the App Store and Tim Cook’s leadership, Meta's new Llama 4 AI chat app for iOS, Take It Down Act tries to tackle deepfakes, and Amazon refurb iPhones may be a scam.
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Bonus Episode: Stephen’s Top Secret Trip, Listen here!
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Links from the show
A judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App Store | The Verge
Tim Sweeny’s Victory Lap
Epic win: Apple forced to give developers (almost) free reign to link out and avoid paying Apple's 30% cut - 9to5Mac
Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers - Practicalities of Modern Patent Litigation Conference Practicalities of Modern Patent Litigation Conference
Daring Fireball: Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers Rules, in Excoriating Decision, That Apple Violated Her 2021 Court Order Regarding App Store Anti-Steering Provisions
ChatGPT is getting better for shopping | The Verge
OpenAI says its GPT-4o update could be ‘uncomfortable, unsettling, and cause distress’ | The Verge
Meta launches standalone AI chat app based on Llama 4 for iPhone and iPad - 9to5Mac
Mark Zuckerberg is planning a premium tier and ads for Meta’s AI app | The Verge
‎Snapshot on Apple
Amazon Considered Displaying Tariff Charges on Its Ultracheap ‘Haul’ Site - WSJ
Congress passes Take It Down Act to fight deepfake nudes, revenge porn - The Washington Post
Raycast for iOS
Why the lettering on Pope Francis's tomb looks so bad - Fast Company
Accessibility - Apple
(00:00) - Intro
(03:16) - Apple Broke the Law
(05:44) - Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers
(09:04) - Epic v Apple Trial
(13:38) - Cook Chose Poorly
(15:45) - Apple VP LIED Under Oath
(20:26) - Phil Schiller Voice of Reason
(31:27) - What It Means for Apple
(37:31) - ChatGPT Shopping
(40:08) - Meta’s AI App
(41:50) - Even the Beach Has Ads
(44:46) - Apple Snapshot
(47:56) - Amazon Tariff Pricing
(50:46) - I Was Deepfaked
(58:31) - Raycast iPhone App
(01:00:00) - The Pope's Kerning
(01:02:07) - Stephen Bought a Thing...
(01:05:04) - Amazon Refurb Scam
(01:08:29) - Apple Accessibility is Really Good
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1 hr 20 min
April 24, 2025Apple’s Siri Just Lost to Perplexity, iPhone 17 Air Looks Real, Apple Watch 10th Birthday
Perplexity voice assistant can now interact with your iPhone, and it’s better than Siri, iPhone 17 Air models reveal an ultra-slim design, Google loses two trials and what it means for Chrome, Search and OpenAI, plus Apple Watch celebrates 10 years since launch.
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Links from the show
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders: everything you need to know to nab one | The Verge
OpenPin Hub
Perplexity Voice AI
Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine | WIRED
Apple’s New Siri Chief Mike Rockwell Overhauls Management to Start Turnaround - Bloomberg
Apple Intelligence | Clean Up Photos: Flex | iPhone 16 - YouTube
Low Glare | Mac does that | Apple - YouTube
iPhone 17 Air's Extreme Thinness Demoed in New Video - MacRumors
Apple Sports scores another win with new Game Card Sharing feature
Ads are rolling out more broadly on Threads today, and our goal is still for them to enhance your overall experience. We’re closely monitoring and will continue listening to your feedback as we scale.
Instagram Launches 'Edits' App to Replace CapCut - MacRumors
Google’s antitrust trial begins with a fight over Chrome, money, and AI | The Verge
Sam Altman Just Trolled Everyone, and It’s The Smartest Idea I’ve Seen Yet
Apple fined 500 million euros by EU under the Digital Markets Act, forced to make changes to App Store policies - 9to5Mac
Did Tim Cook finagle a special tariff deal? Senator Warren wants to know | The Verge
Bluesky launches blue check verification | TechCrunch
Review: Apple Watch is beautiful, but rough around the edges | AppleInsider
Apple Watch Series 7 review: Bigger than you think | AppleInsider
(00:00) - Intro
(02:54) - Switch 2 Pre-Order Chaos
(11:25) - Membership Poll!
(13:49) - Humane Ai Pin LIVES
(15:55) - Perplexity Just Beat Siri
(21:07) - Plagiarism and Perplexity
(26:21) - Shifts in Apple's Siri Team
(31:00) - Weird Apple Intelligence Ads
(34:10) - Sponsor: Insta360
(36:40) - Sponsor: Notion
(38:30) - iPhone 17 Air
(44:18) - Apple Sports App
(49:35) - Threads Got Ads
(50:42) - Instagram Edits App
(53:16) - Google Lost in Court, Now What?
(01:01:21) - EU Fines Apple $500M
(01:04:30) - Tim Cook Jukes Tariffs
(01:05:53) - Bluesky Blue Checks
(01:12:24) - Watch Turns 10
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1 hr 23 min
April 17, 2025OpenAI Social Network, iPadOS 19 to FINALLY Transform iPad, Apple Ads Are Getting Weird
What could an OpenAI social network look like, ChatGPT 4.1 launched, iPadOS 19 is supposedly going to be more Mac-like (is that even a good thing?), Apple Ads are getting wild, and Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta against the FTC.
Bonus Episode: Aliens and Newspapers. Listen here!
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Links from the show
OpenAI is building a social network | The Verge
OpenAI debuts its GPT-4.1 flagship AI model | The Verge
ChatGPT can now remember and reference all your previous chats - Ars Technica
Anthropic is reportedly launching a voice AI you can speak to | The Verge
Google rolls out its AI video generator to Gemini Advanced subscribers | The Verge
I Tested AirPods Max Lossless Audio Blindfolded - Is it Actually Better? - YouTube
Low Glare | Mac does that | Apple - YouTube
Apple rebrands Search Ads business as 'Apple Ads' - 9to5Mac
Extended Access Management – Product | 1Password
Report: iPadOS 19 to be 'more like macOS' in major overhaul - 9to5Mac
Report Reveals Internal Chaos Behind Apple's Siri Failure - MacRumors
Smartphones and computers are now exempt from Trump’s latest tariffs | CNN Business
Meta’s Antitrust Trial Begins as FTC Argues Company Built Social Media Monopoly - The New York Times
FTC presses Zuckerberg to admit he wanted to "neutralize" Instagram app - The Washington Post
Meta’s antitrust trial slide redactions aren’t actually hiding anything | The Verge
Mark Zuckerberg tells court that Meta made WhatsApp, Instagram better | The Verge
Zoom’s Response to Its Major Outage Is the 1 Thing No Company Should Ever Do
Notion Mail
(00:00) - Intro
(03:55) - Current Phone Case
(06:41) - OpenAI Social Network
(15:55) - ChatGPT 4.1 Launch
(18:06) - Claude Voice AI
(19:00) - Gemini Video Generator
(20:45) - AirPods Max Lossless
(23:07) - Apple Ads Getting Weird
(33:19) - Sponsor: 1Password
(35:10) - iPadOS 19 Like Mac?
(47:39) - Apple Intelligence + Siri Fiasco
(57:32) - Tariffs, Blackout, Giant Squid
(01:01:10) - Meta vs FTC
(01:09:23) - Notion Mail
(01:12:02) - ChatGPT IRL
(01:15:45) - Find My Undefeated
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1 hr 22 min
April 10, 2025iPhone 17 Pro Leak, 15 Years of iPad, Shopify Requiring Staff to Use AI, How Tariffs Will Affect Apple Pricing
A leaked iPhone 17 Pro case reveals a massive camera bump, Shopify's AI-focused hiring strategy, How tariffs will affect Apple’s pricing, and we get nostalgic looking back at 50 years of Microsoft.
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Links from the show
Scary Numbers Severance Inspired Merch - Basic Apple Guy
Emergency SOS on Apple Watch | Rick’s Rescue | Apple - YouTube
Leaked iPhone 17 Pro Cases Show Huge Cutout for New Camera Bump - MacRumors
Instagram’s Mosseri Positions App for TikTok Turmoil — The Information
Shopify Says No New Hires Unless AI Can’t Do the Job - WSJ
Meta gets caught gaming AI benchmarks with Llama 4 | The Verge
Anthropic steps up OpenAI competition with Max subscription for Claude
Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns | The Verge
Report: Apple Airlifted Premium Devices to US to Beat Tariff Deadline - MacRumors
Apple iPhone Shipment Math
Trump extends TikTok deadline for the second time
Apple Customers Dash to Stores to Buy iPhones Ahead of Tariffs - Bloomberg
Apple reports record revenue for Q1 2025 (with charts) - Six Colors
The 50 best things Microsoft has ever made | The Verge
Dell Venue Pro out does HTC, gets updated to 7.8 | Windows Central
Windows Phone 7 Launch Event - YouTube
I Have 20 Years of Digital Files. What Do I Do With Them? - WSJ
(00:00) - Intro
(03:34) - Old Tech
(06:13) - Watch Survivor Story
(07:19) - TV+ The Studio
(09:49) - iPhone 17 Pro Case Leak
(11:47) - Instagram iPad App
(13:26) - iPad Turns 15
(17:17) - Shopify Requiring AI Use
(26:30) - Meta Gaming AI Results
(29:34) - Stephen's Instagram Debacle
(34:57) - Anthropic's $200 Plan
(39:58) - Tariff Time
(42:52) - Apple's Tariff Strategy
(54:44) - 50 Years of Microsoft
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1 hr 7 min
April 03, 2025Nintendo Switch 2 Specs and Pre-Order, iOS 18.4 Features, Amazon Bids to Acquire TikTok
Nintendo Switch 2 details plus the elaborate pre-order process, iOS 18.4 is out with new features, new podcast app, tariffs and tech, Amazon bids to aquire TikTok, and Stephen takes issues with Jason’s travel tech recommendations.

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Links from the show
Review: I Expected the Sigma BF Camera to Be Ridiculous. It Is Surprisingly Good
Sofa Podcast Player - Sofa
15 NEW iOS 18.4 Features
With iOS 18.4, Apple Quietly Introduced 1 of Its Best Features Yet
The Annoying Bug Making Apple Users Very Angry
Nintendo Switch 2 specs: 1080p 120Hz display, 4K dock, mouse mode, and more | The Verge
Nintendo Switch 2 Accessories
4 Leadership Lessons from the Book Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want You to Read
Donald Trump announces tariffs that could raise the price of almost everything you buy | The Verge
Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S. - The New York Times
ChatGPT is turning everything into Studio Ghibli art | The Verge
11 Travel Tech Gear Essentials and Accessories
The Better Anker MagSafe Battery
(00:00) - Intro
(06:45) - Sigma BF Camera
(09:37) - Sofa App Adds Podcasts
(11:09) - iOS 18.4 Features
(13:56) - Mac Setup from iPhone
(18:16) - The WORST Bug
(21:43) - Nintendo Switch 2
(26:03) - 4 Lessons from Meta
(26:38) - Sponsor: Notion
(28:29) - Tariffs and Tech
(34:43) - Amazin Bids for TikTok
(41:09) - xAI Acquires X
(45:58) - Jason's Travel Tech
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56 min
March 27, 2025WWDC 2025 + iOS 19, Apple’s Siri Shakeup, OpenAI Raising $40B, and THAT Signal Group Chat
Apple is shifting its exec team to hopefully fix Siri and Apple Intelligence failings, OpenAI's major funding news and new image generator, iOS 19 to bring visionOS-like redesign to iPhone, Meta’s tell-all book, and a brief history of our websites.
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Links from the show
Behind the Mac: Editing Severance | Apple - YouTube
Mac - Lumon Terminal Pro - Apple
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference returns the week of June 9 - Apple
Apple Vision Pro Chief Mike Rockwell Named Siri Head; Giannandrea Keeps AI Role - Bloomberg
Lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio come to AirPods Max - Apple
iOS 18.4 Release Candidate comes bundled with over 50 new changes and features [Video] - 9to5Mac
OpenAI Image Generation with 4o
OpenAI Close to Finalizing $40 Billion SoftBank-Led Funding - Bloomberg
Meta scrambled to silence a tell-all book. Now it’s a bestseller. - The Washington Post
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal - The Atlantic
Signal, WhatsApp, and iMessage: Which Messaging App Is Most Secure?
Introducing iOS 19 | Exclusive First Look - YouTube
Gurman: Jon Prosser's iOS 19 Mockups 'Aren't Representative' of Redesign - MacRumors
8K video recording on the iPhone 17 backed by leaker - 9to5Mac
Apple (AAPL) Explores Turning Watches Into Wearable AI Devices with Cameras - Bloomberg
Why 23andMe failed to innovate in drugs and health care despite a DNA trove - The Washington Post
Welcome to iWeb
The Best Website Builder for Mac - RapidWeaver Classic
Jason's Website
Stephen's Website
(00:00) - Intro
(02:51) - Severance BTS Video
(06:52) - WWDC 2025
(07:45) - Siri Team Shakeup
(13:56) - AirPods Max Update
(17:12) - iOS 18.4 Features
(20:03) - ChatGPT 4o Images
(22:06) - OpenAI's $40B Funding
(24:58) - Meta Tell-All Book
(30:10) - Don't Use Signal For War Planning
(41:32) - iOS 19 Design Rumors
(48:17) - Thunderbolt Round
(51:25) - Our Personal Site History
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1 hr 8 min
March 20, 2025Alexa Will Send Your Recordings to Amazon, M4 MacBook Air vs M4 Pro, Pebble Smart Watches, Pixel 9a Loses Camera Bump
We compare the new M4 MacBook Air to the current M4 Pro MacBook Pro, Google announces Pixel 9a that reverses the camera bump trend, Pebble announces new smart watches, and are your devices really listening to you all the time?
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Links from the show
M4 MacBook Air vs M3 Pro MacBook Pro – Worth the Trade? - YouTube
Apple 14-inch MacBook Pro M4 Pro - B&H Photo
M4 MacBook Air [Affiliate Link]
Pixel 9a: The latest A-series phone with Google AI smarts at an unbeatable value
Google Pixel 9A Impressions: One Great Spec! - YouTube
Apple’s C1 outperforms iPhone 16 with Qualcomm in most benchmarks - 9to5Mac
Get your new PebbleOS watch
Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones
Europe is trying to get non-Apple smartwatches to work better with iPhones | The Verge
Amazon Is Killing Its Most Important Privacy Option. It All Starts This Month
Apple Burns Down Its Benefit of the Doubt
First look at iPhone 17 Air case shows large camera bar cutout - 9to5Mac
iPhone 17 Pro Max Rumors Allegedly Refer to 'iPhone 17 Ultra' Model - MacRumors
Apple will launch new ‘homeOS’ this year, here’s what’s coming - 9to5Mac
Important 2025 Plex Updates | Plex
(00:00) - Intro
(06:31) - Old Tech: iPhone Collection
(07:56) - M4 MacBook Air
(11:29) - M4 Pro MacBook vs M4 Air
(17:03) - Pixel 9a Announced
(19:37) - Apple's C1 Chip
(20:25) - Pebble Watch Announced
(25:22) - Apple and Smart Watches
(29:44) - Sponsor: 1Password
(31:24) - Migration vs Fresh Start Mac
(37:01) - Alexa Recordings Sent To Amazon
(42:20) - Are Devices Listening All The Time?
(52:36) - Apple and Trust
(59:07) - iPhone 17 Rumors
(59:53) - HomeOS Coming
(01:00:52) - Plex Raising Prices
(01:02:46) - macOS App Dots
(01:04:54) - iPhone Backs vs Cases
(01:07:00) - Stephen's Problem
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1 hr 12 min
March 13, 2025Apple’s BROKEN AI Promise, M4 MacBook Air Review, iOS 19 Redesign
We have M4 MacBook Airs in-hand, we review and compare to MacBook Pro, Mac Studio M3 Ultra reviews are out, iOS 19 may bring a massive redesign across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, plus, Apple Intelligence Siri features are officially delayed - did Apple break it’s promise?

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⭐️ iOS 19 Concept imagery from MacRumors
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Links from the show
M3 Ultra Mac Studio Review | Tests, Comparisons - YouTube
M3 Ultra Mac Studio: Tested for Creative Pros - YouTube
Apple Mac Studio (M3 Ultra) first look: a weekend with an $8,000 powerhouse | The Verge
The M3 iPad Air Is Unsurprisingly Good
Hands on With the M4 MacBook Air: It’s Delightful
iOS 19 Redesign Now Widely Rumored - MacRumors
Sonos has canceled its streaming video player | The Verge
Daring Fireball: Apple Is Delaying the ‘More Personalized Siri’ Apple Intelligence Features
Apple adds new disclaimer on its website advertising delayed AI Siri features - 9to5Mac
Daring Fireball: Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino
The 1 Thing Apple Needs to Get Right in 2025 Has Nothing to Do with the Next iPhone
Pocket Casts web, Mac, and Windows apps are now free to access
Just opened the Files app and saw this harrowing message.
Tim Chaten - Mastodon
(00:00) - Intro
(03:08) - Old Tech
(06:00) - M3 Ultra Mac Studio
(07:31) - M3 iPad Air
(10:46) - M4 MacBook Air Review
(30:35) - iOS 19 Redesign
(36:40) - Sonos Streaming Box
(38:39) - Sponsor: Green Chef
(42:22) - Apple Intelligence Siri Delay
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March 06, 2025New M4 MacBook Air, Mac Studio M4 Max vs M3 Ultra, is Mac Pro DEAD?
Apple announced a new M3 iPad Air, base model iPad which may be the best deal of the week, except for the new M4 MacBook Air, and we compare the M3 Ultra vs M4 Max! Also, is Safari browser acting a little weird for you too?
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Tim Cook announces iPad Air on X
Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new Magic Keyboard
Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with the M4 chip and a sky blue color - Apple
5 Things You Should Know About Apple’s New M4 MacBook Air and Mac Studio
Apple unveils new Mac Studio, the most powerful Mac ever - Apple
Apple announces M3 Ultra—and says not every generation will see an “Ultra” chip - Ars Technica
Disney’s Apology for Cutting Off the Oscars Before the Biggest Awards Missed the Most Important Point
Best Buy and Target CEOs say prices are about to go up because of tariffs | The Verge
After 21 Years, Microsoft Is Shutting Down Skype. It’s Truly the End of an Era
Apple reportedly challenges the UK’s secretive encryption crackdown | The Verge
(00:00) - Intro
(03:20) - Old Tech
(05:41) - Why No Apple Event?
(11:35) - M3 iPad Air
(13:38) - Base Model iPad
(17:54) - M4 MacBook Air
(30:13) - Sponsor: 1Password
(32:13) - 2025 Mac Studio
(43:02) - M3 Ultra vs M4 Max
(45:11) - Is Mac Pro Dead?
(52:04) - WWDC and Apple Displays
(01:01:04) - Skype In Memorium
(01:03:47) - Apple vs UK Privacy Battle
(01:05:47) - Safari Is Being Weird
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