From The iTunes Fanboy’s frustration with the Subway app making his subs cost $4 more to the 2026 Mac mini, the 2026 Mac Studio, the 2nd-generation Polishing Cloth, Apple cancelling their plans to put Hide My Email addresses under an identifiable subdomain, Cloudfare banning AI crawlers, why rap is not music, the latest news with Flock and Axon cameras, the Morelle MV1, Samsung’s first 300 hertz displays for laptops, the stupidity of Comcast turning Wi-Fi routers into “motion sensors,” our closest IKEA stores, a gray market developing in the U.S. for DJI products, the iPhone Ultra lacking MagSafe and Face ID, and more, this is TIFP episode 148!

From the arrival of Alpha DeWolf’s new Bambu Labs dual nozzle 3D printer to the Apple Threat Notification, AI BS, Lucid’s current state, Alpha DeWolf’s dad’s new 1997 Ford F-250, and more, this is TIFP episode 147!

From updates on water getting into The iTunes Fanboy’s car to Alpha DeWolf’s latest purchases, his latest Idiot Award Nominations, the YouTube Partner Program mandating double the watch hours for eligibility, SpaceX’s possible cellular carrier, the Pixel 11, Micron no longer honoring warranties besides refunding original purchase prices, 3D printing, flock cameras, the AMG logo in some Mercedes vehicles effectively branding drivers’ backs, and more, this is TIFP episode 146!

From Alpha DeWolf’s latest car trouble to The iTunes Fanboy’s new devices, our latest Idiot Award nominations, Apple Upgrade, OpenAI’s statement regarding their lawsuit against Apple, the FCC banning foreign robots, Google discontinuing Google Assistant for mobile devices, the latest Windows update, Framework not fulfilling orders, Logitech making all their mice have user-replaceable batteries only in the EU, the Ferrari Luce selling out of its 2026 allocation, BMW placing full-screen ads on their cars’ infotainment systems, our fridges, traveling to Europe, and more, this is TIFP episode 145!

From the start of Alpha DeWolf’s Linux challenge to lawsuits with YouTube and Amazon, bills higher than $100, Samsung’s new folding phones, Elon Musk’s quiet purchase of a gas turbine company to power Grok, how privacy is a fundamental human right, Tesla’s new balance bike for 2-5 year old kids, how amazing on the job training is, The iTunes Fanboy’s future server, how annoying people and businesses not responding to texts and calls is, Alpha DeWolf’s new blue Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and a numeric keypad, and more, this is TIFP episode 144!

From Alpha DeWolf’s struggle with the smoke from the Canadian wildfires of 2026 to Apple suing OpenAI for stealing trade secrets; Apple building a factory in Fort Collins, CO; Netflix disclosing that generative AI was used at some point if producing around 300 TV shows; Samsung overtaking Nvidia as the world’s most valuable firm; Georgia Utility displacing people from their homes to run power lines for AI data centers; hard drive cartel lawsuits; Lucid delivering a cease and desist order to EV Carba; Apple testing CMXT RAM for Chinese iPhones and lobbying the U.S. government to permit its global use; the HomePod; where smart home accessories make sense; and more; this is TIFP episode 143!

From The iTunes Fanboy’s trouble with tires to the Idiot Award, Apple’s baseband debacle with legacy devices, AOC calling Congress to break up Apple following price increases, Tata’s data breach for the iPhone 18 Pro, Fiat’s Topplino EV, how bad Stellantis’ products are compared to Nissan’s, Alpha DeWolf’s “new” mower, his plans to convert a 2016-2018 GMC Sierra into an EV, and more, this is TIFP episode 142!

From the RAMpocolypse and how it specifically caused Apple to hike prices on several of their devices, the Steam Machine’s high price, and the price hikes of the new Microsoft Surface laptops; to Netgear’s exemption from the U.S. router ban; Snapchat’s stock dropping by 9% following their announcement of their Specs AR glasses; Noctua entering the space of water coolers for PCs; Fox’s acquisition of Roku; Alpha DeWolf’s TV setups; watching YouTube at school; Polestar’s departure of the American market; the new 2027 Chevy Silverado design; Lucid’s top engineer Emad Dlala departing; and more; this is TIFP episode 141!

From Tabbycat406’s return to WWDC26, how their Apple Watches hold up, Jony Ive’s design philosophy, Tabbycat406’s new wheels on his Volkswagen Golf GTI, and more, this is TIFP episode 140!

From this episode marking the end of TIFP season 5 to Alpha DeWolf’s issues sending his taxes, iOS 26.6 beta 1 introducing a limit for blocked contact, Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary claiming that people spend too much money on Macs when PCs can be bought for $350, ditching AI, scams, both Plex Pass and the Steam Deck receiving steep price hikes, the Ferrari Luce, iPhone 20 rumors, when we will give our children their first devices, rumors of Nvidia offering an opt-in program to put data centers in people’s front lawns, and more, this is TIFP episode 138!