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March 10, 2025554: Level Zero Promise
It's been a quiet week, so John Gruber briefly joins Jason to discuss Apple's AI delay, new Macs, new iPads, and the future of Apple regulation worldwide.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Apple has 90 days to allow app sideloading in Brazil | The Verge Zero one infinity rule - Wikipedia The App Store era must end, and the Mac is the model – Six Colors Daring Fireball: Apple Is Delaying the ‘More Personalized Siri’ Apple Intelligence Features Apple delays some anticipated Apple Intelligence features – Six Colors Apple Is Delaying the ‘More Personalized Siri’ Apple Intelligence Features Daring Fireball: Simon Willison on the Privacy/Security Risks of Personalized Siri, vis-à-vis Prompt Injection Sky (blue)’s the limit: M4 MacBook Air offers lower price, improved camera, and new color – Six Colors New Mac Studio spans the generations with M4 Max, M3 Ultra chips – Six Colors Apple updates iPad Air and iPad, revamps Magic Keyboard for iPad Air – Six Colors
2 hr 28 min
March 03, 2025553: The Apple Monument
Jason and Myke figure out which five Apple products should be depicted on a (hypothetical) monument to the history of the influential tech company.
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1 hr 33 min
February 24, 2025552: Table for Six
With Myke on paternity leave, Jason welcomes Casey Liss to discuss the new iPhone 16e, iPhone 17 leaks, visionOS updates, the TRMNL, and Apple acceding to the UK government's demands while touting its investment in the United States.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Welcome Sophia! Analog(ue) - Relay Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup is looking a little Pixelated | The Verge New visionOS beta adds Apple Intelligence, Spatial Gallery, iOS apps – Six Colors Apple is removing its Advanced Data Protection feature in the UK – Six Colors iCloud data security overview - Apple Support Apple will spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years - Apple Apple accelerates US investment and job creation - Apple Apple commits $430 billion in US investments over five years - Apple Apple NC | Apple pausing plans for East Coast hub at Research Triangle Park - ABC11 Raleigh-Durham Some first thoughts about the iPhone 16e – Six Colors Apple buys Intel’s modem business for $1B – here’s why – Six Colors Apple’s C1 Modem Revealed: Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Tour - YouTube Smart Home Systems For Every Need & Budget | HomeSeer YoLink Products - Longest Range, By Far! Casey Liss: "@joesteel 🤣🤣 Truer words neve…" - Mastodon A smart E Ink calendar comes to my kitchen – Six Colors TRMNL | E-ink dashboard to stay focused GIFs, transparency, and PIL - All this
2 hr
February 17, 2025551: The Paternity Draft
It's Myke's last episode before paternity leave, so he and Jason draft Apple things they think will happen between now and his return.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback TikTok is back in the App Store | The Verge Powerbeats Pro 2 review: the workout buds to beat | The Verge Netflix says its brief Apple TV app integration was a mistake | The Verge Netflix Says Its Brief Apple TV App Integration Was a Mistake – Unauthoritative Pronouncements Bluesky: "There is no way it just accidentally happens." Tim Cook Teases an 'Apple Launch' Next Wednesday - MacRumors NFL Bluesky Accounts: Patriots Social Comments Spark X, Reddit Convos – Sportico Draft Scorecards Apple Plans to Overhaul China iPhones With AI by Middle of Year - Bloomberg Apple’s Long-Promised AI Overhaul for Siri Runs Into Bugs, Possible Delays - Bloomberg Apple Working on New 27-Inch Mini-LED Studio Display - MacRumors Apple Vision Pro: visionOS 2.4 adds Apple Intelligence, Spatial Content - Bloomberg Eve Thermo | evehome.com
1 hr 41 min
February 10, 2025550: The Tasty Part Inside Bad Bread
Is the era of tech giants allowing their customers to secure their data coming to an end? We also discuss AltStore picking a fight with Apple, and Apple's calculated response, rumors of robots, a rumor source's apology, and the future of Ted Lasso.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback The Upgrade Episode 600 Draft of the Ages Scorecard A second look at the 2024 Six Colors Report Card – Six Colors Report: Ted Lasso season 4 will focus on new AFC Richmond women’s team - 9to5Mac Apple Leaker Issues Apology: 'Profound and Expensive Mistake' - MacRumors ‘The Interview’: Ben Stiller Knows How ‘Severance’ Ends - The New York Times Apple iPhone SE Overhaul to Be Unveiled in Coming Days - Bloomberg iOS 18.4 beta with expanded Siri capabilities coming 'fairly soon' – 9to5mac One Foot Tsunami: Not So Super, Apple Apple’s friendly table lamp robot prototype – Six Colors U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts - The Washington Post UK government demands access to Apple users' encrypted data - BBC News Apple’s Invites invites you to send invitations – Six Colors Connected #538: A Future That Is Now Stuck in the Past - Relay AltStore pokes the bear – Six Colors
1 hr 43 min
February 03, 2025549: (I Don't) Grade for the World
Subtitle: The 2024 Six Colors Apple Report Card
We discuss the results of the Six Colors Apple Report Card for 2024 in depth, with our opinions on every category. Also, Apple had another record financial quarter, and there's a little bit of Rumor Roundup.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott Podcast — Apple Podcasts "Section 31" and ranking Trek movies - Vulcan Hello #92 - The Incomparable Apple Enlists Company Veteran Kim Vorrath to Help Fix AI, Siri - Bloomberg Daring Fireball: Apple Moves Kim Vorrath to Siri / Apple Intelligence Team iPhone SE 4 to Have Notch Instead of Dynamic Island - MacRumors Apple Scraps Work on Mac-Connected Augmented Reality Glasses (AAPL) - Bloomberg Apple in 2024: The Six Colors report card – Six Colors Apple’s reports record revenue for Q1 2025 (with charts) – Six Colors This is Tim (and Kevan!): Apple’s Q1 results call, transcribed – Six Colors Here’s why Tim Cook says not to worry about huge iPhone miss in China - 9to5Mac Lex.Games
1 hr 47 min
January 27, 2025548: Hunched Over the Keyboard With My Eyes Closed
TikTok troubles; Apple Intelligence to be turned on by default; the UK moves toward its own DMA; Apple leans into the smart home; and Samsung joins Apple in the chase for the ultra-thin smartphone.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Milford Sound - Wikipedia Trump signs order refusing to enforce TikTok ban for 75 days - The Verge Daring Fireball: Let’s Not Mince Words Regarding Trump’s Executive Order to Pause Enforcement of the TikTok Law... China Signals It Is Open to a Deal Keeping TikTok in U.S. - WSJ Is MrBeast Buying TikTok? Bids Swirl as Trump Vows Deal to 'Save' App – Variety Liftoff - Relay iOS 18.3 automatically enables Apple Intelligence for users, requires opt-out to disable - 9to5Mac 20 Macs #14: iBook G3 (#7) - Relay 20 Macs for 2020: #7 – iBook – Six Colors iBook - Wikipedia The iMac G4... Now M4 Powered - Action Retro - YouTube Striking 13 | Ian Dunt | Substack Report: Apple in Talks with Tencent, ByteDance for Chinese iPhone AI - MacRumors Apple Intelligence Isn't Driving iPhone Upgrades - MacRumors iOS 18.3 hints at new 'Invites' app from Apple to manage events – 9to5Mac Apple Doorbell: Company Explores Amazon Ring Competitor; AirPods Heart Rate - Bloomberg New iPhone SE 4 images reveal premium finish, colors, more - 9to5Mac iPhone SE 4 Leak Shows Dynamic Island, Casts Doubt on Rumored 'iPhone 16E' Name - MacRumors Both iPhone 17 Pro Models Rumored to Feature Three 48MP Cameras - MacRumors iPhone 17 Air leak showcases large 'camera bar' design - 9to5Mac This is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge - The Verge This is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge - The Verge I saw the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge at Unpacked — and I'm super excited and super confused | Tom's Guide OnePlus 13 Review: The Bar Has Been Set! - YouTube Here’s what Samsung’s first Android XR headset looks like in person - The Verge Apple Fitness Plus and Strava collaborate with a new integration - The Verge Rumor: Apple developing 90Hz display tech for iPad Air, Studio Display, and iMac - 9to5Mac Superwhisper Testing superwhisper - MacSparky
1 hr 26 min
January 20, 2025547: Figure Out and Find Out
Summing up Apple's devil's bargain when it comes to AI features; what TikTok says about the chaotic future of tech regulation; Apple TV+ in the era of "Severance" and "Silo."
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback The Flop House iOS 18.3 makes 5 changes to Apple Intelligence notification summaries - 9to5Mac Apple Intelligence: iPhone AI news alerts halted after errors - BBC News Joanna Stern on Notification Summaries Apple’s historic successes have bred its recent failures – Six Colors TikTok is partially back online in the US, but it’s not back in the App Store yet - The Verge Daring Fireball: BrikTok About availability of TikTok and ByteDance Ltd. apps in the United States - Apple Support Marvel Snap gets surprise US suspension as stateside TikTok ban takes effect | Eurogamer.net Apple TV+ Has Big Day With 'Severance' Return and 'Silo' Season Finale - MacRumors Severance — Inside the Grand Central Terminal Pop-Up | Apple TV+ - YouTube Lumon Takes Grand Central - by Parker Ortolani Brandon's list of our 'The Rest is History' recommendations Apple's Redesigned Mail App is Expanding to the Mac — Here's When - MacRumors Nintendo Switch 2 to be released in 2025 - News - Nintendo Official Site Downlink 20 Macs #12: iMac G4 (#9) - Relay
1 hr 33 min
January 13, 2025546: Headline Snob
Bonnets off to the BBC, the trouble with headlines, Socrates on mountain skis, some slight existential dread about Mac software, irrational love of old computers, Apple's smart home strategy for 2025, and the long wait for some AI features.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Connected #534: The Rickies (January 2025) - Relay Apple Intelligence summaries might get warning labels. That’s not enough. – Six Colors LLMs aren’t always bad at writing news headlines – Six Colors Artifact’s killer feature was rewriting bad headlines – Six Colors Fires Deal Another Blow to Reeling Entertainment Industry, City - Bloomberg Report: Apple’s US chip manufacturing grows by adding Apple Watch S9 SiP - 9to5Mac How TSMC’s Arizona Chip Plant Seeded a Tiny Taipei in the Desert - The New York Times Apple Intelligence | Imagine it. Genmoji it. | iPhone 16 - YouTube After 30 years, Script Debugger is being retired – Six Colors Upgrade #338: Loved by Podcasters the World Over - Relay The mortality of software – Six Colors Apple 2025 Plans: iPhone 17, Smart Home Hub, iOS 19, AI, Apple Watch, iPads, M5 - Bloomberg The MacBook Air’s wedge is truly gone — and I miss it already - The Verge Apple Watch | Quit Quitting | Apple - YouTube WHOOP Kuo: Ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air will be just 5.5mm at thinnest point - 9to5Mac
1 hr 36 min
January 06, 2025545: The Bee Bonnet Company
A new year dawns! We consider what it has in store for Apple and why the company's A.I. features need to be judged critically. Then we turn back the clock to 2000 and consider the moment when Mac OS X changed everything.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback The Rest Is History Apple Stops Selling iPhone 14 and iPhone SE in More EU Countries - MacRumors Apple Intelligence falsely claimed Luke Littler had already won - BBC News Jason's post on Bluesky 2025 will be the year of Apple Intelligence (again) | Macworld Vision D’oh: The "Fun" Problem Facing Apple’s VR Ambitions – Julia Alexander Apple, Google, and Samsung will accept Matter certification of smart home products - The Verge 25 years since the Dock’s debut – Six Colors 25 years on, Mac OS X continues to be Apple’s standard bearer – Six Colors Looking back 25 years later, even Steve was wrong about Mac OS X | Macworld Macworld 2000 Keynote - YouTube Hypercritical: SwitchGlass
1 hr 37 min

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Upgrade looks at how technology shapes our lives, from the devices in our hands and pockets to the streaming services that keep us entertained. Hosted by Jason Snell and Myke Hurley.

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