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- 574: The Shame Box
It's Public Beta season and we've got thoughts about the good and bad in macOS Tahoe. Then Jason forces Myke to listen to some sounds of the summer, but probably not the ones you're thinking of.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 427, With Jason Snell 'Ted Lasso' Season 4 First Look, Cast: Brett Goldstein and More Return – Variety Ted Lasso' Season 4 Cast Set As Production Begins: First Photo – Deadline Kansas City welcomes 'Ted Lasso' home as fourth season films around town this week – KCUR Kansas City, Kansas - Wikipedia Kansas City, Missouri - Wikipedia Arkansas City, Kansas - Wikipedia First Look: iOS 26 Public Beta – Six Colors First Look: iPadOS 26 Public Beta – Six Colors First Look: watchOS 26 Public Beta – Six Colors First Look: macOS Tahoe Public Beta – Six Colors Rocket – the best emoji app for Mac Upgrade #526: Journal and Learnal - Relay iOS 26 beta 4 adds more ‘liquid’ back to Liquid Glass design - 9to5Mac Connected #562: Tech Boomers - Relay iOS 26 beta 4 re-enables Apple Intelligence notification summaries for news apps - 9to5Mac Foldable iPhone's Display Sizes Leaked - MacRumors Tipster: iPhone 17 Pro to Feature 8x Zoom, Pro Camera App, and More - MacRumors Apple Seemingly Working on Sleep Score Feature for Apple Watch - MacRumors Exclusive: Apple set to stave off daily fines, EU to accept App Store changes, sources say | Reuters Apple, Google hit with UK scrutiny as regulator pushes for mobile changes1 hr 43 min - 573: What a Bad Friend!
Apple casts a chill over its employees (and the media?) by alleging a theft of trade secrets, the first folding iPhone really might only be a year away, and Myke forces Jason to rank some classic Apple products.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Apple Continues Sports Push With Bid on MLB's Sunday Night Baseball - MacRumors Apple lands record-breaking 81 Emmy Award nominations with Severance leading - Apple Apple expands U.S. supply chain with $500 million commitment - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Models Rumored to Have All-New Unique Color Option - MacRumors All 15 New iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro Colors Revealed in Latest Leak - MacRumors iPhone 17 colors confirmed! See all of Apple’s 2025 options right here | Macworld Report: M5 iPad Pro to have dual front-facing cameras - 9to5Mac Samsung reportedly gearing up to produce foldable iPhone displays - 9to5Mac Samsung Z Fold/Flip 7 Impressions: Major Upgrades! - MKBHD - YouTube Apple sues leaker Jon Prosser for stealing iOS secrets | The Verge Apple sues Jon Prosser for his iOS 26 YouTube leaks - 9to5Mac Think Secret - Wikipedia Instapaper Rakuten Kobo Integration : r/instapaper Readwise Reader Folio1 hr 34 min - 572: Grand modèle de langage
We discuss Apple's iOS design conundrum, why Apple and F1 are wrong for each other, why it's probably time for a changing of the guard at Apple, and some new and exciting Apple AI contretemps.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 3 Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation Everything New in iOS 26 Beta 3 - MacRumors Fresh Workouts - David Smith Connected #560: I Wanna Put the Beast on My Face - Relay Apple Looks Poised to Win US Rights to Stream F1 Races - Business Insider Apple Is Offering $150 Million to Stream F1 - Puck Apple Readies First Upgrade to Vision Pro Headset - Bloomberg Apple Plans New MacBook Pro, iPhone 17e and iPads by Early 2026 - Bloomberg Review: Belkin Travel Bag and Head Strap for Vision Pro – Six Colors Is Apple Going to Replace CEO Tim Cook? Who Is the Next CEO of Apple? Ternus - Bloomberg Gallery: Tim Cook and Eddy Cue attend Sun Valley 'summer camp for billionaires' - 9to5Mac Apple announces chief operating officer transition - Apple Jeff Williams to be replaced as Apple COO – Six Colors Apple Chief Operating Officer COO Jeff Williams to Retire, Sabih Khan to Replace - Bloomberg Daring Fireball: Jeff Williams, 62, Is Retiring as Apple’s COO Meta Hires Apple Top AI Models Executive - Bloomberg Meta Poached Apple’s Ruoming Pang With Pay Package Over $200 Million - Bloomberg Taskmaster (TV series) - Wikipedia LOL: Last One Laughing UK - Wikipedia1 hr 43 min - 571: Am I a Legacy Node?
Fueled by charts, we compile our wish list for a new, low-cost Mac laptop. Will it be a recycled M1 Air or something new? And how disappointingly high will the price be? Also, Apple tries to balance product priorities with its internal teams.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Myke's Favourite Rumor Roundup Tee Vince Mulroy Wildlife Preserve - Wikipedia StoneTree Golf Club HyperJuice GaN USB-C Wall Chargers | Hypershop Midea Recall Pixelmator Pro just got its first Apple Intelligence features and more - 9to5Mac Two years in, Apple is now officially on Threads - 9to5Mac The government’s Apple antitrust lawsuit is still on | The Verge Apple Challenges 'Unprecedented' €500M EU Fine Over App Store Steering Rules - MacRumors Marshawn Lynch of Seattle Seahawks uses same answer in repetition at Super Bowl media day -- 'I'm here so I won't get fined' - ESPN 'F1' Overtakes 'Napoleon' as Apple's Highest-Grossing Film – Variety About that A18 Pro MacBook rumor… – Six Colors ATP 647: You Get One Exclamation Point — Accidental Tech Podcast MacBook (2006–2012) - Wikipedia Apple Weighs Replacing Siri’s AI, LLMs With Anthropic Claude or OpenAI ChatGPT - Bloomberg Connected #510: The Ticcilympics (2024) - Relay Foldable iPhone Development Progressing Ahead of 2026 Launch - MacRumors Apple Pauses Work on Foldable iPad - MacRumors Foxconn Pulls Chinese Staff From India in Hurdle for Apple - Bloomberg New iPhone 17 Pro renders highlight aluminum design, repositioned Apple logo - 9to5Mac1 hr 27 min - 570: The Spite Tier
Why the macOS Tahoe Menu Bar is the start of something big, Apple may lower the bar when it comes to an entry-level Mac laptop, and we try to parse the reasoning behind Apple's latest set of EU App Store rules and regulations.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback EnChroma Everything new in iOS 26 beta 2 - 9to5Mac macOS Tahoe 26 beta 2 includes toggle to restore menu bar background - 9to5Mac Apple tweaks Control Center visibility in iOS 26 beta 2 - 9to5Mac Take Control of Photos – Take Control Books Kuo: Apple to release cheaper MacBook powered by iPhone processor - 9to5Mac New MacBook With A18 Pro Chip Spotted in Apple Code - MacRumors Kuo: Apple working on 7 head-mounted products - 9to5Mac iPhone 17 Pro: A closer look at the new 'camera bar' design - 9to5Mac New MacBook With A18 Pro Chip Spotted in Apple Code - MacRumors Apple makes big App Store changes in the EU – Six Colors Updates for apps in the European Union - Latest News - Apple Developer Alternative Distribution User Experience in the EU - Support - Apple Developer Communication and promotion of offers on the App Store in the EU - Support - Apple Developer Apple Opens Up New App Distribution Options in the EU, Along with New and Updated Fees - MacStories F1 — A Quick Review Box Office: 'F1' $144 Million Opening, Apple & Brad Pitt Record; 'M3GAN 2.0' Bombs HoverBar Tower Amazon: MINIX NEO P3 100W mophie 3-in-1 Travel Charger (MagSafe compatible) - Apple1 hr 36 min - 569: We Need More Rock Stars
Can Apple buy its way out of trouble? We discuss the promise and pitfalls of Apple acquiring an AI powerhouse... or literally anything else.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Thoughts on WWDC 2020 Day One – Six Colors Paste Logitech's Flip Folio: A Modular iPad Keyboard for Occasional Typing - MacStories F1 The Movie | Rotten Tomatoes Let Brad Pitt Take You For a Ride in an F1 Car – The Enthusiast iOS beta code includes new references to Apple's upcoming smart display home product - 9to5Mac Design interactive snippets - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer iPhone 17 Pro's Alleged Vapor Chamber Cooling System Partly Revealed - MacRumors Apple Debates a Deal With Perplexity in Pursuit of AI Talent - Bloomberg The Curious Case of Apple and Perplexity: Do They Need Each Other? | Parker Ortolani The Curious Case of Apple and Perplexity - MacStories What Siri Isn't: Perplexity's Voice Assistant and the Potential of LLMs Integrated with iOS - MacStories From the Creators of Shortcuts, Sky Extends AI Integration and Automation to Your Entire Mac - MacStories Apple’s built-in transcriber blows away Whisper – Six Colors Hands-On: How Apple's New Speech APIs Outpace Whisper for Lightning-Fast Transcription - MacStories Jason Snell: "Whisper's large-v3-turbo is definitely quite a bit slower than Apple's new onboard transcription model..." - The Incomparable Shane Whatley - YouTube1 hr 40 min - 568: A Persona of a Bearded Man
The Summer of Fun begins with loads of WWDC follow-up, including some big-picture reflections on last week and a discussion of some of our favorite features in Apple's beta OS releases.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Upgrade 567 at WWDC 2025 (Better Version) - YouTube Sony WH-1000XM6 Review: Back on the Throne! - MKBHD - YouTube Talking Tech and AI with Tim Cook! - MKBHD - YouTube Apple Execs Defend Siri Delays, AI Plan and Apple Intelligence | WSJ - YouTube Daring Fireball: Apple’s Spin on the Personalized Siri Apple Intelligence Reset Daring Fireball: The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2025 Apple in China – Amazon Apple Targets Spring 2026 for Release of Delayed Siri AI Upgrade - Bloomberg Six Colors Podcast live from WWDC (video) – Six Colors Apple Intelligence shifts gears – Six Colors Xcode 26 will support multiple AI models, like Claude - 9to5Mac Meet Liquid Glass – The Enthusiast Meet Liquid Glass - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer Apple’s ‘Liquid Glass’ won’t make the sky fall — Curb Cuts Uni Watch iPhone gets audio input controls with iOS 26 just like iPad!– Stephen Robles – #wwdc25 Apple Podcasts got some big changes in iOS 26. – Stephen Robles macOS Tahoe Transforms Launchpad Into App Library - MacRumors macOS Tahoe is the last release to support Intel – Six Colors iOS 26 Features Battery Settings Overhaul - MacRumors iOS 26 Tweaks Back Gesture to Make Navigation Easier on Bigger iPhones - MacRumors Charlie 'Dark Noise': Example of the new Foundation Model - Mastodon Apple expands tools to help parents protect kids and teens online - Apple Apple gets over its hang-ups, and the iPad enters a new era – Six Colors visionOS 26 keeps pushing Apple’s newest platform toward the future – Six Colors Spoiler: The Beard Is Still a Problem – The Enthusiast1 hr 47 min - 567: Are We So Back?
Live from Cupertino, Jason has his in-person reactions to Apple's WWDC announcements. And in London, Myke dangerously installs betas while reacting to momentous iPad and Mac news.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback The Upgrade WWDC25 Event Draft – Scorecard Top OS Features - Apple From the Creators of Shortcuts, Sky Extends AI Integration and Automation to Your Entire Mac - MacStories Apple supercharges its tools and technologies for developers - Apple The Enthusiast1 hr 19 min - 566: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2025
It's time for our 10th annual competition regarding what will happen at Apple's WWDC keynote! What will be announced? Will there be a major redesign? What will the AI story be? We predict it all!
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Apple’s WWDC 2025 Plan: macOS Tahoe, Apple Intelligence AI, iOS 26 Games App - Bloomberg Mac Power Users #799: The State of Apple, with Jason Snell - Relay Daring Fireball: The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2025: Tuesday June 10 Upgrade Scorecards Samsung Nears Wide-Ranging Deal With Perplexity for AI Features - Bloomberg “Stories of Surrender” is spectacular (and somewhat immersive) – Six Colors1 hr 35 min - 565: The Scent of Humane
Myke and Jason debate the merits of Jony Ive and Sam Altman's big announcement and what it means for Apple, Tariffs continue to threaten iPhone sales, and Apple may have committed to smart glasses after all.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Fortnite is finally back on US iPhones | The Verge Trump threatens Apple with a 25 percent iPhone tariff | The Verge Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Bad Year Keeps Getting Worse - WSJ Apple tax is Trump’s payback at Cook for skipping Middle East trip - 9to5Mac Unruly – David Mitchell California Bear Trophy Sam and Jony introduce io | OpenAI OpenAI to Buy Apple Veteran Jony Ive’s AI Device Startup in $6.5 Billion Deal - Bloomberg Exclusive | What Sam Altman Told OpenAI About the Secret Device He’s Making With Jony Ive - WSJ Sam and Jony and skepticism – Six Colors OpenAI Unites With Jony Ive in $6.5 Billion Deal to Create A.I. Devices - The New York Times Connected #553: We Have Jony Ive at Home - Relay Apple Plans Glasses for 2026 as Part of AI Push, Nixes Watch With Camera - Bloomberg How Jony Ive-OpenAI Deal Will Impact Apple; New Details on Apple’s iOS Redesign - Bloomberg Apple to Open AI Models to Developers in Bid to Spur New Apps - Bloomberg Apple to let developers build with its own AI models starting at WWDC 2025 - 9to5Mac1 hr 40 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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