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Apple shades AI’s “lunatic fringe” as touchscreen MacBook Pros loom, Starlink slows Ukraine down, chatbots flunk culture class, and your iPhone locks to passcode-only. The Lowdown Apple’s “Pro and Tell” Event: Touchscreen MacBook Pro Expected iPhone Duo Delivery Dates Are Getting Pulled In Apple Calls AI’s Loudest Players the “Lunatic Fringe” 2nd String Musk Reportedly Slows Starlink Service for Ukraine’s Military For The Culture AI Chatbots Struggle With Cultural Context, Study Finds The Hookup Force Your iPhone to Unlock With Passcode Only

Apple opened the door to its smart home, but the welcome mat comes with a price, and we’re talking about all of it. The Lowdown Welcome Home: Apple Event Recap iPhone Duo Hits Stores Oct 23 2nd String Flock Safety Or Surveillance? For The Culture                                         Georgia Votes: Early Turnout, Early Voting Tips, and Knowing Who’s on Your Ballot The Hookup How To: Stop Your iPhone Calls From Ending Randomly

Smart glasses, green bubbles, and the cost of convenience The Lowdown Your Mac Won't Let Go of Apple Intelligence — Should Apple Add a Delete Button? Apple and LG Team Up on 7 Smart Home Devices iOS 27 RCS Upgrades Fix the Green Bubble Annoyances 2nd String Visually Impaired Users Fear a Smart Glasses Backlash For The Culture Wembanyama Says No to Sports Betting Deals — Should Other Players Follow? The Hookup How to Force Quit Apple Watch Apps in watchOS 27

Apple owes somebody $250 million over Siri promises it didn't keep. Are you that somebody?  The Lowdown $250M Siri Settlement Site Live Ternus May Blow Up Apple's Release Calendar Apple's Shelved AI AppleCare Plan 2nd String McDonald's AI Menu Pricing For The Culture A Different World… The Sequel The Hookup Siri AI actually works Get Your Apple Settlement Check

Your iPhone forgets your face, your Mac gives its storage to Siri, and Meta wants your wallet, so of course the most trustworthy thing in tech this week is a 0.1% raise. The Lowdown iPhone 18 Pro's Face ID Is Having an Identity Crisis iPhone 18 First Impressions Apple Intelligence Is Eating Your Mac's Storage (And You Can't Say No) Apple Card Savings Finally Gets a Raise 2nd String Meta's Muse Wants to Be Your Personal Shopper. Amazon Isn't Having It For The Culture Converse Pulls Chuck 70 X Ad After KKK and Lynching Comparisons The Hookup Just Tell Shortcuts What You Want (It'll Build It for You)

IOS 27 is here, but to get the most talked about feature, Siri AI, you’ll still have to get in line to get it. The LowdowniOS 27 Is Here  Craig Federighi Admitted the iPhone Duo and iPad Mini Basically Do the Same Thing Apple Quietly Raised Prices on the Old iPhones — Right After the Duo Event 2nd StringMeta's Smart Glasses NameTag Feature Not On But Still Trains on Your Photos For The CultureFamed Director Says AI Means He "Didn't Need Black Actors" The HookupHow to get Siri AI

Apple's fall event delivers a genuinely impressive iPhone Duo, pricier Pro models, and a rebuilt Siri AI still stuck in beta — leaving us skeptical if the hype will match what's actually shipping. The Lowdown iPhone 18 Pro & Pro Max: New Colors, $100 Price Hike A20 Pro Chip Powers It All (For What, Exactly?) Camera Overhaul: Variable Aperture, Pro Controls, Reference Image & Dynamic Island Siri AI Arrives... In Beta Apple Watch Series 12, Ultra 4, SE 3 & AirPods 5 iPhone Duo: Apple's First Foldable iOS 27 and the New Apple Upgrade Leasing Program What Apple Didn't Announce (and What We'd Actually Buy)

But will it be more of the same or an adventure into a new frontier. The Lowdown John Ternus Is Officially CEO Phil Schiller Is Out as Head of the App Store and Product Events The Vision Pro Layoffs Were Way Bigger Than First Reported 2nd String The EU Just Classified ChatGPT as a Search Engine  For The Culture "Was She Black?" — Raven-Symoné's Podcast Comment is Dividing the Internet The Hookup How To: Set Your Wallet Cards on Autopilot with Shortcuts

iPhone invites are out, Vision Pro (and the team) put on ice, and Target blows it (again)... The Lowdown Apple sends out invites for its annual fall iPhone event Apple refreshes the Mac Mini and Mac Studio with new AI-ready chips Apple reportedly scales back Vision team 2nd String If your Uber or Lyft driver goes hands-free, should they ask your permission? For The Culture Target apologizes for children's clown Halloween costume after backlash The Hookup Generate a virtual card number to use Apple Cash where Apple Pay isn't available

Everybody's putting cameras on your face — except maybe Apple, betting you'll trust its camera-enabled AirPods more because they don't take your picture. The Lowdown The Epic Games Fight Just Went To Supreme Court Camera-Equipped AirPods Are Coming This Fall — And They're Not for Photos iPhone Ultra Supply Problem Leaked by Screen Protectors 2nd String Claude Adds Watermarking Everything It Writes For The Culture Stephen A. Smith Got NABJ's "Thumbs Down" Award

No new episode this week — instead we're unlocking some Patreon exclusive 'Back to School' clips... College Move-In Prep With Three Kids Howard Unenrolls 500 Freshmen Before Move-In Forbes Publishes First HBCU-Only Ranking HBCU Alumni Aren't Funding Their Schools

Private Relay? More Like Public Relay… The Lowdown Apple's Private Relay Leaks Your IP AI Floods Apple's Bug Bounty Program Refurbished MacBook Neo Discount 2nd String Meta's Muse Code Takes on Claude and Codex For The Culture Black Creators Under Fire for OpenAI Retreat The Hookup How to Turn Any App Icon Into a Widget

They may not limit your functionality with Apple Upgrade instead they could just make it unusable. The Lowdown Apple Just Hit $5 Trillion  Apple Upgrade Is Here Apple Hit the Brakes on Smart Glasses 2nd String 30 Tech Giants Just Formed an AI Security Alliance For The Culture Dress Code for College Students The Hookup How to Get the Fastest Driving Directions

Nica built an app with just AI…”Wanna [see] it? here it go” The Lowdown Building The Brag Book App With AI iOS 26.6 Preps Your Phone for Siri AI Tim Cook's Final Earnings Call as CEO 2nd String EU Mandates In-Car Distraction Cameras For The Culture Argentina's World Cup Racism Fallout The Hookup Measure Your Height With iPhone LiDAR

Hov said it best — and so did this week's headlines. The Lowdown Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft AAPL stock unexpectedly rallies 15%  iOS 27 Public Beta Live -  SiriAI for almost everybody 2nd String New York Just Became the First State to Ban AI Data Centers For The Culture Jay-Z NYC Takeover The Hookup Protect Yourself From the FaceTime Bank Scam