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Apple celebrates 50 years of thinking different…  A look back and a look forward. The Lowdown Happy Birthday Apple Most notable announcements through the years NASA’s Artemis II launch to be filmed in Apple Vision Pro immersive video Apple continues to roll out age verification around the world 2nd String Anthropic leaked its own source code For The Culture Free Speech can have consequences The Hookup How-to natively blur faces in Photos

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Avoiding China tariffs via brown-nosing may not be Apple’s only strategy… The Lowdown Apple’s newly discontinued products Why is iPhone production picking up in India? Mac Mini tapped as the hardware for ‘Perplexity Computer? 2nd String Using ChatGPT to do your taxes? For The Culture ‘Magic City’ Hawks collab The Hookup The best way to save full-page iPhone webpage screenshots

The “iOS Press Release” is no longer just for people making a long mea culpa on social media. It now includes Apple hard launching new devices… The “Apple Experience” iPhone 17e | iPad Air | MacBook Neo | MacBook Air | MacBook Pro | Studio Display XDR If you want to watch the splashy videos, 9to5 Mac has collated them all in one post. 2nd String AI goes to War For The Culture The $10k Baby Shower

Word on the street is Apple is bringing back the entry-level laptop soon The Lowdown Apple brings back the MacBook? Apple’s March 4th “Experience” Apple brings age verification to UK users Apple fined (again) by Brazil over lack of charger 2nd String Anthropic to dial back AI safety measures…If other companies do it first For The Culture Tech-ing While Black: Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson Google apologizes for uncensored N-word news alert The Hookup Anker 3-n-1 travel charger: $50 off

We’re here to help find your dog only, we promise that’s “all” we’ll do… The Lowdown OS 26.3 dropped today across Apple devices Old versions of iOS, macOS, and iPadOS get updates too Jony Ive Ferrari interior might be a glimpse of the Apple Car that never was 2nd String Super Bowl ad for Ring's dog-tracking cameras stirs privacy controversy For The Culture Did the Super Bowl Halftime Show deliver? The Hookup Add a poll in Messages for quicker group decisions

Everybody isn’t streaming music as much as we think… The Lowdown Beware: ApplePay email phishing scam Why you should use an SSD with Final Cut Pro for iPad Who’s keeping iTunes alive? 2nd String “Eco-anxious” women aren’t adopting AI as fast as men Who’s really doing the work when AI replaces jobs Are you using MoltBot AI on your machine? For The Culture Tech-ing While Black: Clarice Phelps - Chemist The Hookup How to use Apple Intelligence as a Chatbot

The tech streets are talking. But are we picking up what they’re putting down? The Lowdown Apple launches AirTag 2 Apple Cash is making instant transfers more expensive soon Rumor Has It Quick Hits Apple to ‘unveil’ results of Google Gemini partnership as soon as next month: report Apple’s rumored ‘HomePad’ device gets encouraging launch update Apple is working on an AI-powered wearable pin: report  2nd String US-ification of TikTok is Complete For The Culture Is social media a drug? The Hookup Don’t reply ‘STOP’ to spam text messages Note: Misidentified Craig Federighi for John Ternus in this segment. Corrected later in the show.

Apple is on top of the smartphone market. What can they do to stay there? The Lowdown Apple edges Samsung for the #1 smartphone maker spot What will make iPhone Fold “work” Apple urges users to update Home app or lose access Why you should Reboot your iPhone 2nd String Ads ARE coming to ChatGPT For The Culture Kevin Stefanski comes to the ATL… The Hookup Why you should block instead of unsubscribe from emails

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We made some bold predictions last year…and made even more this year. The Lowdown We review our 2025 Apple predictions to see how we did versus what Apple actually did We also make new 2026 Apple predictions to forecast what Apple will (or won’t) do this year 2nd String In CES news… Roku introduces new streaming service Samsung unveils true foldable display New “chores” robot on the scene For The Culture Suprise…Diddy can’t pay his people while in prison The Hookup If you haven’t turned on iOS 26 ‘Call Screening’ feature…

Apple dropped 24 security patches alongside shiny new features, but the boring stuff is honestly why you should update. The Lowdown 26.2 dropped for all products Apple Music is coming to ChatGPT, OpenAI announces Apple will supply senior managers to advise feds on new US Tech Force 2nd String YouTube to stream the Oscar Awards For The Culture “We told you so” Crisean Rock removes face tattoo of ex-boyfriend The Hookup How to sign and save your signature on Mac