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It’s iPhone Duo week, Apple CEO John Ternus talks foldables with TIME, my return to The Vergecast to discuss vibe-coding apps, a new free iPad app for Apple Home, and an 11-year-old Scott Galloway talk that saw a lot of today coming. Get the NewsletterApple CEO John Ternus on the iPhone Duo, Apple Intelligence AI, and Apple’s Next Big Thing — TIMEiPhone Duo Review: Apple’s First Foldable Is FINALLY Here. Does It Deliver? — Brian TongWhy Your Favorite Creator Is Building an App — The Vergecast (01:00)iPhone Duo Review: The Future Is Foldable — 9to5Mac (01:25)iPhone Duo for Creative Pros — Austin MannHomePad — Elegant Home Control for Your iPad (02:26)All My Apps — beardfm.appThe Four Horsemen: Amazon/Apple/Facebook & Google, Who Wins/Loses — Scott Galloway | DLD15

The best recaps of Apple’s Welcome Home event, Michael Fisher’s iPhone Duo interview, why Anthropic’s new Claude policy if off, an app to "walk" across Canada, and a TED talk asking if AI is turning us all into the same person. Get the NewsletterImportant Details from Apple’s Welcome Home Event — Eric WelanderAll Features of Apple’s New HomeView — The VergeExclusive: The iPhone Duo’s Display, Exposed — MrMobileAnthropic Just Banned Being Cruel to Claude. The Reason Should Concern Us All — Inc. (01:44)Across Canada — Basic Apple GuyTrellisWM — The Fractal Window Manager for MacIs AI Turning Us All Into the Same Person? — Sandra Matz, TED

Kurzgesagt explains how AI models broke containment and hacked Hugging Face, my interview on going independent, three free Mac apps I built this week, a clever iOS 27 Shortcuts launcher, and Alexandr Wang on Meta’s Muse agent. Get the NewsletterAI Just Became Humanity’s Biggest Threat — KurzgesagtHe Left Riverside With No Safety Net — One Year Later, This Happened with Stephen RoblesLeveler, Transcriber, and Captioner — beardfm.appSumClip — The Clipboard That CountsDeflector Turns iOS 27 Notification Triggers into a Shortcut Launcher — MacStoriesThe Biggest Launch Since ChatGPT (Muse) — Cleo Abram

Craig Federighi goes in-depth on iPhone Duo, Joanna Stern questions Zuckerberg on AI and glasses, Bill Gates's blunt AI warning, Ron Johnson on building the Apple Store, a better Nextdoor, two great free apps, and MKBHD on YouTube's coming video A/B tests. Get the NewsletterI Asked Craig Federighi Why iPhone Still Can't Swipe Back from the Right — Donald Decodes Mark Zuckerberg on Muse, Audio-Only Glasses and Killer AI — Joanna SternBill Gates's Blunt Warning on A.I. — The Ezra Klein Show (00:43)Ron Johnson on Letting the Best Ideas Win — Creative Effort (01:43)Roadrunner: Your Neighborhood's Bulletin BoardThe AI Industry Has a Jurassic Park Problem — Inc. (02:55)Ensemble: Music Player (03:11)Get in Losers, We're Ditching RaycastHyperkey — The Extra macOS Modifier KeyDear YouTube! — Marques Brownlee

Tom at Byte Review goes hands-on with the iPhone Duo, a rare look back at Apple's Antennagate Q&A, Jason's warning about Meta's Muse AI, a handy AI prompt app from Parker Ortolani, and why the AI warnings are worth hearing out. Get the NewsletterI Tried the iPhone Duo. I Get It Now — Byte ReviewApple iPhone 4 "Antennagate" Q&A — Steve Jobs, Tim Cook & Bob MansfieldInside Star Wars: Two Suns Setting (01:32)Inside Jaws (01:50)Meta's New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To — Inc. (02:10)Meta Keeps Apologizing for Muse. Its Explanations Miss the Point Entirely — Inc. (02:30)QuillCue — App Store (03:10)The AI Warnings Are Getting Louder. Here's What You Need to Know — Apple News Today (03:59)

Tyler Stalman's camera review, a reader-submitted Apple Watch Series 12 heart rate study, 48 hours behind the scenes with MKBHD, Adam Conover on Decoder, Austin Mann's iPhone 18 Pro photos, how Apple Reference Image works, the return of AppZapper, and whether AI is really going to kill us. Get the NewsletteriPhone 18 Pro: A Photographer's Review — Tyler StalmanApple Watch Series 12 Heart Rate Study: Ranking All Wearables! — The Quantified Scientist48 Hours at the Folding iPhone Event with MKBHD — The StudioAdam Conover explains how YouTube ruined everything — Decoder with Nilay Patel (01:21)iPhone 18 Pro Camera Review: Dunton, Colorado — Austin MannApple explains how the iPhone 18 Pro's new Reference Image camera mode works — 9to5Mac (02:10)AppZapper 3000AI Companies Love to Tell Us How Dangerous Their Products Are. This Time They Mean It — Inc. (03:08)Humanoid robot crashes into a wall during a sprint test at the 'Robot Olympics' in Beijing — The Straits Times

A hands-on look at the new iPhone Duo, a photographer's take on iPhone 18 Pro camera, Tim Cook's perfect handoff moment, free iPhone Duo wallpapers, and what it means that your Apple Watch is now always listening. Get the NewsletteriPhone Duo - Hands-On — SuperSafiPhone 18 Pro & Duo: A Photographer's Reaction — Tyler StalmaniPhone Duo Episode - Primary Technology (01:09)Tim Cook's Brief Appearance at the iPhone Duo Event Was Apple Stagecraft at Its Best — Inc. (01:46)iPhone Duo Wallpaper — Basic Apple GuyAbout Audio Intelligence features on Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 — Apple Support

A 30-minute investigation into how AI slop is killing educational YouTube, the Designed in California podcast from Myke Hurley and Jason Snell, Governor Kathy Hochul on Decoder, my own App Store featured spotlight, and a Shortcut that drops upcoming movies straight into your task manager. Get the NewsletterThe Death of Educational Content on YouTubeThe Origin of Apple — Designed in California (00:48)New York Governor Kathy Hochul thinks AI should be 'less evil' — Decoder with Nilay Patel (01:29)Stephen Robles' Productivity Picks — App Store (02:03)Christina Warren's Productivity Picks — App StoreJason Snell's Productivity Picks — App StoreQuinn Nelson's Productivity Picks — App StoreUpcoming Popular Movies to Kan DoGet the Kan Do App (02:41)How I Use iPad Every Day

MKBHD says yes to every wild gadget email again, Robert Downey Jr. and Joe Russo look back at Infinity War and the MCU, Bill Gates on our turbulent AI era, GoldenEye 007 running natively on iPhone, Super Mario 64 on  Vision Pro, and we may have a cancer vaccine. Get the NewsletterMKBHD Said Yes to Every Email for a Month! (Again)EXCLUSIVE: Robert Downey Jr. and Joe Russo Look Back At Infinity WarThe choices we make about AI now are critical — Bill GatesGoldenEye 007 Running Natively on iOS and iPadOS — Chris Sotraidis on ThreadsSuper Mario 64 VR — r/SuperMario64Stash: Fast Add to ClipboardHow Big of a Deal is this Cancer Vaccine?

The strangely intriguing Minimal Phone 2 on Kickstarter, Ben Smith of Semafor on Decoder, John Gruber on Anthropic's text watermarking, a free app that fixes DMG installs forever, and the AirPods camera leak hiding inside macOS Tahoe. Get the NewsletterMinimal Phone 2 Looks A Little TOO Good.. It's about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith (01:01)Traffic by Ben Smith on Apple Books (01:16)Anthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing (01:52)Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: Borges: South America's TitanEasyDMG — Automated DMG Installs for macOSApple's Camera-Equipped AirPods Confirmed: See Them in Action (03:53)

Mrwhosetheboss on what Google's Pixel 11 event means for Android's future, Colin and Samir on where the AI line is for creators, Casey Newton's take on Zuckerberg's AI manifesto, and the launcher that's better than Spotlight. Get the NewsletterSend me a messageGoogle Pixel 11 Hands on - The Phone Crisis Begins.The Cancellation of Hank Green & Why Gen Z Hates Ai (00:30)We need to talk about the Hank Green situationSuperintelligence is a dragon — PlatformerRaycastEveryone was right about RaycastHow to spot AI writing — The Economist

Cleo Abram's tour of fascinating neutrino detectors, Kurzgesagt's video on why we're trapped in  our Solar System, and if you're over 40, you're ready to use AI. Get the NewsletterThe Massive Machine Hidden in the Deep Ocean‎Watch Silo - Show - Apple TV (00:39)Why Humanity Will Never Leave The Solar SystemThe Puzzle of Grief - Summer Archive (00:55)See how Google Earth let people make fake scenes of bombings, riots and destruction (01:27)I Built the Task App I've Always Wanted - YouTubeKan Do: Project Management App - App StoreAfter Years Building a Brand on Authenticity, Hank Green Says He Relied Too Much on ChatGPT (02:46)If You’re Over 40, You’re Ready to Use A.I.This changed our perspective on AI. Well put @debbiemillman

Andrew Clare tests the Galaxy Z Fold 8 as a primarily iPhone user, history podcasts I can't stop listening to, in-depth fitness tracker testing, two of my favorite apps got big upgrades, and the FCC just banned robots, including vacuums. Get the NewsletterTesting the Galaxy Z Fold 8 as an iPhone User... No Fluff (00:05)World War II with Tom Hanks (00:31)The Halifax Explosion (Entry 562.JB0409) — Omnibus (00:48)The Wearable Showdown: Oura Ring 5 vs. Fitbit Air vs. Whoop MG vs. Apple Watch — WSJ (01:16)AI Broke Containment, Galaxy Z Fold 8 Lineup, Best Fitness Trackers with Lexy Savvides — Primary Technology (01:52)Pastebot 3 (02:11)Nutrition Tracker: Foodnoms (02:45)The US government just banned Roombas — The Verge (03:23)

Ludwig Göransson's incredible Odyssey score, a feature-length breakdown of Nolan's "invisible CGI," World War II podcast with Tom Hanks, a great smart home app, creativity in the age of AI. The Odyssey | In Studio: Ludwig GöranssonThe Odyssey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) on Apple Music (00:26)NOLAN'S CGI is really just INVISIBLE CGI ("no CGI" part 6)The Beginning (01:11) - WWII with Tom HanksDr. Jill Lepore on why the AI backlash is vital for the futureThe Odyssey (2026) Review (01:50) - Movies on the Side‘The Odyssey’ Shows Us Just How Big, Bold, and Grown-Up Movies Can Be. Scream for More.HomeSnap - Smart Home Insights App - App StoreThe future of creativity on the internet in a world with AI

The 1X NEO robot's incredibly dexterous new hands, Hank Green interviews Helen Hunt on his new podcast, M.G. Siegler on why the new ChatGPT app sort of super sucks, a free Mac utility that tells you what your USB-C cables can really do, plus Facebook Marketplace food reviews and jaw-dropping bird calls. Get the Newsletterhttps://shortcut.bot/topfive Movies on the Sidehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/movies-on-the-side/id1373518864 Primary Technologyhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/primary-technology/id1723943281 Mac Power Usershttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mac-power-users/id458066753 1X NEO Hands Demohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRyXV3csReA Helen Hunt: When the Universe Betrays You — Humans with Hank Greenhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/helen-hunt-when-the-universe-betrays-you/id1896666596?i=1000773262872 The ChatGPT "Super App" Sort of Super Sucks — Spyglasshttps://spyglass.org/chatgpt-gets-to-work/ WhatCablehttps://www.whatcable.uk/ Gabriel Rivera on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/itsgabrielrivera Samuel's Bird Calls — TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8GvPGPd/