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My reviews of iPad mini, iPhone Duo, a look at the first touchscreen MacBook, plus Siri Recaps, Rian Johnson nerding out about cameras on The Vergecast, MacStories on Siri AI's big 27.3 upgrade, Marco Arment's delightful new Fineliner app, and why Google forcing AI Overviews on schools is a bad move.Get the NewsletteriPhone Duo Review: A World Not Made for This2026 iPad mini Review: ALMOST Perfect...iOS 27.3 is HUGE - Vertical Tabs, Siri Recaps, Audio Intelligence12 Hours with PROLED MacBook: I can't go backWhy Rian Johnson made a photo app — The Vergecast (01:00)Noah Wyle — Good Hang with Amy Poehler (01:35)Siri AI's Evolution Is Both Surprising and Obvious — MacStoriesPortal - Escape Into NatureFinelinerGoogle Just Gave Schools an Impossible Choice About AI — Inc. (03:49)

Hands-on with Apple’s first touchscreen MacBook Pro, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton’s new AI podcast, a full workday on iPhone Duo, my new Apple TV dashboard app, and Instagram’s second try at long-form video.Get the NewsletterMacbook PROLED XDR Impressions: They Said They Wouldn’t! — Marques BrownleeThe NEW MacBook Pro - First Impressions — Dave2DMy iPhone Duo Video PlaylistInside Anthropic’s IPO + How AI Agents Spy on Your Messages — Machine Gods (01:26)The AGI Chronicles — Kevin Roose (Audiobook) (01:45)Machine Gods on YouTubeI Worked for a Whole Day Using Only the iPhone Duo. Here’s How It Went — WIRED (02:12)iPhone Duo Apps — beardfm.appLookout: TV Dashboard (02:45)Why Instagram Changed Its Mind on Long Form Video — The Colin and Samir Show (04:14)

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