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Special guest Ryan Wesley, maker and founder of Foodnoms the excellent food tracking app, explains what’s really happening when you ask Siri AI to interact with third-party apps on your devices. He explains the limitations, the bugs, and what the ideal integration could look like.

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iOS 27 and Siri AI are out (sorry EU) and there’s a big asterisk on HomeKit cameras, plus iPhone 18 Pro reviews, Apple Watch Series 12, Meta launches insane subscriptions, and is AI gonna kill us all or what? 

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• Meta’s new One subscriptions put a price on social media and AI | The Verge
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• (00:00) - Intro
• (05:10) - iPhone Duo Battery %
• (06:46) - John Ternus at Emmys
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Apple officially announced its first foldable iPhone, creating all new paradigms of interaction with iOS, Apple Watch’s new Audio Intelligence feature might be problematic in the real world, iPhone 18 Pro has variable aperture, and LG TVs are spying on you.

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• OpenAI claims it solved elusive math problem with a $1 million prize - The Washington Post
• Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it? | TechCrunch
• LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby | The Verge
• 216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV Problem - YouTube

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Apple's new CEO John Ternus joins X, we preview what to expect at iPhone 18 event, Anker debuts MindBase AI smart home video with Matter 1.5, Trump Admin sides with OpenAI vs NYT, and beware scam apps.

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Apple teases their next event, “Surprise and shine” where we’ll likely see iPhone 18 Pro and foldable iPhone Ultra, plus upgraded Mac Studio and M6 Mac mini released. Meta accepts sweeping teen restrictions in major lawsuit settlement, the OpenAI breach is scarier than we thought, and we debate what makes an app “whimsical.”

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Apple's camera-equipped AirPods are seen in leaked footage, are they a bad idea? Anthropic reveals how Claude watermarks text (it’s not great), Robin Williams' children return to Instagram to fight AI Slop, the college tech load out, and Jason revives Aperture.

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• The HÅG Capisco Is A Great Chair For People Who Sit Weird - Aftermath
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• OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face | The Verge
• Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union - Apple
• Disney’s ABC Sues FCC Over Challenge to Its Broadcast Licenses - WSJ
• Comcast is putting motion sensing into millions of homes — using its existing Wi-Fi routers | The Verge
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Google unveils the Pixel 11 lineup and takes on Wispr Flow dictation and computational photography, Zuck writes an AI manifesto about wanting to be with the cool kids, Claude explains how it plans to label AI-generated text, and Spotify tries to end podcasting again.

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• OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful | The Verge
• YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money | TechCrunch
• I made the PC I couldn’t buy - YouTube

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Apple gears up for its September iPhone event, Google Earth's AI imagery enabled fabricated scenes of bombings, Claude’s models broke containment and even tried to trick real people, and why Bending Spoons ruins everything it touches.

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• After $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck | TechCrunch
• Evernote cuts back on free plans, pushing users to upgrade | TechRadar
• WeTransfer owner snaps up apps, then sacks workers and raises prices - Follow the Money
• Europe’s AI labeling and transparency rules are now in effect | The Verge
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• (01:07:24) - Mac Window Habits

Apple’s new device upgrade program is here and you can lease everything from an Apple Watch to a Mac Studio, Sam Altman says AI has hit the singularity but really it’s more like Jurassic Park, and Stephen made an app.

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• AI leaders sign a statement asking the government to do something about automated AI | The Verge
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• Altman: AI Power Must Be Diffused to Prevent Hacks Like Hugging Face - Business Insider
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• HBO Max Shorts being tested on iPhone users in latest vertical video offensive
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• Apple Maps to power navigation experience for Ford UEV Platform - Apple

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Samsung launches its Galaxy Z Fold 8, passport-style foldable that foreshadows Apple’s iPhone Fold, OpenAI had a model break containment, Apple’s rumored leasing program, and the most accurate fitness trackers with special guest Lexy Savvides!

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• Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 8: I almost forgot it was a foldable | The Verge
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• Samsung’s first ‘Ultra’ foldable is here | The Verge
• OPPO Find N6 - Ultra Flat, Flexible and Powerful | OPPO Global
• Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 is a fun new shape for foldables | The Verge
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