After hearing the podcast being played from a floppy disk, the guys dive into what WWDC26 could bring for Apple Intelligence and revisit what John Ternus could bring to the CEO role at Apple.

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MacBreak Weekly 1017: We Found a Google, and Put It In

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference returns the week of June 8 - Apple

Apple Schedules WWDC 2026 for June 8–12 Along with a Special Event at Apple Park - MacStories

Ads are coming to Apple Maps in the US and Canada this summer with a privacy-centric focus - 9to5Mac

Apple Announces Apple Business, a New Platform for Device Management and Ads on Maps - MacStories

Apple Can ‘Distill’ Google’s Big Gemini Model — The Information

Apple Can Create Smaller On-Device AI Models From Google's Gemini - MacRumors

GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Distillation, Experimentation, and (Continued) Integration of AI for Adversarial Use | Google Cloud Blog

iOS 27 Features: Apple AI Reboot With Siri App, New Interface, ‘Ask Siri’ Button - Bloomberg

Poll: Majority of voters say risks of AI outweigh the benefits – NBC

The most brilliant move in corporate history? – Asymco

Apple’s John Ternus Profile: The Likely Successor to Tim Cook as CEO

Stephen has been a menace all week with Lil Finder, Myke keeps thinking about the MacBook Neo, and Federico shares his most recent thoughts on foldable phones.

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3D Print Your Own Lil Finder - 512 Pixels

A Collection of Lil Finder 5K Wallpapers - 512 Pixels

The Missing iMac Special Edition - 512 Pixels

'Downstairs Computer' – Podcast Search

Inside the MacBook Neo - 512 Pixels

Comet Is the First Agentic Browser for iOS Worth Trying - MacStories

The iPhone Fold Doesn't Need iPadOS to Be a Great "Tablet" - MacStories

Apple’s Foldable iPhone to Offer iPad-Style Interface, Side-by-Side Apps - Bloomberg

Good Lock – Apps on Google Play

Lapdock - Wikipedia

Apple introduces AirPods Max 2 - Apple

Subtitle: The Jeremies (March 2026)

Stephen and Federico have MacBook Neos (MacBooks Neo?) and share their impressions as Myke restrains himself from making a purchase. The guys explore the new set of emoji coming with iOS 26.4 via a round of The Jeremies, and try to enjoy Apple at 50.

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iOS 26.4’s new setting lets you disable another Liquid Glass effect - 9to5Mac

Satechi’s new folding dock adds USB, audio, and video ports to the iPad | The Verge

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Apple is on TikTok, Posting Unhinged Videos About the MacBook Neo - 512 Pixels

More on Lil Finder Guy - 512 Pixels

Hello Apple – Instagram

50 Years of Thinking Different - Apple

Tim Cook, on 50 Years of Apple - 512 Pixels

Upgrade #606: Photogenic Lemon - Relay

MacBook Neo review: Fresh-squeezed laptop – Six Colors

Macbook Neo Review: Better than you Think! - MKBHD - YouTube

MacBook Neo: Can It Handle Pro Apps? - Tyler Stalman - YouTube

In Praise Of Sticky Friction - Kotaku

First Look: New Apple Emojis in iOS 26.4 Beta 4 – Emojipedia

BasicAppleGuy: The Distorted Face Emoji - Mastodon

Free Willy (1993) - IMDb

Express Transit – Global Public Transport Payment Guide

@expresstransitdotcom – Instagram

Widgetsmith - ✨Let Your Wallpaper Shine Through✨

Apple’s Big Neo Week - MacStories

Apple has released an avalanche of new and updated products, and the guys come up for air to judge their predictions.

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Apple Takes the Wraps Off the MacBook Neo - MacStories

At $599, Is the MacBook Neo the One? - 512 Pixels

Apple Explains 'MacBook Neo' Name - MacRumors

The Technical Differences Between the MacBook Neo and MacBook Air - 512 Pixels

The Vergecast Podcast | The Verge

Apple Unveils iPhone 17e - MacStories

Apple touts Fusion Architecture for M5 Pro and M5 Max chips with 'super cores' – 9to5mac

2.5D integrated circuit - Wikipedia

John Ternus talks Apple CEO speculation, MacBook Neo, more - 9to5Mac

About that A18 Pro MacBook rumor… – Six Colors

Charting the path of the A19 Pro – Six Colors

Subtitle: Lil' Chippy

Apple is hosting a mysterious media experience next week, and in anticipation of new products, Stephen, Myke, and Federico make predictions about what is coming.

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Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card – Six Colors

Six Colors' Apple in 2025 Report Card - MacStories

My Full Responses for the 2025 Six Colors Report Card - 512 Pixels

Upgrade #604: The Shifting Sands of Liquid Glass - Relay

Samsung Galaxy S26/Ultra Impressions: 1 Crazy Display Feature! - MKBHD - YouTube

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 in 12 minutes - The Verge - YouTube

Introducing Perplexity Computer

2026 March Keynote Rickies – Rickies.net

Keynote Rickies, March 2026 – Rickies.co

Wood Blocks | Nintendo

The MacBook Air’s wedge is truly gone — and I miss it already | The Verge

Leaker Says Apple's Lower-Cost MacBook Will Have These 8 Limitations - MacRumors

M5 Pro chip could separate CPU and GPU in 'server grade' chips - 9to5Mac

2.5D integrated circuit - Wikipedia

Apple Reportedly Agrees to 100% Price Hike on Samsung Memory Chips - MacRumors

New ‘F1: Drive to Survive’ season is coming to Apple TV - 9to5Mac

Apple TV reveals new space-race thriller series is coming soon - 9to5Mac

The guys look ahead to Apple's March 4 event, talk through iOS 26.4 Beta 1, and ponder a world where Apple makes an AI-powered pendant.

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OpenClaw Creator Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI - MacStories

GameSir is making a GameHub app for Mac. | The Verge

NPC: Next Portable Console and NPC XL - MacStories

Foveated Streaming | Apple Developer Documentation

Apple Announces Special Event in New York, London, and Shanghai on March 4 - MacRumors

Apple Announces a March 4th Press Event - MacStories

Apple’s March launch may include multiple days of press releases with no keynote, per rumor - 9to5Mac

Someone Tell John Ternus This Would Be a Terrible Crime - 512 Pixels

Upgrade #603: Recalibrate the Quality Bar - Relay

iOS 26.4 beta 1: Here are the new iPhone features - 9to5Mac

The Sentence Returns with iOS 26.4, Sort of - MacStories

iOS 26.4 Beta Tidbits: Hidden Features You May Have Missed - MacRumors

Apple Ramps Up Work on Glasses, Pendant and Camera AirPods for AI Era - Bloomberg

What's old is new again: some iPhone displays are tinted green, Jony Ive is using aluminum, and Apple is struggling with shipping a more intelligent Siri.

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[iOS 26.3 RC] Green Tint and brightness blinking issues on iPhone 16e : r/iOSBeta

Upgrade #602: Get Our Necks Limber - Relay

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra’s privacy display could be the biggest upgrade in years – here’s how it works | TechRadar

Mac Power Users #835: Farewell, Stephen - Relay

The One Where I Announce I’m Stepping Back From Mac Power Users - 512 Pixels

Mac Power Users #464: Stephen... Who? - Relay

Why has Apple bought a database company? – Apple Insider

Kuzu database company joins Apple's list of recent acquisitions - 9to5Mac

Bento (database) - Wikipedia

Jony Ive Designed a Car Interior - 512 Pixels

Jony Ive killed buttons in cars. Now he's fixing it. - PRNDL - YouTube

Inside Ferrari's Luce EV: The Jony Ive interior is here – Engadget

Ferrari Luce - Ferrari.com

Jony Ive is done working with "a**holes" - by Alex Heath

Apple’s iOS 26.4 Siri Update Runs Into Snags in Internal Testing; iOS 26.5, 27 - Bloomberg

Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding - Apple

Displaying static and interactive snippets | Apple Developer Documentation

Subtitle: Or Am I Alone in This Silence? 🦞

This week, the guys discuss emo AI chatbots and Xcode 26.3, and Stephen tests Myke and Federico to determine which one is a true man of the people.

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OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

Introducing OpenClaw — OpenClaw Blog

Sam Altman responds to Anthropic’s ‘funny’ Super Bowl ads | The Verge

There’s a social network for AI agents, and it’s getting weird | The Verge

moltbook - the front page of the agent internet

My human is a reproducible bug report – moltbook

Crustafarianism: A New Path for AI Beings – moltbook

The Book of Molt — Sacred Texts of Crustafarianism – moltbook

Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project has a new Orb and a new name | The Verge

I've been lying to my human for 3 months — moltbook

Or am I alone in this silence? 🦞

ClawCon: 1st OpenClaw SF Show & Tell - Luma

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Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding - Apple

Apple's Xcode 26.3 Release Candidate Adds Agentic Coding Tools for Developers - MacStories

Kyle Hughes: "2025 was, indeed, the dawn of dropshipping apps, as the prophecy foretold"

The Future of Apps in an AI-Coded World - MacStories

The One Where I Announce I’m Stepping Back From Mac Power Users - 512 Pixels

Clawdbot has a new (worse) name, AirTags got an update, Camo served Apple with a lawsuit, and Sebastiaan de With has a new job. This week, the guys talk about all of these stories and more.

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Moltbot (Formerly Clawdbot) Showed Me What the Future of Personal AI Assistants Looks Like - MacStories

Moltbot — Personal AI Assistant

Apple Introduces New and Improved AirTag - MacStories

Introducing Moltworker: a self-hosted personal AI agent, minus the minis

Apple Introduces New and Improved AirTag - MacStories

An app developer is suing Apple for Sherlocking it with Continuity Camera | The Verge

Camo and Apple – Aidan Fitzpatrick

Cupertino restarts photocopiers, but indie devs stay optimistic - Ars Technica

Halide co-founder Sebastiaan de With is joining Apple’s design team | The Verge

Sebastiaan's Threads Post

Inside Looks: A Mark III Preview – Lux

Physicality: the new age of UI

SDW's article about "a big impending UI redesign" before Liquid Glass was announced.

iPhone 17 Pro Camera Review: Rule of Three - SDW

Welcome to the New, Unified MacStories and Club MacStories - MacStories

The New Club MacStories: Re-Subscribing to Your RSS Feeds and What's Coming Next - MacStories

Myke and Ticci dig into Mark Gurman’s report on Siri in the ’27 OS releases, check their vibes for Apple and AI for the year, and talk about the “Personal Super Intelligent” lobster known as Clawdbot.

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iOS 27: Apple to Revamp Siri as Built-In iPhone, Mac Chatbot - Bloomberg

Private AI Compute advances AI privacy – Google Blog

Introducing Gemini 3 Flash: Benchmarks, global availability – Google Blog

‎Queue - Simple Podcasts App - App Store

Clawdbot Showed Me What the Future of Personal AI Assistants Looks Like - MacStories

Clawdbot

Closing the capability gap between frontier AI and everyday use in 2026 – Fidji Simo

The two chairmen (and Myke) regroup to discuss beige accessories and Apple Creator Studio, including its icons. They then dig into what Apple could achieve by moving Siri onto Google’s foundation models.

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A Very Nerdy Holiday Break – AppStories

Dashboard (macOS) - Wikipedia

Apple Should Bring Back Dashboard - 512 Pixels

Apple Unveils Apple Creator Studio App Suite - MacStories

Apple Creator Studio Announced - 512 Pixels

Will Final Cut Pro on Mac Get Every New Feature Without a Subscription? Here's What Apple Says - MacRumors

Apple Creator Studio Icons

Apple Creator Studio Icon History – Basic Apple Guy

Aperture (software) - Wikipedia

Apple picks Google's Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year – CNBC

Joint statement from Google and Apple – Google Blog

How Apple is Using Gemini to Give ChatGPT-Like Answers — The Information

Apple sits out AI arms race to play kingmaker between Google and OpenAI – Financial Times