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Apple shades AI’s “lunatic fringe” as touchscreen MacBook Pros loom, Starlink slows Ukraine down, chatbots flunk culture class, and your iPhone locks to passcode-only. The Lowdown Apple’s “Pro and Tell” Event: Touchscreen MacBook Pro Expected iPhone Duo Delivery Dates Are Getting Pulled In Apple Calls AI’s Loudest Players the “Lunatic Fringe” 2nd String Musk Reportedly Slows Starlink Service for U...

Apple opened the door to its smart home, but the welcome mat comes with a price, and we’re talking about all of it. The Lowdown Welcome Home: Apple Event Recap iPhone Duo Hits Stores Oct 23 2nd String Flock Safety Or Surveillance? For The Culture                                          Georgia Votes: Early Turnout, Early Voting Tips, and Knowing Who’s on Your Ballot The Hookup How To: Stop Your i...

Smart glasses, green bubbles, and the cost of convenience The Lowdown Your Mac Won't Let Go of Apple Intelligence — Should Apple Add a Delete Button? Apple and LG Team Up on 7 Smart Home Devices iOS 27 RCS Upgrades Fix the Green Bubble Annoyances 2nd String Visually Impaired Users Fear a Smart Glasses Backlash For The Culture Wembanyama Says No to Sports Betting Deals — Should Other Players Fo...

Apple owes somebody $250 million over Siri promises it didn't keep. Are you that somebody?  The Lowdown $250M Siri Settlement Site Live Ternus May Blow Up Apple's Release Calendar Apple's Shelved AI AppleCare Plan 2nd String McDonald's AI Menu Pricing For The Culture A Different World… The Sequel The Hookup Siri AI actually works Get Your Apple Settlement Check

Your iPhone forgets your face, your Mac gives its storage to Siri, and Meta wants your wallet, so of course the most trustworthy thing in tech this week is a 0.1% raise. The Lowdown iPhone 18 Pro's Face ID Is Having an Identity Crisis iPhone 18 First Impressions Apple Intelligence Is Eating Your Mac's Storage (And You Can't Say No) Apple Card Savings Finally Gets a Raise 2nd String Met...

IOS 27 is here, but to get the most talked about feature, Siri AI, you’ll still have to get in line to get it. The Lowdown iOS 27 Is Here  Craig Federighi Admitted the iPhone Duo and iPad Mini Basically Do the Same Thing Apple Quietly Raised Prices on the Old iPhones — Right After the Duo Event 2nd String Meta's Smart Glasses NameTag Feature Not On But Still Trains on Your Photos For The Cultu...

Apple's fall event delivers a genuinely impressive iPhone Duo, pricier Pro models, and a rebuilt Siri AI still stuck in beta — leaving us skeptical if the hype will match what's actually shipping. The Lowdown iPhone 18 Pro & Pro Max: New Colors, $100 Price Hike A20 Pro Chip Powers It All (For What, Exactly?) Camera Overhaul: Variable Aperture, Pro Controls, Reference Image & Dynami...

But will it be more of the same or an adventure into a new frontier. The Lowdown John Ternus Is Officially CEO Phil Schiller Is Out as Head of the App Store and Product Events The Vision Pro Layoffs Were Way Bigger Than First Reported 2nd String The EU Just Classified ChatGPT as a Search Engine  For The Culture "Was She Black?" — Raven-Symoné's Podcast Comment is Dividing the Interne...

iPhone invites are out, Vision Pro (and the team) put on ice, and Target blows it (again)... The Lowdown Apple sends out invites for its annual fall iPhone event Apple refreshes the Mac Mini and Mac Studio with new AI-ready chips Apple reportedly scales back Vision team 2nd String If your Uber or Lyft driver goes hands-free, should they ask your permission? For The Culture Target apologizes for ch...

Everybody's putting cameras on your face — except maybe Apple, betting you'll trust its camera-enabled AirPods more because they don't take your picture. The Lowdown The Epic Games Fight Just Went To Supreme Court Camera-Equipped AirPods Are Coming This Fall — And They're Not for Photos iPhone Ultra Supply Problem Leaked by Screen Protectors 2nd String Claude Adds Watermarking Ever...

No new episode this week — instead we're unlocking some Patreon exclusive 'Back to School' clips... College Move-In Prep With Three Kids Howard Unenrolls 500 Freshmen Before Move-In Forbes Publishes First HBCU-Only Ranking HBCU Alumni Aren't Funding Their Schools

Private Relay? More Like Public Relay… The Lowdown Apple's Private Relay Leaks Your IP AI Floods Apple's Bug Bounty Program Refurbished MacBook Neo Discount 2nd String Meta's Muse Code Takes on Claude and Codex For The Culture Black Creators Under Fire for OpenAI Retreat The Hookup How to Turn Any App Icon Into a Widget

They may not limit your functionality with Apple Upgrade instead they could just make it unusable. The Lowdown Apple Just Hit $5 Trillion  Apple Upgrade Is Here Apple Hit the Brakes on Smart Glasses 2nd String 30 Tech Giants Just Formed an AI Security Alliance For The Culture Dress Code for College Students The Hookup How to Get the Fastest Driving Directions

Nica built an app with just AI…”Wanna [see] it? here it go” The Lowdown Building The Brag Book App With AI iOS 26.6 Preps Your Phone for Siri AI Tim Cook's Final Earnings Call as CEO 2nd String EU Mandates In-Car Distraction Cameras For The Culture Argentina's World Cup Racism Fallout The Hookup Measure Your Height With iPhone LiDAR

Hov said it best — and so did this week's headlines. The Lowdown Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft AAPL stock unexpectedly rallies 15%  iOS 27 Public Beta Live -  SiriAI for almost everybody 2nd String New York Just Became the First State to Ban AI Data Centers For The Culture Jay-Z NYC Takeover The Hookup Protect Yourself From the FaceTime Bank Scam

Apple's Hide My Email gets caught leaking real addresses, the EU hands Apple another loss, Meta's smart glasses run into privacy tampering, Trump's FIFA favor blows up on Team USA, and we hook you up with how to wipe your number before selling your iPhone. The Lowdown Hide My Email Had One Job Apple Intelligence Starts Snitching on Google Cloud Apple Loses Its EU Digital Markets Act Ap...

The numbers are out, but how will the people respond? The Lowdown Real Numbers behind Apple Increases OpenAI Is Raiding Apple's House Apple Is Lobbying US to Buy Chips From a Chinese Military Company 2nd String Google Just Killed the GIFs — Well, Sort of For The Culture BET Awards 2026 The Hookup How to NOT Get Scammed on Your World Cup Tickets

RAM shortages, lawsuits, AI passports, and a $40 vinyl that's got Black Twitter in its feelings. The Lowdown Your Next iPhone Is About to Cost More — Tim Cook Said So Congress Wants Inside the App Store — Apple Is Not Having It Apple vs. Jon Prosser: The Liquid Glass Leak Has Consequences 2nd String Show Your ID to Use AI? Apple Wallet Could Be the Key For The Culture Jay-Z's Reasonable Do...

Apple's raising prices and we're going to complain, pre-order, and repeat. The Lowdown The iPhone Fold Is Basically Confirmed Apple Is Paying Out $250 Million for Overhyping Sir Apple confirms price increases are coming to its products due to RAM shortage 2nd String U.S. Government Pulled the Plug on Anthropic's Most Powerful AI For The Culture FIFA Fun! Happy Juneteenth The Hookup Dou...

Siri finally showed up, Meta got exposed, and the World Cup's real scandal is at the arrivals gate — it's a lot. The Lowdown Siri AI — what it actually does now, and who doesn't get it macOS 27 "Golden Gate" — what Mac users need to know Apple Home Secure Video — Apple Intelligence now tells you what's on your cameras Time Allowance — Apple completely overhauled parental...

WWDC’s All Systems Glow event kicks off on Monday and we get into what may be launched. The Lowdown WWDC 2026 — " All Systems Glow " Drops Monday Apple's Smart Home Era Is Finally Here… Maybe The Apple Design Awards — Apple Just Told You Exactly What It Values 2nd String IBM Just Bet $10 Billion That Quantum Computing Is No Longer a Dream For The Culture Roots Picnic 2026 — Jay-Z Sho...

From yield issues on the iPhone Fold to paying Google to fix Siri, Apple is having a moment — and we've got receipts. The Lowdown iPhone Fold Production Problems Apple Smart Glasses: 4 Designs Revealed Apple Pays Google $1B to Rebuild Siri Apple Splits iPhone 18 Launch Into Two Windows 2nd String Sam Altman: AI Won't Kill White Collar Jobs For The Culture Big Tech Kills DEI — Black Creator...

AI definitely gets a (deserved) bad rap, but there is definitely a good side. The Lowdown Getting free AirPods Pro 3 sounds simple until the Apple Card fine print kicks in iOS 26’s Wallet app has long-awaited order tracking fix, here’s how to use it Apple announces AI-powered accessibility features and eye-controlled wheelchair functionality 2nd String Hands-On With All of Google’s New Upcoming An...

Apple cuts a $250M check over Siri's broken promises, we look at who's making Apple's chips next, OpenAI enters the media game, and SC State students go toe-to-toe with a lieutenant governor — plus a tip that'll make you never wait on hold agai The Lowdown Apple's $250M Siri Settlement — You Might Get a Check iOS 26.5 RC: What's New Before WWDC Apple Eyes Intel & Samsun...

Apple built the most exclusive club in tech, but the velvet rope is down, AirDrop crossed the aisle, and Android just pulled up. The Lowdown iOS 26.4 gave your iPhone an alarm feature that’s long been missing Apple cuts interest rate for Apple Card Savings accounts… AGAIN Apple Vision Pro Used in World-First Cataract Surgery 2nd String AirDrop is now widely available on Android phones For The Cult...