Guy English joins us to talk about Lex's guilt-inducing new Mac purchase that he sacrificed his morals for. We talk about refurbed Macs and Vision Pros, Dan's new Folder Automations, iCloud woes, and the reality that Apple just needs to stop doing things. There's a little Lex.Games talk, too.

Guy mentions Lex's interview with Marco Arment from 2018 about the podcast industry.

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We talk presidential participation awards, Perplexity's bid for attention and removing the notch.

John Gruber has thoughts on Apple’s award for the president.

Moltz and Dan use the Ice menu bar manager.

Perplexity makes a ridiculous bid for Chrome.

What if they made a MacBook without a notch?

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Dan is away but Lex and Moltz are here to discuss AI slop, Apple’s comments on its enhanced Siri efforts and goings on in the podcast industry.

Tim Cook said the enhanced version of Siri is coming along great! Thanks for asking!

The company also held an all-hands meeting to talk to employees about the situation.

Everything’s going great but just in case they’re looking at acquiring an AI company.

Amazon laid off half of Wondery and subsumed the rest.

Substack sends out a fun notification. There may have been some swastikas.

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Lex is back and we discuss traveling, AppleCare One and iPhone 17 Pro leaks.

Glenn Fleishman looked at getting cellular data while traveling.

Samsung’s antioxidant sensor is fooled by Cheez Its.

Apple announced AppleCare One.

Is this an iPhone 17 Pro?

Somerville is having a cat for mayor controversy.

Dan has a new short story out in his “Galactic Cold War” series.

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Apple approaches the public beta, the UK reportedly backs off and who's buying a foldable iPhone?

Apple posted the Tahoe public beta for some but then pulled it.

Nick Heer discusses the UK supposedly backing down on demanding a back door to iOS.

Apple sues Jon Prosser.

iOS 27 will reportedly get some tweaks for a foldable iPhone.

Apple is expected to ship six new iPhones in 2027.

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Jason Snell joins Dan and Moltz to discuss Jeff Williams, iPhone colors and Apple betas.

Jeff Williams is retiring.

The iPhone 17 colors reportedly include orange.

Jason takes a look at Longplay.

Tim Cook and Eddy Cue went to the Sun Valley conference.

Apple is making a big deal about magnets.

Dan recalls the Valiant comics universe.

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Lex gives us his travel tips, Liquid Glass turns it down a notch and please stand by because your call is important to us.

iOS 26 beta 3 dials back Liquid Glass.

Lex recommends TripIt.

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The Rebound’s Canadian bureau checks in to talk with Dan and Moltz about the Vision Pro, cheap MacBooks and trade wars.

Were you aware that Moltz also sells Andor-themed merch?

Apple has plans for more Vision products. Duh.

It’s also rumored to be working on a low cost MacBook.

Canada has scrapped its digital services tax.

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