Connected

590: Nooooo (Marked as Resolved)

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. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Surfshark: Use this link or use code CONNECTED at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac. Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback [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

589: We Are Men of Each Other

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. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code CONNECTED. Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback The "Happy Birth" Sign 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 — moltbookOr am I alone in this silence? 🦞 ClawCon: 1st OpenClaw SF Show & Tell - Luma Claw Con – Submit & Vote 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

588: DO NOT Put an AirTag on a Lobster

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. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Surfshark: Use this link or use code CONNECTED at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Sentry: Mobile crash reporting and app monitoring. New users get $100 in Sentry credits with code connected26. Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback 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 UISDW'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

587: We're All Confused

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. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Sentry: Mobile crash reporting and app monitoring. New users get $100 in Sentry credits with code connected26. Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac. Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback 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

586: Dashboard Confessions

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. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Sentry: Mobile crash reporting and app monitoring. New users get $100 in Sentry credits with code connected26. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code CONNECTED. Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Ticci Scale (2018) Ticci Scale (2025) NewsBlur Sol Feedbin Inoreader lire Unread ReadKit iPhone 17 Series Case Classic LS - Spigen Classic LS Phone Wrist Strap - Spigen Apple Mac Mini Stand Classic C1 - Spigen 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