Gadgets are getting weird — and so are iPhone homescreens

Nilay, Alex, and David talk about what's happening on social media — and around the web — in the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Then they talk about their early impression of Apple's public betas, from the redesigned homescreens to the iPad's fancy new math abilities. After that, it's time for a bunch of gadgets all asking the same idea: is this anything? Then it's off to the lightning round, filled with 4K streams and leaky infinity pools.

Further reading:

• A custom sticker printer infuriated clients with a pro-Trump mass text message
• Shooting conspiracies trend on X as Musk endorses Trump
• Donald Trump likes TikTok, not Zuckerberg.
• The FBI said it found the Trump rally shooter’s Steam account, then took it back
• The Trump rally shooter had a Discord account, company says
• The Trump rally shooting is a cash cow for the dropshippers 
• The FBI says it has ‘gained access’ to the Trump rally shooter’s phone 
• J.D. Vance likes Lina Khan and crypto, hates ‘Big Tech’
• Elon Musk, Joe Lonsdale, and tech elites back a pro-Trump super PAC
• Apple’s public betas: all the news on iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and more
• Apple is finally embracing Android’s chaos
• iOS 18 might help you rescue photos you thought were gone forever
• The watchOS 11 beta slowed me down, in a good way
• RCS in iOS 18: Apple’s new messaging standard almost solves the green-button problem
• Testing Math Notes and the Calculator app in iPadOS 18
• Phone mirroring on the Mac: a great way to use your iPhone, but it’s still very much in beta
• Canon’s long-awaited EOS R1 and R5 Mark II have eye-controlled autofocus
• Dyson unmasks its super customizable OnTrac headphones
• A long-delayed hands-on with Essential’s skinny Android phone
• This case turns your Apple Watch into a tiny iPod
• Google solves its Pixel 9 Pro leaks by just showing the phone early
• Leaked photos reveal Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
• Xreal Beam Pro review: an AR tablet with good ideas but not enough power
• The OnePlus Pad 2’s vibrating stylus simulates writing on paper
• Sling TV adds 4K streaming for free
• Comcast will have high bitrate, low latency 4K feeds of the Olympics
• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s $27 million mansion is a ‘lemon’ with a leaky pool, lawsuit alleges

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