
        <h4>Subtitle: Every Search Is a Brand New Fresh Baby</h4><p>It&#39;s time for our 11th annual competition regarding what will happen at Apple&#39;s WWDC keynote! What will be announced? For the third straight year, what will Apple&#39;s AI story be? We predict it all! Also, Myke and Jason are starting a new podcast!</p>
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It's time for our 11th annual competition regarding what will happen at Apple's WWDC keynote! What will be announced? For the third straight year, what will Apple's AI story be? We predict it all! Also, Myke and Jason are starting a new podcast!

618: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2026


        <p>WWDC is two weeks away, so it&#39;s time for us to consider what we&#39;ll be looking for from Apple in terms of features promised and promises delivered.</p>
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WWDC is two weeks away, so it's time for us to consider what we'll be looking for from Apple in terms of features promised and promises delivered.

617: Image Playgrounds Is My Roman Empire


        <p>Stephen Hackett joins Jason to talk old Macs, binned chips, and Apple AI. Then Jason discusses the darkest part of Steve Jobs&#39;s career with the author of &quot;Steve Jobs In Exile&quot;, Geoffrey Cain.</p>
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Stephen Hackett joins Jason to talk old Macs, binned chips, and Apple AI. Then Jason discusses the darkest part of Steve Jobs's career with the author of "Steve Jobs In Exile", Geoffrey Cain.

616: Outmoded But Not Vintage


        <p>We revisit the Ultra and Neo names, consider the future of Apple&#39;s processor manufacturing strategy, and try to imagine why possible use case there could be for AirPods with built-in cameras.</p>
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We revisit the Ultra and Neo names, consider the future of Apple's processor manufacturing strategy, and try to imagine why possible use case there could be for AirPods with built-in cameras.

615: But in Citrus!


        <h4>Subtitle: 'I'm Bullish on Pokeymans'</h4><p>We read between the lines of Apple&#39;s latest record financial results to see how they will impact future products and aquisitions in the Ternus Era. Plus: An Ultra name conundrum, Johny Srouji&#39;s burnout, and F1&#39;s stateside debut.</p>
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We read between the lines of Apple's latest record financial results to see how they will impact future products and aquisitions in the Ternus Era. Plus: An Ultra name conundrum, Johny Srouji's burnout, and F1's stateside debut.

614: $100 Billion Is the Floor

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