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Kurzgesagt explains how AI models broke containment and hacked Hugging Face, my interview on going independent, three free Mac apps I built this week, a clever iOS 27 Shortcuts launcher, and Alexandr Wang on Meta’s Muse agent. Get the Newsletter AI Just Became Humanity’s Biggest Threat — Kurzgesagt He Left Riverside With No Safety Net — One Year Later, This Happened with Stephen Robles Leveler, Transcriber, and Captioner — beardfm.app SumClip — The Clipboard That Counts Deflector Turns iOS 27 Notification Triggers into a Shortcut Launcher — MacStories The Biggest Launch Since ChatGPT (Muse) — Cleo Abram

Craig Federighi goes in-depth on iPhone Duo, Joanna Stern questions Zuckerberg on AI and glasses, Bill Gates's blunt AI warning, Ron Johnson on building the Apple Store, a better Nextdoor, two great free apps, and MKBHD on YouTube's coming video A/B tests. Get the Newsletter I Asked Craig Federighi Why iPhone Still Can't Swipe Back from the Right — Donald Decodes Mark Zuckerberg on Muse, Audio-Only Glasses and Killer AI — Joanna Stern Bill Gates's Blunt Warning on A.I. — The Ezra Klein Show (00:43) Ron Johnson on Letting the Best Ideas Win — Creative Effort (01:43) Roadrunner: Your Neighborhood's Bulletin Board The AI Industry Has a Jurassic Park Problem — Inc. (02:55) Ensemble: Music Player (03:11) Get in Losers, We're Ditching Raycast Hyperkey — The Extra macOS Modifier Key Dear YouTube! — Marques Brownlee

Tom at Byte Review goes hands-on with the iPhone Duo, a rare look back at Apple's Antennagate Q&A, Jason's warning about Meta's Muse AI, a handy AI prompt app from Parker Ortolani, and why the AI warnings are worth hearing out. Get the Newsletter I Tried the iPhone Duo. I Get It Now — Byte Review Apple iPhone 4 "Antennagate" Q&A — Steve Jobs, Tim Cook & Bob Mansfield Inside Star Wars: Two Suns Setting (01:32) Inside Jaws (01:50) Meta's New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To — Inc. (02:10) Meta Keeps Apologizing for Muse. Its Explanations Miss the Point Entirely — Inc. (02:30) QuillCue — App Store (03:10) The AI Warnings Are Getting Louder. Here's What You Need to Know — Apple News Today (03:59)

Tyler Stalman's camera review, a reader-submitted Apple Watch Series 12 heart rate study, 48 hours behind the scenes with MKBHD, Adam Conover on Decoder, Austin Mann's iPhone 18 Pro photos, how Apple Reference Image works, the return of AppZapper, and whether AI is really going to kill us. Get the Newsletter iPhone 18 Pro: A Photographer's Review — Tyler Stalman Apple Watch Series 12 Heart Rate Study: Ranking All Wearables! — The Quantified Scientist 48 Hours at the Folding iPhone Event with MKBHD — The Studio Adam Conover explains how YouTube ruined everything — Decoder with Nilay Patel (01:21) iPhone 18 Pro Camera Review: Dunton, Colorado — Austin Mann Apple explains how the iPhone 18 Pro's new Reference Image camera mode works — 9to5Mac (02:10) AppZapper 3000 AI Companies Love to Tell Us How Dangerous Their Products Are. This Time They Mean It — Inc. (03:08) Humanoid robot crashes into a wall during a sprint test at the 'Robot Olympics' in Beijing — The Straits Times

A hands-on look at the new iPhone Duo, a photographer's take on iPhone 18 Pro camera, Tim Cook's perfect handoff moment, free iPhone Duo wallpapers, and what it means that your Apple Watch is now always listening. Get the Newsletter iPhone Duo - Hands-On — SuperSaf iPhone 18 Pro & Duo: A Photographer's Reaction — Tyler Stalman iPhone Duo Episode - Primary Technology (01:09) Tim Cook's Brief Appearance at the iPhone Duo Event Was Apple Stagecraft at Its Best — Inc. (01:46) iPhone Duo Wallpaper — Basic Apple Guy About Audio Intelligence features on Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 — Apple Support