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Nica Montford and Terrance Gaines give you the lowdown on technology news, culture, tips & tricks from an Apple fan perspective
No new episode this week — instead we're unlocking some Patreon exclusive 'Back to School' clips... College Move-In Prep With Three Kids Howard Unenrolls 500 Freshmen Before Move-In Forbes Publishes First HBCU-Only Ranking HBCU Alumni Aren't Funding Their Schools
Private Relay? More Like Public Relay… The Lowdown Apple's Private Relay Leaks Your IP AI Floods Apple's Bug Bounty Program Refurbished MacBook Neo Discount 2nd String Meta's Muse Code Takes on Claude and Codex For The Culture Black Creators Under Fire for OpenAI Retreat The Hookup How to Turn Any App Icon Into a Widget
They may not limit your functionality with Apple Upgrade instead they could just make it unusable. The Lowdown Apple Just Hit $5 Trillion Apple Upgrade Is Here Apple Hit the Brakes on Smart Glasses 2nd String 30 Tech Giants Just Formed an AI Security Alliance For The Culture Dress Code for College Students The Hookup How to Get the Fastest Driving Directions
Nica built an app with just AI…”Wanna [see] it? here it go” The Lowdown Building The Brag Book App With AI iOS 26.6 Preps Your Phone for Siri AI Tim Cook's Final Earnings Call as CEO 2nd String EU Mandates In-Car Distraction Cameras For The Culture Argentina's World Cup Racism Fallout The Hookup Measure Your Height With iPhone LiDAR
Hov said it best — and so did this week's headlines. The Lowdown Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft AAPL stock unexpectedly rallies 15% iOS 27 Public Beta Live - SiriAI for almost everybody 2nd String New York Just Became the First State to Ban AI Data Centers For The Culture Jay-Z NYC Takeover The Hookup Protect Yourself From the FaceTime Bank Scam
Apple's Hide My Email gets caught leaking real addresses, the EU hands Apple another loss, Meta's smart glasses run into privacy tampering, Trump's FIFA favor blows up on Team USA, and we hook you up with how to wipe your number before selling your iPhone. The Lowdown Hide My Email Had One Job Apple Intelligence Starts Snitching on Google Cloud Apple Loses Its EU Digital Markets Act Appeal 2nd String Meta Locks Down Tampered Smart Glasses For The Culture Trump, FIFA, and Team USA's World Cup Exit The Hookup How to wipe Your Number Before You Sell Your iPhone
The numbers are out, but how will the people respond? The Lowdown Real Numbers behind Apple Increases OpenAI Is Raiding Apple's House Apple Is Lobbying US to Buy Chips From a Chinese Military Company 2nd String Google Just Killed the GIFs — Well, Sort of For The Culture BET Awards 2026 The Hookup How to NOT Get Scammed on Your World Cup Tickets
RAM shortages, lawsuits, AI passports, and a $40 vinyl that's got Black Twitter in its feelings. The Lowdown Your Next iPhone Is About to Cost More — Tim Cook Said So Congress Wants Inside the App Store — Apple Is Not Having It Apple vs. Jon Prosser: The Liquid Glass Leak Has Consequences 2nd String Show Your ID to Use AI? Apple Wallet Could Be the Key For The Culture Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt Turns 30 — But Did He Have to Pick Target? The Hookup How to Stop Your AirPods From Jumping to Other Speakers
Apple's raising prices and we're going to complain, pre-order, and repeat. The Lowdown The iPhone Fold Is Basically Confirmed Apple Is Paying Out $250 Million for Overhyping Sir Apple confirms price increases are coming to its products due to RAM shortage 2nd String U.S. Government Pulled the Plug on Anthropic's Most Powerful AI For The Culture FIFA Fun! Happy Juneteenth The Hookup Double Your Cash Back at Nike with Apple Card
Siri finally showed up, Meta got exposed, and the World Cup's real scandal is at the arrivals gate — it's a lot. The Lowdown Siri AI — what it actually does now, and who doesn't get it macOS 27 "Golden Gate" — what Mac users need to know Apple Home Secure Video — Apple Intelligence now tells you what's on your cameras Time Allowance — Apple completely overhauled parental controls 2nd String Meta quietly shipped facial recognition to 50 million phones — then deleted it after getting caught For The Culture The World Cup is here — and some athletes are being welcomed like suspects The Hookup Your AirPods are a camera shutter button — here's how to use them
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