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Nica Montford and Terrance Gaines give you the lowdown on technology news, culture, tips & tricks from an Apple fan perspective
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Storage Wars (opens the original)
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Your iPhone forgets your face, your Mac gives its storage to Siri, and Meta wants your wallet, so of course the most trustworthy thing in tech this week is a 0.1% raise. The Lowdown iPhone 18 Pro's Face ID Is Having an Identity Crisis iPhone 18 First Impressions Apple Intelligence Is Eating Your Mac's Storage (And You Can't Say No) Apple Card Savings Finally Gets a Raise 2nd String Meta's Muse Wants to Be Your Personal Shopper. Amazon Isn't Having It For The Culture Converse Pulls Chuck 70 X Ad
Queue To Get Siri AI (opens the original)
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IOS 27 is here, but to get the most talked about feature, Siri AI, you’ll still have to get in line to get it. The Lowdown iOS 27 Is Here Craig Federighi Admitted the iPhone Duo and iPad Mini Basically Do the Same Thing Apple Quietly Raised Prices on the Old iPhones — Right After the Duo Event 2nd String Meta's Smart Glasses NameTag Feature Not On But Still Trains on Your Photos For The Culture Famed Director Says AI Means He "Didn't Need Black Actors" The Hookup How to get Siri AI
Impressive Yet Unattractive (opens the original)
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Apple's fall event delivers a genuinely impressive iPhone Duo, pricier Pro models, and a rebuilt Siri AI still stuck in beta — leaving us skeptical if the hype will match what's actually shipping. The Lowdown iPhone 18 Pro & Pro Max: New Colors, $100 Price Hike A20 Pro Chip Powers It All (For What, Exactly?) Camera Overhaul: Variable Aperture, Pro Controls, Reference Image & Dynamic Island Siri AI Arrives... In Beta Apple Watch Series 12, Ultra 4, SE 3 & AirPods 5 iPhone Duo: Apple's First Folda
A New Era (opens the original)
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But will it be more of the same or an adventure into a new frontier. The Lowdown John Ternus Is Officially CEO Phil Schiller Is Out as Head of the App Store and Product Events The Vision Pro Layoffs Were Way Bigger Than First Reported 2nd String The EU Just Classified ChatGPT as a Search Engine For The Culture "Was She Black?" — Raven-Symoné's Podcast Comment is Dividing the Internet The Hookup How To: Set Your Wallet Cards on Autopilot with Shortcuts
Invites, Layoffs, and Fumbles (opens the original)
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iPhone invites are out, Vision Pro (and the team) put on ice, and Target blows it (again)... The Lowdown Apple sends out invites for its annual fall iPhone event Apple refreshes the Mac Mini and Mac Studio with new AI-ready chips Apple reportedly scales back Vision team 2nd String If your Uber or Lyft driver goes hands-free, should they ask your permission? For The Culture Target apologizes for children's clown Halloween costume after backlash The Hookup Generate a virtual card number to use App
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