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A 30-minute investigation into how AI slop is killing educational YouTube, the Designed in California podcast from Myke Hurley and Jason Snell, Governor Kathy Hochul on Decoder, my own App Store featured spotlight, and a Shortcut that drops upcoming movies straight into your task manager.
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The Death of Educational Content on YouTube
The Origin of Apple — Designed in California (00:48)
New York Governor Kathy Hochul thinks AI should be 'less evil' — Decoder with Nilay Patel (01:29)
Stephen Robles' Productivity Picks — App Store (02:03)
Christina Warren's Productivity Picks — App Store
Jason Snell's Productivity Picks — App Store
Quinn Nelson's Productivity Picks — App Store
Upcoming Popular Movies to Kan Do
Get the Kan Do App (02:41)
How I Use iPad Every Day

MKBHD says yes to every wild gadget email again, Robert Downey Jr. and Joe Russo look back at Infinity War and the MCU, Bill Gates on our turbulent AI era, GoldenEye 007 running natively on iPhone, Super Mario 64 on  Vision Pro, and we may have a cancer vaccine.
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MKBHD Said Yes to Every Email for a Month! (Again)
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Downey Jr. and Joe Russo Look Back At Infinity War
The choices we make about AI now are critical — Bill Gates
GoldenEye 007 Running Natively on iOS and iPadOS — Chris Sotraidis on Threads
Super Mario 64 VR — r/SuperMario64
Stash: Fast Add to Clipboard
How Big of a Deal is this Cancer Vaccine?

The strangely intriguing Minimal Phone 2 on Kickstarter, Ben Smith of Semafor on Decoder, John Gruber on Anthropic's text watermarking, a free app that fixes DMG installs forever, and the AirPods camera leak hiding inside macOS Tahoe.
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Minimal Phone 2 Looks A Little TOO Good.. 
It's about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith (01:01)
Traffic by Ben Smith on Apple Books (01:16)
Anthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing (01:52)
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: Borges: South America's Titan
EasyDMG — Automated DMG Installs for macOS
Apple's Camera-Equipped AirPods Confirmed: See Them in Action (03:53)

Mrwhosetheboss on what Google's Pixel 11 event means for Android's future, Colin and Samir on where the AI line is for creators, Casey Newton's take on Zuckerberg's AI manifesto, and the launcher that's better than Spotlight.
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Google Pixel 11 Hands on - The Phone Crisis Begins.
The Cancellation of Hank Green & Why Gen Z Hates Ai (00:30)
We need to talk about the Hank Green situation
Superintelligence is a dragon — Platformer
Raycast
Everyone was right about Raycast
How to spot AI writing — The Economist

Cleo Abram's tour of fascinating neutrino detectors, Kurzgesagt's video on why we're trapped in  our Solar System, and if you're over 40, you're ready to use AI.
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The Massive Machine Hidden in the Deep Ocean
‎Watch Silo - Show - Apple TV (00:39)
Why Humanity Will Never Leave The Solar System
The Puzzle of Grief - Summer Archive (00:55)
See how Google Earth let people make fake scenes of bombings, riots and destruction (01:27)
I Built the Task App I've Always Wanted - YouTube
Kan Do: Project Management App - App Store
After Years Building a Brand on Authenticity, Hank Green Says He Relied Too Much on ChatGPT (02:46)
If You’re Over 40, You’re Ready to Use A.I.
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