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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.
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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.
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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

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
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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)