John Turnus is officially the next Apple CEO! Tim Cook will step down on September 1st, 2026, and will become the executive chairman of the Apple board. What can we expect with Turnus' reign as Apple CEO? Some new features are coming in iOS 27. And some rumors of the color lineup for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro.

• Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman — John Ternus to become Apple CEO.
• Johny Srouji named Apple's Chief Hardware Officer.
• Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?
• Apple C.E.O.s through the years: From Michael Scott (not that one) to John Ternus.
• Apple's Revamped Siri Interface in iOS 27 Is Hidden in WWDC Teaser.
• Apple leaks four iOS 27 features, including overdue Wallet upgrade.
• Manufacturing started for all-new iPhone 18 Pro camera feature.
• iPhone 18 Pro's variable aperture camera enters production.
• Apple says Jon Prosser has only partially complied with subpoenas in iOS 26 leak case.
• Unless you reboot every once in a while, your Mac will get kicked offline every 49 days.
• Video shows how to steal $10,000 from locked iPhone in controlled setting.
• Pluribus season 2 just got an exciting release timing update.
• Postponed Apple TV series 'The Savant' will finally be released this summer.
• Chance Miller: 'Netflix ruined its Apple TV app by switching to a custom video player'.
• Paul McCartney shares behind-the-scenes video of Apple Park concert.
• RIP John Martellaro

Picks of the Week

• Christina's Pick: Pica
• Andy's Pick: Joyce DiDonato Masterclasses at Carnegie Hall
• Jason's Pick: Logitech Muse

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As Anthropic, OpenAI, and industry giants race to outpace each other, data centers and supply chains are straining, while job markets and open-source communities feel the heat. Listen in for a roundtable on whether AI is fueling innovation, burnout, or just the next tech bubble.

• Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7, concedes it trails unreleased Mythos
• Nobody knows how many CVEs Anthropic's Project Glasswing has actually found
• You're About to See a Lot of Critical Software Updates. Don't Ignore Them.
• Cal.com Is Going Closed Source Because of AI
• AI anxiety is turning volatile
• Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon, showing rapid advances
• Snap Is Laying Off 16% of Full-Time Staff as It Embraces A.I.
• Musk v. Altman Is a Battle for OpenAI's Soul
• The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
• Sam Altman's project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.
• Meta Must Face Youth Addiction Lawsuit by Massachusetts, Court Rules
• Section 230 Is Dying By A Thousand Workarounds, And Massachusetts Just Added Another One
• Live Nation and Ticketmaster lose monopoly case
• Anna's Archive told to pay Spotify and record labels $322 million over unprecedented music scraping
• Roblox agrees to a $12 million settlement with Nevada
• Judge sides with creators of banned ICE trackers who allege DHS and DOJ violated their First Amendment rights
• What's the point of the App Store, if it can't protect users?
• TotalRecall Reloaded tool finds a side entrance to Windows 11's Recall database
• Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit
• It Is Time to Ban the Sale of Precise Geolocation
• Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data. | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Billionaire Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings is leaving the company
• Venture capitalist Ron Conway says he is starting treatment for a 'rare' cancer

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On this episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah tackles a listener's privacy concerns about what app developers can see when iOS and Apple Intelligence search through your apps, along with whether it's possible to bulk-manage Siri suggestion settings across all installed apps.

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Old Bugs are getting fixed, like the 20-year-old Enlightenment bug, finally landing per-screen virtual desktops in KDE, and even more X11 vulnerabilities. Mint is making the slower release cadence official, Fedora is pushing 44 off a week, and Tumbleweed is going to systemd-boot. Linux is finally dropping 486 support, Mozilla has announced Thunderbolt, and the FSF has entered the office. For tips, we have Netwatch-tui for live network stats, wtf for modular TUI dashboards, v4l2loopback-ctl for managing virtual cameras, and a tour of a working Grafana dashboard. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4tkp3PI and happy Linuxing!

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What happens next when science can confidently announce the discovery of an alien life form? Whether it's a fully functioning civilization or a lowly Martian microbe, the implications are vast. Dr. Brianne Suldovsky of Portland State University has studied this mostly ignored question and come up with some interesting conclusions--and, like the best science, more questions. How this can best be communicated in an age of mistrust in large institutions and science is a vexing one, and the conversation looked at it from a variety of angles. And--it was fun. Join us!

Headlines:

• Artemis 2 Heat Shield Passes Inspection Despite Social Media Panic
• SpaceX Nears Version 3 Starship Launch After Delays
• New Naked-Eye Comet and Lyrid Meteor Shower Viewing Tips

Main Topic: Communicating the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life

• Lack of Research on Public Communication of Alien Life Discoveries
• Religious Backgrounds and How They Shape Views on Science and Space
• Public Trust, Misinformation, and Institutional Perception Challenges
• Risks, Uncertainties, and Ethics in Announcing Life Discoveries
• What Happens if Private Companies Discover Alien Life First
• Measuring Public Beliefs: the Extraterrestrial Belief Scale and Conspiracies
• Religious, Psychological, and Societal Impacts of Alien Life Announcements
• Direct Public Involvement in Decisions About Contacting Alien Life
• Navigating AI, Social Media, and Pattern Recognition in Spreading Space News

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Guest: Brianne Suldovsky

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! How AI is helping elders stay independent & provide companionship. How Apple and Google's app stores are pushing users toward deepfake nude apps, per an organization's report. And inside the crazy backstory behind an AI plush companion.

• Jennifer talks about Samsung's newest updates to its SmartThings Family Care service and how technology and AI are increasingly being used to help take care of elderly people & provide companionship.
• Mikah talks about a report from the Tech Transparency Project that found both Apple & Google's app stores that host & direct users to apps that generate non-consensual nude images of women.
• And Victoria Song of The Verge joins the show to share her review of a $399 AI companion and her very unique experience with the device overall.

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Whether you're lending your phone to a kid or relying on maps off the grid, what you don't know about your device's security could come back to bite you. This episode shows why a few simple settings make all the difference when it counts.

• Setting up Medical ID and emergency contacts for safety
• Using Face ID and Guided Access to lock and protect apps
• Offline maps: how and why to download before you travel
• Find My and Life360 for tracking people and devices, with privacy tips
• Apple Messages' Check In and third-party safety apps like bSafe
• WiFi Assist and WiFi Calling: improving the reliability of calls and data
• News: Apple removes outdated Pages, Keynote, and Numbers from App Store
• Feedback: Free access to the Calm app via insurance and company perks
• Picks of the Week: Pokemon Go auto-catch gadget and Picsew screenshot tool

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A forum called DIYAudio.com recently conducted a fascinating test among its readers: Could they tell the difference between audio signals passed through professional audio cables, wet mud, and bananas? The results might surprise you.

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