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Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads.#598: Transparent Man of the People
January 12th, 2026 · 103 minutes
Google and Apple join forces to corner the market on smartphone AI models, John Ternus gets a profile in the New York Times, live NBA basketball comes to the Vision Pro, and Apple inconsistently refuses to stop bad App Store behavior.
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