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#610: We Hear You're Good at Computers

April 6th, 2026 · 101 minutes

The Mac Pro is dead, iOS 18 security updates are now available for all, and Siri's upcoming revamp comes into focus. After all that's done, both hosts share their Apple origin stories.

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Links and Show Notes

Liftoff - Relay
Eric Berger - Ars Technica
Loren Grush | Bloomberg
‘Hello, World’ – Six Colors
NASA Shares Photos Shot on iPhone 17 Pro Max During Artemis II Mission to the Moon - MacRumors
Apollo 8 - Wikipedia
Apple at 50: Some great Apple history books – Six Colors
iCon - Wikipedia
The Second Coming of Steve Jobs - Wikipedia
Apple releases iOS 18 security updates for iOS 26 holdouts – Six Colors
About Lockdown Mode – Apple Support
About Background Security Improvements for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS - Apple Support
The Eclectic Light Company – Macs & painting
Apple Fitness chief Jay Blahnik retiring in July after 13-year tenure - 9to5Mac
Mac Studio delivery '4-5 months' out for top RAM after Apple dropped 512GB option - 9to5Mac
A Good Mac Studio is Hard to Find - 512 Pixels
Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware - 9to5Mac
Apple discontinues the Mac Pro – Six Colors
ATP 685: The Ability to Be Hotter — Accidental Tech Podcast
Connected #597: S-Tier: Jason Snell - Relay
iOS 27 Features: Apple AI Reboot With Siri App, New Interface, ‘Ask Siri’ Button - Bloomberg
Apple Seeds First iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 Betas to Developers - MacRumors
Wish List: Siri, Spotlight, and a unified search experience – Six Colors
Apple Tests Siri Feature That Handles Multiple Commands at Once - Bloomberg
Apple Plans to Open Up Siri to Rival AI Assistants Beyond ChatGPT in iOS 27 - Bloomberg
Fifty Years of Apple, Twenty Years for Me – The Enthusiast
iPhone 1 - Steve Jobs MacWorld keynote in 2007 - Full Presentation, 80 mins - YouTube