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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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