Myke prepares the way for a big arrival (including of many Upgrade guest hosts), we're deeply puzzled by reports of a large folding Apple device, and Myke gets out the conspiracy yarn regarding what Tim Cook is up to in the United Kingdom.

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Baby Hurley! – Myke Hurley – Instagram

iOS 18.2/macOS 15.2 Review: Picture not so perfect? – Six Colors

Mango Baby: Newborn Tracker with Siri Shortcuts

Appearance: Apple Intelligence’s generic humans – Six Colors

Report: Apple to Stop Selling iPhone 14 and iPhone SE in EU This Month - MacRumors

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BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline - BBC News

The Upgrade Episode 600 Draft of the Ages

ChatGPT Won't Say Certain Names and No One Seems To Know Why - Newsweek

Apple’s new Messages features are great, but the notifications are overwhelming – Six Colors

Apple expands U.K. investment and doubles local engineering teams - Apple (UK)

Tim and Keir – Instagram

His Majesty King Charles III visits Apple’s U.K. headquarters - Apple

Tim Cook is the latest tech CEO to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago - The Verge

Daring Fireball: The Information Suggests, in an Aside, That Apple Scrapped Work on a Quad-Max/Double-Ultra M-Series Chip

Apple Working on Giant Foldable iPad, Revamped Mouse, Longer-Range AirTag 2 - Bloomberg

Apple Plans Thinner, Foldable iPhones to Revive Growth - WSJ

Report: Apple designing all new Magic Mouse, fixing charge port placement - 9to5Mac

Apple Watch Could Get Blood Pressure Monitoring in 2025 - MacRumors

iOS 18.3 beta 1 now available - 9to5Mac

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