On this week's AppleInsider Podcast, Apple is up for more Oscar awards, is there an Apple Intelligence pin in the works, Craig Federighi now leads the Siri team, and more new iPhone 18 Pro rumors debated.
If the rumor of Apple making a "Star Trek" combadge kind of AI device doesn't give you pause, it's probably spoiled the lunch of ex-Humane staff. Nonethless, despite their failure, and others, Apple is said to be trying again.
Speaking of AI and devices, there's more news about Craig Federighi's taking the lead on Apple Intelligence. With him leading it and now also Apple and Google's deal to use Gemini being completed, we could see the Home Hub coming soon.
What's of course definitely coming is the iPhone 18 Pro, and this week we also saw more rumors about it. Once more, though, the rumors turned into a back and forth disagreement between different leakers.
So here's what has been claimed, what has been counter-claimed — and just how much stock you set by any of it.
And then there's also this. For the third time, Apple has a movie nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.
"F1: The Movie" is not very likely to win — one of your hosts is backing "Sinners" while the other knows "Hamnet" should get it — but getting an action film nominated is an achievement.
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Links from the show:
- 'F1' driving Apple's Oscar awards ambitions in 2026
- Apple & Google's AI deal clears biggest hurdle blocking smart home accessory release
- Apple Intelligence will see sweeping changes as Craig Federighi takes control
- Despite Apple having said otherwise, Siri said to become a chatbot in iOS 27
- Apple Park employees are testing two new AI chatbots
- This time it'll work: Apple rumored to be developing a wearable AI pin
- Japan finally gets Apple FItness+, lazily using AI-generated dubs
- ChatGPT will soon start showing ads, but they won't affect its responses
- No top left camera for iPhone 18 Pro, but a smaller Dynamic Island
- After years of rumors, Face ID without Dynamic Island may come to iPhone 18
- Dynamic Island will move & get really tiny, if a leaker who's being sued by Apple is right
- Analyst claims to know full Apple's iPhone 18 Pro & iPhone Fold specs
- Have US senators told Apple and Google to remove X/Grok?
- Apple is afraid doing anything about child porn on X
- Grok now bans illegal porn generation, after monetizing it
- W Emerges as X Alternative Aimed at Combating 'Systemic Disinformation' | PCMag
- Bad Bunny dances his way to the Super Bowl halftime show
- Red Bull's 2026 Formula 1 launch puts Apple hardware front and center
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