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• Apple AirTag 2 improve battery, tracking, and safety
• AirTag 2 has a thinner motherboard, bigger speaker coil, and lots of glue
• Apple Creator Studio review: Incredible value for most creative pros
• Remember: Cancel Final Cut Pro iPad subscriptions when you set up Apple Creator Studio
• John Ternus solidifies his role as Apple CEO-apparent amid design team shakeup
• Apple Design Team gains Halide co-founder, but the pro camera app isn't going anywhere
• iPhone 18 Pro Max smaller Dynamic Island dimensions detailed in new leak
• If you give ChatGPT your health data, have your doctor on speed-dial
• Moral low ground: App Store is rife with AI 'nudify' apps
• Apple's unusual OS 27 code name shift could reflect AI strategy changes, or nothing at all
• Tim Cook slammed for attending 'Melania' screening on night of Alex Pretti killing
• Apple CEO Tim Cook 'heartbroken' after repeated ICE killings in Minneapolis
• Apple C-series modem enables new privacy-focused limit precise location feature

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (02:32) - AirTags
• (14:15) - Apple Creator Studio
• (47:38) - Apple Design and Halide
• (55:31) - iPhone 18
• (01:02:16) - ChatGPT health warning
• (01:03:49) - Controversy Corner
• (01:11:18) - Modem privacy