Debunking planned obsolescence claims

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This week: Xcode’s AI agents can build an app from scratch in a day, major new details on the folding iPhone — and a potential second folding iPhone, whether Apple plans obsolescence, and a trick that’ll wrangle notifications on your iPhone.

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• Xcode unleashes AI agents for fast and easy app creation
  • Devs can work directly with Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex, thanks to an Xcode update that builds in AI coding agents.
• iPhone Fold leak shows Apple borrowing design cues from iPad
  • A new leak provides more details about the foldable iPhone's design, pointing to several similarity with iPads.
• Apple’s foldable plans may not stop at just one iPhone
  • Before Apple even launches its first folding iPhone, the company is reportedly exploring a follow-up model with a clamshell-like form factor.
• Apple just killed the myth of iPhone forced obsolescence
  • The conspiracy theory that Apple uses iOS as a tool of forced iPhone obsolescence is complete BS, and I can prove it.
• Never miss an important alert with this crucial iPhone settings tweak
  • If you rely on timely alerts from certain critical iOS apps, set up persistent notifications so you don't miss something important.
• Listener Question
  • Do people actually care about phone wobble?