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Summing up Apple's devil's bargain when it comes to AI features; what TikTok says about the chaotic future of tech regulation; Apple TV+ in the era of "Severance" and "Silo."

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The Flop House

iOS 18.3 makes 5 changes to Apple Intelligence notification summaries - 9to5Mac

Apple Intelligence: iPhone AI news alerts halted after errors - BBC News

Joanna Stern on Notification Summaries

Apple’s historic successes have bred its recent failures – Six Colors

TikTok is partially back online in the US, but it’s not back in the App Store yet - The Verge

Daring Fireball: BrikTok

About availability of TikTok and ByteDance Ltd. apps in the United States - Apple Support

Marvel Snap gets surprise US suspension as stateside TikTok ban takes effect | Eurogamer.net

Apple TV+ Has Big Day With 'Severance' Return and 'Silo' Season Finale - MacRumors

Severance — Inside the Grand Central Terminal Pop-Up | Apple TV+ - YouTube

Lumon Takes Grand Central - by Parker Ortolani

Brandon's list of our 'The Rest is History' recommendations

Apple's Redesigned Mail App is Expanding to the Mac — Here's When - MacRumors

Nintendo Switch 2 to be released in 2025 - News - Nintendo Official Site

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20 Macs #12: iMac G4 (#9) - Relay