The Rebound

Lex talks about his iPhone purchase experience, Dan has Duo expectations and Moltz volunteers at the Apple Store. When Dan’s original iPhone died within 24 hours of getting it, he had to get creative . Boox has announced the Palma 3 . We recommend Athletic and Best Day Brewing NA beers. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

We give our keynote reactions, Dan makes tentative plans and Moltz and Lex need to get their hearing checked. Verizon’s chatbot is not a very good Apple rumors site. Dan says don’t call the IPhone Duo an iPad. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

It's the year of Lex on the desktop, mobile and everywhere else. Lex on Tech is a new tech blog by Lex Friedman, maker of Lex.Games and other things with "Lex" in the name. Tim Cook and John Ternus both sent memos to Apple employees if you're having trouble sleeping. Nick Heer notices something about 9to5Mac's pieces. Watts Martin thinks it might be time to get out of tech. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

Lex and Moltz talk new Macs, old games, Lex’s apps and Apple community drama before getting interrupted by some heartbreaking news. Lex’s new app is Lex Shell . Think you can remember that name? Moltz still enjoys Coax . John Gruber has some thoughts on cheese . If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

Guy English joins us. We talk, of course, about John Gruber’s essay on Anthropic’s watermarking, Dan’s Six Colors response , and Gruber’s follow-up . We also talk about AirPods with cameras. 🎉 Lex had Eero troubles. Our thanks to Factor. Factor : Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Use code rebound50off Buy our crap: https://reboundcast.com/stuff

We discuss the new betas, give Lex a live bug report and then hit the books. Is the 20th anniversary iPhone on or off ? Shop smart, shot DanMart . If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

Moltz has a can-do attitude but it's Lex and Dan who get the questions about actually doing things. Private relay may not be as private as we thought . Apple had another great quarter , go figure. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

Moltz is tired of renting and Lex must be tired of walking. RIP iPhone Upgrade Program . Apple passes Nvidia and is on its way to a $5 trillion valuation . If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

Dan starts drinking early, James gets bad vibes and Moltz screams for ice cream. Does Apple have a vibe coding problem ? Apple is scrapping the iPhone upgrade program for a new lease plan . You're not gonna believe this but Dan has a new e-reader . Our thanks to Factor for sponsoring this episode. Eat smarter with tasty, chef-prepped meals that are dietitian-approved and delivered right to your door. Ready in just two minutes and with more than 65 weekly meals, you can pick what's right for you. Head to factormeals.com/rebound50off and use code rebound50off to get 50% off your first box. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

Guy meets someone in the woods, Moltz makes a proposal and Dan finds books frustrating. Apple is suing OpenAI , if you haven’t heard. Apple is interested in this startup that is trying to run large AI models on a phone. Who does AI think you are ? Here’s the quote about how people think differently about technology as they age that Moltz was referencing (hat tip to neco). Dan takes a look at the iOS public beta. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

This week Lex has audio issues, Dan wants to unload some old hardware and Moltz is tired of fireworks. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

Apple hikes prices, Dan goes down a rabbit hole, Moltz is holding confessional and Lex rightfully self-promotes. As promised, Apple has increased prices on many products. John Gruber has some thoughts on Bernie Sanders' comments about the price hike. Lex has a new game called Gimme a Second ! If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

This week we discuss post-CEO job opportunities for Tim Cook, new TVs and our beta experiences or lack thereof. John Gruber discusses Apple’s impending price increases. The touch screen MacBook is 100% confirmed to the max , totally. Our thanks to Factor for sponsoring this episode. Eat smarter with tasty, chef-prepped meals that are dietitian-approved and delivered right to your door. Ready in just two minutes and with more than 65 weekly meals, you can pick what's right for you. Head to factormeals.com/rebound50off and use code rebound50off to get 50% off your first box. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

In this episode we describe pictures to the listener for maximum hilarity. Here's how to check the status of indexing on iOS 27. Apple's new foundation models explained . If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

We discuss Apple's WWDC 2026 announcements. Some of them weren't even about AI. Dan rounded up a lot of the smaller features that Apple only showed briefly onscreen. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

This week we talk about what we expect to see next week and the similarities between kids and meteors. Google’s Gemini Spark AI agent seems to mostly do what it’s supposed to do. Dan tells us about the Optimus Maximus keyboard . Jason Snell and Myke Hurley launch a Kickstater . If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

It’s our 600th episode and we are very on top of it, we assure you! This episode is two — TWO (2) — episodes running the length of three! First, Dan, Lex and Moltz discuss seltzer, running webinars and Google AI mistakes. And then stay tuned! After the music, the real show begins! James Thomson and Guy English take over the show to discuss hair styling, WWDC predictions, video games and Star Wars. Moltz bought these e-ink fridge magnets and loves them. Google search AI has made some mistakes lately, including not being able to handle the word “disregard” and not knowing what year it is next year . If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

Dan shops for URLs, Lex makes a video and Moltz runes everything. Apple announced WWDC26 . Apple is once again selling its assistive MagSafe iPhone grip . John Gruber has thoughts on Ben Thompson’s idea to have companies pay communities to put in data centers. Our thanks to Factor for sponsoring this episode. Eat smarter with tasty, chef-prepped meals that are dietitian-approved and delivered right to your door. Ready in just two minutes and with more than 65 weekly meals, you can pick what's right for you. Head to factormeals.com/rebound50off and use code rebound50off to get 50% off your first box. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

A big week for Lex, Dan gets a citation and Moltz quits Ice. Lex introduces Gnome , a great way to organize and use your animated gifs. John Gruber talks watches . Not Apple ones. Indigo is a new app for unifying your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds. The rejected pitch for Indigo is pretty great. Bartender makes use of the MacBook’s notch. Our thanks as well to Steamclock Software, a design and development studio that ships great mobile apps for iOS and Android. Whether it's using cross-platform or native development tools, if you care about great customer experiences, you should be contacting Steamclock. Go to steamclock.com/rebound to get in touch with them to see how they can help. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !

After a slow start, we get to some quality rants on advertising, AI and Marc Andreessen. Chrome is dumping 4 GB of AI on ya. The Epic case is still going on . John Gruber has some thoughts on ads. Marc Andreessen has no thoughts at all . Lex and Lauren were on Judge John Hodgman . Our thanks as well to Steamclock Software, a design and development studio that ships great mobile apps for iOS and Android. Whether it's using cross-platform or native development tools, if you care about great customer experiences, you should be contacting Steamclock. Go to steamclock.com/rebound to get in touch with them to see how they can help. If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out! Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store !