This week: Apple’s cheap MacBook sending PC makers into a panic, Google Gemini rescuing the new Siri from vaporware, the next iPhone Air that may (or may not) solve its biggest problem, the battle over Apple CarPlay and iOS 26.1 features you should try. Also: AirPods Pro Mad Libs.
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This week’s stories:
Apple’s upcoming budget laptop has PC makers ‘freaking out’
Upgrading Siri with Google Gemini will be $1 billion quick fix
Next iPhone Air could fix its camera problem
How a battle for your dashboard threatens CarPlay’s future
5 new features in iOS 26.1 you don’t want to miss
AirPods Pro Mad Libs
