556: The Last Thing You Touch

Subtitle: Scoring The Rickies (June 2025)

The guys learn how their predictions fared, talk about some of the news from WWDC25, and someone gets a trophy.

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WWDC25 - Rickies.net

WWDC25 - Rickies.co

Introducing Liquid Glass | Apple - YouTube

Meet Liquid Glass - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer

iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and Liquid Glass: The MacStories Overview - MacStories

WWDC25: macOS Tahoe Compatibility, Will Be Last to Support Intel Macs - 512 Pixels

WWDC25: The End of the Intel Mac Era - 512 Pixels

Apple Intelligence Expands: Onscreen Visual Intelligence, Shortcuts, Third-Party Apps, and More - MacStories

Apple Execs Defend Siri Delays, AI Plan and Apple Intelligence | WSJ - YouTube

Updates to Apple's On-Device and Server Foundation Language Models - Apple Machine Learning Research

visionOS 26: The MacStories Overview - MacStories

Introducing the Apple Games app: A personalized home for games - Apple

Updates to Apple's On-Device and Server Foundation Language Models - Apple Machine Learning Research

Foundation Models | Apple Developer Documentation

Apple’s new research paper says AI reasoning isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. | The Verge

The Prompt - Relay

Develop for Shortcuts and Spotlight with App Intents - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer

Mac Power Users #801: WWDC 2025: A Return to Form - Relay

Apple unveils new Mac Studio and brings Apple silicon to Mac Pro - Apple

From June 2023 :(

WWDC25: macOS Tahoe Breaks Decades of Finder History - 512 Pixels

WWDC25: Oh No, They Did It to Automator, Too - 512 Pixels