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One of these actually delivered what I asked for last week. The other delivered an impressive engineering flex with a price tag to match. Last week I braced you, and myself, for a $2,000 to $2,500 foldable iPhone. Apple actually came in at $1,999 for the base model, which is genuinely lower than a lot of what Wall Street was expecting. I want to give credit where it's due right up front, because I think it's important you know I'm not writing these pieces to be reflexively an

It's not an alarm. It's your phone quietly looking out for you, the same way a caring friend might. Picture this. You're walking out to grab the mail, nothing unusual, just a normal Tuesday afternoon, and your phone buzzes in your pocket. You pull it out expecting a text from your daughter or a reminder about a doctor's appointment. Instead, it says something like, "Your walking steadiness is Low". And just like that, your heart drops a little. Is something wrong with me? Am

He found out a bot denied his pain treatment on the third try. Not a doctor. A bot. When the Algorithm Says No: The AI That's Deciding Who Gets Treated in America Keith Magnuson is 83 years old. He used to be a rock climber. Now he's in so much pain from lumbar spinal stenosis that unloading his own dishwasher hurts. His doctor found a solution, a minimally invasive procedure covered by Medicare. It should have been simple. It was denied three times. On the third denial, Magn

They put a percentage on catastrophe. We're still waiting for them to act like it. I'm going to be direct with you today, because I'm angry, and I think you should be too. The Wall Street Journal just confirmed that hundreds of people asked ChatGPT how to build biological weapons and poisons, and the model answered them, patiently, accurately, and in language simple enough for a high school biology student to follow. This isn't a hypothetical. This isn't a "someday we need to

Your iPhone can quietly monitor your balance every time you go for a walk, and warn you if something changes. Here's how to set it up. I want to tell you about a feature that's been sitting inside your iPhone; completely free, no extra apps, no subscriptions, that most people have absolutely no idea exists. It's called Walking Steadiness. And if you're over 55, or you have a parent or someone you care about who is, this might be one of the most quietly important things your p

Your smartwatch just got a whole lot more interesting. Samsung has announced the results of a clinical study showing that the Galaxy Watch can predict fainting up to five minutes before it happens, with 84.6% accuracy. This is a world first. And if you're an adult over 55 who wears a smartwatch, or who has been thinking about getting one, this is worth knowing about. Let me break down what the study actually found, what it doesn't mean yet, and what you can do right now with