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- A recap of Apple's blowout earnings for Q1FY26 plus analyst reactions - Sponsored by NordLayer: Get an exclusive offer - up to 22% off NordLayer yearly plans plus 10% on top with coupon code: macosken-10-NORDLAYER at nordlayer.com/macosken - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Morgan Stanley Sees Strength for Apple in 2HCY26 - J.P. Morgan Ups Apple Target Ahead of This Week's Earnings - Apple Q1FY26 Earnings Set for Today - Apple Creator Studio Launches - Apple Updates A/V Creation Apps for Creator Studio - Apple Updates Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - Apple Watch Hypertension Alerts Go Live in Seven More Countries - Washington Post Reports Misadventures with ChatGPT Health - Apple TV Titles Nab Nine WGA Awards Noms - Apple Drops First Look for "Criminal Record" Season-Two - Apple Posts Pics from "Ted Lasso" Season-Four - Sponsored by Squarespace: Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with offer code MACOSKEN at Squarespace.com/MACOSKEN - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Cook Vaguely Addresses Federal Actions in Minneapolis - TF International: Apple Won't Pass Higher Memory Prices on to Consumers - Advocacy Group Finds Dozens of "Nudify" Apps in Apple and Google Stores - Apple Watch Hypertension Alerts Go Live in Seven More Countries - Washington Post Reports Misadventures with ChatGPT Health - Apple Seeds Third Public Betas of blankOS 26.3 - Apple TV Adds Pre-Season Formula 1 Videos - Apple Originals Nominated for Four Film BAFTAs - Apple Titles Nominated for Several American Cinema Editors Awards - Apple TV Announces "Shrinking" Renewal on Eve of Season Three Premiere - Sponsored by Squarespace: Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with offer code MACOSKEN at Squarespace.com/MACOSKEN - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Apple Outs More Powerful Second-Gen AirTag - Most iPhones Since the 15 Series Support Better AirTag Precision Finding - First-Gen AirTag Prices Drop with Third-Party Sellers - New AirTag Ushers in a Slew of Software Updates - iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 Get Surprise Messages Support - iOS Updates Address Emergency Calling Issue in Australia - Apple Seeds Third Developer Betas of blankOS 26.3 - Apple Seeds Third RCs of Sequoia and Sonoma Updates to Developers - "Melania" Director Posts Pic with Cook from Screening - Sponsored by Squarespace: Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with offer code MACOSKEN at Squarespace.com/MACOSKEN - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Seeking Alpha: Apple Expected to Report Best Quarter Yet - Statcounter Backtracks on Lousy iOS Adoption Count - Apple Cash Instant Transfer Fees Moving to 1.7% - Was Tim Cook at the White House? - Mac OS Ken turns 20 - Sponsored by Squarespace: Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with offer code MACOSKEN at Squarespace.com/MACOSKEN - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Apple China Lowers Prices for Some Devices for Lunar New Year - Number of Discounted Units "Profoundly Limited" in Lunar New Year Promo - Additional Ads Hitting App Store Search Results in - 9to5Mac: Apple's U.S. Lobbying Spend Hit Record High in 2025 - Bloomberg: Sources Say Ternus Now Managing Apple Design Teams - New Santa Rosa Apple Store Opens Today - Utah Senate Leader Wastes Senate's Time on Bill for a Preferred State Mobile OS - Apple Nabs Six Academy Award Nominations - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Bloomberg: Apple May Turn Siri into a Chatbot - Sensor Tower: A.I. Assistants Took Off in 2025 - The Information Says Apple's Working on an A.I. Wearable Pin - Cyberattack on Luxshare May Have Exposed Apple Product Data - Apple Fitness+ Launches in Japan - Apple TV Announces End of March Premier for Return of "For All Mankind" - Apple Tops Brand Finance and Fortune Admired Companies Lists for 2026 - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Evercore Puts Apple on "Tactical Outperform" List - Goldman Sachs Issues Positive Note on Apple - Citi Stays Positive on Apple While Cutting 12-Month Price Target - Wedbush: Buy Apple on Geopolitical Soap Opera Weakness - France Okays App Tracking Transparency - Apple Issues Firmware Updates for Some Magic Keyboards - Apple TV Outs Season-Two Trailer for "The Last Thing He Told Me" - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Counterpoint: iPhone Won Q4 in China, Huawei Won the Year - MacRumors: Lengthening MacBook Pro Waits May Mean New Models Soon - Apple Posts Pictures of and Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. to Mark Holiday - "Drops of God" Season-Two Starts Tonight on Apple TV - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Analysts Say Apple's Slipped from the Top of the Supply Chain - Apple Kills 90-Day Logic and Final Cut Trials Ahead of Bundle Launch - Apple Fined $150K for Lack of Price Signage in NJ Stores - iOS 26.3 App Store May Blur Lines Between Organic and Sponsored Search Results - Lisa Jackson is Off the Apple Leadership Page - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Apple Pay China Adds Cross-Border Payment Support - JPMorgan Chase Takes $2B Charge Tied to Apple Card Acquisition - Grok Still Producing NCII in Standalone Appin US - New Apple Monitor Turns Up in Regulatory Filings in China - Apple Adjusts Maximum Hardware Trade-In Values - MacPaw Sunsetting EU's Setapp Mobile - Air France Adds Apple TV Titles to In-Flight Offerings - Apple Stores Open/Reopen in Montréal and Houston(ish) - Sponsored by Squarespace: Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with offer code MACOSKEN at Squarespace.com/MACOSKEN - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- IDC Shows Tight Race for Smartphone Dominance in China Last Year - Nikkei Asia: Apple Worried Over Glass Cloth Fiber Supply - MacRumors Makes the Case for New MacBook Pros (Maybe) - Advocacy Groups Write Cook and Pichai to Get Grok and Twitter Out of App Stores - California Opens Investigation Into Grok and Twitter - Musk Claims to Know Nothing of Grok Producing CSAM, Blames Users - Twitter Tweaks Grok to Stop Producing CSAM/NCII - Sponsored by Squarespace: Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with offer code MACOSKEN at Squarespace.com/MACOSKEN - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Ming-Chi Kuo: Still working on Its Own A.I., Apple Had to Make "Right Now" Google Deal - Sussing the State of the Mac - Pro Level A/V Apps Get Bundled in Apple Creator Studio Subscription - Public Testers Get Access to Second blankOS 26.3 Betas - Apple TV Green Lights Andre Agassi Docuseries - Apple TV Outs Second Teaser for Second Season of "Monarch…" - Second Season of "Hijack" Underway on Apple TV - Sponsored by Squarespace: Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with offer code MACOSKEN at Squarespace.com/MACOSKEN - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Counterpoint: iPhone Topped Smartphone Shipments in 2025 - Apple to Base A.I. Models on Google Gemini Models - Cloud Compute and Apple Servers Should Keep User Data Safe from Google - Elon Musk Shocks Planet by Not Liking Apple/Google A.I. Announcement - Wedbush: Apple/Google Announcement Was Top of List of 2026 - Apple Crews Over 2025 Services Performance - Apple Seeds Second Developer Betas of blankOS 26.3 - Minor iOS Update Spotted in the Wings - Sponsored by Squarespace: Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with offer code MACOSKEN at Squarespace.com/MACOSKEN - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Evercore Ups Apple Target on iPhone Strength, Minimal Memory Worry - TSMC Sees Serious Rise in Revenue - India Eyes Total Access to Mobile Operating - Less Than a Month to Switch Apple Home Architecture - Twitter and Grok Generating Sexual Deepfakes and CSAM on Demand - People, US Senators Call for Action Against Grok Over CSAM Generation - Indonesia and Malaysia Block Grok - Apple TV Titles Nominated in 37th Annual Producers Guild Awards - Apple TV Picks Up Three Golden Globe Awards - Sponsored by Squarespace: Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with offer code MACOSKEN at Squarespace.com/MACOSKEN - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Apple Sets Earnings Report for 29 January - Apple Sets Annual Shareholders Meeting for 24 February - NYT Piece Restarts Talk of Ternus as Apple's Next CEO - Developers and Testers Get Week's Second Background Security Improvement Test - Much Ado About iOS 26 Adoption - Apple Launches a Few "Back to School" Sales Promotions - Apple TV Sets Mid-February Streaming Premier for "Eternity" - Apple TV Drops Trailer for Season-Two of "Drops of God" - Apple TV Starts Season-Three of "Tehran" - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- JPMogran Chase to Replace Goldman Sachs Backing Apple Card - ChatGPT Health Can Integrate Apple Health Info - AppleInsider Issues Word of Caution Around Apple Health + ChatGPT - Expired Security Certificate Borks Logitech Peripheral Customizations - Apple Regent Street Closing for "Refurbishment" - Apple Research App Gets Liquid Glass Update - Four New Titles Hit Apple Arcade Today - Apple TV Snags Several SAG-AFTRA Award Noms - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Morgan Stanley: From Taiwan with Talking Points - Samsung Shows Off Foldable Display at CES with No Visible Creases - BMX Announces iPhone Storage Unit with Fingerprint Biometric Lock and FindMy Support - Apple Testing Background Security Updates in Latest Betas of blankOS 26.3 - Apple Auction Includes Truly Personal Steve Jobs Stuff - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Indian iPhone Exports Top $50B Over Five Years - India Exporting Apple Hardware Components to China and Vietnam - Evercore: Dec. App Store Revenue Up 6% Despite Headwinds in Gaming - Pioneer Announces First Aftermarket Dolby Atmos CarPlay Receiver - Apple Starts Orders for "Year of the Horse" AirPods Pro in Select Regions - Apple and Spectrum Post Schedule for Immersive NBA Games for Vision Pro - Apple TV Nabs Seven Critics Choice Awards - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

- Raymond James Restarts Apple Coverage at Neutral - FT: Apple Vision Pro is Still a Failure Again or Something - AppleInsider Counters the FT/Vision Pro Piece - Apple Promotes Building Workout Habits with Apple Watch - A24's "Eternity" a Surprise Addition to Apple TV Lineup - Apple Grows Lists of Vintage and Obsolete Products - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken