The iPhone Fold could make concerts even worse

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Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade.

You know the person blocking your view of the concert because their phone is swaying in the air, recording the entire thing? Get ready for the unfolded version of it.

This week on The Vergecast, we dive right into the big week of Apple news. First, it’s the refreshed Mac Mini and Mac Studio, as well as the new M6 and M5 Ultra chips. Apple is advertising them all as achievements in AI inference, but we’re skeptical this is more than a marketing ploy for now. Then we get into the newly announced Apple event, why we’re not expecting to see an iPhone 18, and whether the folding phone form factor is really good enough yet for Apple.

After that, there’s a lot to discuss about the Meta settlement. Teens...

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