If there’s a show with a solid excuse to finish with a giant super-powered Kaiju battle Lanterns is it. While being fearless in its character-driven focus does this show stick the landing? Like the season finale of The Bachelor we finally find out…

Inhale deeply of the intoxicating gases and get ready to discuss the “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” season gone by. Our panel of puppets, “Casablanca” characters, badmirals, and high fantasy types have opinions on the genre-shifting penultimate…

Leaked Apple smart home gadgets, Apple’s upcoming smart home hub with a screen, our feelings on smart recording tech, and whether we want a touchscreen on our MacBook.

Leaked Apple smart home gadgets, Apple's upcoming smart home hub with a screen, our feelings on smart recording tech, and whether we want a touchscreen on our MacBook.Guest Starring:Aleen Simms and Jeff CarlsonLinks and Show Notes:Support Clockwise…

MacRumors's Hartley Charlton has a post detailing the designs of some rumored upcoming smart home devices co-developed by LG and Apple, thanks to FCC filings: Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that App…

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, writing at The Verge, illuminates some challenges with the new parental controls Apple added in this year's software updates: I’m not even trying to use Screen Time on my s…

Credit cards, dryers, and, if we have time, the two Apple events expected this month.Mark Gurman says there will be two October events.Lex thinks Apple should be more forthcoming with information about the iPhone 18 Max problems on AT&T.Lex also…

This week we’re covering the penultimate episode of Lanterns. We go way back and visit Hal and his Dad during little league and, it turns out, Hal just can’t let things go. Meanwhile, John makes a discovery that makes a world of a difference.Hosts…

In a post on Apple's Developer News site, the company says it will be updating the Full Disk Access permissions: Going forward, we will introduce additional controls to ensure that users who genuin…

Dan is joined by LexOnTech’s own Lex Friedman to discuss John Ternus’s first week on the job and Apple’s upcoming iPhone announcements.

Way back in January I noted that one of the features that had kept me from using Passwords as my only password management app was its inability to manage SSH keys, a feature offered by competitor 1…

Minor bugs that drive us mad, app blasts from the past, smart home infrastructure, and our non-car navigation systems.Guest Starring:James Thomson, mb bischoff, and Sarah BickertonLinks and Show Notes:Support Clockwise with a Relay…

Scary children, speculating about Apple’s October event and touchscreen Macs.John Gruber suggests Apple might use an October event to hand out iPhone Duo review units.Mark Gurman says John Ternus would like to make Apple more efficient.Moltz should…

Things in Rushville come to a head as Hal tries to take down the Manhunter all by himself. Meanwhile, John and Zoe get to know each other a little better just before all hell breaks loose. Then we’re back to the present day as the plot picks up again…

Qualcomm: Qualcomm Incorporated today announced the renewal of its global patent license agreement with Apple, effective April 1, 2027. “We are pleased to extend the Apple license agreement,” said…

How we decide between new and older tech, whether iPhone users are ready for the foldable life, the new Apple features we're most excited about, and payments from class action lawsuits.Guest Starring:Florence Ion and John MoltzLinks and Show…

Lex’s phone, Dan’s Watch and Moltz’s vacuum.The iPhone 18 Pro is... good.A recent Doonesbury comic pokes fun at the youngs.Our thanks to Factor for sponsoring this episode. Eat smarter with tasty, chef-prepped meals that are dietitian-approved and…

We’re taking a breather from Lanterns this week to cover Spider-Man: Brand New Day. When we left Peter Parker he’d had Doctor Strange erase the memory of him from all of his friends and loved ones. Can Peter cope with his isolation and lonliness…

The new iPhone 18 Pro Max battery is quite capacious—so much so, in fact, that it potentially runs afoul of international shipping regulations. If you're shipping batteries over 20 Wh, it triggers…

Jason likes Glacier. Dan buys an unexpected Apple Watch. And, oh yeah, there were new OS releases this week!