Apple’s AI products are all doomed. Wanna guess why?
It is time for another edition of Old Man Macalope Explains How Things Used to Be Better. No, don’t get up. Back in the early 2000s, there were three big Apple rumors: the tablet, the…
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Oh, great, now the rest of Apple is doomed because of AI too
What happens when the unstoppable force of AI meets the immovable object that is Apple’s stranglehold on the supply chain? Guess we’re gonna find out because, according to technology columnist Tim Culpan, the massive amounts…
How doomed is Apple in 2026? Just wait and see
It’s a new year! Congratulations! We made it. [Looks at the world] Yay? Okay. Okay. Yes, there’s… stuff going on that, admittedly, could be a bit better. Okay, it’s a real mess. Like… almost everything.…
The iPhone Air is doomed because one guy returned it
If you thought we were going to get out of November without an iPhone sales failure, well, you thought wrong. The Wall Street Journal goes so far as to drop an F-bomb on the iPhone…
Apple might actually be doomed if Siri misses another deadline
Remember enhanced Siri? Apple first announced it in June of 2024 and planned to deliver it in an update to iOS 18, but it never did. You might be forgiven for thinking now that it…
The iPhone 17 is doomed because everyone says it isn’t
Casual readers of this column may incorrectly assume that this pointy observer only takes on silly prognostications about iPhone production cuts. This is a hurtful stereotype of mythical beasts who have heads shaped like classic…
Is Windows’ Copilot button doomed to the fate of the Cortana key?
When Microsoft’s Copilot key first poofed into existence, I tilted my head and thought… Wait, another shortcut key? I’ve definitely been here before. Does anyone remember the Cortana key? The Office key? The F-Lock key?…
Is Apple’s Liquid Glass as doomed as Windows Vista?
People seem to either hate Liquid Glass or…well, the Macalope has yet to see anyone who says they love it. Engadget’s Devindra Hardawar comes the closest in saying “Apple’s Liquid Glass is Windows Vista done…
Ad nauseam: Apple might actually be doomed if this keeps up
Um… what the heck is going on with Apple’s advertising? Forget the problem with Apple selling ads, which is also a problem. Apple has a problem making ads. Disclaimer: you can’t talk about Apple ads…
AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?
Since 2022, we’ve been using the prompt “a muscular barbarian with weapons beside a CRT television set, cinematic, 8K, studio lighting” to test AI image generators like Midjourney. It’s time to bring that barbarian to…