TNW 439: Can Apple's New Siri Catch Up? - iOS 27 Siri AI Overhaul
Tech News Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
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🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Dan Moren from sixcolors.com joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly. A new report from Mark Gurman highlights new details for iOS 27. A look into a trend in London involving phone thefts & the lengths they go to unlock stolen devices for resale. And the Vatican unveiled its new papal encyclical on artificial intelligence.
- Dan talks about a new report from Mark Gurman on Bloomberg about new details for Apple's upcoming iOS 27, which highlights a revamped Siri, a new system-wide search interface, and a standalone chatbot-style Siri app with support for third-party AI models.
- Mikah shares a New York Times investigation that looks into a disturbing trend in London where phone thieves are escalating beyond simple theft to pressure the victim and their family members into unlocking their stolen devices for resale.
- And Jacob Ward of The Rip Current joins Mikah to break down the Vatican's new papal encyclical on artificial intelligence that was unveiled earlier this week.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren
Guest: Jacob Ward
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Tech News Weekly, Dan Morin is here. |
| 0:02.5 | We talk about Bloomberg's latest piece, giving us what we should expect when it comes to iOS 27 at WWDC. |
| 0:10.6 | Then a story out of London regarding phone theft and families being threatened by the Thebes. |
| 0:19.2 | After that, Jake Ward of the Rip Current joins us to give us a breakdown of the Vatican's |
| 0:25.3 | indictment of AI. |
| 0:27.5 | All of that coming up on Tech News Weekly. |
| 0:32.1 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:33.8 | From people you trust. |
| 0:36.3 | This is Twitter. This is Twitter. |
| 0:40.0 | This is Tech News Weekly, episode 439, with Dan Moran and me, Micah Sargent, recorded Thursday, May 28th, 2026. |
| 0:49.3 | Can Apple's new Siri catch up? |
| 0:52.4 | Hello and welcome to Tech News Weekly, the show where every week we talk to and about the |
| 0:56.3 | people making and breaking that tech news. I am your host, Micah Sargent, and joined this week |
| 1:02.1 | by my dear pal. It is the East Coast Bureau Chief of Six Colors, Dan Morin. Hello, Dan. |
| 1:09.6 | Hello, Micah, got my hammer. Ready to break some news. Let's doan. Hello, Dan. Hello, Mike. I got my hammer. |
| 1:11.0 | Ready to break some news. |
| 1:12.5 | Let's do it. |
| 1:13.9 | Yeah, because this morning, I saw something fly through by way of a notification in Discord. |
| 1:22.3 | And then I said, that seems interesting. |
| 1:25.7 | Let me go back to sleep. |
| 1:27.7 | And then later. That's your standard operating procedure. |
| 1:30.5 | I understand. |
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