An iPhone 16 AI supercycle? Nope, according to analysts. (Dan Jones). I agree — yesterday’s presentation was too long and underwhelming — although if you happen to suffer from one of several health problems that the new gear addresses, the technology could be literally life-changing for you. The AI features were meh and the new iPhones will be great for people who were upgrading already, but won’t win new users.

AT&T’s CEO John Stankey plans to be first and biggest on fiber (Linda Hardesty).

AI is increasing 5G traffic. Signs point toward 6G as the answer (Julia King). tl;dr AI requires a great deal of uplink traffic, overwhelming even 5G.

19 things to love at Vintage Computer Fest Midwest 19 — Liz Coyne went to Vintage Computer Fest Midwest and found a whole lot of fantastic retro technology, including a novelty Kermit the Frog phone, 900-pound IBM mainframe, 1980s era robots and the computer behind Chuck E. Cheese audio-animatronics. Fun!