Annual Pickies 2026
The Pickies rose from a holiday special hijacked by the Triple J. It has different hosts and different rules.
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The Pickies
John
- Round 1
Apple releases at least one brand new app (either a system app or available on an app store) for any device ?
- Round 2
Apple opens up its private cloud compute LLM to developers?
- Round 3
Apple will debut a new subscription service?
- Round 4
“Smarter Siri” will be rolled out in stages. Some features demoed in 2024 won’t be seen before WWDC 2026.?
- Round 5
Apple will release a Studio Display with Thunderbolt 5 ports, and a brighter 120Hz refresh rate OLED screen but no HDMI or DisplayPort inputs.?
James
- Round 1
Apple introduces a computer with an M5 Ultra processor?
- Round 2
Significant changes are made to Liquid Glass in the 27 updates?
- Round 3
Apple unveils a device with a previously unseen form factor?
- Round 4
Apple blames the European Commission for something in a Newsroom post.?
- Round 5
Tim Cook announces his succession plan (never have a succession plan, Tim!)?
Jason
- Round 1
Somehow, the iMac Pro returned!?
- Round 2
New home device with a screen, this time for sure!!!?
- Round 3
Touchscreen MacBook Pros will arrive, but the macOS interface won’t be dramatically changed to accommodate it.?
- Round 4
We will be able to say on next year’s episode that Siri is better and not collapse in rueful laughter.?
- Round 5
Tim Cook becomes chairman of the board, but stays as CEO.?