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What’s up, Tech Squad? WWDC is around the corner, OpenAI just hired Apple’s design brain trust, and your Nintendo Switch 2 might actually let your carpal tunnels rest. It's been one of those weeks where the headlines read like sci-fi drafts - but with real stakes, big checks, and a whole lot of glassy UI updates.

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Apple’s gearing up to give all your devices a glow-up at WWDC

WWDC 2025 is shaping up to be Apple’s version of Queer Eye: System Edition. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple’s giving every operating system a stylish makeover - iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and even visionOS are all due for a fresh coat of glassy, translucent paint.

Think of it as the biggest aesthetic overhaul since iOS 7, but this time with more gradients and less neon.

Here’s what’s coming June 9:

• iOS 19 and macOS 16 will debut a new unified design language.

• watchOS and tvOS are finally joining the modern era.

• Apple is leaning into the visual direction of visionOS with glassy surfaces and transparent layers.

• Navigation, icons, and app structures will all feel more connected.

The bigger picture: For once, your Apple Watch, Apple TV, MacBook, and iPhone might actually look like they’re in the same family, because Apple wants its devices to not just work better together, but look better together too.

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The Nintendo Switch 2 might actually support your USB mouse

It’s not exactly the return of the DS stylus, but close: The Nintendo Switch 2 will support USB mice in at least somegames, as revealed in a developer demo for Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition. And yes, that’s a sigh of relief you hear from everyone whose thumbs are still recovering from 200 hours of Joy-Con drift.

While showing off the new “mouse mode,” Koei Tecmo’s Michi Ryu casually plugs in a USB mouse mid-demo, and voilà - instant pointer. He seamlessly swaps between the mouse and Joy-Con 2 like it’s no big deal.

Here’s what we know:

• Switch 2 recognized the USB mouse and let Ryu control gameplay.

• Joy-Con 2 has a dedicated “mouse mode” when held on its edge.

• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will let you toggle between gyro and mouse inputs.

Zoom out: The OG Switch had hidden mouse support in ports like Turok, but this time Nintendo’s embracing it more openly. If this sticks, accessibility and strategy gaming on Switch might get a much-needed ergonomic glow-up.

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OpenAI vs. Google: The AI Cold War just got hardware-core

This week was supposed to be Google's big AI flex at I/O - until OpenAI decided to casually announce it had bought Jony Ive’s hardware design team the day after. Petty? A little. Effective? Absolutely.

The “io” team (yep, OpenAI now owns a division literally named I/O) is joining forces with Ive to design voice-first AI hardware, rumored to be wearable, portable, and built to rival the iPod Shuffle…with brains. Meanwhile, Google showed off a seriously beefed-up Gemini and new AI-infused search. But once again, OpenAI dominated the narrative.

The battle lines:

• OpenAI dropped $6.5B in equity to absorb 55 LoveFrom employees.

• Ive is now exclusively focused on OpenAI after leaving Apple.

• Hardware prototypes are already in testing - one is necklace-style.

• Google’s Gemini is great and reaching 500M MAUs, but still chasing vibes.

Zoom out: Google has the scale, the infra, and the data. But OpenAI has buzz, branding, and now, the iPod whisperer. Whoever nails the post-phone future first wins this next chapter.

Apple’s Smart Home Hub Might Finally Show Up This Year

After two years of delays, Mark Gurman says Apple is finally gearing up to launch its long-rumored smart home hub later this year. And no, it probably won’t come with a Jetsons-style robot arm just yet.

Originally tied up in Apple Intelligence and Siri issues, the hub will first roll out as a lower-end device. Think HomePod meets iPad with a 7-inch screen, a fresh homeOS, and a dashboard that looks a lot like iPhone's StandBy mode.

Here’s the tea:

• A basic version could hit shelves by end of 2025.

• A pricier, robotic-arm-toting model is in the works for 2026 or later.

• The robotic version could retail for ~$1,000, so start saving those iMessage sticker bucks.

Zoom out: Apple’s arriving late to a party already dominated by Amazon Echo and Google Nest Hub. But if anyone can charge four digits for a fancy desk buddy, it’s Apple.

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