It's Friday, and we can all use a good laugh, right?

Every Apple fan who ever rolled their eyes at a Jony Ive voiceover should get a kick out of Google's new ad for the Pixel 5a.

It's a brutal parody of the former Apple design chief's intense product videos, and the perfect way to start your weekend off with a chuckle.

— Lewis Wallace, managing editor

Google mercilessly mocks those pretentious Apple videos Jony Ive used to make — www.cultofmac.com

A new video for the Google Pixel 5a pokes fun at the ones Jony Ive used to make gushing about the smallest details in designs of Apple products. While an homage, the video also exhibits a cutting edge. Watch it now for a laugh!

Apple pays $100 million, agrees to App Store changes to settle dev lawsuit — www.cultofmac.com

Cupertino also will cough up $100 million to create a fund for app-makers. But will the changes be enough to satisfy fed-up developers (and antitrust regulators)?

China is already churning out Apple Watch Series 7 clones — www.cultofmac.com

The knockoffs feature flatter designs that could closely match the real thing.

Grab incredible deals on these fan-favorite gadgets, all on sale for summer — www.cultofmac.com

Whether you’re spending your summer in the great outdoors, going on a much-deserved vacation, or putting in quality time at home, stocking up on new gadgets is always exciting. We've got deals on top-rated tech accessories that will take your summer plans up a notch.

Explore the charming mysteries of 'Baldo: The Guardian Owls' — www.cultofmac.com

Fans of Zelda can now play a puzzle adventure inspired by the films of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibili. Baldo is new on Apple Arcade this week, as is Asphalt 8: Airborne+, a classic racing game.

Two M1-powered Macs divvy up work and play [Setups] — www.cultofmac.com

This setup starts with an M1 MacBook Pro for work and an M1 Mac mini for play, and never the twain shall meet.

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One more thing ...

"So, you're a developer, and you've just spent two weeks, or maybe a little bit longer, writing this amazing app. And what is your dream? Your dream is to get it in front of every iPhone user, and hopefully they love it and buy it, right? That's not possible today....

"Well we're going to solve that problem, for every developer, big to small. And the way we're gonna do it, is what we call the 'App Store.' This is an application we've written to deliver apps to the iPhone. And we're going to put it on every single iPhone." -- Steve Jobs, introducing the App Store in 2008