The Apple Release Tier List

A lot happened this week! First, the crew falls down a rabbit hole discussing the Subaru UI and volume knobs before jumping right into all of the new Apple devices that were released. Then they talk about the Honor robot phone, Ray-Ban Meta privacy issues, and Google's 30% Play Store tax. They wrap it up by explaining the Bam Adebayo record breaking performance in tech terms.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:29 - Did they even test this?
00:12:16 - Burger King AI
00:19:46 - Apple New Devices Tier list
00:44:11 - Framer (Sponsored)
00:45:45 - Honor Robot phone
00:52:20 - Meta Glasses sending videos to people
01:03:30 - Google’s 30% tax is shrinking
01:11:55 - Shopify (Sponsored)
01:13:01 - Explaining Bam’s 83 point game in tech terms
01:28:14 - Trivia

Links:
Verge - M5 MacBook Pro review: https://www.theverge.com/tech/803349/apple-macbook-pro-14-m5-2025-review
Verge - Honor phone hands-on: https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/889023/honor-robot-phone-gimbal-stabilization-mwc
Meta Glasses article: https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasses-and-data-privacy-concerns-workers-say-we-see-everything
Verge - Tim Sweeney Article: https://www.theverge.com/news/889595/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032

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