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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