Will Apple Make a $599 MacBook?

This week, Andrew and David take over the show once more while Marques is out representing Team USA! First, they talk about the rumor that Apple might make a cheaper Mac laptop before getting into Google's upcoming Duolingo competitor. Then they talk about the hectic Chat GPT 5.0 release, Elon trying to sue Apple, and Perplexity trying to buy Chrome. There was a lot that happened. Enjoy!

Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:52 First look at. Pixel 10 Pro Fold 06:33 Apple's new MacBook rumor 10:50 Google Translate vs Duolingo 15:49 Cassette app 27:34 Monarch Money (Sponsored) 28:49 Coda (Sponsored) 30:27 GPT 5.0 44:14 Elon suing Apple? 46:04 Perplexity wants to buy Chrome 49:14 Shopify (Sponsored) 50:30 Framer (Sponsored) 52:03 Ford $30k EV platform 56:59 Reddit games 01:02:24 Super head-to-head trivia 01:10:23 Outro

Links: Watch Marques play Ultimate⁠: https://live.theworldgames.org/sports/flying-disc Digitimes - ⁠$599 Macbook rumor⁠: https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20250811PD214/apple-low-cost-macbook-notebook-market.html Android Authority - ⁠Google Translate APK teardown⁠: https://www.androidauthority.com/google-translate-practice-duolingo-apk-teardown-3586649/ Xiaomanyc - ⁠Surprised ChatGPT by speaking computer language⁠: https://youtu.be/GiaNp0u_swU?si=nDohl4h5wfYP44n7 Techcrunch - ⁠Cassette app⁠: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/12/cassettes-new-app-turns-your-videos-into-retro-vhs-like-home-movies/ Verge - ⁠OpenAI charts and graphs⁠: https://www.theverge.com/news/756444/openai-gpt-5-vibe-graphing-chart-crime Reuters - ⁠Perplexity offers to buy Chrome⁠: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/ai-startup-perplexity-makes-bold-345-billion-bid-googles-chrome-browser-2025-08-12/ Verge - ⁠Ford $30k EV platform⁠: https://www.theverge.com/ford-motor-company/757243/ford-ev-truck-breakthrough-model-t

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