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This week Apple released the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display, a touchscreen laptop. Something Steve Jobs called an “ergonomically terrible” idea. Will this move to other MacBook models? Will it cannibalize iPad sales?Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Nate Lanxon, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes.

Look, Google has plans, OK? They’ll be fine. Just ask them. And NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang may have been targeted by a spy. We’re sure that will be fine too. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah LaneShow notes found here.

Apple added a touchscreen laptop to its lineup, a design once called “ergonomically terrible” by Steve Jobs. Meanwhile, Amazon tried to steal Apple’s hardware thunder with the release of new Echo smart alarm clocks, photo frames, and the usual speakers and displays.Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

OpenAI won’t stop releasing science and why LLMs are more expensive if you don’t speak English.Starring Tom Merritt and Jason HowellShow notes found here.

What the average person will find interesting about the Anthropic IPOs. Plus iFixit figures out what’s causing iPhone Duo screens to crack.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Links to storied discussed in this episode can be found here.

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Rich Stroffolino joins Jason Howell to geek out on the state of audio technology in the age of agentic AI that enables anyone to safely modify the inner workings of their gear to do pretty much anything they want.

The top stories of the week are about AI discovering a critical bug in the Web, Responsible Disclosure and patching systems breaking down, and how nation-states may be getting a jump on bugs before they even become public. And it's all the same story. Plus, the iPhone Duo's horrible launch bug!Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Huyen Tue Dao, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes.

Hugging Face releases an on-device open model for studying DNA. And Amazon security researchers say PHP2Shell may have been exploited as early as Saturday.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah LaneShow notes found here.