Apple up to date a few its most-loved merchandise this week, each in comparatively minor methods. The iPad and iPad Air each obtained new processors and never a lot else, the MacBook Air obtained a brand new processor and a brand new shade, and the Mac Studio obtained a brand new processor. All that is each excellent news, and completely unexciting.
So after all, on this episode of The Vergecast, we speak for almost an hour about all these chip bumps. The Verge’s Jake Kastrenakes joins Nilay and David to speak concerning the state of Apple’s varied system lineups, the continuing failure of Apple Intelligence to be a purpose to improve, and whether or not reinventing the gadget wheel is what we even need from Apple anymore.
After that, the hosts do a lightning spherical of tech information. We speak concerning the newest Digg comeback, the Nothing Telephone 3A, the Volkswagen ID. EVERY1 (ugh, that identify!), the top of Skype, and extra. Then it’s time for a politics and coverage lightning spherical: we speak tariffs, DOGE, the FAA, Brendan Carr’s ongoing assault on free speech, and the newest on the CFPB. And at last, we finish on a cheerful word — by discussing one of many wilder digicam / smartphone prototypes we’ve ever seen.
If you wish to know extra about every little thing we talk about on this episode, listed here are some hyperlinks to get you began, first on Apple’s new gear:
And in coverage and politics:
