Apple up to date a few its most-loved merchandise this week, each in comparatively minor methods. The iPad and iPad Air each received new processors and never a lot else, the MacBook Air received a brand new processor and a brand new shade, and the Mac Studio received a brand new processor. All that is each excellent news, and completely unexciting.
So in fact, 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 in regards to the state of Apple’s numerous machine lineups, the continued failure of Apple Intelligence to be a motive 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 in regards to the newest Digg comeback, the Nothing Cellphone 3A, the Volkswagen ID. EVERY1 (ugh, that title!), 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 eventually, we finish on a contented word — by discussing one of many wilder digicam / smartphone prototypes we’ve ever seen.
If you wish to know extra about every thing we talk about on this episode, listed below are some hyperlinks to get you began, first on Apple’s new gear:
And in coverage and politics: