Apple dropped new hardware this week and the Waveform crew built a tier list out of it. The M5 MacBook Pro anchors the conversation, with The Verge review linked for those who want specs. The segment runs from 19:46 to 44:11, meaning this is the longest and most detailed discussion in the episode.
Two stories deserve attention beyond the Apple coverage. Honor's robot phone with gimbal stabilization got a hands-on at MWC. More importantly, a Swedish investigation found Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses were sending video footage to human reviewers without clear user awareness. That story has sourced reporting and is worth reading in full. Google's 30% Play Store tax is also shrinking, tied directly to Tim Sweeney signing away his right to publicly criticize Google until 2032.
The episode opens with a Subaru UI complaint and closes by explaining Bam Adebayo's 83-point NBA game using tech analogies. The Subaru segment is the kind of product design criticism that reveals how the crew actually thinks about interfaces, which is the real reason to watch beyond the headlines.
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