Did Siri Just Win the AI Race? Snap’s $2,200 AR Glasses, UK Social Ban for Teens

SPECS AR glasses announced, more discoveries from WWDC26, Google’s new Gemini speaker, Fox buying Roku, UK is banning social media for teens and kids, plus how Americans really feel about AI.

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Links from the show

• Allbirds Is Now Smartbird.
• Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 \ Anthropic
• SPECS AR Glasses
• The Google Home Speaker, with Gemini
• WWDC26: Design immersive environments for visionOS apps and the spatial web | Apple - YouTube
• WWDC26: Rev up your CarPlay app | Apple - YouTube
• Safari didn't have to go this hard in macOS 27 - YouTube
• Fox agrees to buy Roku. Here's what investors are missing
• SpaceX IPO closes up 19% and delivers the world's first trillionaire | TechCrunch
• SpaceX to acquire the AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion
• Schlage’s UWB-enabled smart lock launches this month | The Verge
• Matter 1.6 Announced With NFC Setup, Cross-Ecosystem Device Sharing, and Smarter Thermostats - MacRumors
• Britain will ban under-16s from social media apps, including TikTok and YouTube : NPR
• How Australia’s social media ban has affected families six months on | Social media bans | The Guardian
• Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows | TechCrunch

• (00:00) - Intro
• (02:12) - Smartbird
• (06:31) - Claude Fable
• (09:14) - Snap Specs
• (12:48) - Gemini Speaker
• (19:51) - Immersive Behind-the-Scenes
• (22:52) - iOS 27 CarPlay
• (28:28) - Fox Buying Roku
• (31:03) - SpaceX IPO
• (34:52) - Smart Home News
• (36:26) - Sponsor: Anthropic
• (39:09) - Sponsor: Shopify
• (40:40) - Sponsor: NordLayer
• (41:52) - UK Social Media Ban
• (58:22) - Did Siri AI Just Win?

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