Is AI Actually Making Products We Love Better?

Creator Studio gets new tricks, Gemini Spark on macOS, Meta glasses come with a catch, more Apple Pricing details, and is AI making apps we love better…or worse?

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   Links from the show

• Joe Lion on Mastodon: "Memory is a commodity"
• Labor unveils new powers, penalties to strengthen social media ban for under-16s
• Meta contractors posed as teens to prompt rival chatbots about suicide, sex, and drugs
• Artem on X: Looks like the next Apple Watch might have cameras
• There has never been a better time to buy an iPhone
• Apple Creator Studio gets smarter, faster, and more connected
• Meta is adding 'rate limits' and a soft paywall to its smart glasses
• Gemini Spark rolling out to macOS app for local tasks, automation
• Use the 1Password MCP Server to manage your 1Password Environments (beta)
• Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents
• Claude Fable 5 cleared to return as US lifts Anthropic's export control restriction
• Nadav Keyson on X: Introducing Riverside 2.0
• Dropbox Fax (formerly HelloFax): Send and receive fax online securely
• OpenAI unveils GPT-5.6 amid US AI regulatory drama
• OpenAI teases Codex-branded hardware collaboration, here's what to expect
• WhatsApp now lets you reserve usernames
• Supreme Court allows firing of FTC commissioners, ends agency independence
• South Korean tech giants commit over $550B to ease 'RAMageddon'
• Daring Fireball: The Supreme Court rules law enforcement's use of a 'geofence warrant' was a 'search'
• Supreme Court will hear Apple's appeal in Epic Games App Store fight
• Parker Ortolani
• Formula 1 Pirelli British Grand Prix 2026

• (00:00) - Intro
• (13:07) - Apple Pricing Updates
• (22:28) - New Final Cut Features
• (26:26) - Meta Glasses Subscription
• (28:14) - Gemini Spark on Mac
• (32:58) - Sponsor: Keeper
• (34:59) - Sponsor: Framer
• (37:09) - Sponsor: NordLayer
• (38:57) - Riverside 2.0 and AI Creep
• (01:01:07) - Lightning Round
• (01:11:46) - Toy Story 5

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