Apple’s Price Increase is Here, $25K Slate Truck EV, Has Zuck Had an Original Idea?

Apple hikes MacBook and iPad prices, a $25,000 modular truck EV, Meta launches more smart glasses, and follow-up on the UK social ban.

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Links from the show

• Stephen's Affiliate Prime Day Deals
• Apple's Price Increase is Here - Jason's Article
• Apple announces significant price increases for MacBooks, iPads, more - 9to5Mac
• GTA VI finally gets a price tag | The Verge
• The Blank Slate Truck 
• Slate Truck First Look: The $25,000 Modular EV! - YouTube
• We’re Partnering With EssilorLuxottica to Launch Meta Glasses
• Steam Machine Review: Is Valve’s $1,049 Console/PC Hybrid Worth It?
• Is the Steam Machine worth the… - The Vergecast - Apple Podcasts
• Tim Cook says prices of Apple devices will jump amid memory chip shortage - ABC News
• OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom | TechCrunch
• Social Reckoning Trailer: Jeremy Strong Is Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
• tvOS 27 beta leaks clues that Siri AI is coming to future Apple TVs and HomePods | Macworld
• Google is finally opening the Play Store to outside payments | The Verge
• Introducing Lettera: A Native Markdown Editor for Mac, Now in Beta
• Zuckerberg reportedly wants a Polymarket clone — but without real money | The Verge
• Instagram looks to take on streaming services with longer-form, episodic and live formats for its TV app | TechCrunch
• OpenAI denies allegations that ChatGPT is to blame for a teenager's suicide

• (00:00) - Intro
• (05:33) - Apple Price Hike
• (16:54) - GTA VI
• (19:16) - Slate EV Truck
• (24:03) - Meta Glasses
• (32:34) - Steam Console
• (39:20) - OpenAI Made a Chip
• (41:40) - Sponsor: Copilot Money
• (43:05) - Sponsor: Framer
• (44:44) - Sponsor: NordLayer
• (49:29) - tvOS 27 Updates
• (59:18) - Google Play App Fees
• (01:07:50) - Meta Polymarket
• (01:11:01) - UK Social Ban
• (01:27:47) - Prime Day