Now that we've had a few days to digest the Apple CEO succession news, Nilay and David get some help from Daring Fireball's John Gruber to discuss Tim Cook's legacy, the potential for change under John Ternus, and whether the Touch Bar actually could have been great. Then, Nilay and David react to some breaking news: Microsoft is going back to the Xbox. And everything is an Xbox now. Finally, in the lightning round, we have a round of Brendan Carr is a Dummy, a very 2026 new microphone, a BMW we can't figure out, and Meta's new AI training tool: its employees.
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(Timestamps are approximate.)
00:01:00 Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO
00:50:00 Xbox rebrand
01:06:00 Brendan Carr is a Dummy
01:08:00 FCC targets "transgender and gender nonbinary" kids' TV
01:13:00 Mythos
01:21:00 BMW 7-Series' confusing interior
01:27:00 Insta360 mic with screen
01:30:00 Meta tracks employees
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