Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Loren Grush discuss NASA's plan for launching the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to NASA’s Hubble telescope.
Second half of the show, the crew go through all the gadgets and software updates announced this past week.
Stories discussed this week:
NASA’s massive next-generation space telescope arrives in So ... Show More
Apr 28
Musk and Altman go to court
Elon Musk's case against OpenAI is heading to trial. Musk is almost certainly going to lose, but he might still get everything he wants from the fight. The Verge's Liz Lopatto explains how this spat made it this far, and where it's going next. After that, The Verge's Sean Hollist ... Show More
1h 20m
Apr 24
AirPods, Touch Bars, and the rest of Tim Cook's legacy
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 ... Show More
1h 38m
Jul 2022
MacBook Air M2 review, Apple betas and James Webb’s space pics
<p>This week on the show, Cherlynn and Devindra dive into Apple’s new MacBook Air M2 and its recent batch of OS betas. It turns out a redesign and a whole new chip makes the MacBook Air even more compelling than before (at least more than the 13-inch MacBook Pro). Also, we chat w ... Show More
1h 14m
May 2020
Fri. 05/08 – How Good Can an $18 Apple Watch Knock-Off Really Be?
Uber continues the things-could-be-worse tech earnings parade, Google is consolidating all of its messaging efforts under one team, this whole Reliance Jio Platforms story really has me intrigued, a semi-decent $18 Apple watch ripoff, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggest ... Show More
18m 37s
Feb 2019
You’ve Got to Know When to Fold ‘Em
<p>At its flagship phone event this week in San Francisco, Samsung announced not one but four different versions of the new Galaxy S10: A phone with a 6.1-inch display, a plus-sized model, a “less expensive” version of the phone, and a handset that will support 5G networks when i ... Show More
42m 37s
Mar 2021
Mon. 03/01 – Instagram Launches Live Rooms For Group Broadcasts
Instagram launches Live Rooms for group broadcasts, which, depending on how you use it is either basically FaceTime for Instagram, or another shot across the Clubhouse bow. Is the micromobility space revving up to roar back to health? Are US-based drone makers about to step into ... Show More
18m 12s
