iPhone 17 Pro Leak, 15 Years of iPad, Shopify Requiring Staff to Use AI, How Tariffs Will Affect Apple Pricing

A leaked iPhone 17 Pro case reveals a massive camera bump, Shopify's AI-focused hiring strategy, How tariffs will affect Apple’s pricing, and we get nostalgic looking back at 50 years of Microsoft.

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Links from the show

• Scary Numbers Severance Inspired Merch - Basic Apple Guy
• Emergency SOS on Apple Watch | Rick’s Rescue | Apple - YouTube
• Leaked iPhone 17 Pro Cases Show Huge Cutout for New Camera Bump - MacRumors
• Instagram’s Mosseri Positions App for TikTok Turmoil — The Information
• Shopify Says No New Hires Unless AI Can’t Do the Job - WSJ
• Meta gets caught gaming AI benchmarks with Llama 4 | The Verge
• Anthropic steps up OpenAI competition with Max subscription for Claude
• Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns | The Verge
• Report: Apple Airlifted Premium Devices to US to Beat Tariff Deadline - MacRumors
• Apple iPhone Shipment Math
• Trump extends TikTok deadline for the second time
• Apple Customers Dash to Stores to Buy iPhones Ahead of Tariffs - Bloomberg
• Apple reports record revenue for Q1 2025 (with charts) - Six Colors
• The 50 best things Microsoft has ever made | The Verge
• Dell Venue Pro out does HTC, gets updated to 7.8 | Windows Central
• Windows Phone 7 Launch Event - YouTube
• I Have 20 Years of Digital Files. What Do I Do With Them? - WSJ

• (00:00) - Intro
• (03:34) - Old Tech
• (06:13) - Watch Survivor Story
• (07:19) - TV+ The Studio
• (09:49) - iPhone 17 Pro Case Leak
• (11:47) - Instagram iPad App
• (13:26) - iPad Turns 15
• (17:17) - Shopify Requiring AI Use
• (26:30) - Meta Gaming AI Results
• (29:34) - Stephen's Instagram Debacle
• (34:57) - Anthropic's $200 Plan
• (39:58) - Tariff Time
• (42:52) - Apple's Tariff Strategy
• (54:44) - 50 Years of Microsoft

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