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We have another special episode! Today, Rollie from Climate Town joins us to discuss clean energy and the climate crisis. Specifically, he helps us understand some of the promises that big tech companies companies like Apple and Google have been making when it comes to the climate. Like what is a carbon credit? And what the heck is a Duck curve? We hope you learn as much as we did in this fun chat! Climate Town Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/climatetown The Climate Denier's Playbook: https://www.youtube.com/@DeniersPlaybook Links: Apple: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/09/apple-unveils-its-first-carbon-neutral-products/ Google: https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/cleanenergy/ MKBHD Tesla Solar Roof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJeSWbR6W04 Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12 Des 20231h 22min

A lot happened this week! Google dropped Gemini (its latest AI model) and a few new Pixel features as well. Marques and David discuss it all along with a few EV stories and the Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer. Of course, we wrap it all up with trivia! Enjoy! Links: Google Messages features: https://bit.ly/3TbatuP Beeper Mini: https://www.beeper.com/ Google Gemini: https://bit.ly/486JZyN Pixel Feature Drop: https://bit.ly/46PxAOw Toyota EV's: https://bit.ly/3NhMI0c 30 New Honda EV's: https://bit.ly/3RbKwbR Shop products mentioned: Google Pixel 8 Pro: https://geni.us/T7hygNh Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

8 Des 20231h 4min

This week, Marques and David and joined at the big table by Ellis for a discussion about the Cybertruck! They recount their experiences driving the truck and talk about every quirk and feature they can think of. Besides that, they also talk about Dbrand suing Casetify and go over the Spotify Wrapped for the pod. Of course, we wrap it up with trivia! Enjoy. Links: JerryRigEverything video: https://bit.ly/DbrandvCasetify Google Geothermal Project: https://bit.ly/googlegeothermal Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1 Des 20231h 22min

This week, Marques and David discuss the big news of the week including Apple agreeing to add RCS to its Messages app. After that David walks us through everything that happened with OpenAI before Marques talks about what it was like to go to his first F1 race. Of course, we wrap it all up with trivia! Hope you enjoy. P.S - Shoutout to 9to5Mac for breaking the RCS story and the Verge for their amazing coverage and reporting on the OpenAI situation. We've linked them down below! Links: Apple Adds RCS: https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/16/apple-rcs-coming-to-iphone/ OpenAI stories: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/22/23967223/sam-altman-returns-ceo-open-ai https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/17/23965982/openai-ceo-sam-altman-fired https://www.theverge.com/23966325/openai-sam-altman-fired-turmoil-chatgpt Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24 Nov 20231h 23min

This week, Marques and David jump right into a bunch of news from the last week or two starting with their thoughts on the Humane AI pin. After that, they discuss iMessage coming to the Nothing Phone 2 (kind of) and a bunch of gadget news ranging from the new Steam Deck OLED to some EV announcements. We wrap up the podcast with answers to our Andrew-centric trivia questions. Speaking of which, Andrew is a dad now! Note: The news of RCS coming to iMessage got announced after we finished recording so make sure to check in next week for a full deep dive and discussion on that. Links: Humane AI Pin Google Pays Apple iMessage on Nothing Phone 2 Dave2D Steam Deck OLED video Lucid news Xiaomi Car Polestar 4 news Nasa & Chill Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

17 Nov 20231h 20min

Today we've got another special episode! Don't worry, there will be another regular episode on Friday. In today's episode David tries to find out what happened to Android ROMming? There was a time when flashing the latest nightly on your phone had an entire community built around it, but those days disappeared.. rather suddenly. What happened? We investigate. Special thanks to: Mishaal Rahman: https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman Rich Miner: https://twitter.com/richminer Stefanie Kondik: https://twitter.com/cyanogen Lineage OS team: https://lineageos.org/ Links: Rich Miner History of Android: https://bit.ly/richminerhistoryofandroid ZTE article: https://bit.ly/ztetradeban Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15 Nov 20231h 46min

This week, David is taking a well-earned vacation so Marques and Andrew talk about a bunch of the latest news from the week! They start it off with Marques giving his final thoughts on the new MacBook Pro since he wasn't here last week before getting into some EV talk. After that, they talk about some new Pixel Watch 3 rumors and Spotify adding audiobooks to premium subscribers before wrapping it all up with some David-themed trivia. Hope you enjoy! Links: MacBook Pro review: https://bit.ly/mkbhdmacbookproreview Decoder episode: https://bit.ly/decoderObama David Studio Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/zjTxDrRNowg?si=VQNi7YA1qxrh7L_2 Breaking Records in Reverse: https://bit.ly/reverserecord Ram 1500: https://bit.ly/ram1500EV Spotify Audiobooks: https://bit.ly/4675NJk Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10 Nov 20231h

With Marques out this week, Andrew and David sit down to talk about everything from ChatGPT being added to Boston Dynamics robots to the new (and kind of confusing) Apple M3 laptop lineup! This episode a shorter one, but still a fun one. Hope you enjoy! Links: Boston Dynamics Spot video: https://bit.ly/bostondynamicsgpt New Honor 6: https://bit.ly/honorphone Meta vs EU: https://bit.ly/metavseu M1 Tweet Storm: https://bit.ly/M1TweetStorm Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Instagram/Threads/Twitter: Waveform: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3 Nov 20231h 8min