"Apple is reportedly working on a low-cost laptop powered by an iPhone chip. This could be a small deal, a decision made by supply chain economics and the fact that the M1 MacBook Air continues to sell well at Walmart. Or it could be huge, a return to form for a company that once seemed to have a clear purpose for each of its devices but whose lineup feels more confused than ever."
"Amazon and Perplexity are locked in a battle over agentic shopping, which is a useful frame for the whole fight over AI. (We like to call it The DoorDash Problem.) Will the web soon be just a series of faceless databases, serving at the pleasure of an AI assistant? Lots of companies hope so; others will fight tooth and nail to make sure that never happens. The stakes couldn't be higher."
"We're hoping Apple picks the latter approach, and we have an idea for what it might look like: the iBook, a laptop line once so innovative that Phil Schiller had to jump off a ledge onto a mattress to prove its technical prowess. We can maybe leave the toilet bowl in 1999, but the spirit of those devices is once we'd love to see come back."
Apple is working on a low-cost laptop powered by an iPhone chip. The project could be driven by supply-chain economics and continued strong M1 MacBook Air sales at Walmart. The device could be a modest, cost-driven product or a major signal of a renewed focus on distinct device purposes, recalling the innovative iBook line. A concurrent AI battle between Amazon and Perplexity centers on agentic shopping and raises the risk of the web becoming faceless databases serving AI assistants. The situation creates high stakes for companies and consumers. Other mentioned topics include Steve Jobs's iBook demos and several lightning-round tech items like regulatory commentary, party speakers, the Trump Phone, and a sonic-logo identification game.
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