Sora iPhone Video App is Terrifying, iPhone 17 Selfie Cam, Amazon and Google AI Smart Home
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Managing Attention, Boredom, and Media Consumption
Hosts discuss boredom's role in creativity, the harms of attention economy design, and personal strategies to reduce addictive scrolling.
Amazon unveils major 2025 hardware updates, Google introduces Gemini for Home with a revamped Home app, iPhone 17’s front-facing camera is a huge win, and OpenAI’s Sora app hits iPhone and it may be the beginning of the end.
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Links from the show
- Let’s check in with HP employee Imran Chaudhri. | The Verge
- Amazon’s 2025 hardware event: the 8 biggest announcements | The Verge
- This is Gemini for Home and the redesigned Home app
- The new Google Home Speaker is built for Gemini | The Verge
- The New iPhone 17 Selfie Cam Is Totally Unnecessary and the Perfect Example of Apple at Its Very Best
- Becca Farsace iPhone 17 Pro Camera Review
- iPhone 17 Pro Camera Review: Rule of Three
- Instagram tests opening right onto Reels | The Verge
- Adam Mosseri’s ‘we’re totally not spying on you’ video is raising a lot of questions | The Verge
- Sora launches on App Store for iPhone video creation from ChatGPT maker - 9to5Mac
- Sora Soars
- You Need to Be Bored. Here's Why. - YouTube
- Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5 in latest bid for AI agents and coding supremacy | The Verge
- Microsoft Promotes Sales Chief Althoff to Help Free Up Nadella - Bloomberg
- Leaked unboxing video reveals unannounced M5 iPad Pro in full - 9to5Mac
- Adobe Premiere for iPhone now available – free with catches - 9to5Mac
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