The Rise of Party Speakers in Social Gatherings

It's a slowish news week ahead of some very busy news weeks, so of course Nilay and David start the show with a long discussion about party speakers. Eventually, they get into the news, beginning with some of the huge Apple redesigns planned for WWDC in June. For the first time in a long time, the stakes for Apple's software teams feel really high. After that, the hosts talk about Nilay's recent interview with Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and what the AI-ification of everything means for the future of the web. Finally, in the lightning round, it's time for another Brendan Carr is a Dummy, plus some talk about the Nintendo Switch 2, a bit of confusing tariff news, and more.

Further reading:

• Graduation and prom season in full force, Alan sends a graduation procession with a party speaker on… her head?
• So so many softball and baseball games, Luis tips us to the Yankees
• Incredible at a dentist office from Oktawian
• Apple is reportedly going to rename all of its operating systems 
• Apple is ready to replace Game Center with a more Xbox-like gaming app 
• Get ready for Apple’s glassy operating systems overhaul.
• Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
• The New York Times’ first generative AI deal is with Amazon
• The Browser Company explains why it stopped developing Arc
• The plan for nationwide fiber internet might be upended for Starlink
• FCC Commissioner Labels Trump Push to Chill Speech an ‘Administration-Wide Effort’
• Carr's attack on Ergen looks gross
• Shut Down the Federal Communications Commission
• With the Switch, technology finally caught up to Nintendo 
• Nintendo’s bold new era is full of safe bets 
• The Nintendo Switch was an indie game haven, until it was overrun with slop 
• The Nintendo Switch 2 sure seems to work just fine with a USB mouse 
• There’s a Switch 2 unboxing video already.




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