Sora iPhone Video App is Terrifying, iPhone 17 Selfie Cam, Amazon and Google AI Smart Home
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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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