Apple’s Price Increase is Here, $25K Slate Truck EV, Has Zuck Had an Original Idea?

Apple hikes MacBook and iPad prices, a $25,000 modular truck EV, Meta launches more smart glasses, and follow-up on the UK social ban.
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• Stephen's Affiliate Prime Day Deals (amazon.com/shop/stephenrobles/list/3J2VVVNPU7M…)
• Apple's Price Increase is Here - Jason's Article (inc.com/jason-aten/apples-price-increase-is-fi…)
• Apple announces significant price increases for MacBooks, iPads, more - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2026/06/25/apple-price-increases-m…)
• GTA VI finally gets a price tag | The Verge (theverge.com/games/952204/grand-theft-auto-vi-…)
• The Blank Slate Truck (slate.auto/en/blank-slate)
• Slate Truck First Look: The $25,000 Modular EV! - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=d0t7wpkFc6U)
• We’re Partnering With EssilorLuxottica to Launch Meta Glasses (about.fb.com/news/2026/06/meta-essilorluxottic…)
• Steam Machine Review: Is Valve’s $1,049 Console/PC Hybrid Worth It? (ign.com/articles/steam-machine-review)
• Is the Steam Machine worth the… - The Vergecast - Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-the-steam-mac…)
• Tim Cook says prices of Apple devices will jump amid memory chip shortage - ABC News (abcnews.com/Business/tim-cook-prices-apple-dev…)
• OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com/2026/06/24/openai-unveils-its-f…)
• Social Reckoning Trailer: Jeremy Strong Is Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg (variety.com/2026/film/news/social-reckoning-tr…)
• tvOS 27 beta leaks clues that Siri AI is coming to future Apple TVs and HomePods | Macworld (macworld.com/article/3172467/tvos-27-beta-leak…)
• Google is finally opening the Play Store to outside payments | The Verge (theverge.com/policy/956296/google-play-app-sto…)
• Introducing Lettera: A Native Markdown Editor for Mac, Now in Beta (blog.bear.app/2026/06/introducing-lettera-a-na…)
• Zuckerberg reportedly wants a Polymarket clone — but without real money | The Verge (theverge.com/tech/955121/meta-prediction-marke…)
• Instagram looks to take on streaming services with longer-form, episodic and live formats for its TV app | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/instagram-looks-to-t…)
• OpenAI denies allegations that ChatGPT is to blame for a teenager's suicide (nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-denies-alleg…)

• () - Intro

• () - Apple Price Hike

• () - GTA VI

• () - Slate EV Truck

• () - Meta Glasses

• () - Steam Console

• () - OpenAI Made a Chip

• () - Sponsor: Copilot Money

• () - Sponsor: Framer

• () - Sponsor: NordLayer

• () - tvOS 27 Updates

• () - Google Play App Fees

• () - Meta Polymarket

• () - UK Social Ban

• () - Prime Day

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