iPhone 17 Pro Leak, 15 Years of iPad, Shopify Requiring Staff to Use AI, How Tariffs Will Affect Apple Pricing

A leaked iPhone 17 Pro case reveals a massive camera bump, Shopify's AI-focused hiring strategy, How tariffs will affect Apple’s pricing, and we get nostalgic looking back at 50 years of Microsoft.
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• Scary Numbers Severance Inspired Merch - Basic Apple Guy (basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/scarynumbers)
• Emergency SOS on Apple Watch | Rick’s Rescue | Apple - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=aWu-LKHqC3w)
• Leaked iPhone 17 Pro Cases Show Huge Cutout for New Camera Bump - MacRumors (macrumors.com/2025/04/09/leaked-iphone-17-pro-…)
• Instagram’s Mosseri Positions App for TikTok Turmoil — The Information (theinformation.com/articles/instagrams-mosseri…)
• Shopify Says No New Hires Unless AI Can’t Do the Job - WSJ (wsj.com/tech/ai/shopify-says-no-new-hires-unle…)
• Meta gets caught gaming AI benchmarks with Llama 4 | The Verge (theverge.com/meta/645012/meta-llama-4-maverick…)
• Anthropic steps up OpenAI competition with Max subscription for Claude (cnbc.com/2025/04/09/anthropic-steps-up-openai-…)
• Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns | The Verge (theverge.com/news/643483/nintendo-switch-2-pre…)
• Report: Apple Airlifted Premium Devices to US to Beat Tariff Deadline - MacRumors (macrumors.com/2025/04/09/apple-airlifted-premi…)
• Apple iPhone Shipment Math (x.com/rjonesy/status/1909770872778338793)
• Trump extends TikTok deadline for the second time (cnbc.com/2025/04/04/trumps-extends-tiktok-seco…)
• Apple Customers Dash to Stores to Buy iPhones Ahead of Tariffs - Bloomberg (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-07/apple-c…)
• Apple reports record revenue for Q1 2025 (with charts) - Six Colors (sixcolors.com/post/2025/01/apples-reports-reco…)
• The 50 best things Microsoft has ever made | The Verge (theverge.com/microsoft/636951/the-50-best-thin…)
• Dell Venue Pro out does HTC, gets updated to 7.8 | Windows Central (windowscentral.com/dell-venue-pro-out-does-htc…)
• Windows Phone 7 Launch Event - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=OpcnUXJTW70)
• I Have 20 Years of Digital Files. What Do I Do With Them? - WSJ (wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/computer-digital-fi…)

• (00:00) - Intro

• (03:34) - Old Tech

• (06:13) - Watch Survivor Story

• (07:19) - TV+ The Studio

• (09:49) - iPhone 17 Pro Case Leak

• (11:47) - Instagram iPad App

• (13:26) - iPad Turns 15

• (17:17) - Shopify Requiring AI Use

• (26:30) - Meta Gaming AI Results

• (29:34) - Stephen's Instagram Debacle

• (34:57) - Anthropic's $200 Plan

• (39:58) - Tariff Time

• (42:52) - Apple's Tariff Strategy

• (54:44) - 50 Years of Microsoft

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