Episode Details

It's gadget season. More specifically, it's apparently "new computer for your new AI" season. David and Nilay talk through a slew of announcements — Amazon's Alexa Tablets, Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra, the new Googlebooks, and Apple's upcoming smart home launch — to figure out if anyone has the right idea about the future of computing, and where the AI is supposed to live. After that, it's time for Brendan Carr is a Dummy, our thoughts on the Paramount / Warner / Skydance merger, and much more.

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Read more about the topics discussed in today's 1 hour, 41 minute podcast:

• ⁠Amazon’s Alexa Tablets are powerful, impressive, and designed to take on iPad ⁠
• ⁠Hands-on with Amazon’s Alexa Tablet 12 Pro and its wild new matte display  ⁠
• ⁠Amazon is phasing out Fire Tablets because they weren’t ‘giving customers what they were asking for⁠’
• ⁠Amazon’s new Kids Tablets let parents manage access to the Google Play store
• ⁠Apple announces surprise ‘Welcome home’ launch event⁠
• ⁠Apple and LG team up on new smart home gear, starting with a lock, doorbell, and thermostat⁠
• ⁠New leaks provide our first look at Apple and LG’s smart home devices
• ⁠Everything announced at Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra event ⁠
• ⁠The Surface Laptop Ultra finally has a release date — and a starting price of $2,599⁠
• ⁠Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra has built-in magnetic USB-C charging ⁠
• ⁠How Microsoft built its MacBook Pro competitor ⁠
• ⁠Surf