Breaking Change

The biggest news of the week isn't Jensen Huang, or the Office365 outage, or the FAA grounding all air traffic. Nope, it's the Apple HomeView. Bet you didn't see that coming. As always, you can tell me I'm wrong by e-mailing to [email protected] or via the feedback form. If you bother reading show notes but can't be bothered to write me an e-mail, you're no friend of mine. I am filled with regret that I keep cramming so many links into each episode: I'm just a meat proxy Aaron's puns, ranked New Apple TV 4K and HomeView now available: Here's everything you need to know Apple TV 4K review: The best streamer comes at a cost Apple MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display review: The screen that every Mac deserves Apple Explores Turning Siri AI Into ChatGPT Dots-Like Agent, iOS 28 Shake-Up Apple has new Mac app Harbor coming to make running local AI models easy End of an era: Apple Support Community forums will permanently close on November 20 Unacceptable: Apple Health Sync is now behind a $99/year paywall for new accounts With iOS 27.3, Apple will start checking iCloud public links for 'harmful content' The Witcher 3 expansion uses AI to adjust Geralt's Polish voiceover because the actor suffered a stroke Big Walk studio says it used AI 'sparingly' in response to indie award jury statement against its use Aftermath: Big Walk Used AI In 'The Final Stretch' Of Development, Kicking Off Intense Awards Debate Anthropic S-1 World's Timekeepers Vote to Eliminate the Leap Second NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition A short seller flagged the China problem in May. Rubio reportedly warned Trump before Jensen boarded Air Force One. Nvidia's lawyer reportedly intervened in the chip-smuggling investigation. Nvidia pledged $25 million for Trump's ballroom. U.S. intelligence reportedly identified Alice Huang as a Chinese spy. Nvidia denied the affair. Jensen admitted the infidelity. The board opened an investigation. Bessent reportedly confronted Lutnick in the Situation Room. Lutnick reportedly stalled chip curbs Trump had approved. The Times reported another affair with Jensen's direct report. His security detail reportedly offered the bystander an NDA. Senators demanded the administration preserve the records. Reporters traced Megaspeed's offices to empty premises and a shopping mall. Jensen resigned effective immediately. Congress still wanted its briefing. Alice Huang: The Spy Narrative Misses Her Real Business Inside Jensen Huang's Final Hours as the CEO of Nvidia Daring Fireball on Huang's final hours NVIDIA Allegedly Engineered Scarcity By Funding AI Startups To Buy Its GPUs Scion Is Back! And It's Going To Sell A Freaking Kei Truck In America Dark Matter Thunderbolts* Street Fighter Star Wars Galactic Racer Gears of War: E-Day World of Warcraft: Forever Amp

Positive comments from The Real Reviewers Lance Ulanoff at TechRadar: 'Satisfying' is the best way to describe the feeling of repeatedly opening and closing the iPhone Duo. Britta O'Boyle at Tech Advisor: The paper-like texture makes long reading sessions a pleasure, too. Chance Miller at 9to5Mac: Even after a week of using the iPhone Duo, that "wow factor" hasn't worn off. Lisa Eadicicco at CNN, via KQ2: The Duo's inner screen is best used when dedicating the whole thing to a single app like Netflix. Mark Spoonauer at Tom's Guide: Overall, though, I think the iPhone Duo is the best designed foldable yet with the most polished, intuitive and fun software experience. John Gruber at Daring Fireball: For me, by far, it's my favorite tablet experience ever. Andrew O'Hara at AppleInsider: The side-aligned dock is very comfortable to use, but it does stick out a bit on unupdated apps. Stefan Vazharov at Popular Mechanics: While I wouldn't recommend dropping the iPhone Duo, its extra-tough hinge made me feel more confident. Nicolas Lellouche at Numerama (English translation from French): The iPhone Duo is a tremendous success. David Phelan at AVForums: This is an unbeatably elegant and appealing phone and is all you could want from a foldable Max Weinbach at Creative Strategies: Being forced into just 2 apps means both apps are given better space. Robert Leedham at British GQ: The more I use the Duo, the less I want to go back to a normal iPhone. Sean Keach at The Sun: Gaming and entertainment are both elevated, and the larger keyboard makes it possible to actually get some work done on it too. Gut check: what I said about Vision Pro From Breaking Change v4, 4:45: What is the Apple Vision Pro? I think it's clearly the future, and I feel even more strongly that way now that it's clearly the future because it is definitely not the present. It is coming in hot. It is not ready for prime time. And it's probably a good thing that Apple isn't going to make a whole lot of these or sell a whole lot of these. It's probably appropriate that they priced it the way that they did to not entice a lot of people to want to buy it right away. It's not to say it's not worth it, it's not to say I'm going to return mine, it's not to say it's bad. Critical comments from The Real Reviewers Nilay Patel and Allison Johnson at The Verge: Switching from the Duo back to one of our standard slab phones to get something done often felt like a relief. Kenny Yeo at HardwareZone: The Fold8 is surely the more compact and svelte phone, and it fits pockets more comfortably. Ben McKimm at Man of Many: Still, my overarching takeaway after a week is that the Duo is a stunning piece of hardware that I simply need more time with. Julian Chokkattu at WIRED: The trackpad works OK, but I could only get it to work after turning on AssistiveTouch in iOS' accessibility settings. Sam Rutherford at Engadget: But a lot of apps still need fine-tuning to look their best on Apple's first bendy iPhone. John Gruber at Daring Fireball, on authentication: I don't think Apple should have released the Duo before they figured this out. Jaron Schneider at PetaPixel: I just don't think it solves any problems the iPad doesn't already address and revives old ones the iPhone long since solved. Brett Williams at Men's Health: The foldable display is fun and works well, but I still don't think I'd be missing out if I didn't have it. Nicolas Lellouche at Numerama (English translation from French): On the downside, we still found an abnormal number of bugs for a new Apple product. Munechika Nishida at AV Watch (English translation from Japanese), on multitasking flexibility: Conversely, those wanting freedom here should choose an Android foldable, rather than the iPhone Duo. Max Weinbach at Creative Strategies: iOS feels buggier than normal iOS. Jason Snell at Six Colors: Even the apps I chose to place in my Dock were wrong, because the Dock serves a different purpose on the iPhone Duo! Jason Cross at Macworld, first-day impressions, on the inner camera: If this is the cost of an under-display camera, I don't want it. Britta O'Boyle at Macworld, October 24: The trade-off is reduced contrast, so darker scenes lose some depth, and smudges are easier to spot. One last palate cleanser Tiny Computers As always, send me your takes at [[email protected]] or justin.searls.co/feedback

Unlike Sam Altman, I sat down and did the math by hand to calculate that it would actually be less time to produce the show if I were to livestream it than to edit it after the fact and upload it. The fact I recently got upgraded from 30mbps to 2000mbps upstream might allso have something to do with it: welcome to the first ever LIVE episode of Breaking Change! I regret to inform you the episode is now over. You can listen like you always do or watch what remains of the recording on YouTube. It was particularly fun for me to build a production pipeline with updating chyrons, a dynamic salt meter, and on-demand generated stock videos. It's like having a production team, except it manages to crash halfway thru the stream without notice. As always into the show at [email protected] or via the feedback form. Stuff we talked about, in order of me talking about them: The Odyssey Paseo Pebble Index 01 Steam Frame iPhone 18 Pro Apple Watch Series 12 Apple Watch Live Rewind iPhone Handoff iPhone Duo Aaron's puns, ranked How AI gutted Kenya's essay-writing industry Gallup's global AI sentiment survey Matthew Butterick: Big AI to Humanity: Drop Dead Jeff Bezos predicts three-day workweeks thanks to AI ZuckOff Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses Meta VR Glasses New Smash Bros. and Nintendogs games are reportedly in development BlizzCon's StarCraft announcement The trailer World of Warcraft: Forever Vibe-coded browser ports of games Maurice Heumann on game decompilation GameStop's used PS5 Pro listing Nvidia reportedly discontinuing the RTX 5090 Silicon Valley falls in line with Trump's attempt to rename AI The executive order First look at LG and Apple's reported smart-home products Apple's October 13 launch The rumored Apple and ADT partnership Leaked Apple TV 4K, HomeView, and HomePod mini details Kurzgesagt's AI video Star Wars Zero Company The Running Man For All Mankind Star City The Boys, season 5 Omarchy 1Password funds a Linux project and lands in a controversy Why Google told drivers to take a longer route Apple Vision Pro

Zach Holman, founder of Signed, joins me for another 🔥Hotfix🔥. Zach wants more of everything. Let's see what we can do about that. Write into the show at [email protected]. Show notes: Zach Holman's site Signed Ride the Walrus Things Conductor DHH's AI crashout keynote at Rails World 2026

The summer heat has finally broken here in Shizuoka, and I'm enjoying a cool, wet, and cloudy day huddled around my microphone for warmth. I hope you'll join around my verbal campfire for yet another one of these. As always, you can e-mail the show at [email protected]. Only a small proportion of listeners will ever write an e-mail, so I now offer a second option: the justin.searls.co/feedback form. People love filling out forms! Go try it out! Check the anonymous checkbox! Hell, enter a fake e-mail address—see if I care! Stuff we talked about, in order of me talking about them: A TV commercial for the Famicom Disk System Also, the animation that played when a Disk Writer kiosk was overwriting your disk with a new game I am an SS-tier Gundam Designer Test Double is now on Wikipedia Aaron's puns, ranked The End of Programming Nvidia buys Hugging Face for 💵 AI Agents Are Working Around the Clock. Why Are Startup Founders Working Even Harder? (News+) OpenAI is developing "Persistent Mode" for Codex (Archive) Apple and European Commission Reach Agreement on App Payment Terms Under DMA Apple Cuts Jobs in Siri, Vision Pro Immersive Video and Gaming Teams Apple unveils M6, M5 Ultra chips and updates its desktop Macs New Mac Mini and Studio Surprise and Shine event on 9/9 Apple's Foldable iPhone Details (Archive) Former Arkane leads say Xbox let them come in and finish Redfall's final major update after being laid off Your Discs. Now Also Digital. 'This is horrifying' Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 AI filter leaks and players are inserting it into every game It's about preserving artistic vision GTA 6 is a secret cozy game / healthy living simulator Also with a neat 26-minute trailer. Spiderman: Brand New Day Park Hyatt Tokyo (the one from Lost in Translation) Star Wars Zero Company Star Wars Galactic Racer Exit 8 the Game, Exit 8 the movie