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Tech Analyst (0:42)
Chicken Jockey is not. That's a no. Apple is expected to roll out a software overhaul for iPadOS to make using it more like Mac OS, according to Mark Gurman of House Bloomberg, watcher of the Infinite Loop. His gurmness doesn't go into specifics, but does say that changes to IPADOS 19 will be a big theme at WWDC in June, focusing on improvements to productivity, multitasking and window management, noting this will be great news to iPad power users who've been pleading with Apple for something to help them justify spending thousands of dollars on their S tier iPad desktop setup. It's a good setup and it works for me, right? Hey, I empathize. I've wanted the iPad to be a Mac since before my mustache came in without even asking me first. By the way, Warhammer Germantide also mentioned Apple's AR plan, saying Apple's working on a lighter and cheaper version of the Vision Pro, as well as another model meant to be used while plugged in to a Mac. And those are separate from the sleek screen equipped AR glasses that Tim Cook really wants to get to market before Meta launches a competing product. Tim is apparently obsessed by this idea. He's already written his own commercial for it.
Tech News Host (2:03)
Buy your mom an Apple glasses or burn Burn in the fire of your iniquity.
Tech Analyst (2:09)
Late on Friday, the Trump administration clarified that semiconductors, smartphones, and various other electronics are exempt from the 145% total tariff that now applies to other imports from China, somewhat invalidating much of what I said in Friday's episode. So embarrassing. Except I joked that the tariffs would change soon. And oh, U.S. commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday that these exceptions are temporary. So I guess it wasn't a joke and I was serious the whole time. Except Trump posted on Truth Social to also clarify that smartphones, et cetera, are subject to to the existing 20% tariff. And there was no tariff exception announced on Friday. The exception to that statement being the executive order published on Friday titled Clarification of Exceptions to the Tariffs. But that's just like a slang phrase kids say it doesn't mean anything. China is currently making no exceptions to its new policy completely banning all exports of rare earth minerals and magnets, which are critical to the production of basically any product with a circuit in it. The Chinese government is building a new system to administer licenses for exporting these materials, which are almost entirely sourced and processed in China, but they seem to lack the motivation to get that set up quickly. Nvidia's probably hoping they can get one of those licenses soon, as they just committed $500 billion towards manufacturing their flagship Blackwell chips in the US at TSMC's Arizona facility. Sure, they've been talking about doing this since last year, and those US made chips will still have to be shipped over to Taiwan to use TSMC's packaging tech. But hey, that's I mean, just look at what tariffs can do. Ask if tariffs are right for your family Back in consumerland, Sony has vaguely alluded to Trump's tariffs as the reason for increasing the price of the PS5 in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, but not the US after already hiking the price for somewhat similar reasons back in 2022. And according to a component supplier, game consoles are not one of the tariff exempted goods we mentioned earlier, so North American gamers should brace themselves for price increases on the PS5 and the Switch 2 potentially as well. On the plus side, all of this could change at literally any second, which in which case we may have just wasted a good couple minutes. Ah, you weren't doing anything. You might as well check out our sponsor, Thorum. They make cool rings out of unique materials like World War II rifle stocks, whiskey barrels, dinosaur fossils and more. And frankly, it's about time. Thorum was founded in 2012 by Caleb Martin when he couldn't afford an engagement ring, so he made one for his lady Steph. She said yes, otherwise I wouldn't tell you this story. Now together they make these same looking rings and recently introduced Thorum watches featuring meteorite, Hawaiian koa wood and California redwood so you can wear your story thorum has over 10,000 5 star reviews, free worldwide shipping, and a lifetime warranty. So whether you need a wedding band, an anniversary gift, or just an awesome ring for no reason, head over to thorum.com and use code TL20 to get 20% off a truly unique ring.