What’s so “Pro” in regards to the new 13-inch MacBook Pro? Devindra and Cherlynn chat with Laptop Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Sherri L. Smith, about Apple’s complicated new ultraportable. Sure, the M2 chip makes it sooner, however why does it have a worse display and fewer options than the brand new MacBook Air? Are actual professionals higher off with the sooner (however dearer) 14-inch MacBook Pro? Also, they dive into the wild new VR headset prototypes from Meta, in addition to Twitter’s reinvention of running a blog.

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Topics

• Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Pro with M2 is an odd disappointment – 1:18

• Meta’s VR prototypes search to cross the “visual Turing test” – 22:59

• Facebook Pay turns into Meta pay in hopes of changing into the metaverse’s digital pockets – 28:06

• Microsoft phases out AI that may detect human feelings – 32:45

• Amazon is engaged on a technique to digitize the voice of your lifeless family members – 33:59

• Twitter introduces b̶l̶o̶g̶g̶i̶n̶g̶ longform writing function, Notes – 36:09

• Carl Pei’s Nothing telephone received’t be coming to the US – 42:22

• Working on – 43:28

• Pop tradition picks – 46:03

Livestream

Credits
Hosts: Cherlynn Low and Devindra Hardawar
Guest: Sherri L. Smith, Editor-in-Chief, Laptop Magazine
Producer: Ben Ellman
Music: Dale North and Terrence O’Brien
Livestream producers: Julio Barrientos
Graphic artists: Luke Brooks and Brian Oh