Stephen Hackett, proprietor of 512 Pixels and co-founder of <a href="https://www.relay.fm/">Relay</a> (purveyor of many fine podcasts), joins the show. Topics include: IO (or if you will, io), the new joint venture of OpenAI and Jony Ive’s LoveFrom; the sheer fantasy of “Made in America” iPhones; and Fortnite’s return to the US App Store.

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Transcripts: <a href="http://podsearch.david-smith.org/shows/11">Unofficial but surprisingly good</a>.

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<li>Stephen, at 512 Pixels: “<a href="https://512pixels.net/2025/05/memphis-chamber-says-no-new-turbines/">Memphis Chamber of Commerce Claims No New Gas Turbines Will be Placed at Second xAI Location, Despite Documents to the Contrary</a>”.</li>
<li>Tom’s Hardware: “<a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tsmcs-labor-practices-draw-serious-concern-in-arizona-the-companys-new-chip-plant-allegedly-struck-by-worker-abuses">TSMC’s Labor Practices Draw Serious Concern in Arizona — the Company’s New Chip Plant Allegedly Plagued by Worker Abuses</a>”.</li>
<li><a href="https://leancrew.com/all-this/2025/05/the-heat-of-the-moment/">How Dr. Drang helped build Apple’s retail empire</a>.</li>
<li>Ars Technica: “<a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/googles-veo-2-generative-video-creator-is-coming-to-gemini/">Google Adds Veo 2 Video Generation to Gemini App</a>”.</li>
<li><a href="https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ipod/specs/ipod-3rd-generation-fat-nano-specs.html">The “fat” 3rd-gen iPod Nano from 2008</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/195470/ipod-shuffle-design.html">Dan Moren’s 2009 review of the no-button iPod Shuffle</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4epLVcAGgA">Jony Ive introducing the first “unibody” MacBook Pros in 2008</a>. Really good.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_128K">Tech specs for the 1984 original Macintosh</a>, whose screen dimensions, believe it or not, I stumped Stephen on.</li>
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

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