697: The Chart Is Terrifying
Accidental Tech Podcast | Jun 26 2026 | 02:06:20
Pre-show:
Casey has some fantastic news about nugs.net for Marco
Marco’s trip report
Gucci Osteria
Follow-up:
John guested on a preview of Designed in California, published as part of Upgrade #624 (also on YouTube)
Apple Intelligence 🤝 external boot disks (via Doug Weinfield)
Spotlight indexing in 𝑥OS 27
Steve Riggins notes it takes a while
Alex concurs
Apple’s AI Tech Talk
What will Siri be capable of? (via Jochen Marschall)
Bootleg video (via sayrer)
Is Spatial Reframing in 𝑥OS 27 geographically-aware? (via Kevin Buterbaugh)
Tesla 🤝 CarPlay?
New CarPlay features (via Alec Hurdle)
WWDC session on YouTube
The US has approved a new sunscreen ingredient!
Marco’s favorite: Rohto Skin Aqua Super Moisture UV Gel
Tracking Apple’s environmental progress
TOSTracker (via Andrew Leahey)
Direct product comparisons
Example: M1 MacBook Air vs. M5 MacBook Air
Apple’s AI server infrastructure (expanding on ATP #680)
General overview (via Gui Rambo)
cloudOS job listing
How to run PCC (via Zoe Knox)
Tim Cook takes one for the Ternus (News+ link) (17 June)
Chart
South Korean chip company bonuses are creating inflation pressures
Even ChatGPT is stupefied by RAM pricing 🤭😭
We’re all trying to find the guy who did this!
25 June: Apple raises prices on Macs, iPads (News+ link)
Stephen’s tables
Gruber’s tables
Apple also raised refurbished prices 🤨
Good timing:
tmcgeary
Aaron
Greg Pierce
Ask ATP:
Why doesn’t Apple just… make its own RAM? (via Brian Webster)
Joe Lion
Blake Patterson
Is new Siri an attack vector for, say, TSA searches? (via Anonymous)
Post-show: Casey’s blog post about AI
Members-only ATP Overtime: The Fable about… Anthropic Fable
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Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp.
Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now.
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Casey has some fantastic news about nugs.net for Marco
Marco’s trip report
Gucci Osteria
Follow-up:
John guested on a preview of Designed in California, published as part of Upgrade #624 (also on YouTube)
Apple Intelligence 🤝 external boot disks (via Doug Weinfield)
Spotlight indexing in 𝑥OS 27
Steve Riggins notes it takes a while
Alex concurs
Apple’s AI Tech Talk
What will Siri be capable of? (via Jochen Marschall)
Bootleg video (via sayrer)
Is Spatial Reframing in 𝑥OS 27 geographically-aware? (via Kevin Buterbaugh)
Tesla 🤝 CarPlay?
New CarPlay features (via Alec Hurdle)
WWDC session on YouTube
The US has approved a new sunscreen ingredient!
Marco’s favorite: Rohto Skin Aqua Super Moisture UV Gel
Tracking Apple’s environmental progress
TOSTracker (via Andrew Leahey)
Direct product comparisons
Example: M1 MacBook Air vs. M5 MacBook Air
Apple’s AI server infrastructure (expanding on ATP #680)
General overview (via Gui Rambo)
cloudOS job listing
How to run PCC (via Zoe Knox)
Tim Cook takes one for the Ternus (News+ link) (17 June)
Chart
South Korean chip company bonuses are creating inflation pressures
Even ChatGPT is stupefied by RAM pricing 🤭😭
We’re all trying to find the guy who did this!
25 June: Apple raises prices on Macs, iPads (News+ link)
Stephen’s tables
Gruber’s tables
Apple also raised refurbished prices 🤨
Good timing:
tmcgeary
Aaron
Greg Pierce
Ask ATP:
Why doesn’t Apple just… make its own RAM? (via Brian Webster)
Joe Lion
Blake Patterson
Is new Siri an attack vector for, say, TSA searches? (via Anonymous)
Post-show: Casey’s blog post about AI
Members-only ATP Overtime: The Fable about… Anthropic Fable
Sponsored by:
Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp.
Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now.
Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!