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Apple Upgrades MacBook Pros with M5 Pro and Max - DTNS 5217

Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt

News, Technology

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Meta Ray-Bans are sending private videos to human workers in Kenya, and Dr. Niki talks about what we know about the effects of LLM use on mental health.


Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Dr. Niki.


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0:00.0

This is the Daily Tech News for Tuesday, March 3rd, 26.

0:09.5

We tell you what you need to know, give you the important context, and help each other understand.

0:13.8

Oh, my gosh, yes.

0:15.0

Today, Dr. Nikki's going to help us understand what we know and don't know about the effects of LLM use on mental health.

0:22.0

And, of course, Apple updated. It's MacBook Pros. So you get to watch me, Kavech, about which one I should buy.

0:28.4

Yeah, it's kind of like where we rub our hands to get in there and go, I'm Jason Howell.

0:33.1

I'm Domain. Let's start with what you need to know with a big story.

0:40.4

Delicious New Apple devices.

0:42.6

Apple's March, Stravaganza.

0:45.1

I don't know if anyone's calling at that, but I certainly am.

0:48.7

Continues.

0:49.5

Today, the company refreshed its high-end MacBook Pro lineup with new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.

0:57.5

And this is a little bit of spec soup.

0:59.7

I don't know how you do this otherwise.

1:01.4

So apologies, but get hungry.

1:04.3

The M5 Pro scales from 15 to 20 CPU cores, 16 to 20 GPU cores.

1:10.7

Now, keep in mind CPU, that's kind of faster processing,

1:13.6

GPU, faster video processing. So that's kind of what you would see out of those increases.

1:18.7

Up to 48 gigs of unified memory. The M5 Max standardizes on an 18 core CPU paired with 32 or 40 GPU cores for heavier pro workloads.

1:30.8

These are really targeting pro workloads overall.

1:34.9

The entry M5 MacBook Air jumps $100 to $1099, so $1100, doubles its base storage to $512

1:43.9

gigs, along with 16 gigs of RAM.

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