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Hard Fork

The New York Times

Technology

4.5 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Plus, more ancient scrolls deciphered using artificial intelligence, Google’s chatbot updates, and a fight between record labels and TikTok.

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0:00.0	Well, Casey, you know, the Vision Pro came out this week.
0:05.0	Yeah. And, you know, I like to do nice things for you.
0:07.0	Valentine's Day, just around the corner, you know.
0:10.0	And so I thought, well, I should get Casey a vision pro.
0:13.4	Oh, that's very nice to you.
0:15.4	An Apple vision pro.
0:16.4	You did really?
0:17.4	Well actually they were out of the vision pro model so I actually got you a vision amateur.
0:22.4	Oh no, a vision amateur. Oh no a vision amateur. Yeah so here's your new
0:26.2	Apple Vision Amateur. Are these a ski goggles? Yes they are but I think we should
0:31.6	wear them and pretend like we're wearing Apple Vision Pro's
0:34.0	See if we walk down Market Street right now people will think we're early adopters
0:38.5	especially if we just go around like pinching things and swiping. Yeah.
0:42.8	I'm watching Raiders of the Lost Arc in 4K right now.
0:46.6	What are you doing?
0:48.6	I'm just appreciating how much you've committed to this bit.
0:57.0	These were six dollars on Amazon. They're doing great things over there, whoever made these, but yeah.
1:01.0	Keep gesture again.
1:02.0	I'm swiping I'm playing fruit
1:06.9	Ninja.
1:09.9	I'm Kevin Rousa a tech columnist for the New York Times.
1:15.0	I'm Casey Newton from Platformer.
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