Do We Care About The iPhone Air?, Nepal's Discord Revolution, San Francisco’s 996 Culture

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Apple's impressive new iPhone Pro models 2) Who is the iPhone Air for? 3) Has the phone reached its ultimate form factor 4) Is generative AI threatening to upend the smartphone market 5) Meta's new smartglasses are coming 6) Nepal's Gen Z overthrows the government and picks a new leader on Discord 7) OpenAI growth stats after GPT-5 launch 8) Oracle and OpenAI's new $300 billion deal 9) Flirting with ChatGPT 10) The AI companionship use case is real 11) Does San Francisco have 996 work culture? --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	The iPhone Air is here, should we care.
0:03.0	Meta's new AI smart glasses with a display,
0:06.0	R en route next week.
0:08.0	Is South Park right about Chat Chippee?
0:10.0	And San Francisco goes 996.
0:13.0	That's coming up right after this.
0:15.0	Capital One's tech team isn't just talking about multi-agentic AI.
0:19.0	They already deployed one. It's called chat concierge,
0:23.5	and it's simplifying car shopping. Using self-reflection and layered reasoning with live API
0:29.2	checks, it doesn't just help buyers find a car they love. It helps schedule a test drive,
0:35.6	get pre-approved for financing, and estimate trade and value.
0:39.9	Advanced, intuitive, and deployed.
0:42.7	That's how they stack.
0:44.1	That's technology at Capital One.
0:46.9	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition where we break down the news in our traditional
0:50.3	cool-headed and nuanced format.
0:52.4	We have a great show for you today.
0:54.0	We're going to talk
0:54.5	all about the new iPhone, less about the specs and more about what it actually means. Do we want
1:00.0	to pay attention to this stuff? Any more in the age of genera-is? Is General Vai actually threatening
1:04.5	the phone? Or is that a lot of noise? We'll also cover Meta's forthcoming new smart glasses
1:10.2	that will have a display expected to be launched next week.
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