This week Apple announced a Mac Mini made for AI and a Mac Studio made for AI, both with faster M6 and M5 Pro chips made for AI. But that's all an amuse-bouche to Sept. 9's (expected) main course: the long-awaited folding iPhone. Nilay Patel, Jake Kastrenakes, and David Imel run through all of this week's Apple news, including the most important story: a surprise discount on the legendary polishing cloth.
Then, they react to Meta's settlement in its latest kids safety trial, geek out about Grand Theft Auto VI with the Hype Desk's Ashley Esqueda, check out the Pokémon Fitbit, and decide if Nvidia just saved the global economy.

Further reading:

• ⁠File a comment with the FCC⁠

• ⁠Apple announces September iPhone launch event⁠

• ⁠Apple’s new M6 chip gets more cores and more AI compute⁠

• ⁠Apple launches new Mac Studios with its ‘most powerful chip ever’ — the M5 Ultra⁠

• ⁠Apple’s new Mac Mini has fresh M6 and M5 Pro chip offerings — and higher prices⁠

• ⁠Apple’s ‘new’ polishing cloth is the same except $10 cheaper⁠

• ⁠Meta agrees to heavy restrictions on teen users in major lawsuit settlement⁠

• ⁠Meta is planning an ad blitz urging TikTok and YouTube to follow its lead.⁠

• ⁠All the ways Instagram and Facebook are changing for teens⁠

• ⁠Rockstar finally responds to ‘heartbreaking’ GTA 6 leaks⁠

• ⁠Fierce Network: FCC opens comments on E-Rate as the program gets attacked in court⁠

• ⁠Nvidia is about to be a hundred-billion-dollar-a-quarter company⁠

• ⁠Panic is passing Playdate tariff refunds on to customers.⁠

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0:00 Welcome to the Vergecast
01:26 Apple Mac AI Hype
02:26 Mac Mini Agent Craze
06:32 Mac Studio vs Nvidia
11:43 Price Hikes and Cloth
17:01 iPhone Event Invite
17:38 iPhone Fold Debate
21:30 Camera Crash Out
26:57 Meta Settlement Breakdown
28:59 First Amendment Fallout
36:59 Age Verification Push
39:30 Filter Rules and Loopholes
44:11 Will Teens Just Switch Apps
45:20 Reels Versus Shorts
46:35 Government Next Steps
47:39 Break And Reset
47:50 GTA VI Showcase
54:29 Leaks And Spoilers
57:12 Can GTA Save Games
01:00:51 GTA Online Money
01:02:04 Brendan Carr is a Dummy
01:03:45 E Rate Fight
01:08:46 Nvidia Earnings Hype
01:17:50 Pokemon Sleep Fitbit
01:22:41 Waymo Versus Tesla
01:28:34 Decoder And Goodbye

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