2024 Year in Review: Tech Winners and Losers

We recap all the big tech moments of 2024, from Apple Vision Pro to Rabbit R1, Humane Ai Pin, OpenAI Search and Sora, WWDC with Apple Intelligence, Pixel 9 Pro and AI Photography, Meta Orion glasses, and rate each as overyhyped or underhyped! Plus, we crown a tech brand winner of the year.

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Links from the show

• Rabbit R1: Everything it Can (and Can’t) Do - YouTube
• Here's What (Non-Techy) People Think of Apple Vision Pro - YouTube
• Introducing ChatGPT search | OpenAI
• The M3 MacBook Air Is Apple at Its Best
• Apple MacBook Air 13.3 inch - Walmart.com
• Humane Ai Pin vs. Siri vs. Rabbit R1: Knowledge Test! - YouTube
• Humane launches AI Pin (full presentation) - YouTube
• M4 iPad Pro Review - YouTube
• Apple Commercials - YouTube
• You can now try Microsoft’s Recall AI feature on Intel and AMD Copilot Plus PCs - The Verge
• WWDC24 Recap: Apple Intelligence Unveiled, BIG Updates to iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and More! - YouTube
• Apple Blog TUAW Returns With Stolen Graphics and AI-Generated Content - MacRumors
• CrowdStrike's CEO Just Responded to the Massive Outage That Took Out Computers at Airlines and Hospitals. It Misses the Most Important Point
• The Google Pixel 9’s AI Camera Features Let You Reshape Reality | WIRED
• iPhone 16 Event Recap - YouTube
• Introducing Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses | Meta
• iPad mini 7 Review: Who Is This For? - YouTube
• The M4 Mac Mini Is Almost Perfect. There’s Just 1 Problem
• Sora from OpenAI

• (00:00) - Intro
• (06:21) - January: CES, Rabbit R1, Samsung
• (11:37) - February: Apple Vision Pro
• (20:12) - March: M3 MacBook Air, TikTok Ban
• (24:05) - April: Humane Ai Pin
• (28:28) - May: M4 iPad Pro, Copilot+ PCs
• (37:17) - Sponsor: 1Password
• (39:03) - June: WWDC + Apple Intelligence
• (47:43) - July: TUAW And Cloudstrike Fails
• (49:33) - August: Pixel 9 + AI Photography
• (51:56) - September: iPhone 16 Event, Meta Orion
• (56:18) - October: iPad Mini 7, M4 Mac mini, iMac, MacBook Pros
• (59:49) - November: Final Cut, DOJ X Google Case
• (01:00:02) - December: The Verge Paywall, OpenAI Sora
• (01:01:11) - Tech Winner of 2024

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