Podcast Rewind: Federico’s MacBook Neo, the Sony PC Withdrawal, iPod Touch Nostalgia, Complimenting Password Managers, and More

AppStories

This week, Federico and John discuss Apple’s latest hardware announcements.

Then on AppStories+, Federico explains Notion Agents and Workers and how he’s using them.

NPC: Next Portable Console

This week, more bad memory and storage news, followed by a conversation about Bloomberg’s report that Sony is withdrawing from the PC gaming market and a wild Lenovo handheld.

Then on NPC XL, John asks the question: did handhelds kill the Xbox?

First, Last, Everything

This time, Jonathan is joined by Becca Farsace. Becca is an Emmy and Webby award-winning tech creator. She was formerly the senior video producer at The Verge before going solo in 2024, primarily via her self-titled YouTube channel, where she aims to “take tech outside.”

Comfort Zone

Niléane is replacing Discord with Slack, Chris has the new iPad Air in hand, and everyone found something nice to say about password managers.

On Cozy Zone, we tier-list app icons, and opinions are stronger than anticipated. (Probably should have seen it coming.)

MacStories Unwind

This week, Federico shares his hands-on impressions of the MacBook Neo, John whips up an iPhone app when Shortcuts fails, and they both have media picks and an Unwind deal to start the weekend off right.

AppStories, Episode 475, ‘Apple’s Big Neo Week’ Show Notes

Links and Show Notes

Apple Takes the Wraps Off the MacBook Neo

Apple Reveals the New M5 MacBook Air

Apple Announces M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros

Apple Introduces Two New Studio Displays

Apple Unveils iPhone 17e

Apple Introduces M4-Powered iPad Air

AppStories+ Post-Show

Notion AI

Notion Agents

Notion Workers

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NPC, Episode 71, ‘Sony’s Grand PC Experiment Ends’ Show Notes

The Latest Portable Gaming News

Nintendo Switch 2 Users Face Storage Shortage as Memory Crisis Bites

Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC

Anbernic RG Vita Pro

Lenovo Legion Go Fold Concept

Resident Evil Requiem (RE9)

Subscribe to NPC XL

NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes. You can subscribe here.

First, Last, Everything, Season 2, Episode 1, ‘Becca Farsace - YouTube Creator’ Show Notes

Becca’s Videos

Why I left The Verge

I built an e-bike with unlimited range and tried to ride 450 miles on it…

I quit my job to become a YouTuber, here is how much $%$$ I made

How an iPod Nano became my favorite camcorder

Becca’s Videos at The Verge:

All Full Frame with Becca Farsace videos

Becca’s Picks

Becca’s ‘First’: 1st Gen iPod Touch

Becca’s ‘Last’: Projectors

XGIMI projectors

MoGo 4 projector

Becca’s ‘Everything’: Earbuds

Samsung Galaxy Buds Live (the beans!)

nothing ear (open)

PowerBeats Pro 2

AirPods

‘Something’

First ever automatic car navigation system

Follow Becca

Website

YouTube

Instagram

Bluesky

Patreon

Download Jonathan’s App

The Slate

Watch the walkthrough video

Comfort Zone, Episode 91, ‘I Need My Turn to Pop Off’ Show Notes

Things Discussed

Back to Alfred

Apple Introduces M4-Powered iPad Air

mood.camera

KeePass

Bitwarden

Vivaldi

Cozy Zone

For even more from the Comfort Zone crew, you can subscribe to Cozy Zone. Cozy Zone is a weekly bonus episode of Comfort Zone where Matt, Niléane, and Chris invite listeners to join them in the Cozy Zone where they’ll cover extra topics, invent wilder challenges and games, and share all their great (and not so great) takes on tech. You can subscribe to Cozy Zone for $5 per month here or $50 per year here.

MacStories Unwind, ‘A Brave Neo World’ Show Notes

Federico’s First Days with the MacBook Neo

MacBook Neo Review Roundup

John Wonders About Shortcuts in an AI Coded World

Defuddle

Superpowers 5

Kokoro TTS: Advanced AI Text-to-Speech

A look at John’s listen later podcast feed app

Picks

Federico’s Pick:

Resident Evil Requiem

John’s Pick:

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Season 2 on Apple TV

Unwind Deal

Tom Hanks 4-Movie Collection for $9.99

Forrest Gump

Catch Me If You Can

The Terminal

Road to Perdition