Apple is launching a hardware leasing program, and Framework just dropped a new laptop. These are the two product stories that anchor this week's Waveform episode with Marques Brownlee, Andrew Manganelli, and David Imel.
The episode covers specific technical ground worth your time: Volvo is discontinuing LiDAR on its vehicles, a significant signal about where the autonomous driving hardware stack is heading, and humanoid robots are entering commercial cleaning services. The Garmin Cirqa also gets a post-launch update discussion, which tells you something about how the product landed.
The Keyword Search game at the end is a recurring segment that tends to surface the most honest takes of the episode. If you want the unfiltered opinions on whether Apple's leasing model is a consumer win or a margin play, skip to 00:10:14. The LiDAR discussion at 00:29:00 is the one to watch for anyone tracking the EV sensor wars.
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