OnePlus has officially shut down U.S. operations, and this episode spends a full 12 minutes on why that matters. Marques, Andrew, and David connect the collapse to the longer arc of CyanogenMod's history and MKBHD's two prior deep-dives on OnePlus's decline. The segment is the anchor of the episode, but it is not the only story worth your time.
Apple has sued OpenAI for trade secret theft. An ex-engineer allegedly exploited a bug to extract proprietary data, and Apple filed suit on July 10, 2026. The hosts spend 13 minutes on the implications, which is the right call: this is a legal conflict between two of the most powerful companies in the consumer tech stack, and the outcome will matter far beyond this news cycle. Separately, OpenAI's first hardware product turned out to be an RGB macropad called the Codex Micro, 13 low-profile keys and a joystick for controlling AI coding agents.
The rest of the episode covers Pixel 11 color and pricing leaks sourced from 9to5Google and Droid Life, Samsung's new Flex Titanium foldable display technology, Google agreeing to allow third-party app stores following the Epic injunction dispute, and Meta pushing always-on recording glasses. The episode runs to 1 hour 37 minutes. The Apple versus OpenAI segment alone justifies the listen.
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