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Primary Technology

Stephen Robles and Jason Aten

Apple Products Ranked Correctly, Liquid Glass Creator Leaves Apple, OpenAI Code Red

DEC 4, 202577 MIN
Primary Technology

Apple Products Ranked Correctly, Liquid Glass Creator Leaves Apple, OpenAI Code Red

DEC 4, 202577 MIN

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Apple design chief Alan Dye exits for Meta, OpenAI sounds a “code red” as Google surges in AI, Sony A7V is out, Bending Spoons may be the tech world’s Thanos, and we rank Apple’s products, but correctly.

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