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This week Apple announced a Mac Mini made for AI and a Mac Studio made for AI, both with faster M6 and M5 Pro chips made for AI. But that's all an amuse-bouche to Sept. 9's (expected) main course: the long-awaited folding iPhone. Nilay Patel, Jake Kastrenakes, and David Imel run through all of this week's Apple news, including the most important story: a surprise discount on the legendary polishing cloth. Then, they react to Meta's settlement in its latest kids safety trial, geek out about Grand Theft Auto VI with the Hype Desk's Ashley Esqueda, check out the Pokémon Fitbit, and decide if Nvidia just saved the global economy. Further reading: File a comment with the FCC Apple announces September iPhone launch event Apple’s new M6 chip gets more cores and more AI compute Apple launches new Mac Studios with its ‘most powerful chip ever’ — the M5 Ultra Apple’s new Mac Mini has fresh M6 and M5 Pro chip offerings — and higher prices Apple’s ‘new’ polishing cloth is the same except $10 cheaper Meta agrees to heavy restrictions on teen users in major lawsuit settlement Meta is planning an ad blitz urging TikTok and YouTube to follow its lead. All the ways Instagram and Facebook are changing for teens Rockstar finally responds to ‘heartbreaking’ GTA 6 leaks Fierce Network: FCC opens comments on E-Rate as the program gets attacked in court Nvidia is about to be a hundred-billion-dollar-a-quarter company Panic is passing Playdate tariff refunds on to customers. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com , subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed . We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11. 0:00 Welcome to the Vergecast 01:26 Apple Mac AI Hype 02:26 Mac Mini Agent Craze 06:32 Mac Studio vs Nvidia 11:43 Price Hikes and Cloth 17:01 iPhone Event Invite 17:38 iPhone Fold Debate 21:30 Camera Crash Out 26:57 Meta Settlement Breakdown 28:59 First Amendment Fallout 36:59 Age Verification Push 39:30 Filter Rules and Loopholes 44:11 Will Teens Just Switch Apps 45:20 Reels Versus Shorts 46:35 Government Next Steps 47:39 Break And Reset 47:50 GTA VI Showcase 54:29 Leaks And Spoilers 57:12 Can GTA Save Games 01:00:51 GTA Online Money 01:02:04 Brendan Carr is a Dummy 01:03:45 E Rate Fight 01:08:46 Nvidia Earnings Hype 01:17:50 Pokemon Sleep Fitbit 01:22:41 Waymo Versus Tesla 01:28:34 Decoder And Goodbye Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices