Stephen Hackett, proprietor of 512 Pixels and co-founder of Relay (purveyor of many fine podcasts), joins the show. Topics include: IO (or if you will, io), the new joint venture of OpenAI and Jony Ive’s LoveFrom; the sheer fantasy of “Made in America” iPhones; and Fortnite’s return to the US App Store.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

Links:

• Apple in China, Patrick’s spectacular new book.
• Patrick on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.
• Excerpt from the book in the Sunday Times of London.
• Millions, Billions, Zillions, Brian Kernighan’s fun little book on practical day-to-day math.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.