Is Apple Still Apple? David Pogue on China, AI, and the Future, #550 The Fifth Column
March 26, 2026
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David Pogue joins The Fifth Column (episode #550) to talk Apple, China, AI, and whether the company still knows how to surprise us. They get into Project Titan, Apple Intelligence, manufacturing reality, and the long-term problem of staying innovative after you’ve already conquered the world.
(00:00) Cold Open
(03:25) The Newton
(06:27) The Apple Cult
(14:50) Getting Access to Apple
(17:30) Face ID and Weirdos
(19:44) Project Titan
(22:14) Apple as Medical Company
(25:26) China and Apple
(30:53) Jobs
(41:38) Manufacturing in America
(44:11) Apple and AI
(53:57) Phones in Classrooms
(58:00) Apple and Washington
(59:15) Altman and UBI
(01:01:34) Jobs Apocalypse
(01:11:19) Vision Pro
(01:12:37) The Long Runway
Read David's book, "Apple: The First 50 Years"
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Hosted by journalists Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch, The Fifth Column provides a weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally themselves.
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