OnePlus is Dead… (In the US)

So much happened this week! First, Marques, Andrew, and David talk about everything from the new pickle emoji to OnePlus shutting down operations in the U.S. Then they get into all of the Pixel 11 color and pricing leaks before talking about Apple suing OpenAI. It all gets wrapped up with some show & tell where Marques demonstrates a new skill he learned. It's a fun one!

Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:35 - Did they even test this?
00:03:40 - New Emojis!
00:09:07 - Google opening up to third party app stores
00:12:45 - OnePlus shutting down in U.S
00:24:49 - Pixel 11 Color and Price leaks
00:36:12 - New Samsung Flex Titanium technology
00:40:46 - Framer (Sponsored)
00:41:58 - Apple Suing OpenAI
00:54:35 - OpenAI hardware device
01:05:43 - Meta wants all the time recording glasses
01:21:34 - Shopify (Sponsored)
01:22:46 - Show & Tell (No Trade Secrets Allowed)
01:37:24 - Trivia Scores

Links:
Jennifer Daniels Substack - New Emojis: https://jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/why-do-some-new-emoji-look-familiar
David Imel - How AI Stolen the Sparkle Emoji: https://youtu.be/g-pG79LOtMw
Waveform - History of CyanogenMod: https://youtu.be/TDOMekBPR4U
MKBHD - The Downfall of OnePlus: https://youtu.be/vZdbbN3FCzE
MKBHD - What Happened to OnePlus: https://youtu.be/9EOAEWC9hJ4
Verge - google will allow third party app stores: https://www.theverge.com/policy/965792/google-epic-withdraw-injunction-third-party-app-stores-coming-google-play
9to5Google - Pixel 11 Leaks: https://9to5google.com/2026/07/13/this-might-be-the-pixel-11-in-three-colors-gallery/
Droid Life - Pixel 11 price leaks: https://www.droid-life.com/2026/07/13/pixel-11-series-specs-storage-ram-displays-battery/
Verge - Samsung Titanium Flex display: https://www.theverge.com/tech/965850/samsung-display-flex-titanium-galaxy-foldables
Are Technics - OpenAI sued by Apple: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/apple-sues-openai-after-ex-engineer-allegedly-used-bug-to-steal-trade-secrets/
Bloomberg - Apple sues OpenAI: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-10/apple-sues-openai-for-trade-secret-theft-in-blockbuster-case
Tom's Hardware - Codex AI Macropad: https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/keyboards/openais-first-hardware-device-is-an-rgb-macropod-codex-micro-features-13-low-profile-keys-and-a-joystick-for-controlling-ai-coding-agents
NYT - App location data story: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html
xteink x4 ereader: https://www.xteink.com/products/xteink-x4
Typora app: https://typora.io/
Dead eyes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dead-eyes/id1494539046

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