Welcome back to Four Perspective! In this week's episode (Season 2, Episode 2), I'm diving into the biggest tech stories making waves right now.

What we're covering:

* Companies are getting serious about return-to-office policies with badge tracking and surveillance - but is this the right approach?

* Meta is poaching AI talent from Apple with insane salary offers ($350K-$500K for product managers!)

* OpenAI hits a $500 billion valuation but only 10% of users actually pay

* My hands-on experience with GPT-5 and why it's now the default model

* Apple adding tariff surcharges to iPhones starting October 1st

* AMD crushing Intel in CPU sales (seriously, how is Intel still around?)

* Did you know your MagSafe charger has firmware that needs updates?

* 11 Labs launches AI music generation - could this replace expensive music licensing?

As a mechanical engineer working in tech, I share my perspective on remote work, AI adoption, and what these changes mean for everyday users like us.

App of the Month spotlight: Apple Freeform - check out my full video review!

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Links mentioned in this episode:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/its-getting-harder-to-skirt-rto-policies-without-employers-noticing/

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/07/apples-ai-problem-not-just-siri-talent-leaving/

https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/openais-valuation-is-tech-booms-key-man-risk-2025-08-07/

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/06/apple-tariff-surcharge-explainer/

https://www.theverge.com/news/719372/amd-is-selling-record-numbers-of-cpus-at-intels-expense

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/05/magsafe-charger-firmware-update-2a168

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-08-05/ai-startup-elevenlabs-launches-music-service-video

Chapters:

00:00 - Start

00:22 - Return to office?!

03:03 - AI Job Market

04:33 - OpenAI Valuation

05:43 - GPT 5 Released

07:56 - iPhone Tariff News

09:23 - How is intel still in business?

10:25 - Chargers have Firmware?

11:39 - AI Music for Creators

13:16 - Channel Updates

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