EP.97 – Microsoft’s Pricey Surfaces, Plex’s Price Hike, and Alexa’s Podcast Surprise

Kareem and David return to the MSFT Unboxed POD studio with a week’s worth of tech drama that practically narrates itself. Apple is gearing up for its next iPhone event, but the real story isn’t the hardware; it’s the press watching Tim Cook glide toward the exit while John Ternus quietly becomes the main character. The journalists are already sharpening their pencils, and the handoff energy is impossible to ignore.Google, meanwhile, decided to drop Pixel news like it’s trying to steal Apple’s pre‑event oxygen. Microsoft answered with a different kind of flex: ChatGPT 6‑ASTRA running inside Foundry and a new financial structure built around “Agents and Infra,” which sounds like the start of a sci‑fi trilogy. Outlook and M365 outages also made an appearance, because nothing says “modern computing” like a surprise productivity vacation.And just when you think the week couldn’t get stranger, Microsoft floated a plan to limit cloud gaming session lengths. Kareem and David spend real time unpacking what that means for players, publishers, and anyone who has ever tried to finish a boss fight before a timeout.It’s Apple intrigue, Google timing, Microsoft restructuring, outages, agents, infra, and a cloud gaming curveball. A full plate, served hot.#MSFTUnboxed #TechPodcast #TechNews #AppleEvent #iPhone #TimCook #JohnTernus #GooglePixel #ChatGPT6ASTRA #MicrosoftFoundry #MicrosoftAgents #CloudGaming #OutlookOutage #M365 #AI #GamingNews #KareemAndDavid