Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

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Your Luxury Car Now Has Ads!

Explore episode Aug 7, 2026
Technology
Keychron's CEO Went Full Building-in-Public

Your Luxury Car Now Has Ads! · Aug 7, 2026 Technology

Keychron's CEO personally took over the company's Twitter account, is responding to every comment, posting prototype renders of unreleased mice and trackballs, and asking followers how much to charge for products. The company explicitly said it rebuilt its product team from the ground up.

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Trivia Round: Nautical Measurements & BMW ReachNow

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Ellis presents his trivia segment, opening with a question inspired by his friend Ian's obsession with archaic units of measurement. The question: of fathom, league, shackle, and toise, which is the longest? Marques and Ellis both guessed fathom; Andrew correctly guessed league. Ellis reveals the answers: a fathom is 6 feet, a toise is also 6 feet, a shackle is 15 fathoms, and a league is 1–3 miles depending on the country. He also debunks the popular misconception that '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' refers to depth — Jules Verne meant the horizontal distance traveled. The second trivia question asks which automaker ran the ReachNow car-sharing service from 2016 — the answer is BMW, which David correctly identified. Ellis closes with a bonus stumper: name any physical QWERTY phone currently on sale in the US in 2026 excluding Minimal Phone 1 and Clix Communicator. Nobody can name one; the answer is the Unihertz Titan 2.

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