Techmanity Talks

In this episode, we discuss the recent press conference held by Neuralink, a project co-founded by Elon Musk, who are in the midst of developing a brain–machine interface.

• 00:22 — Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade
• 12:49 — The new iPad (7th-generation)
• 24:24 — The new Apple Watch (Series 5)
• 45:42 — The new iPhones (iPhone 11 (Pro (Max)))

• 00:35 — Summary of presentation
• 03:14 — Apple News+
• 26:16 — Apple Arcade
• 34:58 — Apple TV
• 50:07 — Apple TV+
• 78:17 — Apple Card
• 97:50 — Post show banter (lime milkshakes at Wimpy?!)

• 00:28 — FaceTime snooping bug discovered by Grant Thompson
• 11:13 — Password keychain found in macOS by Linus Henze, criticises Apple’s lack of rewards for macOS bug-finder
• 14:38 — Is Apple slacking when it comes to tackling software bugs?
• 23:10 — Facebook’s “Research” app removed from App Store over privacy violations

• 36:12 — Norwegian man saved from potentially fatal fall by Apple Watch

• 43:08 — Is there an iPhone SE 2 in the works?
• 55:41 — Xioami shares folding phone concept
• 62:47 — Energizer announces plans for smartphone with super-high capacity batteries
• 70:48 — Moto G7 line announced, Moto G7 Power packs 5,000 mAh battery

• 77:15 — Crypto exchange loses access to wallet holding $190M worth of Bitcoin when password-holder dies

• 00:08 — Apple collaborates with smart TV manufacturers
• 12:20 — Apple’s privacy-related jab at the rest of the tech world

• 14:53 — Concerns with the Ring doorbell (owned by Amazon)
• 18:00 — Do people care about keeping their info private?
• 25:32 — Netatmo doorbell, for the privacy-conscious

• 34:26 — The world’s first foldable smartphone! Royole FlexPai
• 42:17 — A front-facing camera covering the screen? The (Huawei) Honor View 20

• 53:07 — The Withings Move (now with ECG!)

• 63:07 — Samsung’s The Wall (not Pink Floyd’s)
• 67:34 — Rollable OLED by LG
• 71:33 — Samsung Space Monitor
• 73:17 — LG 46-inch ultrawide

• 76:48 — Uber’s air taxi plans and the Bell Nexus helicopter

• 81:40 — A toilet that can talk? The endtimes must be near…
• 84:40 — Award-winning sex toy loses award

• 00:15 — Apple Watch redesign and Series 4
• 00:53 — First-party vs. third-party Apple Watch straps
• 04:36 — New Watch “complications”
• 05:50 — “Breathe” app
• 08:25 — Using the watch for health-and-fitness reasons
• 16:26 — New ECG feature
• 25:27 — New fall detection feature

• 26:42 — The iPhone XS is big! Our thoughts on phone sizes
• 32:00 — A brief tangent on phone contracts vs. pay as you go, and phone tariffs
• 33:43 — New iPhone design and specs
• 41:17 — Our thoughts on high-end phone pricing
• 45:04 — New camera with post-focus
• 48:15 — Dual-SIM (Physical SIM + eSIM; dual physical SIM in China) and a discussion of carrier locking
• 52:40 — Pricing for the new phones

• 62:51 — Multiple timers

• 69:40 — Closing remarks

It’s that time of year again — Apple is hosting WWDC, the Worldwide Developer Conference. We cover the event and give our thoughts on the slew of features coming to Mac in macOS Mojave and iPhone and iPad with iOS 12, peppered with a few choice tangents.

• 01:21 — Blocking tracking scripts
• 05:04 — Greyshift
• 07:29 — GDPR

• 10:11 — system-wide dark mode
• 14:13 — UIKit (iOS programming API) features introduced into AppKit (macOS programming API) for easier porting of iOS apps to macOS
• 17:34 — eGPUs (external GPUs/graphics cards) for the sake of improving render times and gaming experience, and Metal 2 (lightweight graphics API for iOS)
• 19:37 — Desktop stacks (folders re-invented!)
• 20:36 — Video “screenshots”
• 21:00 — Finder gallery view and Quick Look
• 22:53 — Why is there a stocks and news app?

• 25:14 — Siri shortcuts for iOS devices
• 28:08 — Ten minutes of discussion about digital wellbeing, because it’s important
• 37:40 — Photos app
• 42:49 — Animoji, and a tangent on what people want from a smartphone
• 50:23 — Ability to edit RAW images on iPad Pro, and our thoughts on multiple users for iPad
• 54:53 — Memoji, and slowed obsolescence
• 58:18 — What is CarPlay, and why would you use it?

• 1:00:43 — Siri shortcuts for Apple Watch
• 1:07:20 — Fitness-related features
• 1:10:54 — Podcasts
• 1:15:05 — Miscellaneous features (Motion-activated Siri, minor web-browsing

• 1:17:43 — Dolby Atmos, and aerial screensaver footage now with location stated on screen!
• 1:21:23 — Live streaming traditional TV (via providers such as Salt and Canal+) and “Zero-sign on”

• 1:22:37 — Proprietary USDZ file format for AR models, with support in Adobe Creative Cloud
• 1:23:25 — “Measure” app, with a tangent on the word “cad” and other archaic expletives
• 1:28:10 — Lego AR playground app
• 1:29:56 — FaceTime with 32-person video chat