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Sep 2024
2h 43m

TWiT 997: Put an OLED on it - iPhone Eve...

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iPhone Event, $700 PS5, AI in AU

  • Of course: Everything Apple announced at the iPhone 16 event
  • VR vs AR
  • Taylor Swift endorses Harris/Walz, mentions AI imagery pushed her to be public
  • No, Kamala Harris wasn't wearing earing headphones, and those things barely even exist
  • PS5 Pro is real and crazy expensive at $700
  • Meta admits to scraping every Australian's account to train its AI, with no opt out
  • Australia's PM wants to ban social media for kids, potentially those between 14-16
  • What is AI best at now? Improving products you already own
  • Polaris Dawn astronauts successfully complete the first private spacewalk
  • 'Right to Repair for Your Body': The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine
  • Flappy Bird vs Flappy Bird creator
  • Microsoft wants to remove low-level access
  • Mark Zuckerberg is done apologizing
  • Prius sets 93MPG Coast-Coast Record
  • Italian Retro Video Game Pirates!
  • Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy is a lot of fun!
  • Hot Ones coming to Netflix?

Host: Devindra Hardawar

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Anthony Ha

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