MacVoices

MacVoices Live! digs deep into the many questions surrounding the sudden rise of DeepSeek, a large language model that allegedly was trained at a fraction of the cost of what the “big LLMs” have required. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Web Bixby, Jim Rea, and Jeff Gamet have conflicting thoughts, opinions, and concerns over the what’s, hows’s, as well as whether it represents yet another threat to both the individual and U.S. security.

In Eureka Park at CES in Las Vegas Dhaval Patel, the Founder and CEO of Lotus showed us a different kind of accessibility device with their smart ring that gives you control over lights with no wiring, no apps, and no WiFi. Dhaval discusses the many use cases for travel, convenience, and for those with […]

EZCast was showing off a new, expanded way to share your video to multiple screens at CES in Las Vegas. Elroy (Ting Yun) Hsiung,, Assistant Sales Manager, showed off a USB-C-based dongle transmitter that can send your the video from your device to up to four separate receivers. With line-of-sight support now and multi-room coming […]

This MacVoices Live! session wraps up with Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Web Bixby, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, and Marty Jencius considering an encouraging reason a UK lawsuit was dismissed, how Microsoft didn’t completely correct their mis-direction, and how police in Colorado are using AirTags to address a pervasive car theft problem.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/maclevelten/MV25039.mp3 This edition of MacVoices is supported by The MacVoices […]

After an initial conversation at a CES showcase we visited the eSight booth on the show floor to talk to Roland Mattern, Director of Sales for Gentex, about how their electronic eyewear can be life-changing for people with macular degeneration and other vision conditions. Roland explains the kinds of improvements can be achieved, battery life and other practical considerations, and how to get access.

At CES in Las Vegas, we got a taste of barbecue tech at the Brisk It booth. Product Manager Sam Ferguson showed off their newest and most affordable pellet grill, the Zelos 450. What makes it so interesting is their Vera AI that can take care of everything from suggesting recipes to controlling the cooking process, even if you are still on the golf course or just relaxing. Vera can even “look” at a piece of meat and ingredients (via photo) in the grocery store and give you both ideas on how to prepare it as well as how long it will take.

The MacVoices Live! team of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Web Bixby, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, and Marty Jencius have in-depth discussions about Netflix increasing their prices following recent high-profile streaming successes. How does their value proposition stack up against other option? Then, another statement that Goldman Sachs wants to terminate their Apple Card relationship sparks commentary from the panel.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/maclevelten/MV25036.mp3 […]

We first met Marc Tuinier, the "Chief Pen Salesman” of Nuwa two years ago when their Nuwa Pen was more of an idea than a product. Two years later Nuwa had a product that is almost ready to ship and a booth on the show floor at CES in Las Vegas. Nuwa Pen lets you write on any piece of paper and capture what you wrote wirelessly and digitally to your iPhone, effectively giving you two copies. Marc shows us how it works, how their handwriting recognition can make the digital copy into text, and why nothing quite completely replaces analog writing.

On the show floor at CES in Las Vegas we had a chance to talk with Paul Tan, Chief Operating Officer for Keychron, about their customizable keyboards. Keychron won a CES Innovation Award for their new magnetic model that makes every key potentially customizable, Paul explains why that can make a huge difference in your productivity.

The MacVoices Live! crew addresses a potential security issue if you redact PDFs and are expecting the information to be actually gone. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Web Bixby, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, and Marty Jencius also look at some unusual Apple TV+ promotions for the long-awaited second season of Severance.