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Bit of a break in the tech event cycle and we get serious by chatting all things encryption and iCloud backups. Yay! We’ll tell you what the media isn’t and break down some of the mixed messages you may have been hearing from the press.

We have also been trialling the new browser, Edge, by Microsoft and we tell you why you should try it out yourself.

As always we cover all angles using audio clips from different sources so you get everything you need to know, right here on the Naked Tech Podcast.

Episode 138. Recorded Tuesday 28 January 2020.

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* An AI epidemiologist sent the first warnings of the Wuhan virus | Wired via Outline* Microsoft’s new internet browser is so good I forgot I switched from Chrome | Business Insider* Exclusive: Apple dropped plan to encrypt backups after FBI complained | Reuters* Apple rejects Attorney General Barr’s claim that it didn’t assist with shooting probe | The Verge* Trump demands Apple unlocks iPhones | CNBC* “Project Cato” report into Bezos phone hack | PDF report* The iPad awkwardly turns 10 | Daring Fireball*

Part 2 of our coverage of CES 2020 includes a holographic virtual yoga trainer, a chef bot that can make 35 different types of salad, a tennis ball that follows you around and bosses your other home appliances, and a bionic cat that adjusts its personality based on how you talk to it.

You want more weird stuff? Well how about Segway’s new S-Pod? It’s a self-balancing chair on wheels, which makes us think our prediction of a Wall-E future is starting to come true!

As always we cover all angles using audio clips from different sources so you get everything you need to know, right here on the Naked Tech Podcast.

Episode 137. Recorded Monday 20 January 2020.

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* Samsung’s Neon ‘artificial humans’ are confusing everyone | cnet* Samsung casually shows off AR Glasses in GEMS exercise demo | Upload VR* The best thing at the Samsung booth is the salad-making Chef Bot | techradar* Segway introduces armchair-like S-Pod vehicle for seated riding | dezeen* Meet ‘Ballie’: Samsung rolls out mini robot ‘life companion’ | Market Watch* MarsCat: A bionic cat, a home robot | Kickstarter* Dell’s ‘Concept UFO’ is a wild Switch-like portable gaming PC | engadget*

The “nerd nirvana” that is CES is on again from Las Vegas and this is the first of a 2-part episode series to cover all the news and announcements from the world’s biggest tech expo. We will go through the latest in 8K TVs, new form factors of a range of digital products that bend and scroll and is basically all screen with no bezels. While chip-makers Intel and AMD continue to battle it out for world domination to support the manufacturers.

In the show’s biggest surprise, Sony showed off their electric concept car, and what did James Cameron have to say at CES anyway?

As always we cover all angles using audio clips from different sources so you get everything you need to know, right here on the Naked Tech Podcast.

Episode 136. Recorded Monday 13 January 2020.

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* LG unveils 8 ‘Real 8K’ OLED and LCD TVs | The Verge* Samsung just debuted a bezel-less 8K TV that is 99% picture | cnet* Samsung will sell its rotating Sero TV outside of Korea | Engadget* Latest innovations from CES | @ACurrentAffair9* Best part of OnePlus Concept One isn’t the disappearing camera | The Verge* The TCL foldable phone may be the most important smartphone at CES 2020 | TechRadar* Dell’s new foldable PCs – Ori and Duet | The Verge youtube*

Happy new year listener! And as per tradition, we will give our top 3 predictions for the calendar year. As always, our predictions are measurable and quantifiable with a view to properly mark ourselves at the end of the year. This time round, our soothsayer-ing abilities include topics like gaming, Apple Inc’s moves and a whole lot of space. Find out more on episode 135 of the Naked Tech Podcast.

Episode 135. Recorded Monday 6 January 2020.

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* A big decade for growth investing in ‘FAANG’ stocks | CNBC

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* The time Tim Cook stood his ground against the FBI | Wired via Outline* The 100 gadgets that defined the 2010s | The Verge

Kelvin predicts…

* Valve will launch Half Life in the second half of 2020* Next iPhone will not have USB-C port | Bonus – Apple will build a hardware device for gaming* Project Artemis to launch with a view to putting a man on the moon in 2024

Geoff predicts…

* Death of Ring doorbell (or Amazon will at least drop the branding)* To track the trend of ‘dark mode’ for everything, google.com will introduce native dark mode for its famed homepage* Apple will buy HBO | Bonus – Apple will announce that they are building a network in space

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The Naked Tech Podcast is your new favourite destination on geek culture hosted by Kelvin Lee and Geoff Kim from Sydney, Australia. Topics range from the latest in technology to comic book movies. If you enjoyed listening to us, you can help the show by leaving us a review on iTunes or get in touch with us on @NakedTechPod. The outro music is ‘Sorry’ by Comfort Fit.

The Skywalker saga finally ends (or rises?) and the fandom galaxy is as divided as ever. Mixed emotions all over the place as we dissect the film in great detail, with easter eggs, callbacks and choices, good and bad, JJ made along the way. What now for the Star Wars universe? Can Disney ever bring balance to the nerd force? As always, we cover all angles using clips from different sources so you get everything you need to know, right here on the Naked Tech Podcast.

Episode 134. Recorded Sunday 22 December 2019. 

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* The Rise of Skywalker heading towards $190m+ opening weekend | Box Office Mojo

* Visual breakdown, easter eggs you missed | New Rockstars YouTube

* Cameos you might have missed | Vanity Fair

* Rian Johnson calls pandering to ‘star wars fans’ a mistake | Hollywood Reporter

* Full interview with Rian Johnson | Swings and Mrs podcast

* The Rise of Skywalker review | Fandom Entertainment YouTube

 

The Lazy Couch is a geek culture podcast hosted by Kelvin Lee and Geoff Kim, based out of Sydney Australia. Topics range from the latest trends in technology to comic book movies and all things geeky. If you enjoyed listening to us, you can help the show by leaving us a review on iTunes or get in touch with us on @nakedtechpod. The outro music is ‘Sorry’ by Comfort Fit.

Continuing on from last week’s episode of our favourite tech for the year, we focus our attention to our hands and ear-holes. Tech truly surrounds us and penetrates us, if you know what I mean. As we approach Christmas, if you have a spare $500 for your mum, you may want to consider some of our suggestions (#mumtech). Finally we review the predictions we made on 1 January of 2019. Did we get any right? Tune in to find out! As always, we cover all angles using clips from different sources so you get everything you need to know, right here on the Naked Tech Podcast.

Episode 133. Recorded Monday 16 December 2019. 

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* Oculus Quest hand tracking is HERE | VR Oasis youtube

* Apple AirPods Pro review | Sound Guys

* Our 2019 predictions episode recorded 1 Jan 2019 | NTP

* Oculus Quest release date | wikipedia

* iPad Mini 5 release date | Macrumors

* Apple Glasses release date pushed to 2023 | Tom’s Guide

* Android 10 release date | wikipedia

* Listen to interactive choose your own adventure audiobook with Alexa | The Verge

* Worldwide browser market share | Statcounter

* Netflix subscriber numbers in the US | Statista

* Top lifetime box office grosses | Box Office Mojo

 

The Lazy Couch is a geek culture podcast hosted by Kelvin Lee and Geoff Kim, based out of Sydney Australia. Topics range from the latest trends in technology to comic book movies and all things geeky. If you enjoyed listening to us, you can help the show by leaving us a review on iTunes or get in touch with us on @nakedtechpod. The outro music is ‘Sorry’ by Com...

As we wrap up another year in tech, we share some of our favourite things – which may or may not include a pantomime featuring the methods of authentication to your web accounts. Oh what fun.

As always, we cover all angles using clips from different sources so you get everything you need to know, right here on the Naked Tech Podcast.

 

Episode 132. Recorded Monday 9 December 2019. 

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* Spaceland is a bite-sized strategy game that plays like XCOM | PC Gamer

* ‘Sign in with Apple’ is way better than passwords, if you can find it | WSJ

* Ryzen 5 3600X will dominate gaming PCs | Hardware Hounds

* 10 best 90Hz and 120Hz display refresh rate phones to buy in 2019 | Smartprix

* Samsung unveils new foldable flip phone concept | The Verge

* iPhone 11 Pro review – 3 months later | iMore

 

The Lazy Couch is a geek culture podcast hosted by Kelvin Lee and Geoff Kim, based out of Sydney Australia. Topics range from the latest trends in technology to comic book movies and all things geeky. If you enjoyed listening to us, you can help the show by leaving us a review on iTunes or get in touch with us on @nakedtechpod.

The outro music is ‘Sorry’ by Comfort Fit.

A lost episode that was originally recorded in late September but now being released to the world some 10 weeks later. Here, we cover Amazon’s crazy hardware announcements, Facebook’s Oculus Connect 6 event for updates on their VR/AR/MR division.

As always, we cover all angles using clips from different sources so you get everything you need to know, right here on the Nake Tech Podcast.

Episode 131. Recorded Tuesday 17 September 2019. 

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The Lazy Couch is a geek culture podcast hosted by Kelvin Lee and Geoff Kim, based out of Sydney Australia. Topics range from the latest trends in technology to comic book movies and all things geeky. If you enjoyed listening to us, you can help the show by leaving us a review on iTunes or get in touch with us on @nakedtechpod.

The outro music is ‘Sorry’ by Comfort Fit.

Chances are, you are triggered by the sight of the price tags of the new iPhones, but were you able to hold out on pre-ordering? Apple are certainly pros at controlling the marketing message but did they go too far in 2019? It may not matter however as there are about 70m Chinese old iPhone owners who are looking for an upgrade. Even if that doesn’t work out, Apple have 2 new services in Apple Arcade and TV+ streaming, which are actually quite affordable.

As always, we cover all angles using clips from different sources so you get everything you need to know, right here on The Lazy Couch podcast.

Episode 130. Recorded Tuesday 17 September 2019. 

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* Trypophobia trigger of the week – Apple’s new iPhones | Everyday Health* iPhone 11 Australian price and specs | Gizmodo* Cheaper iPhone 11 the most popular pre-ordered model in China | CNBC* The U1 chip is the beginning of an Ultra Wideband revolution | Six Colors* Compare iPhone models | apple.com* iPhone 11 Pro first impressions | MKBHD youtube* New iPhone camera features | cnet* What is Deep Fusion and how does it work? | Computerworld* The awkward days of the Apple Watch are over | The Verge* What is an LTPO display? | PC World* Apple Arcade – everything we know and known titles | Digital Trends* Apple’s streaming service Apple TV+ will launch 1 November | Business Insider

We love it when DJ Koh goes big and the latest Galax Note 10+ is certainly that! And what about the Aussie upstarts Mintt covering the other end of the smartphone market? We think they will do very well. Will the promise of hyper efficient levitation travel become reality? Hardt Hyperloop believes so, and Facebook keeps on being Facebook, while the never-ending saga of online forums being de-platformed by internet bullies continues. What’s the worst that can happen….

As always, we cover all angles using clips from different sources so you get everything you need to know, right here on The Lazy Couch podcast.

Episode 129. Recorded Friday 14 August 2019. 

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* The 7 biggest announcements from Samsung’s Note 10 event | The Verge

* Mintt mobile phones launching in Australia | EFTM

* Recap on grand reveal | Hardt Hyperloop youtube

* Meet the man trying to make Elon Musk’s Hyperloop dream a reality in Europe | CNBC

* Facebook hired human contractors to listen to audio from its Messenger app | The Verge

* Dumped by Cloudflare, 8chan gets back online, then kicked off again | Ars Technica

* Jim Watkins, 8chan founder response | YouTube

* The win against hate, may could drive extremists to the dark web | SBS Dateline

* Introducing Waveform: The MKBHD podcast | YouTube

* Whatsapp and Instagram to be renamed as part of Facebook rebrand | The Independent

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