Sep 23rd 2018
This Week in Tech 685
Emotional Support Ham
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Apple Watch and heart health, Magic Leap first look, your future Amazon House, and more.
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
Guests:
Amy Webb,
Mike Elgan
- iPhone XS and XS Max are flying off the shelves (especially in Santa Rosa).
- Pixel 2 camera beats the iPhone XS.
- Why the dual-sim iPhones are a bigger deal than you think.
- (Heart) doctors hate it! Apple Watch's one weird ECG trick.
- Elon Musk introduces the first SpaceX moon passenger, DOJ introduces a criminal investigation to Musk.
- Amazon introduces a slew of new Alexa devices in its continuing mission to control everything in your home (including you).
- Magic Leap One first look: nobody should buy it, but it is absolutely the future.
- Happy 10th anniversary, T-Mobile G1! We have come full circle: the first Android phone didn't have a headphone jack, either.
- Google's plans for China, and China's plans for the world.
- John Hancock won't sell you life insurance unless you strap on a Fitbit or Apple Watch.
- Coding error scraps Subaru Ascent.
- Salesforce's Mark Benioff buys Time magazine.
- Freezing your credit report is now free thanks to a new law.
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Links
- Apple and Tim Cook Celebrate iPhone XS, XS Max, and Apple Watch Series 4 Launch Day
- Santa Rosa Apple Store robbed while Megan Morrone is There
- Thieves swipe $35K worth of electronics in Santa Rosa Apple Store robbery
- The iPhone XS camera beats the iPhone X, but not the Pixel 2
- The iPhone Xs and Xs Max get dual-SIM capability
- I'm a Heart Doctor and Wary of the New Apple Watch
- First SpaceX moon passenger Yusaku Maezawa: Everything you need to know - CNET
- "Funding secured" may become the two costliest words ever tweeted
- Sources: Tesla under criminal investigation by DOJ over public statements made by Tesla and CEO Elon Musk, alongside a previousl
- The First on Hulu
- Amazon plans to release at least 8 new Alexa devices, including a microwave oven and in-car gadget
- Amazon introduces Wi-Fi Simple Setup to automatically share a user's home wireless network credentials with compatible smart hom
- The first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1, was announced 10 years ago today
- Pixel 3 in pink? "There's a fourth color in the source code"
- GOOGLE SUPPRESSES MEMO REVEALING PLANS TO CLOSELY TRACK SEARCH USERS IN CHINA
- The Future Today Institute
- The Signals Are Talking: Why Todays Fringe Is Tomorrows Mainstream
- Gastronomad Experiences
- Valley of Genius
- John Hancock, one of the largest life insurers in the US, will now only sell policies that track fitness and health data via wea
- Coding Error Forces 2019 Subaru Ascents to be Scrapped
- Salesforce supremo Benioff buys Time magazine for $190m
- Freezing your credit is now free in all states under a new law
- Magic Leap One