Laytechs Weekly: Recent Episodes

Shawn Teng

Tech news and updates translated for lay people.

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Microsoft Commits to Right to Repair, Samsung Publishes Stress Test on Foldable Phones, Google May Bundle Google Pass with Pixel Devices, You may Not Need ‘Hey Google’ to Interact With Your Phone, and AirPods Pro’s Conversation Boost is Here.

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Microsoft Commits to Right to Repair, Samsung Publishes Stress Test on Foldable Phones, Google May Bundle Google Pass with Pixel Devices, You may Not Need ‘Hey Google’ to Interact With Your Phone, and AirPods Pro’s Conversation Boost is Here.

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10 Years After Steve Jobs’ Passing, We Ask the Big Question, William Shatner Finally Goes to Space, Samsung Promises to Remove Ads From Its Stock Apps, And It Did, Microsoft Surface Go 3 Limited by Suppliers, and Apple Cancels iPad Air with OLED for 2022.

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Upcoming Macbooks Pros to Have Higher Resolution Screen, Malaysians and Singaporeans Can Use Their QR Payment Platforms Cross-Border by end-2022, Google Meet Tests Live-Translation Captions, Samsung Working on Way to Speed Track Artificial Intelligence, and China Makes Cryptocurrency Illegal.

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Apple Already Scanning iCloud Mail For Child Sexual Abuse Content, AirAsia Came Out With Ride Hailing App, Google Released the Pixel 5a, A More Powerful Mac Mini May Be Coming, and OnlyFans Bans Adult Content, And Here’s Why.

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Samsung Removing Ads From Its Stock Apps, Google Pixel 6 May Not Come With Charger, Samsung Watch 4 Knows Your Body Fat, Fortnite Makes Impostor Game of Among Us , Samsung Mobile Devices Available in Malaysia Soon.

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Valve Making SteamDeck Windows 11-Ready, Apple Wants to Scan iCloud for Child Abuse Content, Windows 11 on Mac with Parallels 17, New Leaks on iPhones , and Razer’s Face Mask Goes to Beta

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Google Drops Pixel 6 Preview, College Textbooks Finally Goes Subscription, Spotify Introduces Mini Subscriptions, Binance Banned in Malaysia, FB wants to Read Our Encrypted Messages.

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Intel Makes Chips For Qualcomm, Surface Duo 2 Leaked, PS5 Owners Get 6 Months of Apple TV+, No Samsung Note This Year, and Gorilla Glass Comes to Lenses.

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It’s Bezos’ Turn To Go To Space, Steam Deck is the Console We All Need, Microsoft Brings PC to the Cloud, Miri Police Destroys Crypto Mining Rigs, More iPhone Leaks.

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Richard Branson Goes to Edge of Space, Apple 2022 Release Predictions, Google Moves All Users from Backup and Sync to Google Drive App, OnePlus Learns from Apple, Secretly Throttles the 9 Pro, and Samsung Unpacked Release Leaked.

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Android Apps That Stole Facebook Passwords Removed by Google, TikTok Sells AI Tech To Others, OnePlus Merges OS with Oppo, Sony’s New Purchase Is Good for PC Games, and Web Apps Let You Signal For Help and Search For Food Banks.

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Cool announcements on Windows 11, Apple is angry with leakers, Telegram upgrades itself with group video call, and more

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We talked about Windows 11, Microsoft Fluid, Leica's own phone, and someone tried to sell rights of Jay-Z's first album away.

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Netflix works on a Spotify series, Microsoft announces end of Win10 support, Google Workspaces opening up to all, and more

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iPadOS limits apps to 5GB of RAM usage for now, Disney+ Hotstar comes to Malaysia, 7-Eleven plans 500 EV charging station in the US by end 2022, and more

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Why Apple's ATT is evil, Huawei focuses on Software, new MacOS Zero-Day detected, and more

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A lot on Google I/O, some on Apple's Lossless audio problem, and a little bit on China on Mars.

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Microsoft drops plans on Win10X, Google Photos unlimited ending soon, Apple plans own 5G Modem, and more.

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Court battle between Epic and Apple begins, Foldable iPhones may come in 2023, Xbox reduces revenue share in their store, Samsung releases a bunch of new laptops, and more

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Facebook builds own Podcast platform, Honda goes full EV by 2040, Apple's M2 laptops in production, and more

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Apple dropping mini event next week, TRX in discussion for possible Malaysia Apple Store, Celcom and Digi merger goes ahead, and more.

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Google Pixel 6 Builds Own Chips, LG Leaves Smartphone Market, Yahoo Answer S Closes, and more

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WWDC online-only this year, Spotify and LinkedIn work on Clubhouse copycats, leaked Surface laptop 4 Ryzen chips aren't impressive, and more.

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Apple Was Fined Chum Change by Brazil, Microsoft Eyes Discord, Zoom Sells its SDK, One Plus 9 is Out, and more.

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Hasselblad Tries Its Luck with OnePlus 9, Dorsey Auctions First Tweet, Disney+ Hits 100m Users, and more

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Malware on Macs, Diablo 2 Remastered, Apple wants to Make iPads in India, and more.

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The world's going fully-electric, and VW may be making a big mistake underestimating Apple. That and more this week.

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Apple's FaceID unlock with Mask isn't what you think, Apple App Store plagued by scammers, Apple VR/AR Headset coming soon.

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Signal and Telegram Improves to Compete with WhatsApp, Facebook Plans Lawsuit Against Apple, and Elon Musk Wants to Send Civilians to Space

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The chat app we all want, Huawei possibly selling off their premium phone brands, Surface takes a hit at Macbooks, and more

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Razer Made a Smart Mask, Samsung S21 Ultra First Reviews are Stunning, Apple's 2021 Rumors, and more

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Hey listeners! We are launching a new weekly podcast that follows the adventures of entrepreneurs across various industries in their quest to build their dream company.   Find it from Anchor.FM and YouTube, and soon on other podcast feeders.   

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LG's Rollable Screen Comes to Town, Sony's Mandalorian screen Comes to Town, and more!

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Microsoft Takes Over the Week's News, and Some Samsung Too

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ANT Probed for Antitrust, Google Search Shows TikTok and Instagram Videos, and Zoom Expands Offerings. That's All, No More.

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Google Lets You Speak With Your Eyes, Samsung S21 Teasers Are Out, and more!

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Apple Drops App Store Fees for Small Businesses, Google News Pays For Paywalled Articles, and more

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Apple Spread Out Production of Hardware to Other Countries, New Surface Devices Leaked, and more.

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Adobe Rolls out Photoshop Beta for ARM, Apple Pays $113m for Throttling Phones, and why I am a supporter of Elon Musk

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No more free photo storage for Google Photos, Spotify Gets Deepers into Podcasts, and more

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Spotify's New Monetization Plan Is Bad for Users, Apple Is Not Done With Hardware Release Yet, and more!

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Jony Ive gets a job at Airbnb, iFixit Teardown of iPhones Reveal Some Stuff, and more

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As humans fight over moon resources, we can't decide what Samsung will name their new flagship phone

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Microsoft Announcements, Google Announcements, and Apple Announcements.

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Apple's Gaming Service Has a Loophole, while iPadOS 2020 Misses 2020 Demands. That and more!

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Apple's September hardware announcement, what do I think. Microsoft buys a bunch of gaming companies, what do I think. That and more! 

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Hardware season is in! Don't buy new laptops and phones just yet.

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Facebook Horizon Open Beta, Malware on MacOS, and Surface Duo First Looks. That and more

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Apple most valuable company in the world, at a price to everyone else. That and more