222: ‘Pseudorandom Gibberish’, With Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include MacBook keyboard failures, iOS passcode security, Google’s odd Duplex “demo”, Steam Link’s curious rejection from the App Store, AirPlay 2, and, of course, conjecture about next week’s WWDC.

Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include MacBook keyboard failures, iOS passcode security, Google’s odd Duplex “demo”, Steam Link’s curious rejection from the App Store, AirPlay 2, and, of course, conjecture about next week’s WWDC.

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Links:

My Twitter poll on whether people use the “Erase data after 10 failed passcode attempts” feature.
Rene’s video on his MacBook Pro keyboard failure.
AppleInsider on MacBook service problems.
Google Duplex skepticism, one last time.
The return of iPhone 6 Bendgate.
Apple accepts, then rejects, Valve’s Steam Link app.
Khoi Vinh: “Illustration in the App Store”.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.