Katie got the new iPhone 15 Pro Max and is comparing image quality to her previous iPhone 13 Pro. The 15 seems to have better quality and more realistic looking photos.

They discuss upcoming movies based on video games including a live action Legend of Zelda movie produced by Avi Arad and a live action Five Nights at Freddy's movie. Mike recommends checking out the Five Nights at Freddy's video games on mobile for only $2.99.https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/07/zelda-movie/https://apps.apple.com/us/app/five-nights-at-freddys/id912536422

Mike is interested in the new Meta Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses and sees them as an improved version of Google Glass. They have a better form factor and improved features like voice AI. And we look back at when Sorg got Google Glass in 2014! https://www.ray-ban.com/usa/ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEq8DoCOcq4

Google is bringing AI generated ads to their platforms. This can help advertisers by generating unique ad images and copy.https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/7/23951220/google-performance-max-ai-generated-ads-campaign

YouTube is testing an AI chatbot that can answer questions about videos based on automatically generated captions or user submitted transcripts.https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/youtube-ai-chatbot-test-videos-1235781766/

Amazon customer reviews now have an "AI Summary" section that summarizes key points from multiple reviews.

Waze will start providing crash history alerts for accident prone roads using AI and user reports.https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/7/23950441/google-waze-crash-history-alerts

Instagram is rolling out an option to turn off read receipts in DMs.https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/7/23950995/instagram-dm-read-receipt-disable

NASA is launching a free streaming channel called NASA Plus on November 8th with space documentaries and other content.https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/7/23951028/nasa-plus-starts-streaming-tomorrow

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Chilla is back from Microsoft's Redmond Playground to catch up with the tech news!

• Chilla talks about his visit to the Microsoft Research Lab, using HoloLens 2, Microsoft's custom energy water, and Xbox in a museum.
• Sorg stayed at home and watched the finale of Silicon Valley on HBO.
• Configuring the new Mac Pro takes our breath away...
• Sorg is eyeing the lower end Blackmagic ATEM Mini for mobile and studio video streaming implementations.
• Google is ending support for Google Glass Explorer Edition.  Of which we have one still. Is this a result of the Google Founders leaving?
• Turn your iMac into a workstation
• Microsoft Office coming to Linux 
• Coca-Cola bottles are using OLEDs to light up Star Wars lightsabers.  But not in your country probably.
• Zelda is coming to Mario Maker
• Chilla is doing some serious server setup for Minecraft.  That may help him in his day job!
• Plex is launching free TV and movies.

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• We're LIVE with our year-end Christmas show with Doug Derda and Cynthia Closkey, talking about our awesome things of the year on this week's episode.
• Sling and cordcutting were our awesome things of the year for 2015 as we reflected back last year.
• Meerkat? Wow!
• Cynthia is sharing her awesome thing of the year for 2016 - her smart watch (Apple Watch) and wearables in general.
• Sorg is sharing his woes over the Pebble buyout in comparison to the Apple Watch.
• Doug is pitching a Kickstarter campaign for a Kickstarter movie talking about Kickstarter campaigns.
• Google Glass is still a discussion at the end of 2016.
• Wheelz is sharing his awesome thing of the year - his Samsung phone.
• Doug is sharing Facebook LIVE as his awesome thing of the year and how interesting instacontent is.
• Speaking of bleeding edge tech - we can't help but talk about iJustine and how she was livestreaming a decade ago.
• How do you stand out in a tidal wave of content now that instacontent is so available?
• Are people looking at instacontent for content or for interaction with other people?
• Doug is teaching us about the Musically app through his son's usage.
• Sorg's awesome thing of the year is self-driving cars - especially since he's been in one!

• Speaking of self-driving cars, studies show traffic would be better with less traffic lights.

• It's 2016 prediction recap time!
  -- Doug was WRONG with his prediction about online superstardom.
  -- Cynthia is recapping her accurate mom factor prediction about streaming programming.
  -- AI advancement prediction by Chilla is ACCURATE! (You can thank Alexa, Sir.)
  -- DJ Lunchbox's iPhone7 prediction - ACCURATE! (WTH headphone jacks?)
  -- Technology to communicate with pets. Sorry Katie, we're not sure whether Catterbox counts this year.

• Apple's biggest innovation - a phone that doesn't explode!

• Predictions for 2017!
  -- Doug predicts Google+ will finally die.
  -- Sorg thinks Twitter will not be an independent company by the end of 2017. Will it go to Verizon?
  -- Cynthia thinks VR video will not be a thing next year, as in it's not going anywhere, and we won't know why. She doesn't believe it will get past Cardboard and it'll be at least another 3 years before we see any solid movement with VR.
  -- Rizz predicts the Nintendo Switch will revolutionize gaming

• Thanks for a great (at least by way of tech) 2016! Make sure to hit us up with what tech Santa brought you!

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