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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

 

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

 

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.
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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

 

Apple had its huge spring event and this time they focused on services – all around what you currently do on your iPhone – read stuff, play stuff, watch stuff and pay for stuff. We’re not exactly sure what a world with Apple being a financial services company would be like. Will it disrupt the industry? Will the shows produced by Apple be strong enough to grab the mindshare of a Netflix-dominated audience? How much will the gaming subscription service be? So many questions 







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Episode 122. Recorded Wednesday 27 March 2019. 



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0:00 – Intro & more Facebook issues




* Facebook left hundreds of millions of passwords unencrypted | Fortune

3:22 – Apple hardware announcements

* Apple’s new Airpods come with wireless charging, Hey Siri support | The Verge
* New Apple iPad Mini review: No competition | The Verge

11:36 – Apple News+ service

* Apple event hot take | Digital Trends youtube
* Apple launches News+, an immersive magazine and news subscription service | Apple Newsroom
* Magazine list, cost and release date | Techradar

19:46 – Apple Arcade service

* Apple Arcade announced: new game subscription service on iOS, Mac, Apple TV | Gamespot
* What we know so far | Mac Rumors
* Apple Arcade has game developers excited but questions remain | The Verge

24:50 – Apple TV+ service

* Apple TV+ and Apple TV app explained | The Verge
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A spoiler-ful look at MCU’s 21st film – Captain Marvel. Watch it and come back to hear about what we thought with clips and all.









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Episode 121. Recorded Tuesday 12 March 2019. 


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* Captain Marvel (2019) | IMDB
* Almost a half billion after first weekend | Box Office Mojo
* Clark Gregg’s message to haters | Nerdist Youtube
* Gamespot spoiler review | Gamespot
* Does it work? | Browntable 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 @thelazycouch.



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4 years after they wowed us with their first iteration of the Hololens, Microsoft have finally revealed version 2.0 of the mixed reality headset. There are a lot of improvements in both hardware and software and you never know, you may soon be sporting one on your head at your workplace to get things done. There were also new phones galore at Barcelona’s MWC 2019. Whether it’s from Huawei, LG, Xiaomi or whatever – they come in all different sizes and yes, some of them even fold.



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Episode 120. Recorded Monday 4 March 2019. 



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02:22 – Microsoft’s Hololens 2




* Hololens 2: Inside Microsoft’s new headset | The Verge youtube
* Microsoft Hololens 2 keynote in 15 minutes | UploadVR youtube
* Nadella defends US military contract that some employees say crosses the line | CNN
* Open letter from staff to Nadella and Brad Smith | @MsWorkers4
* Technology and the US military by Brad Smith, MS president | Microsoft Blog




21:33 – Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona




* Apple is releasing a folding iPhone and it’s not all about the patents | Tom’s Guide
* Huawei’s Mate X foldable phone is a thinner 5G rival to the Galaxy Fold | The Verge
* Folding phones – now I believe | D2D youtube
* 3 concerns about the folding Mate X by PC World’s Michael Simon | Youtube
* Tablet battery specifications | Device Specifications
* Energizer’s Extra Juicy Phone is dumb thick | Gizmodo

A folding tablet? An unfolding phone? Whatever it is, Samsung is paving the way for all other manufacturers to follow with its Galaxy Fold. Let’s not forget the 4 other models they announced as part of its Samsung Unpacked event. Meanwhile, Australian parliament gets hacked, or at least that’s what they want you to believe. Is this news?



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Episode 119. Recorded Friday 22 February 2019. 



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00:00 – Intro




* Automate your scrum master with Geekbot




04:26 – Samsung’s folding phone and Unpacked Event




* Here’s everything that launched at Samsung Unpacked 2019 | Tech Radar
* Watch Samsung unveil its foldable phone | Tech Insider youtube
* Galaxy S10 range, Australian prices, specs, release dates | Gizmodo
* Galaxy S10 Plus vs iPhone Xs Max | Mrwhosetheboss youtube




37:07 – Australia gets hacked!




* Suspicion falls on China after cyber attack on Australian Parliament | ABC News
* Head of ACSC addresses breach of parties | ABC News




45:14 – This person does not exist




* Style-based GANs generating realistic artificial faces | Lyrn AI
* thispersondoesnotexist.com










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The foldable smartphone is closer to being reality as Samsung unveils its plans to make that a thing in 2019. Web Summit is also a thing that happened in Lisbon, and somehow it involves climate change. Australia’s Robyn Denholm is Elon Musk’s new boss for the next 3 years – how does the world feel about that?
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Episode 113. Recorded Sunday 18 November 2018. 
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00:00 – Intro

* Stan Lee, Marvel Comics’ real life superhero, dies at 95 | Hollywood Reporter

05:00 – Samsung Developer Conference

* Samsung Developer Conference 2018 in 10 minutes | E3 Gamers Youtube
* Samsung Bixby 2.0 cheat sheet | TechRepublic

22:25 – Web Summit 2018

* Web Summit 2018 – closing remarks | President of Portugal
* What is Web Summit? | Wikipedia
* How long before robots rule the world? | Web Summit Youtube
* Chinese news agency unveiled AI anchors | Mashable Youtube

34:07 – Tesla Appoints Robyn Delholm as New Chair

* Elon Musk’s replacement as Tesla Chair faces task controlling erratic CEO | ABC
* Tesla Board of Directors | Tesla investor relations
* Robyn Denholm, current Telstra CFO’s LinkedIn | LinkedIn

43:36 – Singles Day

* Australian brands woo shoppers at China’s Singles’ Day sales | Financial Review


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 @thelazycouch.

Apple has unveiled its long awaited refreshes of the MacBook Air and Mac mini and announced some major changes to the iPad Pro lineup. We break it all down to assist with your (and our) purchasing decisions. Are you forking out thousands of dollars on these new shiny toys or have you seen it all before and won’t buy the marketing fluff? Let us know what you think!
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Episode 112. Recorded Sunday 4 November 2018. 
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00:00 – Intro & follow up

* CamperMate app for all your NZ road tripping needs | CamperMate web

03:43 – MacBook Air

* October New York keynote in full | Apple YouTube
* MacBook Air specs and Australian pricing | Apple Store
* MacBook Air review: The present of computing | The Verge
* The Mac, with Apple’s Tom Boger | iMore

26:48 – Mac mini & Apple Retail

* Mac mini specs and Australian pricing | Apple Store
* Mac mini review | iMore
* Apple widens ‘Today at Apple’ in-store classes with 60 new programs  | cnet

35:14 – iPad Pro

* iPad Pro first impressions: Incredibly thin | Marques Brownlee YouTube
* Laptop-killing hardware let down by iOS | Peter Wells on SMH
* iPhone battery and performance | Apple Support
* iPad Pro specs and Australian pricing | Apple Store

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The Pixel 3 leaks were correct! Google finally unveiled its hardware product line for 2018, which includes a notched XL phone, a tablet trying to be a laptop that’s definitely not a phone phablet and a new Google Home with the assistant built in with a phablet-sized screen. Confused yet? Tune in to episode 111 as we break it all down and what it all means to you.
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Episode 111. Recorded Thursday 11 October 2018. 
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00:00 – Intro & follow up

* Kelvin predicts the demise of Google+ | CNBC
* Pixel 3 conspiracy theories add intrigue to Google’s launch | PC World

08:15 – Pixel 3 & Pixel 3 XL

* Pixel 3 XL – the notch is REAL | D2D YouTube
* You can hide the Pixel 3 XL notch but it’s tricky | Android Authority
* How Google’s Pixel 3 camera works wonders with just one rear lens | Wired
* Google Pixel 3 first impressions | MKBHD YouTube
* Everything about Google’s great Android hope | Gizmodo
* Google Assistant will screen spam calls on the Pixel 3 | The Verge

31:13 – Pixel Slate

* Google Pixel Slate hands-on: the keyboard is the best part | CNet
* The Pixel Slate: first look at Google’s new tablet | The Verge

39:00 – Google Home Hub

* Google Home Hub hands-on: Assistant gets a screen | The Verge
* Google Home Hub’s best feature is not having a camera | engadget
* Under the hood, Google Home Hub is nothing like other Google smart displays | Ars Technica

After 5 years of steering Oculus and their virtual reality arm for high-tech devices, Facebook are making all the right moves and pushing the industry forward with the launch of Oculus Quest – a new standalone VR headset with hand presence and 6 degrees of freedom. Oculus Connect 5 is its annual developers conference and we deep dive into the metaverse to bring you all the latest from the event. Is the future truly VR? When will we be able to jack into the Matrix?
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Episode 110. Recorded Friday 5 October 2018. 
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00:00 – Intro

* Breaking news – Instagram goes down | 9 news
* Instagram co-founders Systrom and Krieger step down | NY Times

08:39 – Oculus Connect 5

* Oculus Connect 5 keynote featuring Zuckerberg | Oculus YouTube
* Oculus Quest specs, price, release date and everything else | UploadVR
* Hands-on with the Oculus Quest VR headset | Tested YouTube
* 6 degrees of freedom | wikipedia

27:53 – Applications of tether-less VR

* John Carmack, Oculus CTO and godfather of modern gaming | wikipedia
* Oculus Quest put us in an arena scale wild west shoot out | The Verge
* Project Tennis Scramble preview | VR focus
* Star Wars VR experience ‘Vader Immortal’ will debut on Quest | engadget

40:28 – Our VR future

* Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist at Oculus | wikipedia
* What is fixed foveated rendering and why does it matter? | Tom’s Hardware
* 5 big takeaways from Michael Abrash’s OC5 keynote | UploadVR

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In this special episode of The Lazy Couch podcast, we are joined by long time friend of the show, Alex, as we break down the all the announcements from the latest Apple event from Cupertino. What did we like/dislike about the new phones? Will we order the new watch? What’s with the weird naming convention anyway?
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Episode 109. Recorded Friday 14 September 2018. 
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00:00 – Apple Event

* Jonny Ive introduces the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR | Apple YouTube
* Apple’s A12 Bionic is the first 7-nanometer smartphone chip | engadget
* Apple Watch 4 hands-on: bigger is better | The Verge
* Apple could sell 30m iPhone XS Max phones next year | Bloomberg Tech YouTube

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It has been dubbed our most random episode yet. We first head to Berlin for IFA 2018 and peek into the not-too-distant future where bezels have left the human race and it’s all screen, all of the time. Then it’s off to Seattle where a gaggle of geese have run amok and taken over an indie gaming convention at PAX West. Finally, your grandkids have abandoned you but never you mind, just get one on-demand from the Papa app. What a time to be alive!
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Episode 108. Recorded Thursday 6 September 2018. 
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00:00 – IFA 2018

* Laptop bezels are dead, and IFA killed them | Circuit Breaker
* Lenovo’s new Yoga Book replaces the keyboard with an E Ink screen | Circuit Breaker
* Acer’s absurd Predator Thronos gaming chair is fit for a king | Circuit Breaker
* 8K TVs are coming, but ignore the hype | Engadget
* Acer at IFA 2018 in under 9 minutes | Engadget YouTube
* Segway’s new e-skates, the Drift W1 | Engadget
* IFA 2018 complete coverage | Digital Trends

27:33 – PAX West

* PAX hands-on: Retro sequels Streets of Rage 4, Windjammers 2 take us back to ‘94 | Ars Technica
* Valve’s first new game in 5 years, Artifact, coming in November | Ars Technica
* PAX Australia in Melbourne 26-28 Oct | paxsite.com

39:15 – Random

* Papa is ‘grandkids on-demand’ for seniors who need some extra help | Techcrunch

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NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang wowed SIGGRAPH by unveiling the world’s first real-time ray tracing graphics card but is he telling us everything? We deep dive into this new method of rendering computer graphics and the implications to the world of next-gen gaming and entertainment. Elon Musk has had quite a fortnight with regretful tweets and missteps all around. His mental health has come into the spotlight but we are still impressed with his genius and work ethic. However, the question remains – Could he survive 2018 and keep his stewardship of Tesla?
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Episode 107. Recorded Monday 27 August 2018. 
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00:00 – NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH 2018

* NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang at SIGGRAPH 2018 | NVIDIA YouTube
* Will the GPU replace the CPU? | Datacenter Journal
* Rasterisation and Real-time ray tracing explained | Science Studio
* Tom Petersen explains real-time ray tracing | Gamers Nexus

20:17 – Elon Musk and Tesla

* Elon Musk details ‘excruciating’ personal toll of Tesla turmoil | NY Times
* Talking tech with Elon Musk | MKBHD

34:30 – Random

* Peter Dutton’s popcorn company | @sunriseon7 twitter

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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 is here and it’s blowing up the internet. Is the hype worth it? The world’s biggest tech unicorn has just released their first real device – the Magic Leap One. Just one condition, you have to be living in one of 6 specific cities in the US to get your hands and eyes on one. In local news, the NSW Govt and Atlassian have announced yet another tech innovation hub in Sydney, this time in Everleigh. What’s the big deal?
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Episode 106. Recorded Monday 13 August 2018. 
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00:00 – Intro

* “Get away from her you biiiitch” | YouTube
* Aliens in 70mm | Randwick Ritz

03:43 – Samsung Galaxy Note 9 event

* The 4 biggest announcements from Samsung’s Unpacked event | The Verge
* There’s too much hype for Note 9 | David Lee
* Samsung Galaxy Watch hands-on | Engadget

29:00 – Mid show break

* Maynard nominates The Lazy Couch as his one of top 3 go-to Australian podcasts | Australian Podcast Awards

31:11 – Magic Leap One

* Magic Leap One headset out now for $2,295, but only in 6 US cities | cnet
* Joanna Stern’s review | WSJ youtube

42:43 – Sydney’s new Tech Hub

* Atlassian backs massive new Everleigh tech precinct | IT news

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 @thelazycouch.
The outro music is ‘Sorry’ by Comfort Fit. 

It’s official – Apple is the first US company to be valued at over $1 trillion, with the other FAANGs hot on its heels. Also, did you know what a FAANG is? You will after you hear this episode! Meanwhile Tesla stocks surge after Elon’s big apology but is that real reason for the bounce back? Google is reportedly heading back to China – the world is not very happy about that. In local news, we go nuts about a bank innovating in the blockchain space and perhaps uprooting the way we trade internationally. Is it news?
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Episode 105. Recorded Sunday 5 August 2018. 
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04:10 – Apple is now worth $1 trillion

* Apple’s $1 trillion milestone reflects the rise of mega companies | NY Times
* Apple not buying stake in Tesla could be Tim Cook’s biggest mistake | CNBC

12:14 – Tesla

* Elon Musk makes the ‘most valuable apology’ in history | CNBC
* Elon Musk shocks investors on Tesla earnings conference call | Financial Education YouTube

16:18 – Google in China

* Google reportedly planning to introduce censored search in China, Baidu drops 7.6% | Seeking Alpha
* Google is also said to be developing censored news app in China | TechCrunch

22:52 – Facebook & FAANG

* Facebook stock plummets 21% after Q2 growth slows | The Wrap
* Is Facebook really doing that badly? | Hacked
* What are FAANG stocks? | Investopedia

29:32 – Other & CommBank’s blockchain experiment

* Microsoft Surface Go review: small computer, big compromise | WSJ
* Logitech to acquire Blue Microphones | Logitech Blog
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Did you buy diapers too? This week in episode 104, we look at how Australia’s first Amazon Prime Day went and how it was different from Amazon is the USA. In breaking news, we discuss Netflix’s earnings reports, how the big players are merging and acquiring to compete with them and what Netflix have to do to keep up. Lastly, we go through the long awaited updates to Apple’s Macbook Pro lineup and why no-one is really talking about them. 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 104. Recorded Tuesday 17 July 2018. 
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03:33 – Amazon Prime

* Whole Foods deal – spend $10 in store will get $10 Amazon credit – CNET
* Prime Day Australia is slammed on social media but exceeds forecasts – AFR
* Amazon suffers glitches at the start of Prime Day, its biggest shopping day of the year – CNBC
* Amazon’s ‘Prime Day’ exclusive event turns into a fizzer – Sydney Morning Herald

21:00 – Netflix earnings

* Netflix Reports Weaker-Than-Expected Number of New Subscribers – WSJ
* Netflix earnings report – Fox Business

30:25 – Macbook Pro

* Spec cheat sheet – Techrepublic
* The great Apple MacBook keyboard cover up – ifixit

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 @thelazycouch.
The outro music is ‘Sorry’ by Comfort Fit. 

It’s been 3 years and 79 episodes (episode 24) since the last Ant-man movie and it’s back now with the Wasp! We give it the usual TLC treatment where we review it without spoiling it in the first half of the episode and then we tell you what we really think as we walk you through the movie and its impact on upcoming Marvel movies. So tune in now as we review Ant-man and the Wasp.
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Episode 103. Recorded Tuesday 10 July 2018. 
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04:26 – Spoiler free review
14:53 – Spoiler-ing everything review
Reviews we enjoyed:

* Honest Reactions | youtube.com
* IGN’s 8 WTF moments | youtube.com

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 @thelazycouch.
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It’s the catch all episode! With no major tech conventions, we looked at stories that happened over the last few weeks, covering Microsoft, Google, Instagram, YouTube, Tesla, IBM and more. It really is everything you need to know in tech.
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Episode 102. Recorded Sunday 1 July 2018. 
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00:00 – Intro

* Rate us on iTunes | The Lazy Couch on iTunes

02:20 – Microsoft buys Github

* GitHub – Why Microsoft Paid $7.5B for the Future of Software | The Biz Doc’s YouTube
* Satya Nadella Talks Microsoft GitHub Acquisition | CNBC YouTube
* Microsoft’s GitHub takeover sends shockwaves through the open source community | siliconANGLE

10:51 –  IGTV

* Instagram’s IGTV event highlights in 10 minutes | CNET YouTube
* How brands are using Instagram’s new long-form video feature IGTV | Digiday

21:48 – Google section

* New Google Podcasts App Review | Twit YouTube
* A new way to sell merch on YouTube | YouTube
* Google fixes its PR problem for Duplex | YouTube

36:07 – IBM’s Project Debator

* AI learns the art of debate | IBM blog
* IBM’s debating computer—an AI expert’s verdict | phys.org

41:47 – Tesla battery in Sydney

* Sydney launches new transport depot with industrial-scale Tesla batteries | techly
* Clover Moore announcement | Facebook

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Another year, another E3 is done. We cover all the console announcements from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo as well as all the publisher news from EA’s Battefield V to Ubisoft’s Beyond Good & Evil 2. We also had a quick look at this month’s top tech stories and talk about Amazon Prime coming to Australia and Elon Musk’s Boring company drilling through Chicago. This and more on episode 101 of The Lazy Couch podcast.
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Episode 101. Recorded Wednesday 20 June 2018. 
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00:00 – Intro and feedback

* Rate us on iTunes | The Lazy Couch on iTunes

03:55 – Microsoft Xbox

* We Happy Few dev addresses Australia ban, tackling drug glorification | Polygon
* Microsoft Buys Four Independent Studios | Kotaku
* How Darrell Gallagher plans to build Microsoft’s The Initiative studio in Santa Monica | VentureBeat

17:33 – Sony Playstation

* IGN influencers – What is Death Stranding | Facebook

24:40 – Nintendo

* How Fortnite trapped Sony, and what happens next | Polygon
* How big is Fortnite? | Super Data Research
* How Fornite makes money | CNBC on YouTube

32:14 – Bethesda, Ubisoft

* Bethesda at E3 2018: Everything You Need to Know | Engadget on YouTube
* E3 2018: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Responds to Exploitation Concerns on Beyond Good and Evil 2 Partnership | IGN
* Joseph Gordon Levitt reports to all | Medium

41:00 – EA, Square Enix

* Kingdom Hearts 3 – Everything we know | Polygon

45:30 – Other News

* Amazon Prime comes to Australia for $6.99 a month or $59 a year. Sign up before 31 Jan 2019, $4.99 a month | Amazon
* Boring Co wins bid to build Chicago O’Hare Express Loop |

It’s taken us 3.5 years, but we have finally reached 100 episodes! In this milestone ep, it’s somewhat fitting that we cover Apple’s WWDC as we break down all of the announcements from Federighi and co. Hear all about what’s coming in the next iterations of iOS, macOS and watchOS, as well as how you will not be surprised at the lack of Siri progress. We also chat Computex, the world’s largest PC show from Taiwan, and a sneak peak at a keyboard-less computing future. This and more on episode 100 of The Lazy Couch podcast.
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Episode 100. Recorded Sunday 10 June 2018.
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00:00 – Intro and feedback

* Rate us on iTunes | The Lazy Couch on iTunes

03:37 – Apple’s WWDC Keynote: iOS 12, Siri Shortcuts

* WWDC 2018 Keynote video in full | developer.apple.com
* Apple and Pixar created USDZ, a file format just for AR | TheNextWeb
* How to create custom Siri Shortcuts | 9to5 Mac

38:00 – watchOS 5 & macOS Mojave

* 65+ new features coming to the Apple Watch | Apple Insider
* Taking a closer look at WebKit on watchOS 5 | WatchAppList
* Apple trolls Facebook | Tech Insider YouTube
* 7 best features coming to your Mac | Business Insider

56:35 – Computex

* Computex highlights | MCS Tech YouTube
* Best of Computex | Tom’s Hardware
* PCs are actually exciting again | Engadget

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The Lazy Couch podcast is your fortnightly dose of tech news and discussion on all things internet culture. We don’t just report the news but also how the news is being propagated across the vast interwebs and ask the big question – why? This week, we cover the latest in Elon Musk’s dating habits, Microsoft’s attempt to be all inclusive and how Australia lost its mind over Telstra going down for a couple of hours.
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Episode 99. Recorded Friday 25 May 2018.
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00:00 – Intro and GDPR

* VTech Baby’s first smartphone toy | VTech
* Why you should read all those GDPR privacy policy updates | SMH

06:14 – Elon Musk Watch

* The week Musk and Grimes broke the internet | Stereogum
* Roko’s Basilisk – the most terrifying thought experiment of all time | Slate
* Boring company wants to charge you $1 for a 150mph underground ride | cnet
* Tesla Model 3 Dual Motor Performance will do 0-60mph in 3.5 secs | Jalopnik

16:05 – Scary Google News

* Google’s selfish ledger is an unsettling version of silicon valley’s social engineering | The Verge

20:55 – Not-so-scary Microsoft News

* Microsoft spells out its plans for Semantic Machines | VentureBeat
* Xiaoice – Microsoft’s Chinese chatbot | Windows Weekly youtube
* Microsoft’s Surface Hub 2 is a bold attempt at changing how we work | Engadget
* Inside Microsoft’s inclusive technologies lab | VentureBeat
* Best features of Windows 10 April Update |

And we’re back! It’s been a massive week of developer conferences and keynotes by 3 of the leading technology companies, and we break them all down in quite some detail. Listen in for an in depth discussion on all the announcements including a Facebook dating app, a Cortana/Alexa partnership and a personal assistant robot that can make calls and confirm bookings for you.
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Episode 98. Recorded Sunday 13 May 2018.
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00:00 – Facebook F8

* Dating feature and other F8 highlights | Digg
* F8 keynote in under 10 minutes | Engadget
* Facebook plans to create its own cryptocurrency | cheddar

22:05 – Microsoft Build

* Biggest highlights and all the news | TechRadar
* Microsoft Build 2018 keynote in under 5 minutes | The Verge
* Joe Belfiore on the future of Windows | The Verge

35:10 – Google I/O

* 15 mind-blowing announcements Google made at I/O | Tech Insider
* AI system for accomplishing real-world tasks over the phone | Google AI blog
* Google Duplex: We need to talk about the ethics | CNET
* Google Assistant can call your parents | Funny or Die


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The outro music is ‘Sorry’ by Comfort Fit. 

And our CES saga continues! Imagine a 146″ TV or a TV that rolls up or a wireless mouse with no battery?! These are all real and we”re covering them all in part 2 of our CES coverage where we look at LG, Samsung, Sony and others to see how they’re going to change your life, one fridge (and TV) at a time.
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Episode 96. Recorded Thursday 11 January 2018.
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00:00 – Intro
01:40 – LG VS Samsung

* CES 2018: LG and Samsung battle for the smart home, introduce 8K televisions| smh.com.au

06:42 – LG, Samsung and Sony

* CES 2018: everything you need to know about the world’s biggest tech show | techradar.com

18:50 – All the rest

* Razer at CES 2018 | razer.com
* Nvidia Go | The Verge
* Nvidia FreeStyle | Kotaku
* Oculus Go processor is revealed SnapDragon 821 and is built by XiaoMi | The Verge
* HTV Vive Pro | The Verge
* E-Skin | The Verge
* Asus ROG screen refractors to merge screens | cnet
* Nerf AR Gun | The Verge
* Qi charging | The Verge

36:00 – The Best of CES

* Engadget’s best of CES | Engadget


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It’s our third year covering CES from afar and there is so much content, we decided to break it up into 2 episodes! Part 1 covers some of the underlying tech driving the current wave of innovation in autonomous vehicles, immersive media and IoT hardware. We start with an in depth look at Intel’s 2 hour keynote covering everything from plug ‘n play AI, volumetric video and quantum computing. Byton is the latest Chinese competitor to Tesla and they showed off some impressive tech – but haven’t we heard this all before?
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Episode 96. Recorded Thursday 11 January 2018.
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00:00 – Intro
02:50 – What is CES?

* CES by the numbers | ces.tech

06:42 – Intel keynote & Meltdown/Spectre

* Algorithm and Blues AI music band footage | youtube
* Movidius – Intel’s neural compute stick | movidius.com
* Meltdown, Spectre and state of tech | stratechery
* Terry Myerson’s response to Spectre & Meltdown for Windows systems | MS Cloud Blogs
* Voxels, volumetric video, neuromorphic computing and beyond| Gadgets 360
* Intel unveils breakthrough 49 qubit quantum processor | ExtremeTech
* Volocopter’s flying taxi drone and Intel’s partnership | The Verge
* Behind the scenes of Intel’s and Brian Krzanich | The Verge
* Intel’s entire 2 hour keynote | youtube

29:23 – Byton

* [CLIP] China’s car startup wants to be your next smart device | Reuters
* Tesla’s latest Chinese competitor has 49-inch screen with German engineering |

Tech had a depressing year in 2017. Perhaps that showed in the number of episodes we did this year. As we look ahead to a more hopeful 2018, we summize the year that was, warts and all, and chat about the trends and memes for 2017. We review our favourite things including movies and apps and discuss how we went in our predictions at the start of the year. Spoiler alert: we sucked! Be sure to listen out for our 2018 predictions, as we set ourselves up for even more disappointment!
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Episode 95. Recorded Thursday 28 December 2017.
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00:00 – Intro and The Last Jedi talk
03:57 – Themes and memes

* Tech/Silicon Valley sucked in 2017
* Rise (and fall) of Bitcoin and crypto-currency
* Smart speakers (e.g. Google Home) go mainstream
* Disney owns EVERYTHING | cnbc

11:49 – 2017 in tech

* 10 breakthrough technology | MIT Tech Review
* Tech’s terrible year | The Guardian

19:08 – Best of the app stores

* Winners of the Google Play Awards are.. | Google Blog
* Best of the iOS App Store in 2017 | apple.com

26:46 – Few of our favourite things

* Event

* GK – Great American Solar Eclipse
* KL – Baby


* Tech purchase

* GK – Oculus Touch controllers
* KL – Garmin Forerunner 235


* Geoff’s fave films –

* WIND RIVER
* DUNKIRK
* SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
* honourable mentions – GET OUT, LOGAN, THE LAST JEDI


* Kelvin’s fave TV –

* DARK
* RICK & MORTY
* GAME OF THRONES



36:59 – 2017 Predictions report card

* Geoff – 0.25 out of 3
* Kelvin – 1.5 out of 3

40:50 – 2018 Predictions

* Kelvin’s top 3 –

* Android P will be ‘Popscicle’ | Android Central
* iPhone 9 will look exactly like iPhone X, Pixel 3 will be entirely made by Google, Apple will launch a whole new product category | 9 to 5 mac
* SpaceX will send a (living) person to space


* Geoff’s top 3 –

* Apple will produce a ‘hit’ TV show (on the s...

Amazon has been in Australia for almost a month now. Has it been a success so far? What are their top selling products? Should the retailers be freaking out? Also we look in Amazon Key where you let Amazon into your house to deliver goods. Would you? Would we? All this and more in Episode 94 of The Lazy Couch Podcast!


Episode 92. Recorded July 2017.
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* Connect 4 event | Oculus
* Amazon AU Unveils Week One Results – Power Retail
* Top 10 products for Amazon Australia – Yahoo News
* Amazon is not Aussie yet – AFR
* Amazon AU is biggest international launch – SBS News
* Amazon in Australia: the science behind the hype – ARN
* Amazon AU deals in Ozbargain – OzBargain
* Amazon Key | Amazon
* What could possibly go wrong with Amazon Key? | Forbes
* Amazon Key – I let the retail giant open my door and I regretted it | Washington Post via SMH


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 @thelazycouch.
The intro music is ‘Helix Nebula’ by Anamanaguchi.

Can Facebook really get 1 billion people onto virtual reality? How are they going to do it? Will a mini Oculus Rift device known as the Oculus Go do it? Or will it be all about the software? Learn about this and more in the latest episode!


Episode 92. Recorded July 2017.
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* Connect 4 event | Oculus


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The intro music is ‘Helix Nebula’ by Anamanaguchi.

We’re back! And both hosts now have Oculus Rifts! Tune in to learn all about what’s new in virtual reality and what VR gaming is like, how people are actually getting married in VR via new social networks and we answer the age old question, can you actually work in VR?
Episode 92 will go through all this and more!


Episode 92. Recorded July 2017.
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Show-notes:

* Oculus Rift + Touch  | Oculus
* Gaming:

* Robo Recall | Epic Games
* Dead and Buried | Oculus
* Arizona Sunset | Vertigo Games
* Rec Room | Against Grav


* Social:

* Facebook Spaces | Facebook
* Palmer Lucky’s Tweet | Twitter


* Work:

* $3m funding | Big Screen VR
* DatavizVR Beta | DatavizVR




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 @thelazycouch.
The intro music is ‘Helix Nebula’ by Anamanaguchi.

The kooky gang of space misfits are back. Will the Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2 be any good? Will it better than Vol.1? How did Kurt Russell’s character, a planet, make babies?
We answer these important questions, what’s next in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and so much more. All this and more in Episode 91 of The Lazy Couch Podcast. And in case you’re wondering, Episode 90 is coming soon…


Episode 91. Recorded Tuesday 29 March 2017.
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* Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2 bloopers, b-roll and behind the scenes  | YouTube
* Marvel Cinematic Universe Timeline | Reddit
* Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2 credit scenes | Comicbook.com
* Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2 props| Facebook


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The intro music is ‘Helix Nebula’ by Anamanaguchi.

Are you like us and fascinated by the promise of virtual reality? It feels like VR has finally come of age as it was the main focus at this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) held in San Francisco. There are more players coming onto the market to join Oculus and HTC, with the likes of LG, Microsoft and Acer showing us a glimpse of what it could be like with more choice of things you can wear on your head.
There was brand new tech showcased with inside-out eye-tracking and foveated rendering as well as new ways of moving in VR space without inducing vomit. This and so much more on a very VR episode of The Lazy Couch podcast.


Episode 89. Recorded Tuesday 14 March 2017.
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00:00 – Intro

* Elon Musk: I can fix South Australia power network in a 100 days or it’s free | The Guardian
* Game Developers Conference press release | Gamastura

07:12 – Hardware

* Tom’s Hardware’s GDC 2017 highlights | Tom’s Hardware
* LG announces plans for new virtual reality headset | Polygon
* Nvidia GeForce GEX 1080 Ti review: Comfortably 4K | Kotaku
* Oculus Rift and Touch Controllers are now $200 cheaper | The Verge
* Our Robo Recall demo – first person VR shooter game | YouTube
* Brass Tactics brings tabletop RTS gaming to VR battlefield | Tom’s Hardware
* Survios changes the rules of VR locomotion in Sprint Vector | Tom’s Hardware
* CloudGate Studio lets you kick a dinosaur in VR with full body tracking | VentureBeat
* Microsoft’s new VR headset could bridge Hololens, Windows and Xbox with Acer made HMD | Cnet
* Valve, SMI and Tobii preview VR’s eye tracking future in HTC Vive | Upload VR

26:00 – Games and other random things

* VReal could change Twitch streaming forever | Tom’s Guide
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Snikt! Snikt! And just like that LOGAN goes down as one of most unforgettable pieces of cinema. We break it down in quite some detail but first, we do a quick spoiler-free version of the review, followed by story arc theories, the possible direction of Fox’s X-universe and where Deadpool fits into all of this.
Tune in now for a very special LOGAN episode of The Lazy Couch podcast.


Episode 88. Recorded Tuesday 7 March 2017.
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00:00 – Non Spoiler Review

* Director and cast | IMDb
* Deadpool 2 teaser ‘No Good Deed’ playing before LOGAN in US | Youtube

13:32 – ** SPOILER WARNING **

* Logan easter eggs you might have missed | Youtube
* Current Metacritic score – 77 | Metacritic


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The intro music is ‘Helix Nebula’ by Anamanaguchi.

It’s the year 2000 all over again, as Nokia steals the show at MWC by releasing a new version of their infamous phone – the 3310. All the other Android phone makerers were there – including LG, Huawei, Blackberry and Sony.
In other news, we’ve officially merged with a parallel universe as Suicide Squad takes home an Oscar. Or did they? Find out on episode 87 of The Lazy Couch podcast.


Episode 87. Recorded Wednesday 1 March 2017.
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00:00 – Intro

* Suicide Squad is now an Oscar winning movie | Gizmodo
* Mandela Effect | Reddit

04:10 – Mobile World Congress Special

* The LG G6 is sleek, solid, and surprisingly sensible | The Verge
* LG Watch Sport and Style review | Engadget
* Everything the can (and can’t) do with the new Nokia 3310 | Gizmodo
* The new Nokia 3310 won’t work in Australia | whistleOut
* Nokia targets affordable Android with Nokia 6, 5 and 3 | Pocket-lint
* Huawei’s new P10 is the P9 with a little bit of iPhone and 2017 thrown in | The Verge
* Blackberry is back, for real this time, with the KEYone | Gizmodo
* Staedtler and Samsung made an old-school pencil-like S Pen | engadget
* Mobile World Congress 2017: the biggest news from MWC | Circuit Breaker

50:00 – Up/Down Report

* iPhone X rumours from WSJ | Techcrunch
* SpaceX plans to send 2 tourists around moon in 2018 | NY Times
* Will Travis Kalanick last as Uber CEO? | Techcrunch
* Work in tech? New Zealand will pay to help you move | Afar

We return to normal programming with a catch up episode on 4 of the tech giants – Apple, Snap Inc, Twitter and Google. Let us know what you think in the comments or get in touch with us on @thelazycouch on twitter.


Episode 86. Recorded Sunday 12 February 2017.
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00:00 – Intro

* Over 67,000 websites defaced via recently patched wordpress bug (including ours!) | Bleeding Computer
* Resident Evil: Final Chapter is really loud! | IMDb

 
06:59 – Apple

* Apple hires Amazon’s Fire TV head to run Apple TV business | Bloomberg Tech
* Tim Cook says augmented reality is ‘a big idea like the smartphone’ | The Verge
* Delayed BeatsX earphones will finally be available | cnet
* Xiaomi reportedly wants to build its own SoCs, break free from Qualcomm | Ars Technica
* Fake news is killing people’s minds, says Tim Cook | The Telegraph
* Xiaomi goes all-in on retail to revive China smartphone sales | Bloomberg Tech

20:33 – Snap Inc.

* Snap IPO: six things we now know about Snapchat parent company | MarketWatch
* Evan Spiegel: co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. | Crunchbase

31:11 – Twitter

* Twitter says it’s going to start pushing more abusive tweets out of sight | Recode
* Twitter reorganises video groups under Periscope CEO Keyvon Beykpour | Variety
* Twitter’s head of diversity is leaving and its chief HR officer has already left | Techcrunch
* Twitter only grew by 2 million users during Trump mania – FB grew by 72 million | Recode

Here is our big movies episode where we talk at length about our top 10 most anticipated films for 2017. We chat ‘Last Jedi’ theories, why Guardians will be the biggest movie of the year, who will die/survive in Alien Covenant, and the very special guests that are set to appear in Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Do you agree with us? Are we totally off the mark? Let us know in the comments or get in touch with us on @thelazycouch on twitter.


Episode 85. Recorded Tuesday 24 January 2017.
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00:00 – Intro

* Geoff’s Strava based injury
* Honourable mentions – Kong: Skull Island, Spider-Man: Homecoming, War for the Planet of the Apes, Dunkirk, Blade Runner 2049

12:45 – The Great Wall | trailer
18:32 – Logan | red-band trailer
25:03 – Ghost in the Shell | trailer
29:45 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | trailer
37:23 – Alien Covenant | red-band trailer
43:12 – Wonder Woman | trailer
50:19 – Kingsman: The Golden Circle 
55:14 – Thor: Ragnarok | leaked Comic-Con footage
61:31 – Justice League | Comic-Con early cut
68:50 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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The full list of blockbuster movies and opening dates
19 Jan – xXx: The Return of Xander Cage
20 Jan – Split
27 Jan – Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2 Feb – T2 Trainspotting
3 Feb – The Space Between Us
9 Feb – The Lego Batman Movie
10 Feb – John Wick: Chapter 2
17 Feb – A Cure for Wellness
17 Feb – The Great Wall
2 Mar – Logan
9 Mar – Kong: Skull Island
16 Mar – Beauty and the Beast
23 Mar – Life
23 Mar – Power Rangers
29 Mar – Ghost in the Shell
31 Mar – The Boss Baby
12 Apr – The Fate of the Furious
17 Apr – Colossal
25 Apr – Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
28 Apr – The Circle
12 May – King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
19 May – Alien Covenant
26 May – Pirates of the Carribean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2 Jun – Wonder Woman
9 Jun – The Mummy
9 Jun – World War Z 2
16 Jun – Cars 3
23 Jun – Transformers: The Last Knight
30 Jun – Dispicable Me 3
7 Jul – Spider-Man: Homecoming
14 Jul – War for the Planet of the Apes
21 Jul – Dunkirk
21 Jul – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
28 Jul – The Dark Tower
8 Sep – It
22 Sep – The Lego Ninjago Movie
29 Sep – Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Episode 84: “CES 2017”
You know you’ve arrived in 2017 when you hear things like.. “LeEco are launching an Android-based bicycle”. This week on your favourite geek culture podcast, we break down all the big and not so big announcements coming out of CES in Las Vegas. The main themes we picked up on were Amazon’s Alexa being built into all of the smart home devices, major carmakers showing off their electic car concepts, and the next generation of accessories for all your VR needs. Listen in and find out more on episode 84 of The Lazy Couch podcast.


Episode 84. Recorded Tuesday 10 January 2017.
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00:00 – Intro

* Steve Jobs announced the first iPhone 10 years ago | YouTube

05:43 – The smart home, IoT and Alexa

* Amazon’s Alexa wins CES 2017 | The Verge
* Huawei’s Mate 9 is the first phone with Alexa pre-installed | The Verge

15:09 – Screen Tech

* Displays are the secret superstars of CES | The Verge

18:47 – VR and AR

* Intel’s ‘Merged Reality’ demo brings actual hands into VR | Upload VR
* Reliefband Neurowave wants to help combat VR motion sickness | Wearable
* KwikVR’s wireless adaptor aims to untether the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift | New Atlas
* HTC announces Vive Tracker to power next gen VR accessories | Upload VR
* Lenovo’s Windows holographic VR headset | The Verge

28:42 – Wheels

* All the electric, connected, self-driving cars at CES 2017 | The Verge
* Faraday Future’s FF91 snags 64k pre-orders | Forbes
* Honda’s self-balancing motorcycle is perfect for noobs | Wired
* Coros Linx is the bone-conducting bike helmet you need | The Verge
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Episode 83: “2017 Predictions”
To start the year, we look into the crystal ball to make our bold predictions for 2017. Are we crazy? Do you agree with any of them? Listen in and let us know your thoughts! #thelazycouch


Episode 83. Recorded Thursday 5 January 2017.
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00:00 – Intro

* Geoff finally has ‘hands’ in Oculus VR with the Touch controllers arriving | Tech Radar review
* New map in Overwatch featuring dangerous cars | The Verge

05:00 – Our fearless predictions for 2017
We have taken the DTNS approach of coming up with predictions for the year. The rules are that the prediction has to be quantifiable and be able to be negatively verified. e.g. – no ‘wearables will be the next big thing’.
Kelvin’s predictions:

* Android ‘O’ will be called one of the following – Oatmeal, Oreo, Ovaltine
* Amazon will arrive in Australia proper in 2017
* Amazon (Jeff Bezos) will purchase Twitter in 2017

Geoff’s predictions:

* The ‘Google Assistant’ will get a new name and be re-branded – e.g. no more ‘OK Google’
* In 2017, there will be a headline about some new tech or incident, equating it to something that happened in the show ‘Black Mirror’
* ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ will double its output of Vol. 1 by raking in at least $1.406bn in the box office. It will be the 2nd biggest Marvel Studios film to date.


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 @thelazycouch.
The intro music is ‘Helix Nebula’ by Anamanaguchi.

Episode 82: “2016 Rewind – Year in Review”
Another year down for The Lazy Couch podcast. Thanks for sticking with us throughout 2016 and this is typical of 2 dudes just chewing the fat on the year just past. From Elon Musk to Pokemon Go to Star Wars theories, we certainly covered a lot of ground and this episode just about sums it all up for the year. We look forward to another big one in 2017. Tell us what you would like us to cover (and NOT to cover) for the year ahead! #thelazycouch


Episode 82. Recorded Wednesday 28 December 2016.
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00:00 – Intro

* Postscript: Carrie Fisher, 1956-2016 | The New Yorker

04:00 – 2016 Themes and Memes

* Virtual Reality is now real – HTC Vive, Playstation VR, Oculus Rift are now available to purchase in 2016.
* Self-driving closer to being real – Uber, Tesla and the like are trialling autonomous cars in a city near you.
* Elon Musk everywhere – From Tesla to SpaceX to Open AI, Musk is now a global brand that everyone recognises.
* Year of Nostalgia – The X-Files, Stranger Things, Ghostbusters. 80s and 90s good times were certainly everywhere we looked this year.
* The return of Nintendo! – Pokemon Go, NES Classic, Miitomo, Super Mario Run now on your iPhone.

12:07 – Top Stories of 2016

* Feb – Apple vs FBI
* Mar – Google’s AlphaGO beating world GO champion
* May – Optus buys English Premier League broadcast rights
* Jun – Microsoft buys LinkedIn for $26bn USD
* Jul – Fatal Tesla accident
* Jul – Pokemon Go
* Aug – Exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7
* Sep – Apple removes everything
* Oct – Google Pixel
* Nov – Microsoft innovates with Surface Studio and Dial

29:26 – These are a few of our Favourite Things

* Movies – Arrival, Deadpool, Civil War, Doctor Strange, Batman: The Killing Joke
* TV Shows – Stranger Things, Luke Cage, NBA The Starters, Rick & Morty, Clone Wars, Cosmos
* Games – Overwatch, Clash Royale, Pokemon Go, Civilization V & VI, FIFA 17
* Apps – Quartz, Optus EPL, Adobe Spark Post, Netflix, FB Messenger, Apple Maps

46:45 – Biggest Disappointments

* Smart watches not living up to expectations
* Note 7 explosions
* Slimmer consoles
* Where is Magic Leap?
* Apple bores with iPhone 7 (not the 7 Plus)


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 @thelazycouch.
The intro music is ‘Helix Nebula’ by Anamanaguchi.

Episode 81: “Rogue One Spoiler Review”
Here’s our spoiler review for Rogue One, a Star Wars story. If you’ve seen the movie, let us know if you agreed with us or not, on our thoughts on all the characters, the easter eggs, and execution of this first standalone attempt in Disney’s Star Wars universe. #thelazycouch


Episode 81. Recorded Monday 19 December 2016.
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00:00 – Geoff gets the Oculus Rift

* Oculus Rift Store
* The amazing MSY web store

**SPOILER WARNING**
08:37 – Rogue One

* Rogue One opening day box office | news.com.au
* What you need to know before Rogue One | Screen Rant
* Saw Gerrera returns for Star Wars Rebels | Dark Horizons
* Exhaustive list of Rogue One’s many Easter Eggs | The Verge
* Trailer scenes that didn’t make the film | Polygon


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 @thelazycouch.
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