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Show Notes
This week:
- Even more juicy details leak on iPhone 8, plus a report says the keynote reveal is right around the corner.
- Leander shares the strange twist in Appleās autonomous car project
- Why the 13āĀ MacBook Pro might soon become your favorite Mac
- Story timeĀ with L Kahney - heās going to share the highlights from his whirlwind tour of Japan and otherĀ defenseless Asian lands.
- Plus Erfon recalls what itās like in the darkness of a total solar eclipse.
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On the show this week
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This weekās intro (thanks Nick Bracken!)
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The shadows take on the sun's new shape
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We might know the iPhone 8 keynote date
- Hot on the heels of SamsungāsĀ grand unveiling of the Galaxy Note 8Ā today, carrier sources have supposedly informedĀ Mac4EverĀ that Apple plans to unleash its device in just a few weeks.
- Appleās keynote is allegedly slated for September 12 where the company will reveal three new iPhones. While we havenāt been able to verify the accuracy of the report ourselves, Apple usually hosts its iPhone keynote in the middle of September so the date could make sense.
- The French Apple blog claims that carriers have been informed by Apple to expect the device announcement on the second Tuesday of next month. Carriers usually receive a heads up so they can start planning marketing and to organize pre-orders to ensure inventory.
- And get this, the minimum storage capacity for Apple's OLED iPhone is said to be 64GB, with a 256GB option offered as the mid-tier capacity and a 512GB option at the highest tier, while 3GB of RAM is claimed to be included across the board.
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iPhone 8ās amazing facial recognition is super quick, works in the dark
- The iPhone 8ās facial recognition feature will work in a millionth of a second, and be more secure than the existing Touch ID sensor, and even work in the dark, a pair of new reports claim.
- In addition to the regular iPhone sensors youād expect to find, the upcoming handset will reportedly boast a new āstructured lightā sensor, which uses bounced infrared light to work out the depth of different points on the face.