Two Blokes Talking Tech

A young Miles Teller well before Top Gun Maverick fame plays the role of an aspiring drummer. His Father is Paul Reiser and the legendary Jazz band leader is J K Simmons. But what's it like to be at the very top of the game, what's it like to try and break into that level. A first year College student gets a look and it shapes his life and thinking. Stephen loves it, and hopes Trev will too - what do you think?

Live from Apple's September Event, Trevor and Stephen get together for the monumental 600th Show in Cupertino as guests of Apple. Sadly, Frenchie's media commitments put pay to our grand plans, but we got together to record anyway! iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, 15 Pro, and Pro Max. Plus the Apple Watches and everything we know about USB-C!

GoPro has launched its latest Hero12 Black action camera, Ecovacs has expanded to the backyard with its first robot mower, Dyson releases its biggest air purifier for even larger spaces, we take a look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra tablet, Sonos has revealed its new Move 2 speaker, Bang & Olufsen joins forces with Ferrari to create a stunning audio collection and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Matt Damon and so many more high class actors take a story about Desert Storm and bring it to life as if it were true. United States deaths, and Heros under investigation, it's a story that has parallels within it and shines a light on several different areas of military service. Stephen has the facts and info, Trev has his first views after his first view. Watch now on Fetch up on your Hisense TV.

Vegas for Stephen:)

We're ignoring the numbers, and postponing the 600th so we can get you this important eposide. Covering all things iPhone 15 with our final thoughts before next week's event - what to expect, how controversial will it be and will it sell? Samsung and LG's IFA announcements and how an Oven can produce a timelapse of your best cooking. JBL's stunning retro speakers and Belkin's push into the new Qi2 charging.

We wrap up the biggest announcements from the IFA tech trade show in Berlin, Apple has named the named the date for the iPhone 15 launch – what can we expect to see, Tesla has unveiled its new-look Model 3 which has been redesigned inside and out, we take a look at the new range of JBL earphones where you get to choose the form factor, Samsung has released a massive 57-inch gaming monitor, Netgear has released the world’s first unlocked mobile hotspot with 5G mmWave and WIFI 6E and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

Ralph Macchio and Pat Moriata star as the kid and his mentor as young Danny LaRusso is faced with a new life in a new city and it gets off to a rough start with the locals. A story of love, loss, patience, and doing what's right in many ways, the kid and the handyman take a journey that allows them both to learn and for Danny LaRusso to grow through. It's a 1984 classic which has resulted in sequels and even a more recent modern follow up series, so before you see those, re-take the original on Fetch up on your Hisense TV.

Put Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg together on a project and it's got to be good right? That's the 2005 film War of the Worlds which has a long history, dating back to the 1898 H G Wells Novel. Also starring Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto and Tim Robins with a little Morgan Freeman too, it's the story of an average American and his family faced with something surreal. A wild storm is not what it seems and the struggle to survive is real. Fire up the Hisense TV and Search War of the Worlds on Fetch and re-watch this cracker with Stephen and Trevor

Might as well give it a crack.

Top level business analysis this week from the two blokes, looking at the rise and fall and rise of Foxtel. A business built on Cable TV that now relies on streaming as much as cable - fascinating numbers from the company. 7-Eleven is going all high tech in ten stores, using GrabandGo technology so we don't need to scan items or stop at a counter to pay - intersting! Apple Maps vs Waze and why Waze still wins, the new Rode professional Microphones and Dashcam buying advice.

This week Trev talks to Jonathan Lea from SKY NEWS about his upcoming documentary Artificial Intelligence Investigated in which he talks to world experts on AI about where it's heading and how much we should be focussing on this issue. Including an interview with someone who has never seen AI and is blown away. Plus this week a follow up to last week's network questions - speaking directly with Channa Seneviratne who is the Executive - Technology Development and Innovation at Telstra and knows all about their networks, and network plans. And another follow up - was that text message caller Peter received an Amazon Scam or real? It's fascinating!

Samsung has beaten Apple for the first time for an important consumer award for its tablets, the small affordable Australian-made product that lets you breath underwater, Kobo’s new all-you can read and listen book subscription, we take a look at Panasonic’s first 6-blade electric shaver, the Aspera Mobile affordable new smartphone with flagship features, the Sennheiser earphones that can also act as a hearing aid and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

Robin Williams in one of his most iconic roles stars as a dad who's going through a rough time with work, and his marriage. Amidst calls for a divorce, this Dad finds an interesting way to see his kids a whole lot more. Trevor and Stephen re-watch this classic and unpack just how amazing Robin Williams was.

More random than normal perhaps

Last quarter's smartphone sales data show there's less being sold, but one iPhone model bucks the trend and can Stephen guess which devices are in the top five in Australia? Stephen and Trevor discuss the Flip and Fold ahead of their on-sale date in Australia, and Google updates Android to allow people to know if they're being tracked by an AirTag. Latrell Mitchell makes an appearance, well, Stephen makes it a topic, Microsoft kills Cortana and how Apple's Emergency SOS saved lives in the Hawaii fires.

Taking your calls on the Internet's only Talkback Technology podcast, you can ask a question by simply heading to EFTM.com and clicking Ask Trev! This week the Telstra mobile coverage question - is it better or worse out on the open road? A scammer tries to get an Amazon Password - or did they? An elaborate or coincidental mess - you decide, plus many more calls

On this week’s show: Navman has released its first 4K dash cam – and they are saying it’s their best ever, we get behind the wheel of the new MG4 EV, why Mac users are being targeted by cyber criminals, we take a look at the DJI Air 3 drone, Nokia has released a sub $450 smartphone that you can repair yourself, Dyson’s Zone headphones, which we though were an April Fools Day joke when they were revealed, have now gone on sale in Australia and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

Trev takes the controls of the show as he guides Stephen Fenech through what he believes to be one of the best movies of all time. Both dads see this through their eyes as parents, looking at the background to this movie and some of the epic performances. Lightning McQueen takes a journey of development while Doc Hudson too has to come out of his shell. It's a cracker.

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