The Talk Show

‘You Called Him Pixel Mature’, With John Moltz

Friday, 30 July 2021

Special guest: John Moltz. Special topics: Playdate preorders, MagSafe battery packs, iPad keyboard covers, Facebook and NSO Group, Safari 15 betas, and Loki.

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• Playdate.
• Apple’s $100 MagSafe Battery Pack.
• Anker’s $50 PowerCore Magnetic 5K.
• Logitech’s $200 Combo Touch iPad cover case with keyboard and trackpad.
• Year-old story about Facebook attempting to license NSO Group’s Pegasus software to track iOS users.
• The art direction and architecture of Disney+’s Loki.
• Tom Hiddleston (with an ‘s’).
• The Pip-Boy wrist gadgets from the video game Fallout.
• Kobo e-readers.
• BitCam: “The World’s Most Advanced Camera For Your Mini Pocket Computer”.
• Fuck you, Ordinary People.

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