29 Sept 2025
This 127th episode provides a comprehensive look at recent domestic and international technological and scientific developments, covering various product updates and corporate strategies. Key discussions include brand market dynamics, advancements in quantum and AI, groundbreaking scientific achievements, and ongoing legal battles in the digital world.
The 127th episode begins by welcoming listeners and identifying itself as being related to 'telex,' then transitions into domestic news updates.
Despite the global closure of Jim West physical stores due to unprofitability, the brand continues to operate and expand its 40 stores in Iran, announcing plans for new store openings and featuring unusual pricing strategies like bulk discounts that make items more expensive.
The Vice President for Science and Technology announced that quantum photonics and artificial intelligence are Iran's priorities for the year 1404, with current efforts focused on identifying national capabilities in quantum fields such as sensors, computing, and communications, though a previous AI initiative faced budget-related suspension.
The national open-source artificial intelligence platform, unveiled in March 2014 as a single-page website, promised broader capabilities by March 2015 but was met with widespread expert criticism and has since been taken down, leading to questions about the allocation of significant funds for such projects.
The new look of iOS 19 has been revealed, featuring 'square-headed' icons that are described as squares with unusually rounded corners, moving away from fully round or fully square designs.
Researchers from Classal Bioscience, an American biotechnology company, successfully revived the dire wolf after 12,000 years using ancient DNA, marking the world's first successful example of animal de-extinction with two male dire wolves, Remus and Romulus, and a female, Calice, now existing.
Microsoft is redesigning the Windows Start menu again, with test versions allowing users to disable the 'Recommended Feed' section and providing an easier option to show or hide the Pen Flick feature without navigating to settings.
Apple plans to introduce a new feature for Pro iPhones that allows simultaneous video recording with both the selfie camera and the rear camera, justified by the requirement of an additional GPU core found only in Pro versions, despite similar features existing in other phones and apps.
The Copilot Vision feature can now analyze the content of a user's screen, even on Mac, offering assistance with software like Photoshop by guiding users through application features and highlighting parts of the screen, potentially mirroring Microsoft's Recall feature.
The Oppo Find X8 Ultra is a large phone with a 6.8-inch display and a weight of 226 grams, but it boasts an exceptionally thin profile of 8.78 mm, featuring a 120 Hz, 1600 nits display, four 50-megapixel rear lenses, a 50-megapixel selfie camera, a 6100 mAh battery, and an IP69 rating, priced at $895 for the 12/256GB version.
A developer created the 'JPT Legacy iOS chat app' using OpenAI's official API, enabling Chat GPT to run on iPhones as old as iOS 6 with full features like contextual memory and conversation history, requiring users to jailbreak their devices.
Former President Trump's tariff policies, which initially imposed tariffs on all countries before adjusting them, led to high tariffs on China, currently at 125% and potentially rising, with Apple potentially receiving an exemption due to lobbying efforts by Tim Cook, amidst a trade volume nearing $7.8 trillion between the two nations.
Apple's plans for a 'dumb Siri' release, initially tied to iOS 18, have been delayed, with a fully modern, conversational version of Siri not expected to be ready until 2027 according to Bloomberg's Mark Garman, pushing the development timeline significantly.
Meta faces a potential separation of Instagram and WhatsApp due to an FTC claim that its acquisitions in 2012 and 2014 eliminated competition and established market dominance, although a previous FTC complaint against Facebook was dismissed in 2021 for insufficient evidence.
Google offers eight free artificial intelligence courses focused on working with Gemini, covering generative AI, large language models, responsible AI, and image production through short tutorials and links for self-paced learning.
The Castbox app is recommended for managing, downloading, and listening to podcasts, with specific recommendations including 'Jafikriye' and 'Rokhan Losers,' and a mention of Siavash Safarianpour's history in podcasting.
The episode concludes with a segment addressing listener comments, ranging from observations about the host's comfort and humor, discussions about 'Rule 34' on the internet, comparisons of voices, queries about AI performance in physics and math, and technical questions about Nintendo Switch resolution and video scheduling.
The dire wolf, extinct 12,000 years ago, has been successfully revived, demonstrating a significant achievement in de-extinction technology that could potentially be applied to other creatures.
| Topic | Insight |
|---|---|
| Jim West Iran Strategy | Despite global store closures, Jim West in Iran is expanding, employing unusual pricing tactics like higher prices for bulk purchases. |
| Iran's Quantum & AI Ambitions | Iran prioritizes quantum photonics and AI, focusing on capability identification, but past national AI platform efforts were criticized and failed due to budget issues. |
| Dire Wolf De-extinction | Classal Bioscience successfully revived the dire wolf, marking the first animal de-extinction, demonstrating potential for future revivals. |
| iPhone 17 Pro Camera Feature | Apple will introduce simultaneous dual-camera recording on iPhone 17 Pro, citing exclusive GPU core requirements, despite existing similar features in competitor phones and apps. |
| ChatGPT for Legacy iPhones | A developer created an app to run ChatGPT on iOS 6 devices with full features, requiring jailbreaking, extending AI access to older hardware. |
| Siri Development Delays | Apple's advanced conversational Siri is now not expected until 2027, indicating significant delays in its AI development. |
| Meta Antitrust Lawsuit | Meta faces an FTC lawsuit seeking to separate Instagram and WhatsApp, alleging anti-competitive acquisitions that eliminated threats and consolidated market dominance. |
