That's a problem.

No, very good.

People are liking those, and we've got a lot of high-end AI laptops coming out as well where we can run AI locally, and I've got one right here.

Yep.

That's the new Surface Ultra on there that I've got on loan at the moment.

So I can run local AI models, but they're heading up in price.

Now, if you've got one of the new MacBook Pros with a touchscreen and you start putting on all little additional things you can have, you can have a nicer screen than the OLED screen on there, you can up the RAM on there, you can up the hard drive.

Yep.

That's the problem.

No, very good.

People are liking those, and we've got a lot of high-end AI laptops coming out as well where we can run AI locally, and I've got one right here.

Yep.

That's the new Surface Ultra on there that I've got on loan at the moment.

So I can run local AI models, but they're heading up in price.

Now, if you've got one of the new MacBook Pros with a touchscreen and you start putting on all little additional things you can have, you can have a nicer screen than the OLED screen on there, you can up the RAM on there, you can up the hard drive.

For the best Wi-Fi extender or Nest, please.

So do we really need to turn Bluetooth

off? I keep getting this question all the time from people, and a lot of times people will come to me when they keep turning it off, and then they'll go, look, I'm having trouble connecting to the car.

Well, stop turning Bluetooth off will be the first thing I'd advise you to go along and do.

And then they go, but Richard, I hear that hackers might be able to get me.

And the answer to that is probably no on there for that sort of thing.

Bluetooth, the tech that connects your phone to your wireless headphones, your car, your smartwatch and other devices.

I cannot remember, Dara, the last time I actually turned the thing off.

isn't it? Wow! That's a housing deposit.

I

know.

So you know my feelings on the foldable phone on there.

I'm not a big fan of it.

They are saying at the moment that it looks like it's the mechanism on the middle that's making it do this, and only in a certain amount of phones because it's been stripped back on there.

Anybody has the issue...

Go into the Apple store.

I pressed it for hours, nothing happened.

I

know.

So you know my feelings on the foldable phone on there.

I'm not a big fan of it.

They are saying at the moment that it looks like it's the mechanism on the middle that's making it do this, and only in a certain amount of phones because it's been stripped back on there.

Anybody has the issue...

Go into the Apple store.

I pressed it for hours, nothing happened.

And I've tried to clean up the space, but I get lost in the mist of technology.

You're on an Android phone, Brad? Android, correct.

And this message just pops up? Yeah, randomly.

Samsung.

You've got a Samsung phone? Samsung A54 or S54.

How did I know that, Leith? On there.

Brad, go to the Samsung browser, which is a little purple piece of crap that sits on there.

Yes.

Samsung A54

or S54.

How did I know that, Leif? On there.

Brad, go to the Samsung browser, which is the little purple piece of crap that sits on there.

Tap on that and see how many web pages you've got open on there.

Close every one of those down.

If you don't know how to do it, head over to my site because I've got instructions on that, how to do it on that.

iPhone?

They're closing in on Samsung as the smartphone sales plunge.

Yes, they do.

The global smartphone market is in trouble, Darren.

But Apple and Samsung are managing to weather the storm better than most.

According to research company IDC, worldwide smartphone shipments plunged to staggering 22% during the third quarter of 2026.

That's the biggest annual quarterly decline ever recorded.

Samsung are still the largest, 57.8 million phones.

When it goes rogue and contacts the police.

Yes, done all of that.

Yeah.

So you can go along now and say, "I sent Richard an email two years ago about a particular subject, but I've forgotten what the subject was.

Can you find it for me?"

Yep.

Um, who I really respect in this, uh, era.

Um, he said we d- uh, to quote, "Google should be ashamed of the shod- shoddy, half-assed state of Google Book operating system at the launch, and I'm not the only one who's noticed.

Reviewers everywhere who either got a device from Google or a hardware maker or bought it themselves have all reported on missing features, functional regressions, compared to the Chrome operating system.

Yes, done all of that.

Yeah.

So you can go along now and say, "I sent Richard an email two years ago about a particular subject, but I've forgotten what the subject was.

Can you find it for me?"

Yep.

Um, who I really respect in this, uh, era.

Um, he said we d- uh, to quote, "Google should be ashamed of the shod- shoddy, half-assed state of Google Book operating system at the launch, and I'm not the only one who's noticed.

Reviewers everywhere who either got a device from Google or a hardware maker or bought it themselves have all reported on missing features, functional regressions compared to the Chrome operating system.

We'll start with the Apple Home View.

Yeah, it's a $449 smart display.

It's got a 7-inch screen on there, sits on a bass speaker, also an optional wall mount on there.

It's like a household hub.

It will do smart home control.

So if you've got internet-connected lights and air conditioners and front door locks and everything, it will help you control those and play that media on there.

Using the camera, it can distinguish up to six family members to personalise their home screens on there.

I mean, if you have all of your stuff in one place, then why not?

in IT

... understand all that Christopher.

Expand what you know.

Right? Take some more online courses to make you more appealing to things.

Like take some AI courses that are out there at the moment.

I'm not very sure if it's next year or in whatever, but will they be able to control our infrastructure, like for example, the control of electricity, water, gas, uh, shut down the airport and stuff like this? Can this, can this be a possibility? Because I think it's gonna be controlled by one thing, one, one identity.

Yeah.

It won't be one identity, but it will be able to go along...

So Christopher's got a cert III in IT.

Expand.

I understand all that, Christopher.

Expand what you know, right? Take some more online courses to make you more appealing to things.

Like take some AI courses that are out there at the moment.

But will they be able to control our infrastructure, like, for example, the control of electricity, water, gas, uh, shut down the airport and stuff like this? Can this, can this be a possibility? Because I think it's gonna be controlled by one thing, one, one identity.

Yeah.

It won't be one identity, but it will be able to go along...

So Apple will, when you've sent me the headline, reportedly reveal its first smart home display with Siri AI next week.

Exactly right.

So Siri AI could take a permanent place on your kitchen bench next The device will have a screen measuring nearly six inches.

There will be versions for a tabletop base or a wall mounting.

Both would require USB-C power.

It's all being built around Apple's upgraded Siri AI.

If you have an older iPhone out there, you're going to say, well, that's going to be terrible, Richard, but Siri AI on the last two iPhones is pretty good.

I have reading glasses, yes.

Can we just remind people why it's the, the petrel bird? 'Cause, uh, i- is it this time of the year that they tend to migrate to certain areas? What, what's their flight patterns at this time of year?

Yeah.

So they're, uh, a, a pelagic bird, so, and they disperse largely from, um, their breeding colonies.

And, and we know that this disease, this particularly virulent strain of, of H5N1, has already been in, uh, the Sub-Antarctic.

And these birds disperse far and wide, traveling hundreds of kilometers a day and thousands over, over a number of weeks this time of year.

And the birds that are coming into the Australian oceans, in the Southern Ocean, are largely juveniles.

And, and, uh, they, that can disperse as far as New Zealand.

Can the birds, like these petrel birds, survive the bird flu, or is it just too strong for them?

So, Richard, what...

Take your time when we do this.

So, it's all well and good it's coming in today.

So, if you're expecting that sort of thing, you can always ring back immediately.

to that business on there and just see if it is them for a start on there if you weren't expecting it and it's come out of nowhere for some that's probably where you'd probably try and treat it with a bit of caution on there i know you got one i haven't registered my name yet which i'm going to do you know for that because i do text a lot of people out there but i i there'd be me and thousands behind me have not gone along and done this at all yet

You can have a username soon.

This is coming.

And if I ever go overseas again, I'll get people to ring me on WhatsApp and message me on WhatsApp.

What I

encourage people to use is actually it's fantastic for structure.

So you can use it, please help me think through a creative idea on how to explain why we're going to change the IT strategy for the next six years.

But I think actually it knows so many story structures.

It knows somebody, you know, help me put this into a sequence.

It makes sense.

Help me make this feel more like a story and have some more interesting elements or get it to interview you to form some information, which it then structures through.

which you

Richard is here to answer your questions.

And just to – we're coming up to the end of financial year and we should mention this.

So, you know, if you're going to buy something, get the tax deduction for it.

But just be aware that there are some bargains around, but generally all the prices are higher because of the shortages that we're seeing overseas.

So a lot of people are holding off on – buying anything at the moment but if you really need it make sure you shop around if you're buying a laptop um out there make sure it's got 16 gig of ram on there ram makes it more expensive but honestly you'll thank me for that what is ram random access memory it's so we can do multiple things on the computer all at once right So no matter what you've got open, everything is going along and working well.

Okay.

But yeah, a lot of businesses are holding off at the moment, only buying if they need to because it looks like the prices might drop next year at the moment.

I've got a 13 Pro.