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Gadgets & Gizmos: Apple Homeview: an AI mayor & the hacking of French supermarket fridges

Oct 15, 2026 · 26 min · 13 segments

Steve Caplin thinks Apple's new Homeview gadget is too expensive for what it does. He is happy to celebrate Japan's Gboard Day, in which local Google engineers conjure up wacky keyboard ideas…

Steve Caplin thinks Apple's new Homeview gadget is too expensive for what it does. He is happy to celebrate Japan's Gboard Day, in which local Google engineers conjure up wacky keyboard ideas. Although the Mayor of Tirana is in prison, he is still running the city, using an AI avatar of himself. Hackers turned hundreds of French internet-connected supermarket fridges up to 50°C. Anthropic has warned that AI worms could infiltrate smart fridges, TVs and create an automomous AI that couldn't be shut down, yet it still bans users who are rude to its AI, Claude. If you want to let somebody hear what you're listening to on headphones, Neo's new phones will twist to become speakers, for a stiff price. Chinese scientists have developed microrobots with recharging batteries, but only if they walk over certain materials. And there's a crowd-funded computer monitor that many might think threatening rather than useful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve Caplin thinks Apple's new Homeview gadget is too expensive for what it does. He is happy to celebrate Japan's Gboard Day, in which local Google engineers conjure up wacky keyboard ideas…

Speakers: Steve CaplinHostSimon RoseHost

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Top entities: Apple×28 Artificial intelligence×8 Tirana×5 iPhone×7 GCHQ×3

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈9k followers

Apple Home View0:58 – 5:05

0:58

Well,

S

Steve CaplinHost

0:59

Apple have a new gadget.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:02

Ooh.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:02

A wholly new gadget.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:03

It's called Home View.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:05

And it's a take on the Google Home and, indeed, Alexa show.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:11

So it's their first smart speaker with a built-in screen.

1:16

Mm-hmm.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:17

And the idea is that it'll show your notifications and it'll do FaceTime and Safari and show recipes and things to you.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:26

Seven-inch square screen, so an interesting shape.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:31

And it's on a little arm that you can tilt up and down so you can see it from wherever you are.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:39

And what's rather clever about it is it can recognize up to six people.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:44

So as each person approaches it, it gives them whatever information that person needs.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:49

So their messages and, you know, their calendar.

1:52

Okay.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:54

and the size adapts to the distance you are from the screen so if you are the other side of the room it'll show you sort of big text not much of it but the closer you get the more detail it'll show you

2:06

and if you're short-sighted would it increase the size of text for you especially

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:10

i'm sure you can make it increase the size of text for you if you're short-sighted

2:14

so do you think it's going to be useful i don't actually know anything about the rival screens

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:20

Well, I don't know.

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:22

There are a few issues with it.

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:23

There's no battery in it.

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:24

So you can't move it from room to room.

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:26

You have to leave it plugged in somewhere.

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:29

There's no app store built into it.

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Artificial intelligenceEntityProfessional field
95%8 mentions
TiranaEntityCapital of Albania
92%5 mentions
iPhoneProduct ModelSmartphone
89%7 mentions
GCHQGovernment OrganizationGovernment office
86%3 mentions
FranceCountryCountry in Europe
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80%4 mentions
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77%4 mentions
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74%8 mentions
FaceTimeSoftware ApplicationComputer program
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68%2 mentions
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65%5 mentions
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53%3 mentions
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50%2 mentions
ZoomSoftware ApplicationSoftware program
47%3 mentions
ClaudeSoftware ApplicationSoftware
44%3 mentions
Google NestSoftware ApplicationLoudspeaker
41%1 mention
EpsonCompanyCorporation
38%1 mention
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35%2 mentions
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32%2 mentions
Simon RhodesPersonRecording engineer
29%1 mention
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23%1 mention
SafariSoftware ApplicationWeb browser
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17%1 mention
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14%3 mentions
Harbin Institute of TechnologyCollege or UniversityPublic university in Harbin, China
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8%1 mention
ChinaCountryCountry in East Asia
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Apple Home ViewTechnology > Consumer Electronics > Smart Home Devices > Smart Displays
Connected Appliance AttacksTechnology > Cybersecurity > Internet of Things Security
Experimental KeyboardsTechnology > Human-Computer Interaction > Input Devices
Japanese Gboard Day Conveyor-Belt KeyboardTechnology > Human-Computer Interaction > Input Devices > Experimental Keyboards
AlbaniaPolitics > Local Government
Tirana Mayoral AdministrationPolitics > Local Government > Albania
AI Avatar Communications from PrisonPolitics > Local Government > Albania > Tirana Mayoral Administration
Smart Refrigerator Temperature SabotageTechnology > Cybersecurity > Internet of Things Security > Connected Appliance Attacks
Robotics and Energy SystemsEngineering > Emerging Technologies
Micro-Robots and Structural SupercapacitorsEngineering > Emerging Technologies > Robotics and Energy Systems
CybersecurityTechnology
Smart Home DevicesTechnology > Consumer Electronics
Emerging TechnologiesEngineering
Input DevicesTechnology > Human-Computer Interaction
Local GovernmentPolitics
Internet of Things SecurityTechnology > Cybersecurity
Smart DisplaysTechnology > Consumer Electronics > Smart Home Devices
Consumer ElectronicsTechnology
Human-Computer InteractionTechnology
Politics
Technology
Engineering

Apple Home View0:58 – 5:05

0:58

Well,

S

Steve CaplinHost

0:59

Apple have a new gadget.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:02

Ooh.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:02

A wholly new gadget.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:03

It's called Home View.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:05

And it's a take on the Google Home and, indeed, Alexa show.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:11

So it's their first smart speaker with a built-in screen.

1:16

Mm-hmm.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:17

And the idea is that it'll show your notifications and it'll do FaceTime and Safari and show recipes and things to you.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:26

Seven-inch square screen, so an interesting shape.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:31

And it's on a little arm that you can tilt up and down so you can see it from wherever you are.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:39

And what's rather clever about it is it can recognize up to six people.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:44

So as each person approaches it, it gives them whatever information that person needs.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:49

So their messages and, you know, their calendar.

1:52

Okay.

S

Steve CaplinHost

1:54

and the size adapts to the distance you are from the screen so if you are the other side of the room it'll show you sort of big text not much of it but the closer you get the more detail it'll show you

2:06

and if you're short-sighted would it increase the size of text for you especially

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:10

i'm sure you can make it increase the size of text for you if you're short-sighted

2:14

so do you think it's going to be useful i don't actually know anything about the rival screens

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:20

Well, I don't know.

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:22

There are a few issues with it.

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:23

There's no battery in it.

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:24

So you can't move it from room to room.

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:26

You have to leave it plugged in somewhere.

S

Steve CaplinHost

2:29

There's no app store built into it.

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