iPhone 18 Event Preview, John Ternus is  CEO, Local AI Smart Home

**Stephen Robles** (0:00)
We're in the Ternus game now.
Welcome to Primary Technology, the show about the tech news that matters. It is the eve, the major iPhone event. We're gonna pontificate a little bit what to expect. Also, EVE is going on right now with a ton of smart home devices and announcements. NVIDIA has said they're going to buy Hugging Face, the AI marketplace. John Ternus is now officially Apple CEO. And yes, Dyson released a $500 smart toothbrush. This episode is brought to you by you, the members who support us exclusively. Thank you for that. I'm one of your hosts, Stephen Robles. Join my friend Jason Aten. How's it going, Jason?

**Jason Aten** (0:33)
It's good, but I think you might have broke the rule.

**Stephen Robles** (0:36)
I broke the rule a little bit. I mean, we got a new Apple CEO. It might be the last time that that happens during the tenure of the show.
So we're in the end game now.

**Jason Aten** (0:45)
Oh, oh.

**Stephen Robles** (0:47)
I tried doing, we're in the end game now, but we're in the Ternus game now because.

**Jason Aten** (0:50)
Okay.
I don't know. Yeah, okay.

**Stephen Robles** (0:53)
Well, yeah. And you obviously know what movie that's from because it's right in the name.

**Jason Aten** (0:56)
Well, sure. Well, it's not in the name.
Isn't that quote from Infinity War?

**Stephen Robles** (1:03)
Oh, you know, you got it. That's right. You're absolutely right. Dr. Jack says it in Infinity War. But yes, that is a good call. That's right. You got it again.

**Jason Aten** (1:13)
Anyway, hang on. What? I would have never gotten that from we're in the Ternus era now.

**Stephen Robles** (1:18)
Like, yeah, I said in the Ternus game now, but I know it anyway. John Ternus is Apple's new seed.

**Jason Aten** (1:23)
Anyway, that's the exciting part.

**Stephen Robles** (1:25)
And I've now tweeted at him, inviting him on the show. So listeners, we'll see.

**Jason Aten** (1:30)
Could you share that? Go just make a Twitter account so he can see a whole bunch of brand new bot accounts and just re-boost it or whatever you do on Twitter.

**Stephen Robles** (1:39)
Yeah, we'll talk about that. But anyway, hey, we also made 500 five star reviews. We've done it, Jason. We were halfway to a thousand. Thank you for everyone who gave us a five star rating. Interesting. Eric in Lakeland, Florida, gave us a five star rating review. That's right near me.
I've thought about doing a meetup, Jason. I don't know if there's enough people in Florida. I think there's some. Let us know. I don't know.

**Jason Aten** (2:02)
I mean, there's a couple million people in Florida. You just mean to listen to the show? That's correct. That's correct. Listen, if you do a meetup and do it around Thanksgiving, and I'll come.

**Stephen Robles** (2:12)
That's boom. Okay. We'll do it. Get it done. Alex J. Coates from the USA also gave us five star rating. Battery percentage off, front dominant. Pocket dots on, minimized to icon scale animation. Alex J got it down, packed. That's how you do it.
Battery percentage off. It's been a while since we said that.

**Jason Aten** (2:30)
Do you think that people who are new to our show, who haven't really listened, but like, oh, you used to listen to Primary Technology, like, oh, I should go check it out and look at some reviews, are like, what are these reviews?

**Stephen Robles** (2:41)
I think that's the best part.

**Jason Aten** (2:43)
I agree 100%, but it's almost like we have our own little, you know, circle social thing.

**Stephen Robles** (2:49)
That's right.

**Jason Aten** (2:49)
Where people can have a profile, but also you can just have a profile on our reviews. On our reviews, that's right.

**Stephen Robles** (2:54)
And we do have a bunch of regulars, too, which it only counts the first time you do it, guys. But you know what? That's fine. JDIS from the USA says, we're positive and fun. Both hosts have great personalities, Jason. He said both hosts.

**Jason Aten** (3:07)
I know, you too. That's good.

**Stephen Robles** (3:08)
Yeah, thank you, thank you. Adam from the UK said, we're an essential tech podcast. BlackSony101 from the USA wears Bike Buddies, listens to us while he's bicycling. That's super fun. They're listening since 2024, since like the beginning and stuff. That's cool.
Wertho94 from the UK, we're a favorite tech podcast. Also wants a Chat GPT voice assistant through shortcuts. Spoiler, I've made a shortcut for that. I will put it down in the show notes, just so you know. And this is very cool. The Medieval Knight writing the polar bear has made it again around the world. This is from South Africa. This is Chepo, who sent us these pictures. Lovely photo of the polar bear pinned to this. And here's also a license plate photo. It's not the whole license plate, so he said I could post this. But look at that, South Africa. That's so cool. And also Chris once again brought the Medieval Knight and polar bear to the beach with Poseidon.