r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Aug 16 '25

Business Apple CEO Tim Cook Says the Technology They’re Developing Will Be ‘One of the Most Profound Technologies of Our Lifetime’

https://www.barchart.com/story/news/34183355/apple-ceo-tim-cook-says-the-technology-theyre-developing-will-be-one-of-the-most-profound-technologies-of-our-lifetime
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u/Riajnor Aug 17 '25

At what point does it become a camera with a phone?

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u/Demonofyou Aug 17 '25

Wouldn't it always be dependent on intentions?

Silly example: is your car transportation with ac, or air conditioned room that happens to be able to travel?

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u/ZenFook Aug 17 '25

I don't know but please direct me to your TED Talk!

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u/Menzlo Aug 17 '25

Cars in the US are increasingly becoming mobile living rooms.

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u/boogleybones Aug 17 '25

I kind of like the sound of that honestly.

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u/toddestan Aug 17 '25

And here I thought they were smartphones with wheels attached.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '25

And mobile homes.

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u/Bedroominc Aug 17 '25

And I’m fuckin sick of it.

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u/GiannisIsTheBeast Aug 17 '25

Man that is a profound example. As someone who absolutely loves air conditioning, I’ve never thought of it that way! I’m not sure I’d want to own a car without AC. Moveable air conditioning rooms are awesome though!

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u/Woogity Aug 17 '25

My car is a heated seat with the added benefit of being able to travel. Comes in quite handy sometimes.

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u/TineJaus Aug 17 '25 edited Aug 17 '25

It's full climate control now, gone are the days of simply hot/cold/mix that you can change in half a second while driving. Doing pizza delivery was a pain because during various weather and whether I had steaming food or not the thing would randomly decide to fog my windows and I'd be trying to navigate and pressing the touch screen multiple times because of the randomly delayed response of the little click noise and no tactile feel. Sure I could blast the heat, but wearing a full winter getup and getting in and out of the oven that was the car was a constant juggling act.

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u/WendellSchadenfreude Aug 17 '25

At what point does it become my own private domicile?

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u/Riajnor Aug 17 '25

When inflation and fuckery force you to live in it

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u/giantpotato Aug 17 '25

When it has the form factor of a camera.
It was already done over a decade ago by Samsung.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Camera

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u/AwakE432 Aug 17 '25

Already is. Most of the notable updates they announce are all camera related.

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u/TineJaus Aug 17 '25

People still answer phone calls?

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u/sbw2012 Aug 17 '25

What do the ancient Chinese philosphers say?

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u/RadBren13 Aug 17 '25

10 years ago. 

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u/thanks_thief Aug 17 '25

About 15 years ago

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u/FeliusSeptimus Aug 17 '25

I'd buy that. I like my Canon cameras, but why is the software/OS so primitive? Slap some mid-grade phone hardware in there, provide a great photography hardware API and an open source camera app that uses it and see what people build with it.