December 4, 2025 • 7 mins
Marc Saltzman joins for Tech Talk, bringing the latest updates from the gadget world.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's time for tech Talk. Elm smarter.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
This is tech Talk rot to you by Skynet.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Mark Slaltzman joins us on Thursdays. We talked about the
world of technology and as we get close to the
end of the year, a lot of our streaming services
will tell us the absolute worst music that we have
streamed over the course of the last year. And Spotify
is out with its new features the twenty twenty five
wrapped Listener Recap that it tells you how much time
(00:34):
you spend listening to Benson Boone.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Yeah, exactly. It could be cringey when you look back,
but your musical taste shouldn't have changed that much within
a year. I mean, if it did, then you're, you know,
very erratic. But yeah, you know, and it's funny. There's
been a couple of new things. Bad Buddy did eke
out Taylor Swift worldwide at the number one almost twenty
(00:58):
billion streams billion with a B in the US though, yeah,
Taylor is still number one, but yeah, there's a you know,
you learn things about yourself. That's obviously Spotify's stats. Joe
Rogan had the number one podcast of course. Uh top
song was Bruno Mars and Lady Gagas died with a smile,
So some of that stuff's not too surprising. But yeah,
(01:19):
your own stats, you're like, wow, I listened to a
lot of Bob Seeger that I'm younger than that as
what you might think. And now, funny enough, Spotify has
this musical age that they added this year or no, yeah,
so it will tell you based on your listening habits
and cross reference with the real age of other people
who listen to that song, what is your musical age?
(01:40):
So people are reacting very finally on TikTok and on Instagram.
When they're either middle age but they have a listening
age of twenty, they're very proud to share that, but
when it's the other way around, they're not.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
So, you know, it's funny. I did my wrap this
morning and it said my listening age was twenty five,
and then it said share to your story and I
was like, how sad would that be if I did that?
Speaker 2 (02:02):
That was my first.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Thought, Like, how sad if you're like forty five and
you're sharing that you're listening ages twenty five? Like look,
how young I am? Tragic strategic.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
It was like a twenty five year old who was
almost in tears because their listening age was sixty seven
might explain my Bob Seeker thing for me too, But.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Yeah, Bob Seger is timeless.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
I'm partial tim now, I've got very eclectic taste. I
listened to EDM, I listened to pop, I listened to classical.
The number one artist I stream this year is funny
because rock is not popular anymore, but I am a
closet metal head is a band called Falling in Reverse.
Oh hell yeah, yeah, so I'm a fan of these guys,
and that was my number one for my Spotify Rapped
(02:44):
but yeah not. I mean, they're popular in the genre,
but rock is about to make a big comeback, I think,
mark my words. So yeah, so a lot of fun
and they also add Spotify added a new multiplayer game.
So there's always been a solo Spotify Rap trivia game
based on your own listening habits, but for the first time,
you and nine others can play the Spotify Rapped Party,
(03:07):
as it's called, where you compete with again ten people
in total, with questions based on your listening habits. It's
a multiplayer game through the app only, not through the website.
But yeah, Spotify is really gamifying this end of year thing.
I think they're really trying to outdo YouTube. That also
has you know your your your stats from the year,
so a lot of fun. Yeah, they have another one
(03:28):
called Top Artists Sprint Well. It shows you how quickly
your favorite artists, like when did you start streaming them?
And then if you like were totally obsessed with like
an earworm song, you know, it'll maybe win your Top
Artists Sprint on within your own list. So it's fun
that little recap. So yeah, just go into the Spotify
app if you're listening to this and you want to
(03:48):
know what your wrapped looks like, and you'll find the
word wrapped. You could just tap that.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
I'm totally with you and rock making a comeback because
it has not been very mainstream for a while, and
it's kind of like doing that cool grassroots basement type,
small band, small venue resurgence, which means we're on tap
for something really good.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Yeah. Yeah, there are sorry, there are festivals as well, obviously, right,
and Ozzie's passing as sad and tragic as that was,
I mean, there were a lot of hard rock bands
playing at his tribute, you know, and of course Metallica
is timeless and all that, but I like these these
these newer bands, even though bands like Falling in Reverse
(04:30):
are not new but new to many. They're also doing
collapse with famous people like Jelly Roll and stuff, so
they're gaining new audiences, which is cool. Yeah. And if
speaking of smartphones, if you are trying to access your
Spotify unwrapped, you may have a much larger device in
your hands next year at this time. My cheesy segue to.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
The news, Yeah, I'm I'm glad we're bringing this up
because I see this as one of those offshoots of
technology where yes, it's possible that we can do this,
but do we really need it or should we? Should
we really do it? The Galaxy Z trifold phone.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Right, so we've seen this design overseas with brands like Huawei,
which is banned in the US. But this is a
what looks like a smartphone at first glance, but then
you pull it apart to become a tablet and not
just a dual fold that they have now with a
Z fold as it's called, but a trifold, as the
(05:30):
name suggests, has three screens. Well, it's really one screen
that's foldable and then you unfold it twice, kind of
like you know, like a front cover, and then you
pull back the back cover if you will, as if
you were holding a book, and it does turn into
a ten inch tablet. It's the largest screen ever on
a Samsung device. The idea is that you don't need
both a phone and a tablet when you've got two
(05:51):
in one and allegedly super thin. I haven't seen it yet.
I will at the Consumer Electronics Show in a month
a month from today, I'll be going, yeah, but it's
like under four millimeters thin, and then yeah, it unfolds
twice to become a ten inch tablet. But I hear
what you're saying. Just because they can't do it doesn't
mean they should. Because Samsung has had issues in the
past with foldable devices with the screen all that wear
(06:14):
and tear, but they do rigorously test it. I can
tell you I've been to their head offices in Seoul,
South Korea, and they're really trying to turn that you know,
negative press around and really try to deliver something that
can withstand you know, five or eight years of folding
by simulating that kind of that you know, abuse on
(06:35):
the phone so yeah, I mean it looks cool. The
social media has it's very polarized. Some are saying, you know,
been there, done that, this is not new. They're copying
the Chinese company companies that are doing this, and then
others are like, sign me up, I want it. You know,
I'm sold. Whereas you know, here's my money. But speaking
of which it will be anywhere. It could be up
to three thousand dollars for this phone is still yeah,
(06:57):
and the listeners saying, but twenty five hundred and three grand,
which is a lot, so we will see. But yeah, well,
the press here on this side of the pond, we're
going to get our hands on this. Come uh uh
January at the big consumer electronics show in sin City,
which is yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
It's close. You should stop buying.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Say hi, yeah, I just got back from Vegas last night.
Was there for an Amazon?
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Amazon thing?
Speaker 3 (07:22):
A lot of hookers.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
No, not at this convention. It's eighty thousand nerds.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
I mean in Vegas generally, yes, but I should know,
the only.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Protection these guys are wearing. These guys, the only protection
these guys had, our pocket protectors.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Wait to take out of it.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Mark Saltzman, thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
As always, nerds needs, they need love to thank you guys.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
That's why, that's why we have a chat about that.
You can follow Mark on Twitter on x M a
r C Underscore Saltsman with his e Mark Saltzman
It's time for tech Talk. Elm smarter.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
This is tech Talk rot to you by Skynet.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Mark Slaltzman joins us on Thursdays. We talked about the
world of technology and as we get close to the
end of the year, a lot of our streaming services
will tell us the absolute worst music that we have
streamed over the course of the last year. And Spotify
is out with its new features the twenty twenty five
wrapped Listener Recap that it tells you how much time
(00:34):
you spend listening to Benson Boone.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Yeah, exactly. It could be cringey when you look back,
but your musical taste shouldn't have changed that much within
a year. I mean, if it did, then you're, you know,
very erratic. But yeah, you know, and it's funny. There's
been a couple of new things. Bad Buddy did eke
out Taylor Swift worldwide at the number one almost twenty
(00:58):
billion streams billion with a B in the US though, yeah,
Taylor is still number one, but yeah, there's a you know,
you learn things about yourself. That's obviously Spotify's stats. Joe
Rogan had the number one podcast of course. Uh top
song was Bruno Mars and Lady Gagas died with a smile,
So some of that stuff's not too surprising. But yeah,
(01:19):
your own stats, you're like, wow, I listened to a
lot of Bob Seeger that I'm younger than that as
what you might think. And now, funny enough, Spotify has
this musical age that they added this year or no, yeah,
so it will tell you based on your listening habits
and cross reference with the real age of other people
who listen to that song, what is your musical age?
(01:40):
So people are reacting very finally on TikTok and on Instagram.
When they're either middle age but they have a listening
age of twenty, they're very proud to share that, but
when it's the other way around, they're not.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
So, you know, it's funny. I did my wrap this
morning and it said my listening age was twenty five,
and then it said share to your story and I
was like, how sad would that be if I did that?
Speaker 2 (02:02):
That was my first.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Thought, Like, how sad if you're like forty five and
you're sharing that you're listening ages twenty five? Like look,
how young I am? Tragic strategic.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
It was like a twenty five year old who was
almost in tears because their listening age was sixty seven
might explain my Bob Seeker thing for me too, But.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Yeah, Bob Seger is timeless.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
I'm partial tim now, I've got very eclectic taste. I
listened to EDM, I listened to pop, I listened to classical.
The number one artist I stream this year is funny
because rock is not popular anymore, but I am a
closet metal head is a band called Falling in Reverse.
Oh hell yeah, yeah, so I'm a fan of these guys,
and that was my number one for my Spotify Rapped
(02:44):
but yeah not. I mean, they're popular in the genre,
but rock is about to make a big comeback, I think,
mark my words. So yeah, so a lot of fun
and they also add Spotify added a new multiplayer game.
So there's always been a solo Spotify Rap trivia game
based on your own listening habits, but for the first time,
you and nine others can play the Spotify Rapped Party,
(03:07):
as it's called, where you compete with again ten people
in total, with questions based on your listening habits. It's
a multiplayer game through the app only, not through the website.
But yeah, Spotify is really gamifying this end of year thing.
I think they're really trying to outdo YouTube. That also
has you know your your your stats from the year,
so a lot of fun. Yeah, they have another one
(03:28):
called Top Artists Sprint Well. It shows you how quickly
your favorite artists, like when did you start streaming them?
And then if you like were totally obsessed with like
an earworm song, you know, it'll maybe win your Top
Artists Sprint on within your own list. So it's fun
that little recap. So yeah, just go into the Spotify
app if you're listening to this and you want to
(03:48):
know what your wrapped looks like, and you'll find the
word wrapped. You could just tap that.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
I'm totally with you and rock making a comeback because
it has not been very mainstream for a while, and
it's kind of like doing that cool grassroots basement type,
small band, small venue resurgence, which means we're on tap
for something really good.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Yeah. Yeah, there are sorry, there are festivals as well, obviously, right,
and Ozzie's passing as sad and tragic as that was,
I mean, there were a lot of hard rock bands
playing at his tribute, you know, and of course Metallica
is timeless and all that, but I like these these
these newer bands, even though bands like Falling in Reverse
(04:30):
are not new but new to many. They're also doing
collapse with famous people like Jelly Roll and stuff, so
they're gaining new audiences, which is cool. Yeah. And if
speaking of smartphones, if you are trying to access your
Spotify unwrapped, you may have a much larger device in
your hands next year at this time. My cheesy segue to.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
The news, Yeah, I'm I'm glad we're bringing this up
because I see this as one of those offshoots of
technology where yes, it's possible that we can do this,
but do we really need it or should we? Should
we really do it? The Galaxy Z trifold phone.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Right, so we've seen this design overseas with brands like Huawei,
which is banned in the US. But this is a
what looks like a smartphone at first glance, but then
you pull it apart to become a tablet and not
just a dual fold that they have now with a
Z fold as it's called, but a trifold, as the
(05:30):
name suggests, has three screens. Well, it's really one screen
that's foldable and then you unfold it twice, kind of
like you know, like a front cover, and then you
pull back the back cover if you will, as if
you were holding a book, and it does turn into
a ten inch tablet. It's the largest screen ever on
a Samsung device. The idea is that you don't need
both a phone and a tablet when you've got two
(05:51):
in one and allegedly super thin. I haven't seen it yet.
I will at the Consumer Electronics Show in a month
a month from today, I'll be going, yeah, but it's
like under four millimeters thin, and then yeah, it unfolds
twice to become a ten inch tablet. But I hear
what you're saying. Just because they can't do it doesn't
mean they should. Because Samsung has had issues in the
past with foldable devices with the screen all that wear
(06:14):
and tear, but they do rigorously test it. I can
tell you I've been to their head offices in Seoul,
South Korea, and they're really trying to turn that you know,
negative press around and really try to deliver something that
can withstand you know, five or eight years of folding
by simulating that kind of that you know, abuse on
(06:35):
the phone so yeah, I mean it looks cool. The
social media has it's very polarized. Some are saying, you know,
been there, done that, this is not new. They're copying
the Chinese company companies that are doing this, and then
others are like, sign me up, I want it. You know,
I'm sold. Whereas you know, here's my money. But speaking
of which it will be anywhere. It could be up
to three thousand dollars for this phone is still yeah,
(06:57):
and the listeners saying, but twenty five hundred and three grand,
which is a lot, so we will see. But yeah, well,
the press here on this side of the pond, we're
going to get our hands on this. Come uh uh
January at the big consumer electronics show in sin City,
which is yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
It's close. You should stop buying.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Say hi, yeah, I just got back from Vegas last night.
Was there for an Amazon?
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Amazon thing?
Speaker 3 (07:22):
A lot of hookers.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
No, not at this convention. It's eighty thousand nerds.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
I mean in Vegas generally, yes, but I should know,
the only.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Protection these guys are wearing. These guys, the only protection
these guys had, our pocket protectors.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Wait to take out of it.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Mark Saltzman, thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
As always, nerds needs, they need love to thank you guys.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
That's why, that's why we have a chat about that.
You can follow Mark on Twitter on x M a
r C Underscore Saltsman with his e Mark Saltzman
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