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michelb76 said:

What would be the moniker for these? iHoles? Pro-holes? V-holes?

Back in 2012, Google Glass was making waves as people started wearing them in public.  They got labeled "glassholes," and some establishments would ban people from wearing them because the glasses were constantly recording everything without the other party's consent.  If Apple's AR product takes off, you might have to call them "ARssholes."

Dear editor and readers: the word that Gene Roddenberry probably meant to use is "phonemes," not phenoms (superstars / phenomenons).  Since it's been quoted, he either misspoke at the time, or was misquoted by the person who wrote it at the original Deadline article.  Phonemes are the basic units of speech.

Can you please correct this with an [sp] mark?

https://heavy.com/entertainment/star-trek/majel-barrett-record-voice-siri/

That specific shot of the phone flying toward the camera was not a practical, in-camera shot at all.  Modern visual effects are capable of generating realistic particles and debris.  Apple has extremely detailed 3D models of their devices used for marketing.  Motion tracking in Nuke and After Effects is scary good lately.  

Besides, if they didn't nail this shot on the first take, do you think they're gonna ask the actor to crash over and over again until they do?  "Take 126!"

It's rare that Apple films a device in-camera, unless it's being used by an actor holding it.  And images of the screen can be enhanced in post with sharper, more detailed ones.  In fact, they usually have to do that because the color balance won't always be perfect.

This also works great for walking tours where you would normally wear a receiver around your neck and plug in wired earbuds to hear the tour guide.  This system is very very common, especially among European river cruise operators.  The AirFly allowed us to tuck the receiver into our bag and listen on our AirPods Pro instead.  With ANC enabled, it was much easier to hear the guide speaking amid the noise of the city!

"The UK government will be testing its emergency alert system on Sunday, with the vast majority of iPhone users expected to disable their emergency alerts shortly thereafter."