Tech Pulse 6/15/26

This week on Tech Pulse, we narrate three articles spanning artificial intelligence in photography, sports officiating technology, and wearable health sensing.Apple's iPhone camera chief sits down to discuss the company's new AI photo tools coming in iOS 27. Features like Extend and Spatial Reframe can generate pixels that weren't in the original image — filling in backgrounds, widening frames, shifting perspectives. The piece explores where Apple draws the line between helpful editing and fabrication, and why the company insists its approach is more restrained than what competitors offer.At the 2026 World Cup, referee decisions are getting a technological overhaul. Every player in the tournament has been body-scanned to create a precise digital twin, which officials can drop into virtual simulations to review disputed calls from any angle. The piece details how sensors inside the match ball, a network of high-resolution cameras, and millimeter-accurate 3D models are combining to make officiating more objective than ever before — even if the stakes are sometimes just a single toe.Apple's long-running effort to build noninvasive blood glucose monitoring into the Apple Watch is still years from reality. A reported leadership change on the internal project signals ongoing work, but FDA clearance and accuracy standards remain steep barriers. Current wearables can display glucose data from a separate monitor — but the watch itself still can't measure blood sugar directly.Aftersight is a media organization that serves individuals with barriers to print. This podcast is produced by Aftersight under the Chafee Amendment to the Copyright Act which states that authorized nonprofit organizations whose primary mission is to provide copyrighted works in specialized formats to individuals with barriers to print are exempt. By continuing to listen, you verify you are blind, have low vision, or barriers to reading print materials.Chapters: (00:15) - Apple's Camera Chief Thinks AI Can Give You Superpowers (09:36) - Cameras, Sensors, and 3D Body Scans: All the Tech Helping Eliminate Blown Calls (19:18) - Apple Watch Glucose Monitoring Project Still Faces FDA and Accuracy Hurdles