<h2>iPhone Home</h2>
<p>Last week, Samsung <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/samsung-galaxy-fold">unveiled</a> an exorbitantly priced foldable smartphone, adding its name to the <a href="https://www.t3.com/news/best-folding-phones">growing list</a> of tech companies that think the flip phone is poised for a comeback.</p>
<p>One company not on that list: Apple — and that has the company&#8217;s co-founder Steve Wozniak concerned.</p>
<p>&#8220;Apple has been a leader for quite a long time in a few areas such as touch ID, facial ID, and easy payment with the phone,&#8221; Wozniak <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-26/apple-co-founder-wozniak-really-wants-a-folding-iphone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told <em>Bloomberg</em></a>. &#8220;They’re not the leader in areas like the folding phone, and that worries me because I really want a folding phone.&#8221;</p>
<h2>Patent Clues</h2>
<p>Wozniak noted during the interview that folding phones are &#8220;one of those new technologies that does catch [his] attention.&#8221;</p>
<p>They&#8217;ve caught Apple&#8217;s attention, too, even if the company has yet to actually bring a foldable iPhone to market: Back in 2014, Apple <a href="https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2014/01/hidden-apple-patent-for-flexible-display-devices-discovered.html">filed a patent application</a> for a foldable iPhone. That patent was approved in 2016, and earlier this month, the United States Patent and Trademark office published <a href="http://pdfaiw.uspto.gov/.aiw?PageNum=0&amp;docid=20190053388&amp;IDKey=852C02061B1A&amp;HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fappft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526d%3DPG01%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.html%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526s1%3D%25252220190053388%252522.PGNR.%2526OS%3DDN%2F20190053388%2526RS%3DDN%2F20190053388" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple&#8217;s 2019 update</a> to that application.</p>
<h2>iPhone 2020</h2>
<p>As for when Apple might move from the patent to the development stage, Wall Street firm Merrill Lynch <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/apple-is-working-on-a-foldable-iphone-for-release-in-2020-says-bank-of-america.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told clients</a> in March 2018 that the company was working on a foldable iPhone, with plans to release it in 2020.</p>
<p>Rumors of that release date <a href="https://www.macworld.co.uk/news/iphone/foldable-iphone-2020-release-date-rumours-3692865/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continue to circulate</a>, so while Wozniak might not have his foldable iPhone just yet, there&#8217;s a chance he won&#8217;t have to wait much longer for it.</p>
<p><strong>READ MORE:</strong> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-26/apple-co-founder-wozniak-really-wants-a-folding-iphone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Really Wants a Folding iPhone</a> [<em>Bloomberg</em>]</p>
<p><em><strong>More on folding phones: <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/samsung-galaxy-fold" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Samsung Just Revealed a $1,980 Folding Smartphone</a></strong></em></p>


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<h2>You&#8217;ve Been Accepted to Woz U, From Apple</h2>
<p>In order to train the next generation of tech workers capable of taking key roles in high-paying technology jobs, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-cofounder-steve-wozniak-launches-woz-u-2017-10?utm_content=buffereb3b0&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer-ti" target="_blank">launching a new startup known as Woz U</a>.</p>
<p>Called a &#8220;digital institute,&#8221; <a href="https://woz-u.com/about/" target="_blank">the Arizona-based institution</a> hopes to provide a quick and affordable way for people <a href="https://futurism.com/expert-asserts-that-retraining-is-the-best-response-to-ai-automation/" target="_blank">to learn new skills</a> applicable to the realm of computer science. These skills would be invaluable to workers who wish to stay relevant and desirable in a market that&#8217;s embracing computers and robotics.</p>
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<p>In the past, Wozniak <a href="https://futurism.com/steve-wozniak-computers-are-going-to-take-over-from-humans/" target="_blank">has expressed his own concerns</a> about the impact of artificial intelligence, saying they may eventually &#8220;think faster than us and they’ll get rid of the slow humans to run companies more efficiently.” Earlier this month, a survey revealed that a number of IT leaders believe 60 percent of jobs <a href="https://futurism.com/it-experts-foresee-60-percent-of-businesses-affected-by-automation-within-five-years/" target="_blank">could be replaced by automation by 2022</a>.</p>
<h2>Making Tech More Approachable</h2>
<p>In addition to speed and affordability, Wozniak explains that Woz U is also meant to make the tech industry less intimidating, and hopes to prove to people they&#8217;re capable of understanding it.</p>
<p>“People often are afraid to choose a technology-based career because they think they can’t do it,&#8221; <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171013005008/en/Apple-Co-Founder-Steve-Wozniak-Forms-Woz-Reprogram" target="_blank">he said in a statement</a>. &#8220;I know they can, and I want to show them how.”</p>
<p>Woz U will launch on October 13 with online programs, and there are plans to build a number of campuses in 30 cities around the world. Initially, there will only be programs <a href="https://woz-u.com/curriculum/" target="_blank">training computer support specialists and software developers</a>. In time, the programs will be expanded to cover data science, mobile applications and cybersecurity.</p>
<figure style="width: 820px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-106503 size-large aligncenter" src="https://wp-assets.futurism.com/2017/10/Woz-U-Breakdown-for-a-Computer-Support-Specialist.jpg" alt="Woz U's Computer Support Specialist Curriculum. Image Credit: Woz U" width="820" height="704" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Woz U breakdown for a Computer Support Specialist. Image Credit: Woz U</figcaption></figure>
<p>Following that, Woz U will collaborate with K-12 schools to incorporate science, tech, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) programs, as well as an an accelerator program &#8220;to identify and develop elite tech talent.&#8221;</p>
<p>“My entire life I have worked to build, develop and create a better world through technology and I have always respected education,” continued Wozniak. “Now is the time for Woz U, and we are only getting started.”</p>


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<h2>Apple&#8217;s Other Steve</h2>
<p>Experts in tech and tech enthusiasts alike know that there wasn&#8217;t just one &#8220;Steve&#8221; behind Apple. While Steve Jobs was the popular (and disruptive) face of the company, Steve Wozniak was the genius behind Apple&#8217;s earliest technology — most notably, the original Macintosh that was the key to Apple&#8217;s initial successes.</p>
<p>No stranger to innovation himself, Wozniak has made some startling assertions recently, stating that he thinks that the next big thing in tech<em> won&#8217;t</em> be coming from the company he co-founded—and in which <a href="http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celebrity-business/tech-millionaire/steve-wozniak-net-worth/" target="_blank">he still owns a sizable amount of stock</a>. In a recent interview with <i><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-05-26/apple-co-founder-wozniak-on-the-next-big-moonshots-video" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a></i><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-05-26/apple-co-founder-wozniak-on-the-next-big-moonshots-video" target="_blank"> Canada</a>,</p>
<p>Wozniak is betting that Tesla, and its CEO Elon Musk, will be the source of the next, great innovation.</p>
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<p>&#8220;I think Tesla is on the best direction right now. They&#8217;ve put an awful lot of effort into very risky things,&#8221; Wozniak said. &#8220;They started with a car—the Tesla Model S—that made little sense in engineering terms in how much you have to build for what price and what the market will be.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s precisely that kind of attitude that won Woz&#8217;s admiration. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to bet on Tesla,&#8221; he added.</p>
<h2>Not From Big Business</h2>
<p>Back in the day, Jobs and Wozniak didn&#8217;t always see eye to eye, but it&#8217;s not this largely unspoken conflict that made Woz bet on Tesla. More than anything, it&#8217;s the bit of Apple that Woz sees in Tesla now. &#8220;Look at the companies like Google and Facebook and Apple and Microsoft that changed the world—and Tesla included. They usually came from young people. They didn&#8217;t spring out of big businesses,&#8221; he said.</p>
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<p>For the most part, it&#8217;s also because Tesla started with a product that Musk liked very much. Again, this is another parallel with how Apple started from a project Woz was building as a hobby. &#8220;It was really built for Elon&#8217;s own life. What car would he like? And when things come from yourself, knowing what you&#8217;d like very much and being in control of it&#8230; .that&#8217;s when you get the best products,&#8221; he explained.</p>
<p>Tesla and Musk have gone a long way from that first electric car. For one, Woz admires Musk&#8217;s latest boring project. Apple, on the other hand, seems to be suffering from <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/theopriestley/2015/09/10/apples-core-problem-is-that-it-can-no-longer-innovate/#5ffa269766b5" target="_blank">a lack of innovative spark</a>. This has led some to argue that <a href="https://futurism.com/why-apple-should-buy-tesla-and-make-elon-musk-ceo/" target="_blank">Apple and Tesla might work better</a> by combining their resources together — <a href="https://futurism.com/forget-nations-heres-proof-that-apple-rules-the-world/" target="_blank">Apple&#8217;s money</a> and Tesla&#8217;s innovation. However, Musk has already cast doubt on the proposal. Alas.</p>


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