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here whoa weekend until you read the tech news come on man yes sir or madam i will read the tech news now we'll do my best google's takeover of the world may be halted as its acquisition of fitbit is under scrutiny by eu regulators google first announced its plans to acquire the popular fitness tracker brand in november 2019 for a tasty 2.1 billion dollars which would grant google a stronger foothold in the wearable tech industry however consumer groups and privacy advocates are attempting to block the company's takeover due to concerns over data collection and google being capable of raising barriers to entry to potential rivals oh capitalism what would we do without you 60 page questionnaires have been sent to google and fitbit's competitors questioning whether the acquisition could create a monopoly for google and whether it could grant google too much personalized data for its advertising empire they can take by browser but they will never take my resting heart rate because i don't even know what it is this apple watch isn't even paired to anything so german automaker bmw has announced that it plans to bring everyone's favorite feature to their cars microtransactions yay in a digital presentation bmw discussed booking vehicle functions and optional equipment over the air this means that car features you missed out on when you were purchasing a vehicle either new or second hand could be activated later on via a software update in the form of a subscription service come on i've got enough subscription services already soon i'm gonna have to pay a monthly fee for my butt to be heated as i commute to work fantastic however this may also work in reverse as you could potentially unsubscribe from features you originally paid for thus lowering your payments on the vehicle you know what i'm just gonna be i'm just gonna wait until the internet has developed some sweet totally legal homebrewed updates that i can install you hear about that happening with tesla's nonsense microtransaction stuff uh someone was unlocking the faster uh model three speed for like half the price or whatever speaking of shady business practices the uk's house of lords gambling committee has ruled that loot boxes should be regulated under gambling laws classifying them as games of chance well yeah a chance to blow your monthly earnings on six kins bruh highlighting the academic research and potential dangers often cited in debates around loot box mechanics and games the committee stated that if a product looks like gambling and feels like gambling it should probably be regulated like gambling huh yeah you know what that sounds fair with other countries and some game companies making changes to the way games can be monetized we may finally be going back to the good old days of bank account emptying microtransactions but at least we know what we're getting now it's time for the bat quicks brought to you by brilliant whether you're a student looking for additional challenges a professional needing to brush up on cutting-edge topics or if you're just you know curious about the world and want to expand your knowledge brilliant has got you covered you beautiful human being you the world needs more people with more knowledge brilliant premium makes challenging your brain simpler than ever with over 60 courses in math science and computer science so you can test and expand your knowledge with fun challenging interactive explorations into a variety of engaging topics we'd recommend the mathematical fundamentals course which features all new illustrations features and challenges exploring ideas of algebra number theory and mathematical logic so push your mathematical skills to the next level with brilliant premium courses and the first 200 of you who head to brilliant.org techlinked will get 20 off their annual premium subscription amazon prime is finally available via a dedicated app on Windows 10. what do you mean finally who cares allowing users to stream and download content onto their oh amazon prime the video kind that makes sense to stream and download content onto their device i was like what wait we can have an amazon shopping app what i don't have a browser anyway so instead of using a browser for watching video you can use the app there is a catch though because despite the abundance of 4k content on the platform amazon states that the Windows 10 app is limited to 1080p but writers over at the verge found that 720p was actually the maximum resolution they could currently access wait what are we living in the flipping stone age right now or something 720p hour you could just use your browser apple has launched its online portal for the apple card credit card allowing account holders to manage their moolah without the need for an apple device this is especially useful if you have some urgent things to address in your account but can't find your iphone oh apple users so now you can manage everything on your desktop or laptop with ease now we can stare anxiously at our statements and balances from anywhere i love it and soon you'll be wanting to manage your bank statements more than ever as it looks like video game prices are about to increase to coincide with the next gen consoles nba 2k21 pre-orders have recently gone live including playstation 5 and xbox series x game pre-orders along with a price hike of 10 us dollars for the next gen copy that puts the game at 69.99 in the u.s nice and a whopping 64.99 in the uk almost nice this price increase potentially signals that the next console generation may be leading to increased prices across the board although i guess that's just the price we have to pay for retracing ssds to become mainstream meanwhile on pc you can get like older aaa games for like eight bucks google has officially discontinued its pixel 3a and 3axl smartphones in the us the company stated that no more units would be sold through the google store but that they would still be available from some partners while supplies last so if you've been holding off on grabbing one of these phones you better get in there quick but bear in mind that this also likely means that the pixel 4a is right around the corner for probably not that much more oh decisions just like you're gonna decide to stop watching tech news for the day just kidding it's not your decision because we're done so join us next week join us on wednesday join us on monday for more of that sweet tech news may i leave now please sir i'm adam i am ever so tired and i need to recharge my batteries on the weekend secretly i'm a robot"}