whoa wait it's friday i'm out of 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
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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