tech news yeah i could have i could have swore
apple's yearly september event is tomorrow in cupertino california
okay and although the company hasn't officially mentioned it's an iphone
launch we it's an iphone launch just like the last
two previous years there will be three iphones launching tomorrow if the rumors
are correct with reports indicating there will be an iphone 11 r 11 max and
an 11 pro all of the phones will also feature a
triple camera arrangement on the rear of the chassis wait they're they're just
putting pro on the end of the one that's normal
i don't know which one of those is a normal one that's the thing unfortunately support for 5g and usb
type c aren't expected to show up this year maybe next year or never
last year apple also launched the apple watch series 4 with its ecg capable
sensors so maybe they'll one-up themselves and add another medical diagnostic test like x-rays
so if you can only even then i only want it if it's on glasses
x-ray vision ew yes you sicko nintendo has already given
us a redesigned switch but how would you like to see a different controller at
some point now we're talking
that might just be what we get as nintendo has filed a patent for a switch
with flexible joy-cons the idea is that a portion of the top of the controller
so either the thumbstick or abxy buttons depending on which side would be able to
bend downwards in order to improve ergonomics
which could make operating the controller a little easier especially
when you're using them detached from the console i am not seeing this
i'm not seeing the visual here however keep in mind this is just a
patent filing so there's no word as to if or when the feature will actually
make it onto the next revision of the switch but if it does hopefully there
won't be a fiasco like we saw with samsung's foldable phone yeah we're just
now ready does he mean actively like they're bending as you use them or they're just
bent i don't know but i feel like you could hit somebody with it like
like a boomerang no like like a boomerang okay we've already
heard that tesla has plans to produce its own big rig but how about a pickup
truck you can park in your driveway elon musk recently stated on twitter that
tesla would be unveiling a pickup in november with a cyberpunk aesthetic
because when i think of cyberpunk i think of japan neon lights and pickup
trucks
anyway it's supposed to perform about as well as a porsche 911 and carry about as
much stuff as a ford 150 f-150
i don't know i don't know about trucks so it looks like it's going to be pretty capable as tesla is trying to stave off
competition in the electric pickup truck market ford is ironically working on an
electronic f-150 as well i don't know if that's ironic so hopefully there will be
plenty of all-electric options for hauling around your
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i've always made my bits quick
to outrun the pain apple is making the playing field a
little fairer in its app store by adjusting its algorithm so that you can
see non-apple apps a little more prominently previously the app store
favored apple's own offerings when you ran a search and it got to a point where
users would see multiple apple apps before popular offerings from other
developers i guess you can say apple is
turning over a new leaf
like apple like an apple turnover laptops are
notoriously difficult to upgrade but panasonic is blowing up that paradigm
with its new toughbook model which lets you add everything from extra ports to a
new keyboard to a discreet GPU oh wow and it's so modular that you can even
hot swap the battery that's actually normal they should call it an easy book
not tough anymore
a tender book i would buy a tender book you'll pay a premium for this as the
toughbook 55 starts at 2100 us dollars
but at least you won't have to worry about what happens if you have an unfortunate mountain dew accident
you may have 3d printed something like a plastic headphone stand but how about a
human heart a chicago-based biotech company used 3d bioprinting to create a
smaller version of a human heart from actual muscle cells because it has the
same structure as a real heart the company views it as an important
stepping stone to being able to 3d print a full-sized version that can be placed
inside a person instead of having to rely on a donated heart who's getting
that tiny heart though the grinch
and then he's gotta work on it i'll come back with the technology four times is
good if you live in southwestern virginia who doesn't
don't be surprised if you pass by trucks with drivers who aren't holding the
steering wheel what else are they are they just driving
daimler is going to be testing self-driving big rigs in the area which
should help them work out the kinks as that part of the state is mountainous
and will expose the trucks to some challenging terrain so hopefully the
drivers will still fill up their trucker-sized coffee mugs to keep them
alert in case something goes wrong they'll have their hands at the ready
and electronic arts has found its way into the guinness book of world records
but not for anything glamorous if you remember the fiasco surrounding star
wars battlefront 2's micro transaction system ea made an infamous comment on
reddit saying the system was in place to provide players with a sense of pride
and accomplishment big yikes it then went on to get over 683 000 down votes
with no other comment on the entire site even coming close
well that makes me feel a lot better about the time i got 70 down votes for
saying ea was just a misunderstood company i did not i didn't say that john
he's trying to sabotage me james i downloaded you
rude that's it for today so come back on wednesday for more tech news or my name
isn't james streeb
that's no one's name stripe
did you put a p on the end see you later
it's stride