a tech news a day keeps industry-specific ignorance away so it's
too bad we only do three videos a week you're screwed i'm sorry large portions
of the internet may no longer work for those with phones running Android 7.1.1
or earlier that's Android nougat for you sweet tooths sweet teeth i like to think
of myself as a sweet teeth
the issue is that a security certificate used by many sites is set to expire next
september so older Android versions will no longer trust it an issue that
highlights yet again the issue of Android updates
for non-pixel phones phones have so much baggage
some older phones are locked out of updates entirely while others are very
slow to get new versions due to staggered rollouts of course you might
be asking why anyone would be running an Android version that old but apparently
nearly 34 percent of users on the google play store use a version before 7.1
thankfully there's an easy fix that's readily available for all affected users
right now it's called buying a new phone yes yes scrub scrubs come on virgin's
hyperloop is a step closer to reality as its first test with a human crew aboard
reportedly went off in nevada without a hitch launch
the company's co-founder and head of passenger experience were the two guinea
pigs who were flung down a 500 meter human pipe going 107 miles per hour they
were turned into guinea pigs although that sounds really fast the system is
actually capable of going 240 miles per hour though the speed for this test was
limited so the riders could be comfortable and avoid excessive acceleration and braking over such a
short distance i wonder if it was as loud as the size in the background
although obviously 500 meters isn't very far the company is expected to build
another testing ground in west virginia which is expected to feature longer runs
and not turn anyone into guinea pigs
maybe in the future it'll even be more appealing than flying i love being stuck
in a metal tube with a bunch of strangers so think about how much better the experience would be without Windows
it's no surprise that websites that rely on advertising revenue don't
particularly like it when people use ad blockers with plenty of sites throwing
up warnings denying you access unless you disable them well now one major
streaming service is taking a different approach as twitch is reportedly
limiting stream resolutions to only 480p if it detects an ad blocker many users
of u-block origin an extremely popular browser ad block extension have
confirmed that the service's usual max quality of 1080p at 60 frames per second
is no longer available to them although some users have unsurprisingly found a
way to bypass this restriction it remains to be seen if this will end up
being a permanent change as twitch's advertising policies have already drawn
the ire of some of its viewers for doing things like injecting ads in the middle
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on to the quick bits if you've used google photos on your
phone lately you might have noticed that a colourpop feature that was previously
available to everyone is now behind a paywall yeah i love that
great news the paid version gives additional editing options though to
photos without depth information and it looks like it's being rolled into the
company's google one subscription service which will set you back two
bucks a month two bucks no for something i haven't heard of
i'm sure this will go over very well with a user base that might already be
cash strapped from a pandemic in case it wasn't clear john meant that
as sarcasm t-mobile might not be the first name you think of when you hear
the words home internet but it's offering its lte-based alternative to
cable and fiber in over 130 more cities
primarily areas in the american midwest the heart of the country lte home
internet was initially focused on rural areas with limited connectivity options
but it's not a bad idea for cities if the existing isps all suck who am i
kidding that's never happened before right
oh i guess the midwest the midwest isn't like the super rural part
we're canadians it's right in the midwest a general in
the british army has said in an interview that he thinks a full one-fourth of the army will be robotic
by the next decade only one quarter of their bodies
there are no firm dates yet but he wouldn't be surprised if robots saw
frontline combat especially as the uk has had problems recruiting enough
soldiers hopefully that rollout will happen without a hitch and we won't end
up living in the terminator franchise my question is does anybody ask the robots
how they feel about this not even their robots want to be in the terminator friends
movie podcast subscribe today after eight long years halo 4 will finally be
released next week on pc after beta testing ended this weekend the game was
originally released on xbox 360 in 2012 and next week's release marks another
step towards the entire main halo series being playable on pc with halo 5 now
being the only exception maybe we'll see that one in 2028
no way before then john they're coming fast time to get my old gang back
together time to have the recruit a squad of 13
year olds to call other people's moms bad names and
mcdonald's is joining other food chains and introducing a plant-based meatless
patty that it's fittingly calling mcplant
that's horrible that's so bad mcplant
would you like to order mcplant the company is looking at putting it on
everything from burgers to breakfast offerings with test products rolling out
in limited markets next year personally i can't wait to shove a mcplant in my
face as i've already been meeting eating mcanimal for years now
that's why it's funny that's our show come back wednesday for more tech news
with no soy protein filler unless it's this
these new soy protein stuff that's really good
probably dude they're not gonna have soy john
come on john get with the don't you love that