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tech news information

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on the airwaves through the

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coming to you ah don't mondays make you pine for the

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past you know when it was a was the weekend

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well apple looks like it might be bringing back a piece of tech that was

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long thought to be on its way out i'm talking about the ipod which largely

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became a relic shortly after we all started using smartphones but while a

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programmer was pouring through the code for the soon-to-be-released iOS 12.2 he

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found a reference to a new ipod touch model unlike the more feature-packed

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iphone it looks like this new ipod won't have touch id or face id but it could

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still be appealing to folks who want an iphone-like experience but don't require

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a sell signal so it's an iphone 10r without cellulite yeah it's like a it's

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like a tiny ipad it's not clear yet when it'll be

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available or how much it'll cost but personally i really just want that click

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wheel back no i don't why would you write that john losing

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stuff in your couch cushions might become a thing of the past if bluetooth

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5.1 ends up seeing widespread adoption the newest version of the bluetooth

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standard was just announced and while bluetooth tracking tags have been around

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for a little while 5.1 ups the ante by enabling users to locate items down to

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the centimeter the technology works by affixing multiple antennae to bluetooth

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devices instead of just one a second device can then evaluate how the signal

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from each antenna is relative to the other ones and use that data to pinpoint

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the first device's location of course since this is just an update to the

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bluetooth spec you might have to wait a while before gadget makers add it to

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their devices so pay attention to where you put down your

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small losable trinkets in the meantime i just need my remote to beep man it just

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needs to make a snap yeah that's it we're doing way more complicated

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solutions to these problems there are plenty of game subscription services

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these days vying for your attention and now apple appears to be throwing its hat

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in the ring as reports indicate they're planning to launch their own like other

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subscription services apple would be charging a recurring fee in order for

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gamers to play a predetermined list of games similar to how netflix works apple

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is no stranger to the subscription model as it already operates apple music but

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with mobile gaming projected to continue to surge over the next few years the

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move would make sense though it isn't clear exactly when we'd see apple's

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gaming service become available to the public as it's currently still in the

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planning stages and may not happen at all so what have we been talking about this

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whole time now i'm waiting for them to make a gaming laptop ooh

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i mean you can play some games on macbook pro let me see yeah

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the link below just do it onto the quick bits

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samsung is going to be phasing out traditional plastic packaging for many

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of its products in favor of more eco-friendly alternatives james loved

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this you love the environment you love it it's so good having a planet

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that's hospitable yeah so they'll be using stuff like paper and biodegradable

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plastic while this is certainly a welcome move for those of you who care

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about the environment

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you probably should i'm really just hoping this means we'll never see a

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samsung product in one of those terrible clamshell packages that i've lacerated

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my hands on more times than i can count you know those like the costco where you

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like have to like literally use your entire strength to

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or just use a scissor using laser beams

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to produce audio isn't exactly new i mean the cd has been around for a while

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but what if you could directly laser beam sound to one particular person

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maybe a special person mit researchers have made this a reality by firing

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lasers at the same wavelengths that water vapor in the air can absorb

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combined with sweeping the laser at mach 1 whatever that means this can produce

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sound that can only be heard a certain distance away walk 1 is a speed of sound

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i know what mach 1 is sweeping lasers i i don't know what that

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means to sweep a laser hopefully we can use this tech in the future to say rude

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things about the boss to our co-workers without Linus hearing it that's

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john what are you thinking about man what's on your brain a few major

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companies look like they're modernizing the concept of the neighborhood milkman

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nestle pepsi and unilever the soap company will be partnering with the

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service loop to drop off grocery orders

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at your door in reusable containers then coming back later to pick up the empties

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the containers themselves will be branded and the service is due to kick off this spring in paris as well as

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parts of the northeastern u.s with london planning to be added later in the

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year hopefully i'll be able to order reusable cans of mountain dew which the

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ups man will come to pick up in a bow tie

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if he's not in a bow tie 8-bit dough has come out with another retro controller

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but this time it's geared towards those of you who grew up playing sonic instead

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of mario the new m30 resembles a sega genesis

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controller but comes with bluetooth as well as a button that will capture a

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screenshot it can be yours at the end of february for 30 bucks which is cheaper

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than a valentine's date so who needs that and you might be entitled

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to money if you're a tinder user tinderer over 30 as the online dating

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giant has just settled a class-action suit for over 17 million dollars it was

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alleged that tinder's practice of charging folks 30 and up more money for

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premium features constituted age discrimination so class members can get

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25 bucks in damages along with 50 super likes though if your luck on tinder is

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anything like mine that may not be much help i'm not on tinder you're on

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thrender uh that's it for now guys so come back

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on wednesday for a little more angst and a lot more tech news what's the angst

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about i'm very happy james play me off

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see you next time

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guys you