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coming to you ah don't mondays make you pine for the
past you know when it was a was the weekend
well apple looks like it might be bringing back a piece of tech that was
long thought to be on its way out i'm talking about the ipod which largely
became a relic shortly after we all started using smartphones but while a
programmer was pouring through the code for the soon-to-be-released iOS 12.2 he
found a reference to a new ipod touch model unlike the more feature-packed
iphone it looks like this new ipod won't have touch id or face id but it could
still be appealing to folks who want an iphone-like experience but don't require
a sell signal so it's an iphone 10r without cellulite yeah it's like a it's
like a tiny ipad it's not clear yet when it'll be
available or how much it'll cost but personally i really just want that click
wheel back no i don't why would you write that john losing
stuff in your couch cushions might become a thing of the past if bluetooth
5.1 ends up seeing widespread adoption the newest version of the bluetooth
standard was just announced and while bluetooth tracking tags have been around
for a little while 5.1 ups the ante by enabling users to locate items down to
the centimeter the technology works by affixing multiple antennae to bluetooth
devices instead of just one a second device can then evaluate how the signal
from each antenna is relative to the other ones and use that data to pinpoint
the first device's location of course since this is just an update to the
bluetooth spec you might have to wait a while before gadget makers add it to
their devices so pay attention to where you put down your
small losable trinkets in the meantime i just need my remote to beep man it just
needs to make a snap yeah that's it we're doing way more complicated
solutions to these problems there are plenty of game subscription services
these days vying for your attention and now apple appears to be throwing its hat
in the ring as reports indicate they're planning to launch their own like other
subscription services apple would be charging a recurring fee in order for
gamers to play a predetermined list of games similar to how netflix works apple
is no stranger to the subscription model as it already operates apple music but
with mobile gaming projected to continue to surge over the next few years the
move would make sense though it isn't clear exactly when we'd see apple's
gaming service become available to the public as it's currently still in the
planning stages and may not happen at all so what have we been talking about this
whole time now i'm waiting for them to make a gaming laptop ooh
i mean you can play some games on macbook pro let me see yeah
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samsung is going to be phasing out traditional plastic packaging for many
of its products in favor of more eco-friendly alternatives james loved
this you love the environment you love it it's so good having a planet
that's hospitable yeah so they'll be using stuff like paper and biodegradable
plastic while this is certainly a welcome move for those of you who care
about the environment
you probably should i'm really just hoping this means we'll never see a
samsung product in one of those terrible clamshell packages that i've lacerated
my hands on more times than i can count you know those like the costco where you
like have to like literally use your entire strength to
or just use a scissor using laser beams
to produce audio isn't exactly new i mean the cd has been around for a while
but what if you could directly laser beam sound to one particular person
maybe a special person mit researchers have made this a reality by firing
lasers at the same wavelengths that water vapor in the air can absorb
combined with sweeping the laser at mach 1 whatever that means this can produce
sound that can only be heard a certain distance away walk 1 is a speed of sound
i know what mach 1 is sweeping lasers i i don't know what that
means to sweep a laser hopefully we can use this tech in the future to say rude
things about the boss to our co-workers without Linus hearing it that's
john what are you thinking about man what's on your brain a few major
companies look like they're modernizing the concept of the neighborhood milkman
nestle pepsi and unilever the soap company will be partnering with the
service loop to drop off grocery orders
at your door in reusable containers then coming back later to pick up the empties
the containers themselves will be branded and the service is due to kick off this spring in paris as well as
parts of the northeastern u.s with london planning to be added later in the
year hopefully i'll be able to order reusable cans of mountain dew which the
ups man will come to pick up in a bow tie
if he's not in a bow tie 8-bit dough has come out with another retro controller
but this time it's geared towards those of you who grew up playing sonic instead
of mario the new m30 resembles a sega genesis
controller but comes with bluetooth as well as a button that will capture a
screenshot it can be yours at the end of february for 30 bucks which is cheaper
than a valentine's date so who needs that and you might be entitled
to money if you're a tinder user tinderer over 30 as the online dating
giant has just settled a class-action suit for over 17 million dollars it was
alleged that tinder's practice of charging folks 30 and up more money for
premium features constituted age discrimination so class members can get
25 bucks in damages along with 50 super likes though if your luck on tinder is
anything like mine that may not be much help i'm not on tinder you're on
thrender uh that's it for now guys so come back
on wednesday for a little more angst and a lot more tech news what's the angst
about i'm very happy james play me off
see you next time
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