look you wanted the tech news didn't you
well here it is oh why are you so mad
i'm always mad facebook probably isn't the first company you trust with
managing your finances but they've gone ahead and launched their very own
cryptocurrency called libra which i i
guess they're hoping this project will help them balance the scales so to speak
okay that metaphor actually kind of makes sense because unlike bitcoin or
ethereum libra will be tied to a number of traditional stable currencies that
could protect it from wild swings in value but do we really want facebook
controlling our money well thankfully the company knows you don't really trust
them so they won't actually control libra facebook is just one of the 28
members in the libra association which also includes more trustworthy people
like mastercard paypal visa and ebay customers can use libra through
facebook's calibra crypto wallet platform which
will be available worldwide except for regions that aren't very friendly to
crypto like india which is facebook's biggest market whoops another hurdle
that facebook will have to face is scrutiny from the u.s government
lawmakers have called for the company to halt development of libra until they can
take a closer look at it and the senate banking committee has already announced
a hearing on july 16th to question facebook about its plans senate hearings
or no i think i'll stay away
myself libras and lee leos do not mix well i'm a libra actually
he's a leo apparently yeah that's scorpio
nobody likes scorpios imessage on apple devices is a
feature-rich encrypted modern text messaging extravaganza
but while google has been trying and trying to get cell carriers to implement
rich communication services or rcs as a replacement for regular old sms text
messages on say Android devices carriers have been dragging their feet because
there's no real monetary incentive to upgrade their infrastructure and google
has had it up to here with that nonsense the tech giant will be launching its own
rcs messaging service later this month yes with an initial rollout in france in
the uk crap many questions still remain about
whether google rcs will feature end-to-end encryption or multi-platform
support but hopefully google taking things into their own mighty hands will
light a fire under the carriers to roll out rcs on their own and you know make
life a little better for their customers imagine that because that's what cell
carriers are known for isn't it yeah
my mouth is closed i'm saying it and sound the alarm vape nation is under
attack san francisco may become the first u.s
city to outlaw e-cigarettes good-bye
city supervisors voted unanimously because they're old people yesterday on
a bill that would ban the manufacturing distribution and sale of e-cigarettes on
city property the legislation is part of an effort to reduce e-cigarette usage
among high schoolers which the cdc says could be as high as 20
it's also particularly interesting because joule the most popular company
in the industry is headquartered in san francisco and would have to move their
operations if this ban goes into effect that's amazing it will reportedly take
at least seven months for any legislation to be enacted but in the
meantime stay strong vape niche i would tell you to consider quitting but you're
an adult uh unless you're one of those high schoolers i was talking about before
then yeah make smart choices for future you say no to popcorn
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ea is not guilty of pushing loot boxes on miners because they're not loot boxes
you see they're surprise mechanics
that's what ea's vp of legal affairs terry hopkins told a uk committee
likening loot boxes to children's toys with unexpected prizes inside like
kinder surprise eggs or are hatchimals you know what those are
no i'm assuming you put that in there for the americans who don't have kinder surprise anymore
hopkins said that enjoying loot boxes in a healthy way is actually quite ethical
and quite fun well carrie tell that to the eight-year-old malcolm who was caught
during his 18th blackjack game at the local casino
he wasn't i made that up but he could be
he was on a roll too damn you carry come on
a developer named bylaws has managed to get Android running on a nintendo switch
and quite smoothly i might add the modder booted up NVIDIA shield software
and was then able to stream the pc version of overwatch to their switch via
GeForce now although they might have been breaking a few bylaws in the
process see i made a pun Linus he's not here
okay speaking of switches we all might be getting a mini version soon if leaks
from a chinese retailer are any indication device protectors and cases
are being listed and promoted online so keep your eyes peeled for a switch mini
in the next few months or years or never this is a rumor after
all use your brain people come on use your one collective brain fable the
augmented reality company magic leap is suing fellow ar company unreal claiming
that one of unreal's founders chi shu stole magic leaps technology when he was
an engineer there she left the company in 2016 and then showed up at ces in
january with the unreal ar glasses
well it's not the most lucrative theft to make it it doesn't seem like ar
companies are making much money right now anyways but stealing is wrong kids
children kids and so so is naming your company in real
real and really if we're being serious i don't like it
and Intel has released a processor auto overclocking app called Intel
performance maximizer or ipm the app will overclock your CPU with just one
single click although pc perspective noted that it won't do it as well as a
human generated overclock so you might have to just roll up the sleeves of your Linus
tech tip stealth hoodie and twist those greasy old knobs yourself
don't forget the engine oil uh riley how do you how do you think overclocking
works dude there's no oil in there i'll tell you what doesn't work
continuing this episode so we're shutting it down come on back on friday
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