- Oh, (squeak). Oh, (squeak). Aw, dang it. There's no script on the prompter.
What the (squeak) are we going to do? Oh, nevermind.
It's there. We're fine. - [James] (beep) amateur. - Whoa.
I wasn't actually using swear words, James. I don't do that (beep). Microsoft has updated the built-in web browser
on all Xbox consoles to the latest Chromium-based
version of Edge, meaning you'll be able to use it to do
basically anything you can do with a browser, including playing games from Cloud gaming services
that aren't Xbox Game Pass. - [James] Yo dog, we put a console in your console.
You can game while you game! - Literally, that's what it is. Like Google Stadia even, provided that
something anyone wants to do, ever. - [James] It's not.
- Look, if you're a real Stadia fan, they're out there. We know you guys are out there
and you are entitled to love that gaming service, but we're also entitled to
make it our Toby from The Office.
Unfortunately, NVIDIA blocks GeForce NOW from running on Edge,
which might be only because Edge is on Xbox, but you should even be able to stream
Steam games from your PC using the browser version of Parsec or talk to friends
with the browser version of Discord with full keyboard and mouse support.
James, I don't know if you're aware, but this isn't an Xbox anymore.
- [James] It's an X-lifestyle. It's about what's in here. (glimmering)
E.U. will soon be voting on a proposal for legislation that would force nearly all
consumer electronics to include a USB-C port for charging.
Europe has been flirting with the idea for some time, - [James] Bonjour!
(laughs) - But with the amount of dolphins being strangled by charging cords recently,
they decided enough is enough. - [James] I know a...
- What? - Obviously Apple isn't a fan of this directive,
telling the press they're concerned it will stifle innovation,
which Apple was just going to do after nine years of putting USB 2.0 lightning connectors
on iPhone. They were so close! Now Apple may be forced to just build
a port-less iPhone that only uses MagSafe for charging.
Thanks to an exception in the proposal for devices that don't use wired charging at all.
And we know this is possible because it was recently discovered that the Apple Watch's magnetic connector can
also transfer data in addition to power. This is also silly because Apple already uses
USB-C on iPads and MacBooks. But back OS is basically a wasteland of malware.
They said it themselves. So that's probably, you know just, you don't want a USB-C.
And the Chinese government has made it's hatred of cryptocurrency official
The country's central bank announced that virtual currency related
business activities are illegal because they, quote, seriously endanger
the safety of people's assets. But I'm not sure if that translation is correct.
Can we run that through again? Ah, ah, yes, it was actually endanger the CCP's ability
to control all financial transactions. There we go.
- [James] Xi Xin-Zing! (laughing) This move is the latest in China's crackdown on
cryptocurrencies, which has seen it ban trading crypto in 2019 and outlaw crypto mining
in many provinces a few months ago. Obviously Bitcoin and other prominent
cryptocurrencies dropped in value in response to the news. Although the damage doesn't seem too bad,
so don't worry, crypto heads, China isn't going to steal all your NFTs
because everyone else already has them. You can just down... You don't own anything.
- [James] You don't own it! - Hey, is my shirt getting darker?
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Look at them. There was a Nintendo Direct live stream yesterday
and alongside the usual quirky announcements, like a post-apocalyptic Kirby game,
a new Bayonetta and a separate Direct
just for Super Smash Bros happening in a couple of weeks, we also learned about a new expansion pass
for the Switch Online Service featuring N64 and Sega Genesis games.
There's also new wireless versions of the N64 and Genesis controllers, which I know are dumb.
I know they're dumb. I know, I want them. Also, there's going to be an animated
Mario movie starting Chris Pratt as Mario. So I didn't even write a joke about that
because it's like, life is a parody of itself here.
Charlie Day is Lui... Jack Black will be good as Bowser. - [James] Yeah!
- Whoa, it's so crazy here in the Mushroom Kingdom!
Epic Games has announced their Easy Anti-Cheat technology now supports Linux and
the Wine and Proton compatibility layers Meaning the Penguin-based operating system
is about to become a much better platform for multiplayer gaming.
- [James] Steam Deck! Steam Deck! - It also means Valve Steam Deck,
which runs on a Linux-based OS can use EAC,
even though the Epic Games Store is a competitor to Steam. - [James] Deck Deck Deck!
- You see what can happen when there's no lightning connectors involved? Huh?
Apple get rid of it. Twitter has officially rolled out Bitcoin tipping globally allowsing
Allowsing? - [James] Even in China? - (laughs) Except there, except not in China.
It allows users to send each other cash through apps like, Venmo, Cash App and others.
Twitter isn't even taking a cut of tips exchanged between users
because I guess they're fine not making money as long as people keep using their platform
to do things like convince themselves that they've canceled Chris Pratt.
- [James] I think Jack Dorsey just wants the price of Bitcoin to go up. - Google's Pixel 6 phones and maybe foldables are
going to be announced soon, which means the leaks are flowing heavier.
The latest one comes from HDA, XDA developers detailing what might be
the phone's camera specs and features. One of which is Magic Eraser,
a previously canceled feature that Google already showed off a couple years ago.
- [James] Not woke enough? - No they didn't have the tensor chip. We don't even know what's in there.
It could be some little tiny robots. And a recent article from The Verge details
accounts from college professors, You're going to like this, James,
who are discovering that new post-secondary students don't know about file systems on their computers.
As in students would be asked to retrieve a file from a certain folder and unable to do so,
because they're not sure what a file even is.
Now this is largely because mobile devices make it unnecessary to deal with actual file systems.
And I did put this in here as a joke to make fun of Gen Z-ers, but now I just feel old.
Better end this episode before we all die, then, so come back on Wednesday for more tech news.
You're gonna have to go to your Z-drive and map a new pathway to do that, but I'm sure you'll figure it out.
- [James] And you're gonna be a pile of dust! - That's (shuttering).