today is a bittersweet day
you know it's been fun doing TechLinked but i think it's time for me to
go away for two weeks
yeah for two weeks yeah did i not i'd say that it's two weeks leave now ah
i'll be back guys look bro we get it
you vape but you might not be able to blow sick strawberry flavored clouds for much
longer if the current vape apocalypse continues new york is set to join
michigan in banning flavored e-cigarettes governor andrew cuomo on
sunday called vaping dangerous and said that it is addicting young people to
nicotine at a very early age so the state is issuing an emergency regulation
banning all vape flavors except tobacco
and menthol meanwhile a group of democratic senators are calling for a
nationwide ban on flavored e-cigarette products and a crackdown on sites like
ebay selling counterfeit and legitimate vaping products despite that being
illegal this comes less than a week after president trump announced his
administration would seek a similar ban and all this comes after the cdc revised
the national number of illnesses linked to vaping from 450 to 380 though the
number of vaping related deaths hasn't changed at six
those medical incidents are believed to have something to do with contaminants
in counterfeit black market or home mixed vape liquids so if you're going to
vape buy the good stuff or do what i do just stick your head in the freezer to
see your breath it's basically that's so crazy that the batting cigarettes look the same
what do you mean no they're just banning flavors of it oh they're not banning
actual cigarettes that are way worse for you they're not also banning those yeah
no those are fine listen yeah yeah yeah yeah those are yeah they're cool it's
the strawberry toxin am i right in a wall street journal report amazon
has been accused of manipulating search results to favor more profitable
products rather than more relevant or best-selling listings the shopping giant
reportedly optimized their search algorithm in this way last year so that
jeff bezos could buy more colossal yachts which are to be fair
very nice plus they go to space do they
but amazon tried to be sneaky about it rather than just assigning a
profitability value to certain products then boosting the most profitable
products they made the algorithm prioritize factors that correlate with
profitability that way the feds won't be
none the wiser indeed the wall street journal says amazon's lawyers vetoed a
proposal to add profitability directly to the algorithm because it would create
trouble with anti-trust regulators now companies change things to maximize
profit all the time but this is lame because i could be looking for one of
those cool travel mugs that looks like a camera lids you know
but instead of sending me to the the one that's high quality and reasonably
priced they send me to the cheap knockoff one and then i'm spilling coffee all over my shirt you know and
and everyone knows it's not actually a lens but it's a coffee mug i don't want
to find myself in such an embarrassing situation
plus i'll have to buy new shirts but that won't be so bad because ltd
ltgstore.com and i hope this is the last time we have to report on pixel 4 leaks
but there are more so we know we're getting a pixel 4 and pixel 4 xl soon
but a new geekbench listing describes a google pixel 4 xl 5g which is presumably
a third different model well maybe the regular pixel 4 xl has 5g i hear you say
well maybe there are a reference for rs5g
i knew it but that's not true because the pixel 4 xl has been shown to have
six gigs of RAM in the torrential downpour of leaks we've already seen
while this model has 8 gigabytes and guess what else
code found in the new camera app for Android contains references to another
device codenamed needlefish which is rumored to be the cheaper pixel 4a
ah it's also the worst gun in halo 7.
now it seems a bit soon for google to release a 4a just a few months after we
got the pixel 3a but who knows we'll have to wait until october 15th because
that is the official date now for google to put an end to all these leaks because
they're really taking the jive out of my walk you know really taking the pep out
of my stuff i used to i used to be like
yeah it's just like
that's me walking you're more spider-man 2 than spider-man 3.
so true now it's time for quick bits brought to you by the mass drop x
sennheiser open back hd58x jubilee
headphones the name is so long because it had to be to fit in all the quality
that sounds quality yeah see these cans are based off the classic
hd 580 precision and have been tuned by axel grell of sennheiser and according
to feedback from the drop community they've got new 150 ohm drivers for a
clear fast and dynamic sound profile elliptical ear cups with replaceable
soft velour ear pads and ooh and a
detachable six foot cable oh sounds delicious
you can get it by joining the drop at the link below
the queen you know that song i'm like i can't follow your lead in my
heart it's time for the quick bits bro
you hear about apple arcade that's what every tech outlet was talking about this
morning as gizmodo cnet the verge and more got a hands-on look at the games
available and gadget said arcade's best selling point is that it has games
you'll actually want to play like frogger yeah stop playing games you
don't want to play guys like that doesn't make sense all the kids are
like fortnite
i play fortnite for work apparently some users on the iOS 13 beta
already have access so if you have it let us know what it's like to play games
that are actually good for once they're not quite at pixel 4 levels but
leaks have revealed the rumored specifications for microsoft's surface
pro 7 with configurations ranging from an Intel core i3 with four gigs of RAM
to an Intel core i7 with 16 gigs of RAM
that's not super interesting but what might be is a 15 inch surface laptop
powered by a AMD processor we're also
expecting to see a snapdragon powered notebook and a dual screen device at
microsoft's event on october 2nd so hold onto your butts until then
or grab onto a your mustache
and go for a run half-life is not dead no matter what you
say to me i will believe that especially considering recent evidence publicized
by valve news network valve developer kerry davis gave a talk recently and
disclosed that valve is working on a flagship vr title and signs point to it
being released this coming year even james
that's in the next 14 months yeah it could be could be cool though vr
borderlands 3 launched this weekend and despite the enormous backlash the game
received for signing up as an epic game store exclusive gearbox ceo randy
pitchford claimed that on pc the peak concurrent number of players on launch
day was twice that of borderlands 2. now
of course the epic game store doesn't publicize player numbers so there's no
way to verify this and there being more players doesn't really diminish the fact
that people are experiencing performance issues with the game and its drm might
have a key logger in it but hey that's good nice job randy and vivo has fully
unveiled the next three a smartphone that is chock full of cool stuff
including a bezel-less waterfall screen a pop-up camera 5g support and a
64-megapixel main camera that's part of a three camera array get on it apple
yeah china gets all the good phones wake up apple alright that's quite enough
come back on wednesday for more tech news and i'll see you guys i think it's
october 7th when my mustache will be even greasier and i will have an accent
you will not even notice me
goodbye that's not how the french people talk