i told you the tech news would be back and in greater numbers put the blast
shield down i can't even see how am i supposed to fight
this week rumors proliferated that sega would be launching a new console soon
which is weird because they haven't done that since 2005 when they released the
advanced picobina in japan
still one of my favorites the rumor mill got kicked into overdrive
when some genius speculated that this console launch would actually be a
separate release of the xbox series x for japan where it would be branded as
the sega series x yeah that obviously wasn't real and it
was very stupid and so today we found out what the console actually is it's a
game gear micro and sega isn't kidding when they say micro the thing's got a
1.15 inch screen the game gear micro is
actually four fifty dollar consoles each a different color with a different
selection of four game gear games but if you buy all four of them you get a big
magnifying glass accessory so you don't have to ask yourself if this handheld
console is actually made for ants i'm disappointed i wish it had actually
been playable i loved my game gear games leaks posted on xda developers have
given us a pretty good look at the device that google is reportedly making
to replace the chromecast ultra its code name is sabrina and it comes in not pink
and it will run full Android tv rather than
whatever chromecast ultras run now if the leaks are accurate sabrina could
come with a new Android tv ui that can be navigated with the included remote
control featuring what looks like an ipod style scroll wheel and a star
button you just press that one for fun it doesn't actually do anything it's
unclear when the device will launch as every event scheduled during this insane
year has been either delayed or cancelled at least once so you're just
going to have to keep clenching your buttholes for now
and wait for news to come out and contact tracing apps have been rolling
out across europe both with and without the API developed by apple and google
the pairing of which i will henceforth refer to as google france's stop covet
app which started development before the google API and therefore uses its own
proprietary tech launched yesterday and the country says that downloading the
app is voluntary but a recent poll said that less than half of the population is
interested in participating italy meanwhile launched their immuni app
which does use google's contact tracing API joining the swiss google-powered app
swiscovid which is still in beta it is hoped that if enough people participate
in contract contract tracing we're going to find all those contracts contact
tracing the spread of covet 19 could be quickly controlled which will be
especially important if and when we see a second wave of outbreaks sure you
might be giving google even more personally identifying information but
they probably already know you better than you know yourself anyway so if you
ever feel alone you know google is in there
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recently launched hbo max app doesn't count against your data cap which seems
so weird until you remember that at t owns hbo
this kind of anti-competitive behavior was supposed to be prevented by net
neutrality laws back when the u.s had those although i mean it's not like i
necessarily feel bad for netflix here either
poor netflix they need our help the bbc has released their voice assistant named
beeb in beta you can ask bieb to access bbc
radio bbc music
podcasts news and weather and it will respond to a perfectly friendly northern
english accent not sure whether you also have to use an accent can i you can do
it all right then play us a film then and google has pulled an app from the
google play store that was explicitly designed to remove apps developed by
chinese companies from a user's phone the app sensibly named remove china apps
was developed by indian firm one touch app Labs and is part of a growing
anti-china sentiment in the country due to the himalayan border dispute i guess
the question of who removes the app removers has been answered now then it's
google but who removes google
ubisoft came under fire this week for suggesting that the pricing scheme for
trackmania nations which involves paying an annual fee to access the game was not
a subscription despite it clearly being a subscription the game
developer finally admitted that well okay yes
the game is subscription based but also that that's not the point the
point is that we keep getting money don't you understand oh that's fine yeah
idiot and researchers at west virginia's rockefeller neuroscience institute say
that wearing wearable smart rings like the aura can detect covet 19 related
symptoms up to three days earlier than other methods with over 90 accuracy the
other 10 of people really got to watch out though you know like hey the ring
said i'm good
and that's enough of that this episode's over come back on friday for more tech
news i have a feeling it will be a great disturbance in the force
that's more dracula than obi-wan but that's okay we're very
we try very hard around here