oh uh hey there I just noticed you from across the room and thought do you maybe
it's have you ever had do you want some tech maybe the USB implementers Forum has
released the full specifications for USB 4 version 2. that wonderfully named
thing that we all love on the same day that Intel announced details about the
next Thunderbolt spec that's awkward actually not really Intel's Thunderbolt
5 or whatever they're going to call it since they didn't say uses USBC as its
connector so they probably planned this in their secret Clubhouse for connector
standards no lightning allowed cooties
according to the new specs some USB 4 V2
ports could be able to reach one-way transmission speeds of 120 gigabits per
second to a high resolution monitor while every port built with maybe
Thunderbolt 5 will support that speed every time no matter what neither rain
nor sleet nor Etc in addition Intel
threw a rain cloud at USB if regarding their naming scheme for usbo with exec
Jason Ziller calling the the USB naming scheme very confusing drama Ah that's a
thunder clap right there while Intel hasn't released a new name for the spec
yet and it seems like they wanted to not be confusing with the way things have
been going recently I wouldn't put anything past these people introducing
Thunderbolt 7. no what Apple has made some new announcements about its iPad
lineup both the 11 and 12.9 inch iPad
Pro Models are getting a tasty silicon upgrade in the form of a M2 processor as
well as Wi-Fi 6E support apple also announced a new 10th gen iPad priced
from 449 to 749 depending on storage and
connectivity options but you know that second generation apple pencil that you
love just go ahead and throw it away it won't work with the new iPad for some
reason the first generation pen will though you remember that one right oh
thank God the one that had to stick out of the iPad's lightning port in order to
charge like an incredibly breakable finger don't worry they fixed that
problem because the iPad no longer has a lighting board it has a USBC Port oh
what hold on they fixed that too for just nine extra dollars you can get a
lightning to USBC adapter that will let you plug in your last gen pencil so it
can charge and flop around like a big awkward flip flippy floppy thing I don't
know use your imagination sandal okay or hear me out you can buy the Logitech
crayon for iPad that's 30 cheaper and
has a USBC charging port but that's crazy talk Google is deciding to focus
more on its own Hardware rather than non-google devices I guess we all
deserve a little me time you know for self reflection I love bubble baths
that's what this whole show is or maybe in Google's case it's a response to a
potential multi-billion dollar loss Apple's US market share hit an all-time
high last month while Samsung Google's largest Android partner is in decline in
many markets so Google is afraid their long-standing deal with Apple to put
Google search on iPhones could be kiboshed by Regulators which would kill
their ad revenue generated from iPhone users in response Google plans to invest
Less in developing its Google assistant voice assisted search for cars and for
devices not made by Google including TVs headphones Smart Home Speakers smart
glasses and smart watches that use Google's wear OS software so wait Google
is going to abandon supporting Partners in favor of bolstering their own
ecosystem no you were the chosen one you
were supposed to destroy Tim Apple not join him who are we kidding they're both
Palpatine I see through the lies of the Jedi now it's time for quick bits
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these quick bits are giving me a quick fit
Microsoft is building its own mobile gaming store to compete with Apple and
Google in the event that its acquisition of Activision Blizzard King goes through
because once you own Call of Duty and Candy Crush what you're just gonna let
people play those games through another software distribution Monopoly when you
can make your own I wouldn't do that I guess Microsoft has
doubled down for team epic in their battle to allow third-party app stores
on iOS meanwhile in unrelated news hundreds of Microsoft staff have been
laid off after an evaluation of the company's business priorities they
weren't playing enough Candy Crush at work how could they have let this happen
you're out Netflix is seriously exploring having its own cloud gaming
platform the company stated this the same day they announced it had 55 more
games in development wow Netflix believes it would be successful as a
value add to its already existing business model bringing the service to
TVs and PCs this is much different from the ill-fated stadia's business model
which was Oh wait we're still we're still doing
that I thought I told you to shut it down it was a prank April 1st was months
ago MSI did an oopsie when they raised the price of their liquid cooled 4090 by
185 US Dollars less than a week after its launch naturally this led to a
Reddit Revolt leading to MSI doing The Honorable thing and unlaunching the
price hike offering refunds to anyone who bought the card at the eye watering
price of 1935 dollars the MSI store thankfully
now reflects the much more reasonable 1 750 price tag a card for the middle
class A GPU for the Everyman a card for every rich person Amazon is now selling
home insurance in the UK finally the
same company that sells your doorbell and your smart speakers and security
cameras and your robot vacuum and your furniture can set you up with nice comfy
protection for your home itself you better be straight with your corporate overlords though because Alexa will know
if the fire wasn't an accident she's watching She's always watching finally
meta announced they have used AI to develop translation between English and
non-written languages yeah nearly half of these seven thousand or So currently
spoken languages in the world don't have written components making translation
yep it was pretty difficult however meta was able to develop AI software to
translate Hakeem a primarily oral language to English with this
revolutionary development Mark Zuckerberg can now ask millions of new
people to please try Horizon worlds and I'd like to ask you to come back on
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