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what the damn sparky oh oh everybody calm down
discord is not being acquired by
microsoft yes the collective butthole of the pc
gamerverse clenched last month when news broke that microsoft was in exclusive
talks to buy the beloved chat app for 10 billion
but according to the wall street journal discord has decided to stay indy bro
although being acquired by a larger company in the future remains a possibility some analysts are discussing
rumors that discord may be considering an ipo in which case microsoft could buy
shares and own part of it that way but microsoft please don't just
you're gonna ruin it let our buttholes alone yeah you know you're just discord
is cool okay and you're you're xbox it's just
keep making game pass all right yesterday we made a nice 60 second
roundup of apple's hardware event because that's what youtube wants but if
you missed it apple unveiled a new apple tv 4k new colorful m1 powered imax an m1
powered ipad pro air tags and an apple podcast subscription service now that
last one shout out that last one might actually
be a big deal since it could change the way podcasts work everywhere not just on
apple's platform so we gotta pay attention are we gonna get subscription
are we gonna get the revenue share give us the money baby
and that's not the only controversy to come out of yesterday's event bluetooth
tracker maker tile will be testifying to congress tomorrow about how air tags
kind of steps on their turf in an anti-competitive way also you can't
attach an air tag to a key chain without buying a 30 accessory also also the new
magic mouse still has a charging port on the bottom which is stupid yet brave as
well on the plus side you can add 10 gigabit Ethernet to the m1 mac mini now
and there's rumors that new macbooks coming in the fall will have mag safe no
touch bar an sd card slot and an HDMI
port so i guess it all kind of evens out in the end huh the chin on the imac you
a fan or no i don't like a chinless jaw yeah what do
you want your imac did like this the browser-based beta for xbox cloud gaming
is rolling out on pc and iOS devices now with some xbox game pass ultimate
subscribers receiving invites to try the service and there's other good news for
xbox too today microsoft also announced you'll no longer need an xbox live gold
subscription to play free multiplayer games like apex legends rocket league
and destiny 2. and xbox is also getting AMD's fidelity fx tools as part of its
default game development kit laying the foundation for the inclusion of team
red's dlss competitor super resolution when it arrives later this year wow good
job xbox but hey there's some decent playstation news too like sony reversed
course and decided they won't shut down the playstation store on ps3s and ps
vitas and some leaked assets for something called playstation plus video
pass make it look like sony might give ps plus subscribers free movies
because sony also makes movies they're a movie studio did you yeah i saw that
what nothing i was trying to make it look like xbox
is winning here but as soon as sony makes another last of us it'll switch right back that's just that's nature
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host a security researcher has demonstrated
how a software tool called facebook email search v 1.0 is currently
being used in the hacking community to link facebook accounts with their
associated email addresses even when users have set their addresses to
private the researcher went public after facebook basically told him that this
wasn't a big deal saying these kinds of vulnerabilities happen all the time yeah
to you facebook oh the audacity of this
images of a fabric covered all in one vr headset from htc called the vive air
leaked yesterday stoking rumors that htc was finally releasing a competitor to
the oculus quest too but htc quickly released a statement saying it's just a
concept even though it was leaked from an if product design award listing you
can get awards for just having concepts uh movie with daniel day-lewis he's a
weird character unsettling it's the 1800s
is it directed by pta you bet i meant
samsung's galaxy up cycling at home beta is rolling out today in the us uk and
korea which allows users to convert galaxy phones from 2018 and onwards into
smart home devices like ambient light sensors and baby monitors this is either
going to save the planet or encourage people to buy new phones every year as
they convert the old ones into bark detectors and door sensors
those are the three options venmo paypal's cash sending app ubiquitous in
the states but not available in canada it now supports cryptocurrencies so you
can send your buddy some doge to cover lunch just kidding it doesn't support
dogecoin just bitcoin bitcoin cash ethereum and litecoin and when you use
it you can also share your crypto journey with your friends through the
venmo feed that's right crypto is cool now look how much richer than you i am
you'll be sorry if you don't buy crypto richer and nerdier and jeff from the
overwatch team aka jeff kaplan has left
blizzard after nearly two decades at the company of course the company is playing
this like everything's totally copacetic but many are speculating that kaplan's
departure was triggered by a change in blizzard's culture after its merger with
activision especially since jeff tweeted in binary the message defend the keep
except that wasn't actually him it was a fan account and jeff isn't on twitter
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