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headset during a company-wide meeting on Thursday according to Elliott our colleague of now well it's smelly it according to said Elliot Apple didn't demonstrate any major technical breakthrough that meta hasn't already explored and that there's a real philosophical difference in how the two companies are approaching VR because every demo that Apple showed was a person sitting on a couch by themselves our vision is meta-talking for the metaverse is fundamentally social it's about people interacting in new ways and feeling closer in new ways said Mark Zuckerberg a man who pays his employees to sit at the same table as him during lunch a source alleged The Source was me just now I heard it too Logitech will be ending the blue brand dead the name under which it sells its extremely popular Sona Yeti and snowball microphones it's a name that has launched a thousand two-man podcast about weed which is why it's strange that Logitech is actually the brand that's strong Market the mics aren't going away of course unless you count most of them blues music and audio recording mics are absent from Logitech site seemingly only the streamer focused Yeti snowball and blue Sona have been rolled under the Logitech G brand alongside Astro headsets which will at least retain the Astro name Logitech G of course standing for Logitech gangster see it's it's more like it's more like thank you managers may be using telemetric data from workplace software to track the productivity of remote workers even though companies like Microsoft and slack explicitly asked them not to use the data they give your boss access to and it may only get worse in the future the UK's information Commissioner's Office issued a report on neurodata and suggest that workplaces of the future may use neurotechnology to track productivity and even as a recruitment tool so get ready to ask your friend to put his brain in a cup for you it's the only way come on man I do it for you will I die you know don't worry about it I drank like three beers last night I need a replacement brain summer game Fest is in full swing with the main showcase a day of the devs event and devolver all showing off the games you'll buy and forget you own for three years stop why are you buying something among the Hall of announcements from summer game Fest was Alan Wake 2 Gameplay and a new Star Trek game from Paradox Star Trek infinite what does it mean it's infinitely good day of the dev showed off a bunch of titles and even some new gameplay from hyper light breaker heart machine I like them and devolver showed off exactly four games one of them is the Talos principle 2 the sequel to one of my favorite games you're just tailoring this to me and I can sincerely say that when this game comes out I will neglect my wife and child I do not sign off on that that's not it's true and the creators of ape out and getting over it respectively the story of a gorilla-led prison break and a cautionary tale about the consequences of replacing your legs with a cauldron don't do it are teaming up on a game called Baby Steps A Very literal walking simulator with a fully Dynamic onesie soilage system starring Nate a 35 year old man who lives in his parents basement but is one day magically transported to a random Cavern in the middle of the woods Barefoot and in his pajamas he must then embark on a journey of meaning by waddling around through the Wilderness like a baby with an overlaiden diaper and I think the main thing is that you control one leg at a time and that's what makes it funny finally a character we can all relate to and you'll definitely be able to relate to Monday's Tech news so why not come on back and say hi I won't hear you but I'll feel it in all of my bones so don't say it too loud my bones will rattle hi Riley"}