TFW you pre-order the iPhone 11
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·2020-05-05
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tech news yeah i could have i could have swore
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apple's yearly september event is tomorrow in cupertino california
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okay and although the company hasn't officially mentioned it's an iphone
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launch we it's an iphone launch just like the last
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two previous years there will be three iphones launching tomorrow if the rumors
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are correct with reports indicating there will be an iphone 11 r 11 max and
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an 11 pro all of the phones will also feature a
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triple camera arrangement on the rear of the chassis wait they're they're just
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putting pro on the end of the one that's normal
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i don't know which one of those is a normal one that's the thing unfortunately support for 5g and usb
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type c aren't expected to show up this year maybe next year or never
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last year apple also launched the apple watch series 4 with its ecg capable
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sensors so maybe they'll one-up themselves and add another medical diagnostic test like x-rays
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so if you can only even then i only want it if it's on glasses
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x-ray vision ew yes you sicko nintendo has already given
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us a redesigned switch but how would you like to see a different controller at
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some point now we're talking
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that might just be what we get as nintendo has filed a patent for a switch
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with flexible joy-cons the idea is that a portion of the top of the controller
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so either the thumbstick or abxy buttons depending on which side would be able to
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bend downwards in order to improve ergonomics
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which could make operating the controller a little easier especially
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when you're using them detached from the console i am not seeing this
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i'm not seeing the visual here however keep in mind this is just a
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patent filing so there's no word as to if or when the feature will actually
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make it onto the next revision of the switch but if it does hopefully there
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won't be a fiasco like we saw with samsung's foldable phone yeah we're just
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now ready does he mean actively like they're bending as you use them or they're just
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bent i don't know but i feel like you could hit somebody with it like
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like a boomerang no like like a boomerang okay we've already
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heard that tesla has plans to produce its own big rig but how about a pickup
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truck you can park in your driveway elon musk recently stated on twitter that
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tesla would be unveiling a pickup in november with a cyberpunk aesthetic
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because when i think of cyberpunk i think of japan neon lights and pickup
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trucks
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anyway it's supposed to perform about as well as a porsche 911 and carry about as
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much stuff as a ford 150 f-150
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i don't know i don't know about trucks so it looks like it's going to be pretty capable as tesla is trying to stave off
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competition in the electric pickup truck market ford is ironically working on an
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electronic f-150 as well i don't know if that's ironic so hopefully there will be
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plenty of all-electric options for hauling around your
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important shipments now it's time for quick bits brought to
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you by ifixit's marlin screwdrivers get your fix on
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that's what it says there yeah yeah come on makes it sound like a party and oh
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boy is it because each screwdriver has an ergonomic rubberized handle with a
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swivel top it's gone in partnership with nintendo
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they've also got black oxide coated tips so they hang onto tiny screws with a
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steel grip you can choose to get them in a hard or soft wrapped case and they
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come with a lifetime warranty if you break it they'll replace it that sounds
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insane but ifixit knows exactly what they're doing so it's time for you to
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have that same confidence go grab yourself a set today at ifixit.com
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i've always made my bits quick
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to outrun the pain apple is making the playing field a
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little fairer in its app store by adjusting its algorithm so that you can
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see non-apple apps a little more prominently previously the app store
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favored apple's own offerings when you ran a search and it got to a point where
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users would see multiple apple apps before popular offerings from other
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developers i guess you can say apple is
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turning over a new leaf
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like apple like an apple turnover laptops are
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notoriously difficult to upgrade but panasonic is blowing up that paradigm
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with its new toughbook model which lets you add everything from extra ports to a
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new keyboard to a discreet GPU oh wow and it's so modular that you can even
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hot swap the battery that's actually normal they should call it an easy book
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not tough anymore
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a tender book i would buy a tender book you'll pay a premium for this as the
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toughbook 55 starts at 2100 us dollars
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but at least you won't have to worry about what happens if you have an unfortunate mountain dew accident
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you may have 3d printed something like a plastic headphone stand but how about a
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human heart a chicago-based biotech company used 3d bioprinting to create a
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smaller version of a human heart from actual muscle cells because it has the
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same structure as a real heart the company views it as an important
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stepping stone to being able to 3d print a full-sized version that can be placed
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inside a person instead of having to rely on a donated heart who's getting
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that tiny heart though the grinch
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and then he's gotta work on it i'll come back with the technology four times is
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good if you live in southwestern virginia who doesn't
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don't be surprised if you pass by trucks with drivers who aren't holding the
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steering wheel what else are they are they just driving
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daimler is going to be testing self-driving big rigs in the area which
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should help them work out the kinks as that part of the state is mountainous
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and will expose the trucks to some challenging terrain so hopefully the
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drivers will still fill up their trucker-sized coffee mugs to keep them
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alert in case something goes wrong they'll have their hands at the ready
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and electronic arts has found its way into the guinness book of world records
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but not for anything glamorous if you remember the fiasco surrounding star
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wars battlefront 2's micro transaction system ea made an infamous comment on
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reddit saying the system was in place to provide players with a sense of pride
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and accomplishment big yikes it then went on to get over 683 000 down votes
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with no other comment on the entire site even coming close
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well that makes me feel a lot better about the time i got 70 down votes for
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saying ea was just a misunderstood company i did not i didn't say that john
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he's trying to sabotage me james i downloaded you
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rude that's it for today so come back on wednesday for more tech news or my name
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isn't james streeb
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that's no one's name stripe
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did you put a p on the end see you later
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it's stride