Xbox plays Steam games now
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·TechLinked
·2022-05-05
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1,354 words · ~6 min read
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- Oh, (squeak). Oh, (squeak). Aw, dang it. There's no script on the prompter.
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What the (squeak) are we going to do? Oh, nevermind.
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It's there. We're fine. - [James] (beep) amateur. - Whoa.
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I wasn't actually using swear words, James. I don't do that (beep). Microsoft has updated the built-in web browser
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on all Xbox consoles to the latest Chromium-based
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version of Edge, meaning you'll be able to use it to do
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basically anything you can do with a browser, including playing games from Cloud gaming services
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that aren't Xbox Game Pass. - [James] Yo dog, we put a console in your console.
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You can game while you game! - Literally, that's what it is. Like Google Stadia even, provided that
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something anyone wants to do, ever. - [James] It's not.
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- Look, if you're a real Stadia fan, they're out there. We know you guys are out there
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and you are entitled to love that gaming service, but we're also entitled to
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make it our Toby from The Office.
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Unfortunately, NVIDIA blocks GeForce NOW from running on Edge,
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which might be only because Edge is on Xbox, but you should even be able to stream
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Steam games from your PC using the browser version of Parsec or talk to friends
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with the browser version of Discord with full keyboard and mouse support.
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James, I don't know if you're aware, but this isn't an Xbox anymore.
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- [James] It's an X-lifestyle. It's about what's in here. (glimmering)
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E.U. will soon be voting on a proposal for legislation that would force nearly all
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consumer electronics to include a USB-C port for charging.
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Europe has been flirting with the idea for some time, - [James] Bonjour!
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(laughs) - But with the amount of dolphins being strangled by charging cords recently,
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they decided enough is enough. - [James] I know a...
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- What? - Obviously Apple isn't a fan of this directive,
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telling the press they're concerned it will stifle innovation,
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which Apple was just going to do after nine years of putting USB 2.0 lightning connectors
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on iPhone. They were so close! Now Apple may be forced to just build
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a port-less iPhone that only uses MagSafe for charging.
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Thanks to an exception in the proposal for devices that don't use wired charging at all.
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And we know this is possible because it was recently discovered that the Apple Watch's magnetic connector can
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also transfer data in addition to power. This is also silly because Apple already uses
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USB-C on iPads and MacBooks. But back OS is basically a wasteland of malware.
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They said it themselves. So that's probably, you know just, you don't want a USB-C.
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And the Chinese government has made it's hatred of cryptocurrency official
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The country's central bank announced that virtual currency related
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business activities are illegal because they, quote, seriously endanger
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the safety of people's assets. But I'm not sure if that translation is correct.
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Can we run that through again? Ah, ah, yes, it was actually endanger the CCP's ability
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to control all financial transactions. There we go.
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- [James] Xi Xin-Zing! (laughing) This move is the latest in China's crackdown on
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cryptocurrencies, which has seen it ban trading crypto in 2019 and outlaw crypto mining
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in many provinces a few months ago. Obviously Bitcoin and other prominent
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cryptocurrencies dropped in value in response to the news. Although the damage doesn't seem too bad,
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so don't worry, crypto heads, China isn't going to steal all your NFTs
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because everyone else already has them. You can just down... You don't own anything.
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- [James] You don't own it! - Hey, is my shirt getting darker?
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off at Vessi.com/Techlinked. Whoa, Quick Bits are even quicker
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when we're not on the main set. There's way more room back there.
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Look at them. There was a Nintendo Direct live stream yesterday
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and alongside the usual quirky announcements, like a post-apocalyptic Kirby game,
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a new Bayonetta and a separate Direct
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just for Super Smash Bros happening in a couple of weeks, we also learned about a new expansion pass
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for the Switch Online Service featuring N64 and Sega Genesis games.
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There's also new wireless versions of the N64 and Genesis controllers, which I know are dumb.
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I know they're dumb. I know, I want them. Also, there's going to be an animated
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Mario movie starting Chris Pratt as Mario. So I didn't even write a joke about that
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because it's like, life is a parody of itself here.
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Charlie Day is Lui... Jack Black will be good as Bowser. - [James] Yeah!
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- Whoa, it's so crazy here in the Mushroom Kingdom!
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Epic Games has announced their Easy Anti-Cheat technology now supports Linux and
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the Wine and Proton compatibility layers Meaning the Penguin-based operating system
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is about to become a much better platform for multiplayer gaming.
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- [James] Steam Deck! Steam Deck! - It also means Valve Steam Deck,
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which runs on a Linux-based OS can use EAC,
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even though the Epic Games Store is a competitor to Steam. - [James] Deck Deck Deck!
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- You see what can happen when there's no lightning connectors involved? Huh?
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Apple get rid of it. Twitter has officially rolled out Bitcoin tipping globally allowsing
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Allowsing? - [James] Even in China? - (laughs) Except there, except not in China.
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It allows users to send each other cash through apps like, Venmo, Cash App and others.
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Twitter isn't even taking a cut of tips exchanged between users
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because I guess they're fine not making money as long as people keep using their platform
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to do things like convince themselves that they've canceled Chris Pratt.
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- [James] I think Jack Dorsey just wants the price of Bitcoin to go up. - Google's Pixel 6 phones and maybe foldables are
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going to be announced soon, which means the leaks are flowing heavier.
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The latest one comes from HDA, XDA developers detailing what might be
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the phone's camera specs and features. One of which is Magic Eraser,
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a previously canceled feature that Google already showed off a couple years ago.
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- [James] Not woke enough? - No they didn't have the tensor chip. We don't even know what's in there.
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It could be some little tiny robots. And a recent article from The Verge details
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accounts from college professors, You're going to like this, James,
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who are discovering that new post-secondary students don't know about file systems on their computers.
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As in students would be asked to retrieve a file from a certain folder and unable to do so,
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because they're not sure what a file even is.
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Now this is largely because mobile devices make it unnecessary to deal with actual file systems.
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And I did put this in here as a joke to make fun of Gen Z-ers, but now I just feel old.
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Better end this episode before we all die, then, so come back on Wednesday for more tech news.
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You're gonna have to go to your Z-drive and map a new pathway to do that, but I'm sure you'll figure it out.
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- [James] And you're gonna be a pile of dust! - That's (shuttering).