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·TechLinked
·2020-05-05
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1,237 words · ~6 min read
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come here got something for you what is it
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it's some tech news microsoft has announced xbox game pass
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for pc like we need a pass to game we could already do that
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microsoft this is america i expected you to correct me do you
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think we're in america right now it's
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rather than being a continuation of the same program for xbox consoles the pc
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version will be its own thing allowing pc gamers to pay a subscription for
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access to over a hundred curated games from over 75 publishers like bethesda
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deep silver devolver digital sega and of course xbox game studios now these are
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pc games not xbox games per se
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although those things might be becoming more and more the same thing because
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microsoft also announced they'll be bringing more of their own games to
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steam and other pc game stores rather than keeping them confined to the
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Windows store as universal Windows apps
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some analysts are saying this means microsoft is largely giving up on their
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dream of having uwp be the future of apps well looks like uwp was a big
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whoopsie it's time for more news about whoa
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it's my way or the huawei don't you forget it buster the chinese
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tech giant has reportedly been accepted back into the sd association the wi-fi
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alliance and the bluetooth special interest group according to announcement
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by the company huawei's mate 20 pro is also back on the list of devices
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eligible for the Android q beta program although it's unclear whether this is a
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permanent thing or just a result of the u.s ban being suspended for 90 days
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but the story for huawei continues to get worse even as it gets better
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california-based synopsis maker of nearly ubiquitous tools for designing
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chips has stopped providing software updates to huawei which is going to hurt
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their ability to make their own processors huawei has also lost a bid to
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nokia and ericsson to provide 5g network equipment in japan now china is busy
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planning how to respond to this whole scandal and has reportedly begun
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assembling a list of foreign companies that it deems unreliable entities who
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would supposedly be restricted from doing business with chinese companies
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mirroring america's entity list i know
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you are but what am i yeah what you want to list entities we can list entities if
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that's what you're doing you want to list those entities to my face i can list entities anytime man bring it and
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amazon might replace sprint as one of the big four american telecom companies
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if if some inside information can be
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trusted so some industry sources told reuters that amazon is considering
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buying boost mobile from t-mobile and sprint who would be obligated to sell
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boost as part of their merger deal which may or may not be happening so you can
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see why this is also speculative but if the t-mobile and sprint merger goes
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through then amazon could kind of take boost mobile's network to build out its
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own amazonian cell service and then you could probably order something on amazon
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prime by texting so that would be cool or they could bring back the fire phone
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now it's time for quick bits brought to you by private internet access pih
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supports a variety of vpn protocols and types of encryption and authentication
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allowing you to dial in the exact level of privacy protection that you need
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they've got apps for Windows macOS Android iOS Linux and google chrome with
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support for several other platforms coming soon i didn't even know there are more platforms than that you can connect
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up to five devices at the same time and other features include dns leak
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protection ipv6 leak protection and an
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internet kill switch which will block all traffic if the vpn becomes
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disconnected unexpectedly check it out today at the link in the video
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description quick bits remember a couple weeks ago when
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microsoft made the unusual move of issuing an update for Windows xp and
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server 2003 in 2008 in order to patch a vulnerability that could lead to a
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computer virus epidemic as bad as the wannacry flaw yeah yeah well
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apparently one million people didn't think that was very important and now microsoft is pleading with users to
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patch their freaking pcs i mean running xp is bad enough but not
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patching these people are definitely gluttons for punishment like they're just sitting there being like yes
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infect me leap motion the company that developed
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various hand tracking devices for vr and desktop pcs has reportedly been acquired
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by ultra haptics a company that works on similar tech the purchase is interesting
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because apple reportedly approached leap motion twice with offers to buy them but
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they said no the founders apparently even called apple the devil a source has
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told Android police that samsung will be removing the headphone jack from the
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upcoming galaxy note 10. despite its status as one of the last
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smartphone makers to support the old universal standard
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yeah the source also said the phone will have no physical buttons but that part
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seems to be less reliable but the good news is that motorola
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actually reinstated the headphone jack in the now officially unveiled moto z4
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which will also be compatible with the z3's 5g moto mod did you do that tweet
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did you do that tweet about calling them the chosen one who uh you know samsung
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took the headphone jack out and you made the gif it's like oh you were the chosen
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one no oh well that was a good tweet speaking of 5g the uk is getting a taste
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of it thanks to ee which activated the kingdom's first 5g network in london
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edinburgh cardiff belfast birmingham and
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manchester meanwhile sprint launched 5g in atlanta
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dallas houston and kansas city it's happening
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it's a 5g it's it's got yeah
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get it high five high 5g
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and after demolishing human players in chess go and dota 2 google's deepmind ai
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team have turned their sights onto first person shooters that's a pun and i
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didn't even get it when i wrote that the team's latest ai called ftw
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taught itself to play quake 3 arena and in tournaments with human players it
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routinely beat experts at the game a team of humans typically captured 16
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fewer flags and capture the flag games than the bots that's a lot of flags wow
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the only time humans won was when they were teamed with the bot and even then
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they only won five percent of their matches
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i think we're okay until an ai beats shroud and apex i think that's the point
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at which we know we can't have nice things we're dead yeah it's over
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you know what is dead your soul oh jeez
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this episode and james soul thanks for
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watching guys subscribe for more tech news and stop watching for less
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it's really that easy don't do that
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don't do that please please please don't don't make me go to microsoft levels of
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pleading here for james's sake