Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Leave Discord Alone, Microsoft!”.
( gasps ), You came back., Oh You come back next time. Discord. The awesome chat, app beloved by gamers everywhere, and lots of other people too., You don’t own. It James..
Other people can like it. Is reportedly in acquisition talks with several potential buyers, and the word is that Microsoft is one of them. Sources within Discord, apparently told VentureBeat that Microsoft may complete the purchase for $ 10 billion or more.
Although Bloomberg sources add that, while Discord actually reached out to Microsoft, first, it’s more likely to go public than sell itself, which I’m sure most of us would actually prefer. Wait- [ James ]. No, I want them to get rid of Teams. (, Riley, laughs, ) They’ll.
Just switch it out. Gamers will start using Teams and then …. Now the last big chat app Microsoft bought was Skype back in 2011 and now Skype sucks.. I can almost see Phil Spencer standing on an E3 stage.
Talking about how awesome it is “ That all of Discord’s cool features are now available right from the Windows: 10 Xbox app., So convenient.”, That’s not awesome. Phil. Also E3 Come on what is this 2019 A time when we could go to things [ James ], Boomer conference? It’S all about LTX. Now, wait., The global chip shortage is getting worse, not better., So much so that some analysts are calling the situation a straight up crisis in part, because raw material suppliers slowed down production last year in preparation for COVID, not anticipating the demand would actually skyrocket.
People like Staying inside and playing games What The situation has been made worse by a fire at a Japanese chip manufacturing facility owned by Renesas.. Is that a pun on Renaissance Anyways they’re one of the car industry’s biggest chip suppliers.? As you no doubt know, street prices of PC components like GPU’s have skyrocketed a trend that is set to only get worse, as companies like MSI announced price hikes as a result of low supply.. Meanwhile, leakers claim NVIDIA is planning to release a high-end Ampere powered crypto mining card that can hit 210 MH/s double the performance of the RTX 3090.. This is not looking good guys. NVIDIA. Your mining card didn’t work..
Put that GPU on a gaming card.. You know what Give that to me: give it give-, [ John ] Riley, your pills., (, Riley, laughs, ) And Apple has kind of failed to read the room by blocking updates for the ProtonVPN app. In an email. Apple told Proton that their app’s description breaks app store guidelines about bypassing geo restrictions.. Here’S the offending portion. “, Whether it is challenging governments educating the public or training journalists.
We have a long history of helping to bring online freedom to more people around the world.” Seems accurate, given that the UN has recommended Proton’s apps as a way for the citizens of Myanmar to get around the severe internet restrictions placed by the military after they staged A coup. [ James, ], Abdullah, hates that., (, Riley, laughs, ); Oh, that’s, not mmm, you’re, breaking the law., It’s extra weird, because Proton says the offending excerpt has been in its app description for months before Apple started, blocking Proton, VPN’s updates.. You know what this means Apple. You got ta, let “ Fortnite” back on iPhones., Hey, I I don’t make the rules. Okay, This is what that’s the law.
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Quick bits pour them in a bowl and just add water. If ingested, call the police. [ James ], Hey Pepto-Bismol, (, Riley, laughs, ), Intel’s, doubling down on manufacturing their own chips. In a live stream.
Yesterday, the company’s new engineer’s CEO Pat Gelsinger, said they’re putting $ 20 billion towards a new foundry facility in Arizona., Intel’s, so confident, they’re gon na turn things around they’re, even bringing back the Tick Tock manufacturing model.. I hope they don’t confuse it with the other TikTok. Although Pat does look like he’s, hiding some sick dance moves under that suit., He looks like he could get.
Down. Show me. Your moves.
OnePlus has announced the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro with Hasselblad branded cameras and hefty price tags only slightly cheaper than Samsung’s Galaxy S21.. ( tuts ) You either die the flagship killer or live long enough to see yourself become the flagship., But wait there’s a OnePlus 9R without the Hasselblad-ness and more reasonable features in price. But it’s only available in India that doesn’t help me. I hate you again. Huh [ James ], Bladnabbit, (, Riley, laughs, ), The so-called Nintendo Switch Pro has been rumored for ages now, with most leaks, claiming that the device would feature an OLED display and 4K output, while docked. We’ve heard it all before.
I’M bored. But fresh leaks, support those claims and add that the new Switch may be powered by a chip built on NVIDIA’s upcoming Lovelace architecture. [ James ] Updates Hmm.. With that 4K support enabled by DLSS up-scaling technologies.
Apple makes a switch Apple, could make a Switch, But you know they’re not making a Switch. D’You know who is Qualcomm, Maybe Qualcomm will beat Nintendo to the punch with their rumored Android powered Switch knock-off device complete with detachable joy-con controllers.. If this is real, I’ll actually be quite excited, because when we installed Android on the company Switch, I loved it and you can’t do that with newer switches because they don’t have the special vulnerability you can take advantage of. So this will be really cool James. Wouldn’T you say: [ James ], Snap, Oh and X-Box Live is no more sort. Of. [ James ], X-Box, dead, (, laughs ). I didn’t wan na make the joke.
That’S morbid., Xbox, Live gold, paid, memberships are still a thing and are required to play most online games, but the base level Xbox Live network is now just being called X-Box Network, which sounds super lame., But hey. At least. You won’t need an Xbox Live gold membership to play free to play titles like “, Fortnite” and “ Apex Legends”, because Microsoft is rolling that out after promising it a few months. Ago. So get your friends and hop on X-Box Network and share files start an FTP link.. What S’dumb.
Super long episodes are also dumb. So come back on Friday for more tech news or you will make me cry., I’m a human. [ James ] And when Riley cries he stays sad.
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