Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Right to Repair is Happening!”.
Oh wow., Freshly baked tech, news. Mm., Just gon na leave that for a second there. Can I have some of that No. No Riley..
Don’T touch it.. It’S too hot. You’ll burn yourself.
Let it cool. You’re too hot. Wow, that’s weird., ( chuckling ) Anyway.
After years of speculation, leaks and rumors had started to make us pretty confident. Nintendo was going to release a Switch Pro with an upgraded processor that could output 4K video.. Well. Yesterday Nintendo did announce a new Switch with a bigger OLED screen, extended adjustable quick stand and a new dock with an ethernet port, but it’s got the same. Cpu and RAM from previous Switch models and …
( screeching ) Yeah come on Nintendo. Seriously. Wasn’T that the Pro Yeah. ( laughs, ), The company, also says the design for new Switch’s Joy-Cons is completely unchanged., So it doesn’t look like they did anything to address the stick.
Drift problem that they’ve been sued over by Switch owners. Now hardcore Splatoon players, don’t fret yet because the door may still be open for a true Switch Pro.. Some analysts point out that between the chip shortage and existing Switch consoles, continuing to fly off shelves and tender just doesn’t have a ton of incentive to release a new model. Other than you know, trying to keep us and the fans happy, but they clearly don’t care About that. You’re going to buy the next tow tracker Redux without thinking anyway. He’s so quaint..
What even is that I love quaint, things., Quaint things, He’s cute. Speaking of entities that, like lawsuits, Donald Trump is back in the news. After announcing separate lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, and each of their CEOs., The goal of the litigation is to end shadow banning blacklisting and censorship on social platforms, which Trump claims have disproportionately affected. Conservatives as well as himself., The former president, is still banned from a number of social sites, including Twitter and Facebook.. After his unsuccessful campaign to convince U.S. courts nationwide that the 2020 election was fraudulent., Most analysts seem to think these new lawsuits will meet similar fates.
But hey it’s a free, country. Say what you want., Although Trump might want to think about asking the new pro Trump social network GETTR to add some censorship.. Since it’s been overtaken with a bunch of very not safe for work, art of Sonic the head, what You get ( indistinct, ), (, laughing ) Little blue guy – can really get freaky.. He’S got a lot of hobbies. Wow.! That’S not where I thought that was going. And current U.S.
President Joe Biden is planning to issue new executive orders directing the FTC to create new right to repair rules.. The right to repair movement has been picking up steam as multiple states across the U.S. have proposed. Legislation.
That’ll prevent companies from restricting users options from repairing their own devices and equipment.. It’S unclear how applicable the laws will be for consumer electronics.. Joe Biden only mentioned giving farmers the right to repair their own equipment., A reference to John Deere’s restrictive, repair policies.. But the signs are that, unlike the UK’s right to repair legislation that doesn’t apply to computers and phones., The new FTC rules could force Apple.
To maintain your warranty, even if you take your iPhone to the janky repair shop in the back alley, downtown. They’re, actually super nice, there. Yeah., Yeah. They’ve, seen some. (, laughs, ). Now it’s time for the quick bits brought to you by Ridge, wallet, maker of lights, sleek wallets designed to fit easily in your front pocket and add security and confidence..
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What you can have them now, Yeah, I let them cool. Whatever.. Do you want a couple of quick bits to Riley BS dude.? Well, you are going to get them., It looks like the GPU actually are becoming both affordable and available again., As prices in Germany have hit a six month, low. Driven in part by Chinese miners flooding. The market with used graphics cards after their country, cracked, down hard on crypto mining., So listen if we can all hold off buying right away. The prices should continue to go down and we can meet on the virtual fields of battle once more, without turning down the game setting so low that we’re not sure whether we’re looking at each other’s avatars or low poly rocks.
Can we do it To be fair. My avatar is a rock anyways so. Yeah to be fair.. I also just use low settings to see people better..
You know you got ta, go sweaty, gamer mode turn it all the low. ( gun, shooting sound ), See the model’s easy Who needs grass Apples, app tracking transparency feature allows iOS users to opt out of being tracked by third-party apps. And not surprisingly, about 70 % Of users did so., Meaning advertisers have now turned their dollars towards Android, with ad spending on iOS dropping, while ad spending on Android rises. Yay for privacy.. But if Google implements a similar restriction, we might be looking at the end of free apps. As we know, them., Which is so confusing., I thought those app developers were just being nice.
Yeah. I just thought it was like Christmas. Every day. The Pentagon has canceled its $ 10 billion contract with Microsoft for cloud services. After years of lobbying by Amazon to choose the shopping giant instead. The defense department now says it will pursue a split contract with multiple cloud providers, including Microsoft and Amazon..
Congratulations Jeffrey! You did it. Yay., (, laughs, ), Andy Jassy., Hey! If you print things better update your windows installation. As Microsoft just issued an emergency patch for the PrintNightmare flaw that could allow hackers to take control. What Control of your machine..
It could be kind of your own fault for still trying to print things in the year of our Lord 2021., But I get it you’re quirky like that., It’s traditional.. I had to print things to send it to the government. The other day. I was really mad about it.
And Vivo has patented a smartphone design with a built-in quad rotor drone., Equipped with multiple cameras and infer what (, laughs, ) An infrared sensors. Seems more like a piece of concept, art for a bond movie, but maybe it could start A new trend of physically delivering messages, again. Project modernity, embrace carrier, pigeons., (, laughs, ), Like your dad did.
My great great grandfather, I guess., I got ta love, pigeon., Yeah., Love pigeons., Maybe to much.. So oh no. Riley.
The tech news is getting cold, already., Okay, better, stick it back in.! You can have some on Friday. Anyway. Goodbye.
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