Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “They’re working… TOGETHER…”.
Whoa, oh, what are you guys up to Tech news Ha far out How’s the tech news, dude. Eh? What timeline are we in Answer the confusing one., Because Apple and Google have apparently joined forces.? The two web giants are developing technology that can alert people if they have come in contact with others who later get diagnosed with COVID-19.. It’S a process called contact. Close. It’S a process called contract tracing and it usually involves simply asking someone about their past activities. [. James ]: Well, I’m calling it PLOOPLE..
Okay, the new method uses Bluetooth, because you can’t just straight up talk to people anymore you’re in quarantine., Okay, you got ta use technology. See our phones are constantly sending out little pings, storing anonymized data about what other devices are in close proximity. Once those other devices’ Bluetooth signatures are cataloged. This method could tell whether we had been close to someone that was infected with COVID. Researchers at MIT are working on a similar system as well, so they might join Apple and Google’s unholy union.. I mean if you needed any more evidence that we’re in the apocalypse, Google and Apple and MIT all working together. They all hate each other. [ James ] And my PLOOPLE team.. Stop it’s not a thing.
Stop trying to make it a thing., Google’s busy doing other things in addition to cooperating with their sworn rival. In their latest messaging strategy. Twist, the text-based Hangouts Chat and video-focused Hangouts Meet are being rebranded to Google Chat and Google Meet..
Now this isn’t the same consumer version of Hangouts that has existed since 2013, which was itself a rebranding of Gchat.. If you’re, not a G suite business user Hangouts will still exist for some reason., I mean it kind of makes. Sense. Google has said they’ll discontinue Hangouts for a long time now, so it just made the confusion worse to have the brand name hanging around. [ James ]. If this is called Google Meet, then what are they gon na call it when they acquire Beyond Meat? ( laughs ), Have you tried our new Google Meat, ( slurps )? The move follows an increased emphasis on video calling by a bunch of companies during the pandemic.
Microsoft, just added custom backgrounds, to Teams to compete with Zoom, although it looks like they won’t have to try so hard since Zoom is being banned in some places due to Its security problems. Pretty sad that we can’t hangout anymore James, but I guess we’ll find a way. [ James ]. You left our carpool., I did. And talk about shooting the messenger. Animal Crossing.
New Horizons has been abruptly pulled from retailers in China after the game was used by pro-Hong Kong protesters as a way to demonstrate, while remaining inside. [ James ]. Why didn’t they ban Blizzard We’ll talk about that? Later. Protesters have posted messages, reading Free Hong Kong and various images of Hong Kong, governor Carrie, Lam and Chinese president Winnie the Xi Jing Pooh., (, laughs, ), Pinduoduo and Taobao have both pulled the game from sale and, although it’s not clear, if the reason for this Was a government directive? It’S I mean that’s what it’s guys: it’s.
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Quick Bits. I don’t know what I was thinking when I wrote that.. Google is reportedly going to have to start paying French publishers for linking to their content after a ruling by France’s competition watchdog, The Autorite de la Concurrence.
[ James ], Ah. Okay.. If this model is adopted by other EU countries and eventually North America, it could mean a massive restructuring of the way the internet economy works and this channel might be screwed. [ James ] Whoa. To be frank. [ James ] Mercy. References to a high-performance GPU have Been spotted in documents published by Intel and it’s started a round of rumor-mongering about whether this could be Intel’s high end gaming GPU.. We saw a Xe GPU at CES, but it was positively weak.. It appears that low-power model could have just been paving the way for a high-power model and that’s the one we actually want so hurry it up Intel.
I wan na see Jensen tremble in his leather.. The Ethernet Technology Consortium has published specifications for the new 800 Gigabit Ethernet standard.. If you have no context for what that means, 800 gigabits.
A second translates to 100 gigabytes, a second.. That’S too much. Actually, I’d like to take a step back.. Could we slow down here? It’S just the spec so far, and this tech probably won’t be in consumer products for like a decade, so put your pants back on for now. And then take them off again, because this smart toilet has sensors that will be able to detect health issues and identify. You from your unique this is not.
I did not make up this word. Okay, analprint. [, James ].
They didn’t make that up., ( laughs ), I know. Well, they didn’t make it up. [ James ].
I’Ve been doing that for years., ( laughs ). So we can thank Salvador Dali for the idea he’s the one who came up with that word: apparently. [ James ]. He did your butt print.
He’s a freak.. Okay, get that out of your mind., We’ll cleanse it with the news of an engineered enzyme that can break plastic down into its component materials, which can then be used to create new plastic items.. You like that, don’t you James [, James ], I love plastic.. You love the environment.
[ James ]. I wan na throw it away., You freak all right. That’S quite enough of this. Come back on Monday for more tech news and what else can I say Hope you have a good Friday.
[ James ], S’il vous plait.. Did you [ James ], It’s Good Friday Hope you have a Good Friday, [ James ], Oui oui .