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Timestamps:
0:00 UH-OH WHAT DAY IS IT
0:04 PS5, Xbox Series X issues
1:27 Nvidia can do Smart Access Memory too
2:30 Ubisoft Montreal situation
3:23 Brilliant
4:10 QUICK BITS
4:17 Google Photos won’t be unlimited
4:49 Paypal gets crypto support
5:10 Amazon, Google copying Apple
5:43 Quest 2 90Hz update
6:08 TikTok ban, remember?
NEWS SOURCES
FAILURE TO LAUNCH SMOOTHLY
Xbox Series X Hard drive clicking https://linustechtips.com/topic/1268119-the-xbox-series-x-seems-to-have-a-disk-drive-problem/
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2020/11/11/21560233/xbox-series-x-disk-drive-sounds-inserting-game-issues-microsoft
PS5 storage glitch https://www.inverse.com/gaming/ps5-storage-glitch-spider-man-remastered
Mario Bros Game and Watch
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/13/21562549/nintendo-game-and-watch-super-mario-bros-next-gen-consoles
What new consoles? Switch sales increase
https://www.engadget.com/nintendo-october-sales-053456267.html
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO
Yeah well Nvidia can do Smart Access Memory too
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1268728-nvidia-working-on-similar-memory-acess-to-amd/
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-amd-smart-access-memory-tech-ampere
From NVIDIA, re:SAM: “The capability for resizable BAR is part of the PCI Express spec. NVIDIA hardware supports this functionality and will enable it on Ampere GPUs through future software updates. We have it working internally and are seeing similar performance results."
— GamersNexus (@GamersNexus) November 12, 2020
3060 Ti spotted https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-rumored-with-up-to-12gb-memory-to-launch-in-january
RTX 3060 in Jan with 12GB? https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/joao-silva/nvidia-rtx-3060-reportedly-launching-in-january-with-a-12gb-configuration/
THIS AIN’T A VIDEO GAME
Ubisoft hostage situation was a hoax
Breaking: A police operation is underway in Montreal, Canada.
Journal de Montreal is reporting that a possible hostage situation involving dozens of people is ongoing in the Ubisoft building. pic.twitter.com/qdxNRoTP3C— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) November 13, 2020
This is happening right now near @UbisoftMTL – @CBCMontreal @CBCTheNational @CTVMontreal @CTVNews @Global_Montreal @LP_LaPresse @LeDevoir pic.twitter.com/ZxiJrAkkbm
— Paul Desbaillets (@pauldesbaillets) November 13, 2020
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/11/13/possible-prise-dotages-chez-ubisoft-a-montreal
A hostage-taking is reportedly underway in the offices of video game creator Ubisoft in Montreal.
byu/dezzz inGames
no threat https://www.engadget.com/ubisoft-montreal-police-200951447.html
QUICK BITS
UNLIMITED FOR A LIMITED TIME
Google kills free unlimited storage (next year)
https://blog.google/products/photos/storage-changes/
https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2020/11/12/google-photos-is-ending-free-unlimited-storage-in-2021-so-whatre-your-options/
future pixel phones get screwed https://www.androidcentral.com/googles-future-pixel-phones-wont-offer-unlimited-photo-and-video-backups
CRYPTO ME, DUDE
Paypal adding support for cryptocurrency
PayPal says all users in US can now buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies
https://boingboing.net/2020/11/12/beware-of-buying-cryptocurrency-on-paypal.html
HUGE SELF-OWN
Another purported M1 Mac benchmark
Apple M1 benchmark score shows incredible single-threaded performance
Amazon shifting to own chips from Nvidia GPUs
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/amazon-begins-shifting-alexas-cloud-ai-to-its-own-silicon/
Google making own chips for Pixels
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3591239/google-pixel-chips.html
FASTER DATA GRABS
Oculus Quest 2 gets 90Hz update
Big Quest 2 Update Adds 90Hz Refresh Rate, Fitness Tracking, and Much More
A FEW MORE TIKS OF THE TOK
Wait remember the TikTok ban https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/11/trump-admin-delays-tiktok-ban-it-was-already-legally-told-to-hold/
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/13/933916944/trump-ordered-tiktok-to-be-sold-off-but-then-ignored-the-deadline
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