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Timestamps:
0:00 Riley’s had a hard day
0:07 Google threatens to take down Search
1:19 Apple VR / AR leaks
2:14 Nvidia “killing” Max-Q
3:20 Drop THX Panda Wireless Headphones
3:45 QUICK BITS
3:50 Intel’s doin well
4:21 Xbox Live Gold price increases
4:57 Google shuts down Loon
5:18 Beeper chat app
5:47 Bernie meme Maps app
NEWS SOURCES
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Google threatens to disable Search in Australia if link tax goes through
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1296916-google-threatens-to-pull-out-of-australia-over-new-link-tax-laws/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-55760673
Google inks agreement in France on paying publishers for news reuse
https://france.googleblog.com/2021/01/APIG-Google.html
CAN YOU UN-SLICE AN APPLE
Apple VR/AR headset plans
https://www.laptopmag.com/uk/news/apple-vr-headset-gets-another-leak-this-time-with-a-fabric-design-and-a-fan
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-21/apple-s-first-vr-headset-to-be-niche-precursor-to-eventual-ar-glasses
https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2021/01/22/report-apple-to-make-a-plain-old-vr-headset-before-its-fancy-ar-glasses/
Bringing back SD card slot
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/22/macbook-pro-with-sd-card-slot-no-touch-bar-coming-in-2021
Q ABANDONS US
Nvidia killing Max-Q branding by slow suffocation
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1296825-having-confusing-desktop-gpus-wasnt-enough-nvidia-removing-maxq-branding/
https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-RTX-30-Ampere-Mobile-will-no-longer-offer-Max-Q-or-Max-P-branding-OEMs-free-to-decide-TGP-and-Max-Q-features-to-implement.515922.0.html
https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-wants-you-to-know-max-q-branding-is-not-going-away/
QUICK BITS
GOT SOME GOOD INTEL
Intel is doing super great actually
https://hexus.net/business/news/components/147318-intel-exceeds-expectations-reports-record-full-year-revenue/
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16440/intel-reports-q4-2020-earnings-2020-delivers-a-rather-profitable-pandemic
https://www.pcmag.com/news/engineer-behind-nehalem-first-gen-core-processors-returns-to-intel
PRICE OF GOLD FLUCTUATES
Xbox ups price of 12-month Xbox Live Gold subscription – double what it was originally
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1297115-microsoft-increases-xbox-live-gold-prices-to-120year/
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/22/22244468/microsoft-xbox-live-price-increase
FEELING DEFLATED
Alphabet sends Loon to the bin
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-loon-idUSKBN29R02U
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/loon-shutdown-014334705.html
WHAT THE BEEPIN’ BEEP
Beeper app serves as a bridge between all messaging apps including iMessage, Whatsapp, Signal
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1296624-i-message-on-windows/
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/01/21/beeper-brings-imessage-to-android-and-windows/
MEMES: NOT JUST FOR THE 1%
Site lets you put Bernie anywhere in the world
https://www.engadget.com/cold-bernie-sanders-meme-google-street-view-171157487.html
https://twitter.com/Mauswohndesign/status/1352621269192224770
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