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0:00 Can you hold a thought?
0:13 Switch Pro announcement
1:08 Florida sued over deplatforming law
2:12 Google Photos storage-ocalypse
3:25 Pulseway
4:07 QUICK BITS
4:12 Amazon Zenbooths
5:04 Sony blocks Borderlands 3 crossplay
5:40 RTX 3080 Ti is nigh
6:16 Bitcoin mine discovered
6:35 Blind man’s sight partially restored
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PRO ON THE GO
Switch Pro any day now
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1342209-switch-pro-announcement-is-imminent-will-probably-be-on-sale-by-septoct/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-27/nintendo-plans-upgraded-switch-replacement-as-soon-as-september
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-05-27-nintendo-switch-pro-to-be-unveiled-before-e3
broll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uik5fgIaI
FLORIDA MAN SUED
Tech giants sue Florida over social media deplatforming law
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-florida-social-media-media-business-7202f424f2cbdf71df8fe97c2e8cb61d
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/24/technology/florida-twitter-facebook-ban-politicians.html
https://www.reuters.com/technology/tech-trade-groups-sue-florida-over-social-media-law-2021-05-27/
Verge theme park thing
https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/28/22458555/florida-deplatforming-law-twitter-facebook-snap-pinterest-tiktok-youtube-google
PHOTOS NO LONGER A SNAP
You’ve got until June 1 to sort your Google Photos out
https://gizmodo.com/google-is-ending-free-unlimited-photo-storage-heres-wha-1846987718
https://www.cnet.com/news/google-photos-is-ending-unlimited-free-storage-next-week-heres-what-to-do-about-it/
[Update: Rolled out] Google Photos adds ‘Manage storage’ page with ‘review and delete’ tool
QUICK BITS
LOOK WE’RE HELPING
Amazon mental health booths – soft pads, for banging head against wall
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5nmw/amazon-introduces-tiny-zenbooths-for-stressed-out-warehouse-workers
SONY’S BORDERS CAN’T BE CROSSED
Borderlands 3 crossplay everywhere except Playstation
Borderlands 3 is getting cross play on all platforms except for PlayStation
Good news or bad news first? Good News: An update for Borderlands 3 has been prepared for release that includes full crossplay support across all platforms. Bad News: For certification, we have been required by the publisher to remove crossplay support for PlayStation consoles.
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) May 27, 2021
https://kotaku.com/borderlands-3-is-getting-crossplay-everywhere-but-plays-1846982382
LIVIN IN A MINER’S PARADISE
Full RTX 3080 Ti specs + pictures leak
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-founders-edition-pictured
https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-3080-ti-from-msi-evga-galax-and-colorful-have-leaked
DUUUUUDE. CRYPTO, MAN.
Bitcoin mine police mistook for weed farm steals electricity
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1342417-sandwell-bitcoin-mine-found-stealing-electricity/
https://news.sky.com/story/west-midlands-illegal-bitcoin-mine-powered-by-stolen-electricity-uncovered-at-suspected-cannabis-farm-12319255
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-57280115
SEEING-EYE VIRUS
Engineered virus and fancy goggles bring some sight back to blind person
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/forget-vr-goggles-and-genetic-engineering-restore-some-sight/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01351-4
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/05/24/1025251/a-blind-man-can-perceive-objects-after-a-gene-from-algae-was-added-to-his-eye/
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