Episode 19: It's time for old tech woes, Uber offloads, Super Apple CPU, Speedy Celerons, Cyber[bug] 2077 and return Indy + ObiWan!

The Weekly Tech Rant with Jay and Karl

English - December 14, 2020 09:46 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 18: It's time for Snappier Dragons, More Apple releases (or not), a Latte from Redmond and Slacking seems to pay off, plus a cheap cable fixes all woes!

Next Episode: Episode 20: It's time for a look back at the year, podcast plans and new tech for 2010 (ho-ho-ho)

This week we covered:

News
Samsung pulls the plug on older Smart devices in 2021 - not so smart now!
Talking of plugs…. Samsung to stop including power adapters in the box… just 3 months after mocking apple about it
Uber sells self-driving project to startup Aurora & Air Taxi
Apple reportedly working on a 32-core processor for high-end Macs
Trump administration quietly lets TikTok deadline lapse
Facebook hit with antitrust probe for tying Oculus use to Facebook accounts

Gadgets
Ex-Apple Mapping Cars up for sale - so you can buy an Apple car (sort of)!
Overclocker pushes 14yr old CPU to 8.6Ghz - super celery!

Games
CyberPunk 2077 First thoughts - bug laden or not?
Microsoft surprise announcement….. Perfect Dark

TV
Aliens TV Series - so many questions!
Obi-wan TV series - plus Vader!
Indy is back - but he’s 78!

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