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Episode 42: It's time for one (EU) wallet to rule them all, GPUs go DLSS, Intel ARM's up, Norton mines ETH, Harmony for Huawei and Trump goes offline!

The Weekly Tech Rant with Jay and Karl

English - June 15, 2021 09:44 - 1 hour - 59 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 41: It's time for the WWDC2021 roundup or is that the Craig Federighi show? iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and Mac goes to Monterey -it's all new!
Next Episode: Episode 43: It's time for Mobile data overflows, TSMC and the shrinking chips, Peloton hits a exploit bump, those pesky VR ads and Windows turns it to 11

This week we covered:

News

The EU plans a digital wallet for payments, passwords and IDs - one wallet to rule them all!

AMD's DLSS rival is coming…… to Nvidia!

Intel May Buy RISC-V CPU Designer SiFive to Fend off ARM - bolstering the defences

Your next laptop may come with a cryptominer, courtesy of Norton…. so this happened, and it had to be Norton!

Looks like Intel's new Xe gaming GPU is finished and ready to roll… maybe we will actually be able to buy a new GPU this decade!!

Huawei announces HarmonyOS update for its smartphones….. It's Android with a fancy skin

Donald Trump's blog is dead… well that didn't last long

Donald Trump-era ban on TikTok dropped by Joe Biden - as expected!

Games

Farcry 6 - one again into the fold we must go!

Forza Horizon 5…. Viva México

Films

Army of the Dead

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