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Episode 75: It's time for age verification, EU bets on Chips, realityOS a Real thing? SSD disaster, AMD swallows Xilinx and Mac Mini rumours
The Weekly Tech Rant with Jay and Karl
English - February 18, 2022 10:35 - 54 minutes - 39.8 MBTechnology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we covered:
News
UK.gov threatens to make adults give credit card details for access to Facebook or TikTok
EU unveils a $49 billion plan to address chip shortages
More references to realityOS found as Apple headset product gets closer to launch
Intel chases after Bitcoin miners with a dedicated chip
SSD prices could spike after Western Digital loses 6.5 billion gigabytes of NAND chips
AMD, Xilinx complete world's biggest semiconductor merger due to stock boom
Nvidia’s RTX 3090 Ti is still missing, and the company refuses to say what’s going on
Rumours
Apple's 2022 Mac Mini Refresh: Everything We Know
Apple VR could offer Memoji FaceTime, SharePlay experiences
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