S3E3: Games, Metaverse, and Coffee
Roll For Enterprise
English - January 22, 2022 10:43 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBTech News News Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Microsoft buys Activision for $69B (nice)
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/18/microsoft-to-buy-activision.html
Microsoft is buying one of the biggest names in games — if Washington lets it
3 billion gamers — sure, if you count Candy Crush etc, but how many of those are playing Call of Duty?
Walmart is quietly preparing to enter the metaverse
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/16/walmart-is-quietly-preparing-to-enter-the-metaverse.html
But the video everyone has seen is old:
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2022/1/5/22868323/walmart-metaverse-shopping-video-viral-old
Is Google taking another run at AR, not quite a decade after Google Glass?
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/20/22892152/google-project-iris-ar-headset-2024
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US airports block rollout of 5G, one day before launch
AT&T and Verizon limit 5G service near US airports after carriers’ outcry
https://www.ft.com/content/e1f1d59f-2e9f-4f23-a80a-25dcc0274513
Only happening in US because of different frequencies and higher power levels
But why did the issue come to light so late?
Opinion | The FAA’s 5G freakout raises a big red flag — about its competence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/18/faa-5g-wireless-freakout-raises-red-flag/
Boeing Takes Hit as Its 777, 787 Planes Appear Susceptible to 5G Network
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Quick News
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The FCC proposes new data breach rules for phone companies
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Italians continue to prefer real coffee
https://www.italy24news.com/local/347225.html
Lol: Starbucks closes two locations in Milan because they were so unprofitable. Six locations remain.
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