Microsoft's getting it RIGHT? - Sept. 20, 2021

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

GOOGLE FLEXES

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/google-pixel-fold-rumors-release-date/

https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/09/20/android-12-1-spotted-with-some-enhancements-for-foldables-google-pixel-fold-incoming/

https://9to5google.com/2021/09/18/pixel-fold-jumbojack-android-12-1/

 

MAKING THE SURFACE PRO MORE PRO

https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-surface-pro-8-leak-120hz-display-153612043.html

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/327231-leak-surface-pro-8-will-have-120hz-screen-thunderbolt-4

https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/surface-pro-8-rumored-to-boast-120hz-display-and-swappable-ssds

 

HOPPING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

https://www.cnet.com/tech/google-finishes-3900-mile-subsea-cable-connecting-us-to-uk-and-spain/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-grace-hopper-undersea-cable-just-landed-in-the-uk/

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-grace-hopper-undersea-subsea-internet-cable-nyc-london-2021-9

 

QUICK BITS

 

CON’T CUT YOURSELF ON THE EDGE

https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/20/ios-15-adds-all-the-little-features-that-were-missing/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/psa-you-dont-have-to-upgrade-to-ios-15/

 

BRIBES AND BANS

https://hexus.net/business/news/internet/148400-amazon-perma-bans-600-chinese-brands-review-fraud/

https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3149203/amazon-closes-3000-chinese-brand-online-stores-campaign-against-fake?utm_source=rss_feed

 

TESLA TURMOIL

https://insideevs.com/news/534304/ntsb-chief-tesla-safety/

https://www.autoblog.com/2021/09/19/tesla-full-self-driving-autopilot-basic-safety-issues-ntsb/

 

QI, MEET UMLAUT

https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/20/ikea-sjomarke-to-offer-invisible-wireless-charging-for-iphone-from-october/

https://www.pocket-lint.com/gadgets/news/ikea/158421-ikea-sjomarke

 

THIS IS PRETTY COOL

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2021/Q3/purdue-record-for-the-whitest-paint-appears-in-latest-edition-of-guinness-world-records.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/17/whitest-paint-created-global-warming/8378579002/