Do Not Trust Astro. - Sept. 29, 2021

[RILEYISMYNAME]

 

NEWS SOURCES:

 

ALL CHIPS ON DECK

Steam Deck’s APU in a standalone Valve VR headset?

https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/featured-tech-news/matthew-wilson/valves-steam-deck-apu-could-also-be-used-for-a-standalone-vr-headset/

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/09/a-new-standalone-valve-vr-headset-teased-by-deep-steamvr-file-dive/

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/6/22612886/valve-steam-deck-handheld-gaming-pc-hands-on-preview#:~:text=But%20Coomer%20did,plans%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20said

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp42lQYVzwo 

 

NEW AMAZON ECHO: BLACK MIRROR EDITION

Amazon Hardware

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1376806-meet-astro-amazons-new-home-robot/

Astro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj1t3msy8dc

It Sucks https://www.theverge.com/tldr/22699251/amazon-astro-robot-cannot-fetch-your-beer

It Will Throw Itself Down a Flight of Stairs

Ring Always Home Cam Drone

https://www.cnet.com/home/security/always-home-cam-amazons-flying-ring-drone-might-be-tricky-to-get-your-hands-on/

https://youtu.be/JuXOCamGUnE

Virtual Security guard https://youtu.be/wAJXh-aI66U?t=12

Smart Thermostat https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/09/28/amazons-smart-thermostat-wants-to-power-your-homes-heating-and-cooling-for-70-less-than-nest/

Amazon Glow https://gizmodo.com/amazon-just-made-a-250-video-chat-device-for-kids-1847761000

Echo Show 15 https://www.techradar.com/au/news/amazon-echo-show-15-is-an-echo-show-you-hang-on-your-wall-like-a-picture-frame

 

WE PUT A STORE IN YOUR STORE

Epic Games Store will be INSIDE the Windows Store

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1376836-epic-games-coming-to-windows-new-store-win-1011-web-browsers-and-more/

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2021/09/28/microsoft-store-more-apps-more-open/

https://46c4ts1tskv22sdav81j9c69-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/3/2021/09/image2-1.png

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-29-microsoft-is-allowing-third-party-storefront-apps-onto-its-windows-store

 

QUICK BITS

 

NOT READY FOR THIS JELLY

iPad Mini Jelly Scrolling

https://mobilesyrup.com/2021/09/27/some-ipad-mini-users-notice-display-refresh-rate-jelly-scrolling-issue/

https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/28/apple-says-jelly-scrolling-effect-on-ipad-mini-6-display-is-not-an-issue/

 

AUTO “PILOT”

Tesla asks owners to share less video clips

https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/28/22696463/tesla-fsd-beta-nda-video-clips-controversy-full-self-driving

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7ezxq/how-teslas-self-driving-beta-testers-protect-the-company-from-critics

Police officers sue Tesla overAutopilot crash

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/tesla-on-autopilot-slammed-into-police-cars-despite-flashing-lights-lawsuit-says/

Again in Florida https://www.carscoops.com/2021/09/tesla-model-3-with-autopilot-enabled-slams-into-florida-police-cruiser/

 

SAME OLD NEW WORLD

Amazon launches New World

https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/amazons-new-world-launches-to-over-500000-concurrent-players/

killing GPUs AGAIN

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1377049-amazon-new-world-killing-gpus-yet-again/

https://www.reddit.com/r/newworldgame/comments/px2dhy/new_world_fried_my_graphics_card_3080ti_anyone/

https://winfuture.de/news,125475.html

 

CASH IN YOUR CHIPS

Silicon Lottery shutting down

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1376909-silicon-lottery-cashes-out-goes-bust-help-me-think-of-a-play-on-words-here-i-dont-gamble-point-is-theyre-done/

https://siliconlottery.com/

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cpu-specialist-silicon-lottery-to-close-shop-on-october-31st

 

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I’M IN SPACE

Lynk lets regular smartphones connect to satellites

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/09/a-virginia-company-has-connected-mobile-phones-directly-to-satellites/

https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/29/lynk-demos-global-satellite-connection-for-ordinary-phones-and-prepares-for-commercial-launch/

[da na]

Wow, imagine making a store so bad that people download a different store through your store to actually play games?

Will the MS store be taking a cut of purchases thru the Epic store or something? What's the benefit for them? 

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Pronouncing the website’s name as “Ars Technisss” smdh