No One's Buying iPhones!? (AGAIN!)

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

COOKIE CUTTER PHONES TASTE LESS SWEET

Apple DECREASING iPhone production

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/12/01/iphone-13-demand-weakening/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-02/apple-tells-suppliers-iphone-demand-has-slowed-as-holidays-near

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/apple-falls-on-iphone-demand-report-weighing-on-suppliers-1.1690170

https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2021/12/03/apple-warns-of-weakening-iphone-13-demand-how-will-this-impact-its-suppliers/

 

NO, *I’M* GAME PASS

Sony’s Game Pass competitor codenamed “Spartacus”

https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/sony-is-building-an-xbox-game-pass-competitor-according-to-leaks/

https://www.engadget.com/sony-playstation-xbox-game-pass-subscription-sparatcus-175650996.html

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/playstation-plans-new-service-to-take-on-xbox-game-pass-1.1690849

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1466821381568536578?s=20

b-roll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEsLzh0xLZc

 

THE FTC WON’T LET ME B(UY)

FTC sues to stop Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ftc-sues-to-block-nvidia-arm-deal-203958623.html

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/12/ftc-sues-block-40-billion-semiconductor-chip-merger

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nvidias-deal-for-arm-is-dead-how-long-until-ceo-jensen-huang-admits-it-11638493523

because of Huang’s sassy joke? https://twitter.com/StephenNellis/status/1466536545117081609

 

QUICK BITS

 

SPIT-TAKE

Take-Two hits maker of “It Takes Two” with trademark claim

https://www.destructoid.com/it-takes-two-trademark-claim-take-two-hazelight-news/

forced to drop trademark https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-12-03-hazelight-drops-it-takes-two-trademark-after-take-two-takes-interest

 

BOTS, DISABLE GRINCH MODE

US lawmakers introduce bill to stop product scalper bots

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12-01-us-lawmakers-announce-bill-to-prohibit-bot-scalping-of-high-demand-goods

Falcodrin tells the Verge how they help people get GPUs during the shortage

https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/3/22698588/falcodrin-gpu-hunters-nvidia-amd-graphics-card-tricks-bots-scalpers-miners-gamers

 

LOSING YOUR EDGE

Microsoft backtracks, makes switching default browser easier in Win11

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-11-default-browser-backtrack

https://twitter.com/WithinRafael/status/1466183359680299009

because adoption is low? https://www.computerworld.com/article/3643074/windows-11-adoption-nears-9-but-businesses-are-waiting.html

 

GEARS OF QUAKE

Quake 1 gets content update 25 years later

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/12/quake-1-gets-its-first-major-co-op-content-update-in-25-years/

https://youtu.be/8cz1YLIxleg

https://www.pcgamer.com/quake-remastereds-second-update-adds-a-horde-mode-and-new-singleplayer-levels/

 

B*** BETTER HAVE MY MONEY

Debt collectors can now slide into your DMs

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1393064-debt-collectors-are-now-able-to-dm-people-in-debt/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59514464

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/02/1060597759/debt-collectors-can-now-text-email-and-dm-you-on-social-media