Repair, done the Apple Way™ - April 27, 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

SELF-SERVING

Apple rolls out Self Service Repair… with a catch

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/04/apples-self-service-repair-now-available/

https://www.selfservicerepair.com/home

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/27/ifixit-response-to-apple-self-service-repair/

https://www.ifixit.com/News/59239/apples-self-repair-vision-is-here-and-its-got-a-catch

Also not really worth it unless you also send in the broken part

https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/27/23044490/apple-diy-repair-self-service-replacement-part-price-apple-store

 

TWITS

Twitch creator changes

https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1519304721080766465

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/amazon-s-twitch-seeks-to-revamp-creator-pay-with-focus-on-profit-1.1757680

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/twitch-reportedly-considering-big-partnership-changes-and-sub-revenue-splits-1812775/

https://www.pcgamer.com/twitch-is-reportedly-looking-at-ways-to-make-itself-worse/

YT Gaming https://twitter.com/Chen/status/1519356179033382913

 

THE NEW ORIGINALS

Sega delisting standalone games bundled in Sonic Origins

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1427673-segaaka-nintendo-is-pulling-old-sonic-games/

https://kotaku.com/sonic-origins-hedgehog-sega-delist-digital-denuvo-contr-1848844057

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/press-release/sega-delisting-sonic-the-hedgehog-1-2-sonic-3-knuckles-and-sonic-cd-on-may-20

https://youtu.be/ZzHXjAJ86Zw

 

QUICK BITS

 

HUNGRY FOR POWER

Nvidia testing 900W RTX 40 series card

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-reportedly-testing-900w-graphics-card-with-full-next-gen-ada-ad102-gpu

https://twitter.com/kopite7kimi/status/1519182862699823106

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/900w-rtx-40-series-gpu

 

BETHESDA GETS STEAMY

Bethesda launcher goes bye, people can transfer games to Steam now

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/04/so-long-bethesda-launcher-heres-how-to-move-its-games-to-a-steam-account/

https://bethesda.net/en/article/2RXxG1y000NWupPalzLblG/sunsetting-the-bethesda-net-launcher-and-migrating-to-steam#:~:text=you%20are%20now%20able%20to%20transfer%20over%20your%20bethesda.net%20game%20library%20to%20your%20steam%20account.

 

VARIABLE REFRESH RATE-STATION

PS5 gets VRR

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/04/25/variable-refresh-rate-support-for-ps5-is-rolling-out-this-week/

https://support.insomniac.games/hc/en-us/articles/5544958618509-What-is-VRR-support

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps5-vrr-support-is-already-out-without-an-update/1100-6502845/

 

ANDROID APPLE WATCH

Pixel Watch pictured on a wrist

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/ub2jbb/im_the_guy_who_leaked_the_pixel_watch_to_android/i6adlkg/

https://imgur.com/a/JCRw2AP

 

LICENSE TO SHILL

The MetaDocs disaster

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/metadocs-nfts-tiktok-instagram-celebrity-doctors

https://twitter.com/metadocsnft

https://www.metadocsnft.com/faq/