Sony Stole My Movies. - July 8, 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

PAUSE-STATION

Sony removes purchased movies, shows from Playstation Store

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-is-removing-purchased-studiocanal-content-from-owners-video-libraries/

https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/playstation-store-pulling-access-to-purchased-studiocanal-movies-next-month-1235310863/

https://hothardware.com/news/playstation-store-pull-john-wick-hundreds-purchased-movies

Discontinued purchases, rentals last year https://blog.playstation.com/2021/03/02/playstation-store-to-discontinue-movie-and-tv-purchases-and-rentals/

Lawsuit over “Buy” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/apple-must-face-lawsuit-for-telling-consumers-they-can-buy-movies-tv-shows-4170851/

 

GET A META SO YOU CAN META

Meta removes Facebook account requirement for Quest headsets

https://mashable.com/article/meta-quest-vr-accounts-facebook

https://www.oculus.com/blog/meta-accounts/

https://vrscout.com/news/meta-accounts-will-let-you-login-to-quest-without-facebook/

FB account backlash https://www.engadget.com/oculus-facebook-login-account-policy-backlash-160034955.html

Issues https://uploadvr.com/facebook-account-quest-paperweight/

https://www.pcgamer.com/facebook-account-multiple-oculus-vr-headsets/

Quest ‘Pro’ could be $1000

https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/07/quest-pro-meta-vr-headset-mixed-reality/

https://www.pcgamesn.com/oculus/quest-2-project-cambria-three-times-the-price

 

WHO KILLED ROGER…

Massive Rogers outage

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-outage-cell-mobile-wifi-1.6514373

https://twitter.com/RogersHelps/status/1545429159341694976

https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1545500892195078149?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/07/08/how-canadians-are-reacting-to-the-great-rogers-meltdown-of-2022.html

ArriveCAN https://twitter.com/CanBorder/status/1545455275964043265?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

 

QUICK BITS

 

OK WHAT IF I STAND OVER HERE

Google shuffling ad business?

https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/8/23200387/google-ad-auctions-spin-off-alphabet-antitrust-regulations

https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-ramps-up-google-probe-with-heavy-focus-on-ad-tools-11580904003

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/google-proposes-moving-ad-business-to-alphabet-to-keep-regulators-at-bay/
 

A MINI PHONE FOR THE REST OF US

ASUS Zenfone 9 continues filling the “mini Android flagship” niche

https://www.techgoing.com/asus-zenfone-9-specifications-design-revealed-accidentally/

https://www.xda-developers.com/leaked-asus-zenfone-9-promo-video/

https://twitter.com/_snoopytech_/status/1544982722724220930

 

NICE NUC

Intel NUC X15 laptops with Arc graphics

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-details-nuc-x15-laptops

https://twitter.com/momomo_us/status/1545030223896276992

 

WI-FI FROM THE FUTURE

The first Wi-Fi 7 router… before Wi-Fi 7 is even certified

https://www.pcgamer.com/company-releases-first-wi-fi-7-router-before-wi-fi-7-is-even-certified/

https://www.h3c.com/en/Products_Technology/Enterprise_Products/IntelligentTerminalProducts/Magic/BE18000/

https://www.techspot.com/news/95231-h3c-unveils-first-wi-fi-7-router-though.html

 

REUSABLE ENERGY

We can recycle old solar panels now, yay environment!

https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/8/23200153/solar-panel-value-recycling-renewable-energy

https://www.rystadenergy.com/newsevents/news/press-releases/reduce-reuse-solar-pv-recycling-market-to-be-worth-%242.7-billion-by-2030/

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/19/1032215/solar-panels-recycling/

[An0maly_76]

BS like this is exactly why I stopped "purchasing" and "renting" through Prime Video. I figured out pretty quick it's a lot cheaper to buy a DVD, rip / record it to HDD, and then you don't even need Internet to watch it.