This Blew Me Away… - Jan. 4, 2023

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AN INCREDIBLE FEET

ASUS has world’s first 540Hz gaming monitor

https://www.pcgamesn.com/asus/worlds-first-540hz-gaming-monitor

@ 0:03 move its feet with FORCE https://youtu.be/qjROmY_2glA?t=3

ASUS works with Intel on a “System-on-Module” chip called “Supernova”

https://www.pcmag.com/news/ces-2023-supernova-unveiled-newest-asus-zenbook-pro-16x-puts-ram-intel

https://wccftech.com/asus-intel-supernova-som-chip-zenbook-pro-x16-oled-laptop-38-percent-size-reduction/

Big ol’ 18-inch gaming laptops https://www.tomsguide.com/news/asus-rog-strix-g18-asus-rog-strix-scar-18-ces-2023

“World’s first glasses-free 3D OLED” https://www.asus.com/content/asus-spatial-vision-technology/

https://youtu.be/1MoCynAbZF0

 

LG = “LATE, GUYS”

Premiere OLED that can receive wireless 4K 120Hz video https://www.pcmag.com/news/ces-2023-lgs-wireless-oled-m3-tv-ditches-cables-completely

(editor: zoom in on label to the right reading “World’s first Wireless OLED TV”) https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/02ilMhwG56xOw918yk37Ez5-5.fit_lim.size_1600x900.v1672843677.jpg

@1:34 https://youtu.be/0RIvgJEmCf0?t=94

Displace did it first https://www.tomsguide.com/news/displace-tv

LG Gram Style has touchpad that is hidden until you touch it https://www.tomsguide.com/news/lg-gram-style

Color-changing fridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTix8V58l8s

 

Samsung

SAMSUNG PROJECTS DOUBLE

Premiered new Micro LED TVs, claim 2 nanosecond response times https://www.pcgamer.com/samsungs-new-microled-tvs-are-five-million-times-faster-than-your-gaming-monitor/

This year’s Freestyle projector can combine images with another to get a larger image, auto keystone https://www.engadget.com/samsung-2023-freestyle-portable-projector-cloud-gaming-edge-blending-031336930.html

…..if you want to spend $1600USD on two Freestyles https://www.samsung.com/us/televisions-home-theater/tvs/portable-projector/the-freestyle-sp-lsp3blaxza/

 

QUICK BITS

 

MADDEN-ING

EA permanently lost 60% of Madden franchise save files

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/01/ea-says-it-cant-help-most-players-affected-by-madden-save-file-corruption/

https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Updates-News/Madden-23-Franchise-Update-12-30/td-p/12175981

not the first time https://www.operationsports.com/madden-23-franchise-mode-is-actually-broken/

They may have caused more players to lose saves by telling them things were fixed DURING THE OUTAGE https://twitter.com/MaddenNFLDirect/status/1608146042188447745

 

BING WILL BE ADDING RESULTS TO ITS SERVICE

Microsoft wants to incorporate ChatGPT into Bing

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-and-openai-working-on-chatgpt-powered-bing-in-challenge-to-google

https://www.axios.com/2023/01/04/microsoft-bing-search-chatgpt-openai

partnership in 2020, but no mention of Bing https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/09/22/microsoft-teams-up-with-openai-to-exclusively-license-gpt-3-language-model/

 

“HEY EU, CAN I COPY YOUR HOMEWORK?”

Google says India copied Europe’s homework to fine the company

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64159817

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/google-alleges-india-antitrust-body-copied-parts-eu-order-android-abuse-2023-01-03/

https://qz.com/google-accuses-indian-court-of-copying-eu-language-1849945717

 

WHEN THE WORLD NEEDED THEM MOST, THEY MADE TVS

Roku is making TVs now

https://www.ign.com/articles/roku-is-making-its-own-tvs-now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrlO2CUXT40

https://www.xda-developers.com/roku-tv-line-spring-2023/

 

FIND OUT IF URINE GOOD HEALTH

Withings unveiled urine reader you pee on that connects to your iPhone

https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/04/withings-u-scan/

Product site (what a home page) https://www.withings.com/us/en/u-scan

@4:22 you see the pee! https://youtu.be/uyo4hyM3SXo?t=261