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GOOGLE ADS NEW FEATURES

YouTube Creator Ad Controls changes https://twitter.com/YouTubeLiaison/status/1699464450690957344

Blog https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/233723152

Could mean longer ad breaks for TV viewers yay https://www.zdnet.com/article/youtube-adding-longer-ad-breaks-for-tv-viewers-removing-some-creator-ad-control/

https://searchengineland.com/youtube-removing-individual-ad-controls-new-videos-431710

Google Chrome’s big redesign

https://blog.google/products/chrome/Google-chrome-new-features-redesign-2023/

Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” is now generally available along with it

https://privacysandbox.com/news/privacy-sandbox-for-the-web-reaches-general-availability

Allows websites to send targeted ads based on users’ browser histories https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/06/google_privacy_popup_chrome/

Meant to replace third-party cookies in Chrome “someday” https://lmg.gg/rtEDN (Ars Technica)

Thanks to Apple for blocking third-party cookies in Safari in 2020 https://lmg.gg/8oeub (Ars Technica)

Easy to opt out of; just don’t click big misleading “Got it” button in the pop-up or you’ll enable it by default https://twitter.com/glenngabe/status/1699389973361738146

Pop-up might be less misleading in some regions https://twitter.com/supersat/status/1698826450567323754

https://twitter.com/UK_Daniel_Card/status/1699304837270077944

 

SOUTH KOREAN VALVE LEAKS

South Korea leaks AGAIN! This time, a mystery Valve device (Perhaps project Deckard)

https://www.pcgamer.com/new-mystery-valve-hardware-device-certified-in-south-korea/

Twitter user found radio certification https://twitter.com/sadlyitsbradley/status/1699836012900544823

According to that Twitter user, “Quest 3 and Steam Deck both have the same description.” https://twitter.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/1699845410276114516  

Could be so-called “Deckard” VR headset https://lmg.gg/ZExVS (Dexerto)

Product designer Greg Coomer loved the question of custom Deck APU being used for standalone VR in 2021 https://lmg.gg/ojQJt (The Verge)

Gabe Newell said Steam Deck “Stepping Stone” to “High Performance” standalone VR https://www.uploadvr.com/valve-steam-deck-stepping-stone-standalone-vr/

Coomer confirmed to Korean outlet This Is Game in Dec 2022 that Valve is still working on VR headsets https://lmg.gg/Jt40e (Road To VR)

 

META’S QUEST FOR BETTER VR

Meta Quest 3 leak, LG partnership rumor

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/this-meta-quest-3-leak-is-bad-news-if-you-have-a-quest-2-heres-why

Quest 2 strap on right, suspected that left is the 3; longer connector means incompatibility with Quest 2 accessories https://twitter.com/ZGFTECH/status/1698562106893951059

Accessory prices leaked by retailer UnboundXR.eu, posted to Reddit; possible dock for Quest 3 https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/169x6re/quest_3_accessories_and_521gb_version_price/

Quest Pro was thought dead https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-scales-back-ambitions-for-ar-glasses

But new rumored partnership with LG on a Pro Quest - South Korean outlet Maeil Business Newspaper

https://www.mk.co.kr/news/it/10821154

LG Display for screen, LG Energy for battery, LG Innotek for other components, LG Electronics to build, expected 2025

https://www.xrtoday.com/mixed-reality/meta-lg-strike-deal-for-2025-quest-pro-microdisplays-report-says/ rumoured to be called “Quest 4 Pro” price of $2,000 https://lmg.gg/cuaLr (XR Today)

 

 

QUICK BITS

 

DOOR LEFT OPEN, HORSE DEVOURS APPLES

Zero-click iMessage exploit infects iPhones with infamous Pegasus spyware

https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-security-update-0964e8bd5264e5b66c3908d49fdf404a

infected fully patched iPhone belonging to DC-based civil society org

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-zero-click-imessage-exploit-used-to-infect-iphones-with-spyware/

Fortunately urgent security update has been pushed out https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/apple-patches-clickless-0-day-image-processing-vulnerability-in-ios-macos/

 

HEARTLESS COMPANY PUTS TREES OUT OF WORK

Microsoft funding CO₂ removal hub in partnership with startup Heirloom

https://thehill.com/business/4193168-microsoft-funding-new-approach-for-carbon-removal/

Use limestone to hopefully capture 315,000 metric tons of carbon over the next decade https://www.geekwire.com/2023/microsoft-signs-one-of-the-biggest-carbon-removal-deals-to-date/

Direct Air Capture (DAC) commercial hub built in two locations, one in Louisiana

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/23863386/microsoft-heirloom-biden-administrations-carbon-removal-hub

 

WE CAN’T EVEN AFFORD ROCKETS ANYMORE

Rocket News: Japan launches rocket after long delay

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/japanese-rocket-takes-off-for-moon-after-troublesome-year-1.1968139 Sent x-ray space telescope into LEO and small rover on its way to the moon in one launch https://spacenews.com/japan-launches-moon-lander-and-x-ray-observatory/

Meanwhile NASA finally admits Space Launch System (SLS) is “unaffordable”

https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-sls-mega-rocket-unaffordable-costs-hit-20-billion-2023-9

 

VIRTUAL BOY 2

Nintendo may be teaming up with Google to make VR headset

https://www.phonearena.com/ar-vr/news/nintendo-google-vr-headset_id150478

Leak via Nash Weedle; predicted Metroid Dread a year before game’s release https://twitter.com/NWeedle/status/1698272627746312335

Redditor also uncovered Nintendo patent for “setup where game console receives input from a VR headset” https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/zwfz5i/recently_published_show_that_nintendo_may/

Actual patent https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20220362667

Simplified patent diagram from Redditor https://i.imgur.com/nWcvOt0.png

 

JAPANESE WORKERS GET LONG WEEKEND

All 14 of Toyota’s Japanese factories shut down for 2 days because of “insufficient disk space”

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/toyota-shut-down-14-factories-due-to-insufficient-disk-space

https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/corporate/39732568.html  

https://jalopnik.com/toyota-factory-shutdown-due-to-insufficient-disk-space-1850810421

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66643936