Epic goes to war with Apple + Google. Sony, Cars and Virtual U-Turn!
Welcome to Episode 3 of The Weekly Tech Rant and once again Karl and I cover the latest tech stories from the week. We talk about the ongoing challenges in our homelabs and our regular feature on what games and TV/Films which have piqued our interest this week!
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This week we covered:
- EPIC goes to war following being banned on App store and Play store. Files antitrust suit against Google – We discuss what this is all about and where we think it’s going.
- Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) – Dynamic Campaign Engine has it gone all RTS?
- Achilles vulnerability(Qualcomm) discovered by Checkpoint – 400 vulnerabilities uncovered by Checkpoint, affecting many device vendors!
- Apple to reportedly offer services bundle called Apple One – maybe alongside iPhone 12! – One Bundle to rule them all?
- Moving from Proxmox to ESXI… Yes, I did a U-turn! I explain why I’ve
- Intel to release its Xe Discrete graphics cards
- What have we been playing this week:
- Project Cars 2 (if only F1 2018/19 worked!)
- Any gadgets we are interested in:
- Sony WH-1000XM4 – I talk about my first impressions of these new Sony Headphones
- Logitech G923 Steering Wheel for use with Project Cars (and the Farming Simulator version)
Enjoy and as always please let us know what you think in the comments.
