It’s Godzilla in San Fran, Nvidia gets a new ARM, Time flies for Apple and is this the final Tock for TikTok!
Welcome to Episode 7 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:
- News
- TikTok sale in doubt as Bytedance and Trump administration discuss options – Is this the end of the line for TikTok in the US or will someone win out [UPDATE: Oracle last company standing in race to acquire TikTok’s US operations]
- Android 11 is out – No Dessert names anymore but Google’s OS updates get better with each serving!
- Apple event on the 15th “Time Flies” – what should we expect, as Bloomberg thinks iPhones won’t be announced until Oct? – All watches and no iPhones? Will there be an update on the Service offerings? We discuss!
- iPhone to get same water ejection system as Watch – Submersible iPhone anyone?
- Apple Watch Series 3 replacement to get Series 4 design, but no ECG – Is this what Apple did with all the spare Series 4 watches?
- Nvidia Near Deal to Buy Arm From SoftBank for About $40 Billion – Will Nvidia keep Arm’s neutral status in the chip market?
- Gadgets
- No Gadget updates this week 🙁
- Games
- Best FS2020 Mods so far – Godzilla rampages through San Francisco!
- Gateway Brand is back– Walmart selling the legacy Gateway brand with budget gaming laptops.
- TV
- The Boys Season 2 – We catch up what Billy and his Boys have been getting up to!
- Raised by Wolves – the new Sci-Fi series by Ridley Scott and not this UK series from 2013
Enjoy and as always please let us know what you think in the comments.
