Weekly Tech Rant: Episode 86

Episode 86: It’s time for Apps here today gone tomorrow, EU unhappy with Apple Pay, Square Enix offloads studios, Intel plays hunt the Arc, Lovelace updates, Meta has big plans

Welcome back to the WTR as Karl and I discuss the latest tech news, gadgets, games, & films!

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This week we covered:

• News
  • Apple to developers: if we deleted your old app, it deserved it
  • Apple shares criteria for removing ‘abandoned’ software from App Store, extending response window
  • UK government wants to regulate Apple TV+, Netflix, and other streaming services
  • Square Enix sells all of its Western game studios—and their games—to Embracer
  • Apple Pay is anticompetitive, says EU in preliminary ruling
  • Intel Arc scavenger hunt ends with hints at GPU prices
• Rumours
  • Nvidia’s next-gen GPU ‘Ada Lovelace is no longer a simple Ampere refresh’ rumours suggest
  • There’s no escaping the metaverse: Meta is reportedly releasing four new VR headsets by 2024
  • iPhone 5G modem reportedly going proprietary next year, and here’s why that matters

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