Weekly Tech Rant: Episode 137

Episode 137: It’s time for more Apple VR, Giphy sold, DMCA notices, Sonos layoffs, Meta Quest 3, Neuralink get FDA ok, Intel drops “i”

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

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This week we covered:

• News
  • Apple has bought an AR headset startup called Mira
  • Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock at a loss following UK order
  • Nintendo sends Valve DMCA notice to block Steam release of Wii emulator Dolphin
  • Sonos announces it needs to layoff 7% of employees and reduce real estate
  • Neuralink receives FDA clearance to begin human trials of its brain-computer interface
  • Meta Quest 3 Ships This Fall, Starting At $500
  • AMD’s Ryzen 8000 CPU with Navi 3.5 graphics could kill low-end GPUs
  • Intel is officially killing off the ‘i’ in Core i7 — as it goes Ultra
• Rumours
  • Second-gen Apple Watch Ultra coming this fall, new big iMac ‘in early development’ with larger than 30-inch screen

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