Weekly Tech Rant: Episode 159

Episode 159: It’s Time for iMessage’s Legal Clearance, Nvidia’s Local AI Leap, and VMware’s Shift, Plus Xbox’s Bold Updates and Quest 3’s Zuckerberg Endorsement

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
  • iMessage antitrust threat removed, as EU says it’s not a dominant service
  • Nvidia’s Chat with RTX is a promising AI chatbot that runs locally on your PC
  • Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software
  • After trying the Vision Pro, Mark Zuckerberg says Quest 3 ‘is the better product, period’
  • Xbox Updates
    • Microsoft confirms new Xbox hardware will be announced this holiday season
    • Microsoft: four Xbox-exclusive games are coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch
    • Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service grows to 34 million subscribers

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