Weekly Tech Rant: Episode 195

Episode 195 (Season 6): Ringing in 2025 with Android XR, CES Highlights, and Pioneering Tech Advances

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!

Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms

In This Episode:

• News
  • Google announces Android XR, a new OS for headsets and smart glasses
  • Qualcomm wins a legal battle over Arm chip licensing
  • UK watchdog launches inquiry into IBM’s HashiCorp acquisition
  • Meta will appoint Republican Joel Kaplan to lead global policy team, as Nick Clegg steps down
  • Home Assistant Voice
  • TRMNL
  • CES 2025
    • Nvidia
      • Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs
      • Nvidia announces $3,000 personal AI supercomputer called Digits
    • AMD
      • AMD announces next-gen Radeon RX 9070-series GPUs with AI-powered FSR 4 upscaling
      • AMD announces ‘Fire Range’ and Ryzen AI Max, its most potent laptop chips yet
      • AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D is ‘the world’s best processor for gamers and creators’
    • Other
      • Dude, you got a Dell, period! RIP XPS, Inspiron, Latitude, Precision
• Rumours

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