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The Weekly Tech Rant

Two guys, one podcast and a whole load of the latest technology news, games and gadget reviews, film insights and the occasional rant! Join us as we review the main tech talking points of the week!

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00:56:28

Episode 160: It's Time for Samsung's Galaxy Ring...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2024/03/03

This week we covered:News Samsung has big ambitions for the Galaxy Ring MWC 2024: all the phones, wearables, and gadgets announced in Barcelona Nvidia’s role in the AI wave has made it a $2 trillion company As $500m EU fine looms, Apple accuses Spotify of wanting ‘limitless access’ to its tools for free Killing the Apple car is depressing and sad Meta and Microsoft ask EU to reject Apple’s new app store terms Sony are officially working on PC game support for the PS VR2 headset

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00:00:43

Episode 159: It's Time for iMessage's Legal...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2024/02/25

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

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00:45:29

Episode 158: It's Time for Microsoft's Major Layoffs...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2024/02/01

This week we covered: News Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees Meta ‘optimistic’ about Vision Pro as it hopes to be the ‘Android’ of the AR/VR world Apple… Hell has frozen over Apple announces reduced commission structure for apps in Europe Apple announces support for third-party iPhone app stores in the EU, coming with iOS 17.4 Apple says third-party app marketplace creators must have €1,000,000 ‘letter of credit’ Apple will prompt users to set default

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00:49:21

Episode 157: It's Time for Apple's Vision Pro...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2024/01/26

This week we covered: News The Apple Vision Pro will launch in February Prescription lenses for Vision Pro to cost $149 – far less than predicted iPhone from onboard Alaska Airlines incident found; survives 16,000-foot drop Intel's next gen Battlemage GPUs are up and running in its labs, and work on its next-next generation Celestial architecture is well underway Xreal Air 2 Ultra ‘Vision Pro competitor’ has been announced – at $699 Apple CEO meets with EU competition chief to

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00:48:08

Episode 156: It's Time for CES 2024 Tech Extravaganza...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2024/01/13

This week we covered: CES The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 is the funkiest gadget mashup at CES 2024 The Wi-Fi 7 era officially begins with the introduction of certified devices Intel reveals its full 14th-gen CPU family at CES, including a powerful 24-core laptop chip AMD Unveils Ryzen 8000G Series Processors: Zen 4 APUs For Desktop with Ryzen AI AMD releases even more Ryzen 5000 CPUs, keeps its last-gen AM4 platform alive TCL came to CES 2024 with a 115-inch MiniLED Quantum Dot TV

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00:43:40

Episode 155: It's Time for AI Revolution, Legal...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2024/01/05

This week we covered: News Microsoft’s OpenAI-powered Copilot app comes to iPhone and iPad Microsoft’s new Copilot key is the first big change to Windows keyboards in 30 years The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement ⁠Crypto-crook Sam Bankman-Fried spared a second trial Rumours CES 2024 Rumours and thoughts! CES 2024 preview: The future of PC gaming hardware Intel's 6.2GHz uber CPU expected to launch at CES 2024 as new image emerges Kuo:

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00:35:55

Episode 154: It's time for the end of the year show 2023

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/12/31

This week we covered: Our picks of the best gadgets, games, films and TV of 2023! As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

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00:49:20

Episode 153: It's time for Epic win, Ad-free Cloud...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/12/22

This week we covered: News Epic decision sees jury find Google's Play store is illegal monopoly Microsoft exec hints at free ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming Microsoft is killing its Windows VR platform — announces deprecation of 'Windows Mixed Reality' Apple Has Reportedly Been Aiming To Launch Vision Pro In January UniFi devices broadcasted private video to other users’ accounts Rumours Apple may unveil M3 MacBook Airs in March alongside new iPad Pro and iPad Air

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00:42:35

Episode 152: It's time for Nvidia to rake in the...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/12/10

This week we covered: News Nvidia sells half a million AI chips and bags $14.5 billion in just three months Microsoft joins OpenAI’s board with Sam Altman officially back as CEO EU’s iMessage antitrust investigation looks set to rule in Apple’s favor A bitter pill: Amazon calls on rival SpaceX to launch Internet satellites Broadcom to divest VMware's end-user computing and Carbon Black units Games Yorkshire Tea is now selling branded Xbox and PS5 controllers for £150 and the

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00:38:42

Episode 151: It's time for Meta ad-free subs, Ikea...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/12/01

This week we covered: News Meta's controversial ad-free subscription is facing scrutiny from EU privacy campaigners IKEA's new smart home sensors focus on safety and avoiding water damage UK watchdog slams the brakes on Adobe’s $20 billion bid for Figma AWS unveils core-packed Graviton4 and beefier Trainium accelerators for AI Google Drive users say Google lost their files; Google is investigating Microsoft could offer one of the first third-party app stores on iPhones

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00:48:52

Episode 150: It's time for OpenAI is Sam in or out...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/11/25

This week we covered: Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI OpenAI reportedly considering reinstating just-ousted CEO Sam Altman Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Breaking: Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI SpaceX’s second Starship flight test ends in an explosion minutes after launch Gearbox and Crystal Dynamics owner Embracer report 900 layoffs during "one of our strongest quarters for new releases ever Broadcom closes its $61 billion megadeal with VMware TV

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00:41:13

Episode 149: It's time for Apple says no to 27" iMac...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/11/17

This week we covered: News Apple says it is not making a new 27-inch iMac Apple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024 Brits make Amazon, Meta stop using third-party data to undercut rivals xAI’s ‘Grok’ chatbot will be available to X Premium+ subscribers only Qualcomm and Iridium's satellite link-up loses signal The first GTA 6 trailer will launch in early December 2023, Rockstar confirm Rumours Kuo: Apple to update all iPad models next year, including OLED iPad Pro and new

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00:49:19

Episode 148: It's time for SBF convicted, Apple...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/11/03

This week we covered: News Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of fraud All the news from Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ Mac event X launches two new subscriptions to boost your replies Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite looks like the Windows world’s answer to Apple Silicon Apple decides to launch Apple Pay Later now, no longer ‘early access’ Games Forza Motorsport Rumours NVIDIA and AMD reportedly gearing up to offer ARM CPUs for

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00:48:09

Episode 147: It's time for Meta and Google Hardware...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/10/24

This week we covered: Meta Meta’s $499.99 Quest 3 headset is all about mixed reality and video games Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Meta Quest 3 in December Google The Google Pixel 8 is official with 7 years of updates The Pixel Watch 2 is official with a Snapdragon W5 chip Google's Tensor G3 chip is focused on speeding up AI for the Pixel 8 phones Rumours Folding iPad as soon as 2024, says report – but 2025 more likely As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find

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00:40:32

Episode 146: It's time for MSFT + Blizzard deal...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/10/08

This week we covered: News Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets preliminary approval from UK regulator Game on: FTC tries again to block Microsoft Activision merger Another console dad hangs up his spurs as PlayStation boss Jim Ryan announces he's retiring from Sony next year Cisco to acquire Splunk in $28B mega deal Online Safety Bill passes in the UK w/o iMessage impact, but government not giving up NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it

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00:44:48

Episode 145: It's time for UK voter hack, FSR3, Intel...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/09/26

This week we covered: News Hackers had access to UK voter data for over a year before anyone noticed AMD’s FPS-doubling FSR 3 is coming soon, and not just to Radeon graphics cards Intel shows off 8-core, 528-thread processor with 1TB/s of co-packaged optics Intel confirms Thunderbolt 5 name, 120Gbps tech arrives in 2024 Razzlekhan and husband guilty of $4.5bn Bitcoin launder ULTRARAM may be a silly name but it's the holy grail for memory tech and means your PC could hibernate for

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00:59:34

Episode 144: It's time for the annual Apple iPhone...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/09/17

This week we covered: iPhone 15 IPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max Watch 9 Watch Ultra 2 iOS 17 MacOS Sonoma As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

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00:56:43

Episode 143: It's time for what we are looking...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/09/05

What we’re looking forward to TV/Movies Foundation S2 Lower Decks S4 The Continental Gen V Dune 2 - March 2024 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - May 2024 Beetlejuice 2!! - September 2024 Games Forza Motorsport Starfield Payday 3 Tech Apple Watch Ultra 2 Meta Quest 3 As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

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00:48:13

Episode 142: It's time for WorldCoin, Elon legal...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/08/18

This week we covered: News Hundreds sign up to ponder OpenAI founder's eye-scanning crypto orb despite data concerns Elon Musk’s ‘fund your legal bill’ tweet is a brand new level of bullshit 'Unpatchable' vulnerability in Tesla's AMD chips allows free access to the cars' paywalled features Amazon has more than half of all Arm server CPUs in the world $5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial North Korean hackers had

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00:46:32

Episode 141: It's time for Apple slams UKGOV, Meta...

The Weekly Tech Rant ·

2023/08/06

This week we covered: News Apple slams UK surveillance-bill proposals UK privacy watchdog warns Meta over plan to keep denying Brits a choice over its ad tracking Kevin Mitnick, Once the ‘Most Wanted Computer Outlaw,’ Dies at 59 Fed’s deadline comes and goes without Tesla’s reply to Autopilot questions Elon Musk says he’ll ask Tim Cook to lower App Store fees for X subscriptions FBI found out who illegally used NSO spyware: It was the FBI Rumours Rumor: Apple Watch Series 9 to

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