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en-usAugust 01, 2023

ABK Deal, Nothing Phone 2 and iOS 17 Beta

Microsoft: 0:57

- Update on the ABK deal

- HoloLens is getting a new iteration for the U.S. Military

General Tech 1: 25:11

- Meta may be killing the Quest Pro already

Apple: 28:01

- Beats Studio Pro

- Apple may be pulling their services from the UK

General Tech 2: 37:20

- Nvidia is still bad

- TSMC says they can’t manufacture in the U.S.

- Nothing Phone 2 reviews

- Samsung Unpacked is this week

Apple: 57:01

- iOS 17 Beta impressions

Gaming: 1:10:40

- Game Pass Core

- No more Friends and Family Preview

- Overwatch 2 coming to Steam

One More Thing: 1:28:04

- Space Invaders: World Defense available on Android and iOS

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en-usJuly 25, 2023

Asus Zenfone 10

Google: 1:38

- Pixel Fold reviews

General Tech: 12:47

- Nothing Phone 2

- Asus Zenfone 10

- AMD launches Risen 5 5600X3D CPU

- Nvidia RTX 4060 launches

- Jony Ive makes a turntable

Gaming: 48:17

- Steam summer sale

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en-usJuly 10, 2023

Nintendo Direct 2023

Google: 1:27

- Pixel Tablet reviews

- YouTube TV adding more multi-view support

General Tech: 12:53

- Prime Day will be July 11-12

Gaming: 15:12

- Nvidia 4060

Nintendo Direct: 23:13

- Pokemon Violet and Scarlet

- MythForce

- Princess Peach game

- Arkham Triliogy

- Hot Wheels Unleashed 2

- Pikmin 4

- Metal Gear

- Vampire Survivors

- Head Bangers

- Super Mario RPG

- Super Mario Bros Wonder

Gaming: 42:59

- More ABK

- Game Pass price going up

- ID at Xbox Showcase happening in July

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en-usJune 27, 2023

The time formally known as E3

Summer Game Fest: 7:28

- Path of Exile 2

- Lies of P

- Alan Wake 2

- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

- Baldur’s Gate 3

- Palworld

- Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria

- Star Trek: Infinite

- Lysfanga

- Mortal Kombat 1

- Final Fantasy 7

Xbox Games Showcase: 50:48

- Starfield

- Fable

- Star Wars Outlaws

- Avowed

- Hellblade 2

- Forza Motorsport

- City Skylines 2

- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

- Cyberpunk 2077

- Clockwork Revolution

- Legend of Monkey Island in Sea of Thieves

- South of Midnight

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en-usJune 22, 2023

WWDC 2023

WWDC 2023: 1:45

- iOS 17: 5:52

- Standby View

- Journal App

- NameDrop

- Live Voicemail

- Voicemail for FaceTime

- Messages app updates

- Check In

- iPadOS 17: 23:04

- Custom lock screen

- Interactive widgets

- Ability to share AirTags

- macOS Sonoma: 30:44

- Widgets

- Game Mode

- watchOS 10: 45:09

- Widgets

- Snoopy and Woodstock watch face

- Mental Health tracking

- New cycling features

- New hiking features

-tvOS: 53:33

- FaceTime

- Find the remote with FindMy

- General Updates: 58:21

- Just say ‘Siri’ to trigger Siri

- Adaptive Audio for AirPods Pro 2

- 15” MacBook Air: 1:04:04

- M2 Ultra: 1:08:44

- New Mac Studios

- Updated Mac Pro

- One More Thing: 1:20:21

- Apple Vision Pro: 1:21:42

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en-usJune 13, 2023

Motorola Razr+

Microsoft: 5:44

- Cortana is officially going to be dead this year

- More ABK news

Google: 15:24

- The OG Chromecast is officially End Of Life

General Tech: 16:59

- Motorola Razr+

Gaming: 32:48

- Overwatch 2 is not doing well

- Spendlove Rants

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en-usJune 06, 2023

Microsoft Build 2023

Microsoft Build 2023: 1:29

- Azure AI

- Fabric

- Responsible AI

- Copilot for Power Pages

- More ChatGPT in Edge and Bing Search

- 365 Copilot

- Teams Avatars

Apple: 24:13

- WWDC 2023 will be June 5-9

General Tech: 25:02

- Netflix password sharing is no more

Gaming: 36:08

- Updates of Microsoft/ABK deal

Playstation Showcase 2023: 39:45

- Project Q handheld

- Playstation Earbuds

- New games

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en-usMay 31, 2023

Pixel 7A, Pixel Tablet, Pixel Fold and Everything from Google I/O 2023

Google: 1:37

Gmail: 16:44

- Help me write

Maps: 17:55

- Immersive view

Photos: 19:08

- Magic Editor

Make AI helpful for everyone: 22:35

Bard: 25:43

- coding

- dark theme

- images can appear into certain searches

- Google Lens

- Maps

- Bard API

- Adobe Firefly to generate photos

- no more waitlist

Workspace: 33:50

- create templates from a prompt

Search: 35:24

- ability to ask more detailed questions

- conversation mode

Responsible AI: 40:01

- adding watermarks and meta data to AI generated images

- more source data

Android: 42:24

- Find My Device

- Magic compose

- More customizable lock screen

- More customizable wallpaper

Pixel 7A: 55:45

Pixel Fold: 1:03:24

Pixel Tablet: 1:14:51

Android 14 Bugdroid Statue: 1:25:29

Other Google News: 1:27:09

- Wendy’s is partnering with Google to have Googles AI chatbot in their drive-thru

Apple: 1:31:15

- Logic and Final Cut are coming to iPad

Gaming: 1:38:24

- External storage for the Xbox is now cheaper

- EU will announce decision this week (*psst* they approved the merger)

- Laya’s Horizon is now available

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en-usMay 16, 2023

Microsoft vs The World

Microsoft: 0:53

- CMA is blocking the Microsoft purchase of ABK and we have lots of thoughts

Google: 49:15

- Google Authenticator can finally be used on multiple devices

Apple: 55:00

- New Beats headphones could come in a “clear” color way

General Tech: 1:02:16

- Ryzen 7000 X3D chips are burning up

Gaming: 1:04:56

- New AMD GPU coming at the end of May

- Star Wars: Jedi Survivor was released

Doom: 1:14:32

You can now play Doom inside the Linux terminal

One More Thing: 1:17:53

- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is now available for Amazon Prime subscribers via Prime Games

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en-usMay 04, 2023

Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate

Google: 1:41

- Pixel 7a could debut at I/O

- Pixel fold could debut at I?O

General Tech: 5:18

- Netflix to start rolling out it’s password sharing ban outside Canada

- Netflix is going to be ending its DVD-by-Mail service

- Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate

Gaming: 22:12

- Sega is acquiring Rovio

- Landen makes a prediction for things to come in the gaming world and Wes and Caleb hope he’s wrong

- Atari acquires a tons of games rights

- Ubisoft+ now available on Xbox

- Joseph Staten joins Netflix Games

- One more Diablo 4 beta

- RTX 4070 rant

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en-usApril 25, 2023

Playing with AI

AI: 0:56

- New features in Bing

Microsoft: 20:39

- Edge gains spit window support

Apple: 21:44

- Apple Music Classical

- GM has announced that they will no longer support CarPlay/Android Auto

Google: 45:08

- Nearby Share for Windows Beta

Gaming: 48:26

- Netflix testing playing games on TV

- New controller from Microsoft

- Ryzen 7 7800X3D

- E3 is canceled again

- Throwing Wes under the bus

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en-usApril 11, 2023

Google Giveth and Google Taketh Away

Google: 1:05

- YouTube TV adds multi view

- YouTube TV has gone up in price again

- Bard is currently in an invite only phase

- Google Glass is officially dead

- Project Jacquard is not dead, but it’s dead

- Google’s Project Zero found lots of security issues with certain Exynos modems

General Tech: 27:45

- PocketCasts is working on a WearOS app

- T-Mobile is buying Mint Mobile

Microsoft: 32:17

- ChatGPT is coming to Microsoft 365

- Microsoft Loop app

PSA: 38:27

- Don’t trust just any USB drive

Gaming: 41:10

- Mighty Doom

- Diablo IV Open Beta: 51:25

Other Gaming: 1:19:13

- The Microsoft/Activision merger is getting closer to happening

- Microsoft wants their mobile game store up and going by March 2024

- ID and Xbox Accelerate program

- Minecraft is now in early access on Chrome OS

- Netflix is planning on adding 40 more games this year

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en-usMarch 28, 2023

Hello Yellow!

Apple: 0:58

- Yellow iPhone 14

- Apple Music Classical

General Tech: 8:45

- Ryzen 7000 X3D

Google: 18:22

- Google I-O will be on May 10

- Super Mario in Google Search

Gaming: 21:21

- Starfield is coming September 6, 2023

- March Game Pass games

- Self-publishing tool for Epic Game Store

- Laya’s Horizon from developer Snowman

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en-usMarch 14, 2023

MWC 2023

Google: 1:07

- Fall detection comes to Pixel Watch

- Android 15 is code named Vanilla Ice Cream

- Grogu Easter egg in Google Search

General Tech: 6:16

- More LastPass info

- News out of MWC 2023

- Tesla is starting to convert its chargers to work with non-Tesla EVs

Microsoft: 29:05

- Microsoft adding the Defender app to its 365 subscription

Gaming: 32:54

- The EU is reportedly OK with the Microsoft/Activision merger

- Diablo 4 Beta starts March 17

Doom, But Not The Good Kind: 39:51

Indie Game Spotlight of the Week: 44:56

- Terra Nil from Free Lives

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en-usMarch 07, 2023

Rumors and Rants

Apple: 2:06

- AR headset rumors

General Tech: 9:12

- More AI talk

Apple TV: 14:07

- MLS Season Pass thoughts

Google: 21:40

- Magic Eraser is now available for anyone with a Google One subscription

- Podcasts are coming to YouTube Music

Meta/Facebook: 28:05

- Meta Verified

Gaming: 33:34

- Rovio Classics: Angry Birds is leaving the Play Store, getting a name change in App Store

- More news on Microsoft trying to buy Activision/Blizzard

- Xbox Game Pass Friends and Family plan coming to 6 more countries

- Flight Simulator update

- Sony State of Play

- Mighty Doom

- Tetris movie coming to Apple TV+

- PSVR 2 is now available

- Poly Mega is making an app

Indie Game Spotlight of the Week: 1:20:24

- File Destined

Doom: 1:22:16

- Doom running on and played with Lego bricks

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en-usFebruary 28, 2023

OnePlus 11

OnePlus: 2:15

- OnePlus 11

- OnePlus Keyboard

- OnePlus Pad

- OnePlus Buds Pro 2

General Tech: 35:05

- The AI Battle

Gaming: 51:31

- Minecraft is coming to Chrome OS

- Nvidia GPUs

Doom: 1:06:54

- Doom on Bitcoin

- Multi-monitor Doom. On DOS.

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en-usFebruary 15, 2023

Samsung Galaxy S23 Phones

Samsung: 1:45

- Galaxy S23

- Galaxy S23+

- Galaxy S23 Ultra

Microsoft: 19:23

- Windows 11 is still adding features

- Slack is going against Teams

Gaming: 26:31

- Developer Direct

- Goldeneye 007 now on Game Pass and Switch

- Age Of Empires 2 on console

- Xbox prices are going up in Japan

- Halo getting Unreal Engine reboot

- Microsoft de-listing 40 games from the Xbox 360 store

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en-usFebruary 07, 2023

New Mac Minis and MacBook Pros

Microsoft: 3:11

- Microsoft may add OpenAI to its services

- Lots of layoffs every where

Google: 22:43

- You can no longer find links to Google Podcasts inside of Google Search

Apple: 24:34

- New M2 Pro, Max MacBook Pros

- New M2 Mac Mini

- New M2 Pro Mac Mini

- New HomePod

General Tech: 42:48

- 3rd party Twitter apps are all gone

- The Lisa computer turns 40

Gaming: 47:49

- Deadspace Remake

- Indie Game Spotlight of the Week: Noita, by Nola Games

- Stadia is officially dead

- Turn your Stadia controller into a standard bluetooth controller

Doom: 1:08:49

- Doom on the Thumby

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en-usJanuary 24, 2023

Microsoft vs. The World

Microsoft: 1:15

- Hololens government project not happening

- Microsoft 365 and One Drive being combined

- More people don’t want Microsoft to purchase Activision

General Tech: 17:00

- New AMD processors

- Intel 13900KS

- John Deere wants you to think they care. They don’t.

- OBS adds AV1 encoding

Google: 36:53

- Pixel 7 camera glass shattering

General Tech: 41:17

- Samsung Galaxy S23 event announced

- New Sony Walkman

- Roku will be making their own TVs

Gaming: 59:44

- Asus gaming Chromebook

- Avatar Generations

- TNMT: Shredder's Revenge

- Microsoft Developer Direct Livestream

- Indie Game Spotlight of the Week: Super Giant Games, Hades 2

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