The Weekly Tech Rant

Episode 11: It's time for another Apple Event, AMD splashes the cash, Nvidia holds fast, Amazon cans Crucible and we hit Warp speed!


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News
Apple Event on the 13th… iPhones duh! Mini Homepods, Apple Tag and Headphones?
Bloomberg reports Apple Silicon Macs could launch in November - Arm we are off on into the post Intel world?
Apple TV trials to be extended to 2021 - Who’s using this still or will pay for it?
AMD rumored to be in advanced talks to buy FPGA slinger Xilinx for $30bn+ - a strategic investment to challenge Intel/Nvidia!
Microsoft is bringing xCloud to iOS via the web - Screw you Apple!
Epic judge permanently restrains Apple from blocking Unreal Engine, but won’t force Fortnite
Gadgets
AMD’s Ryzen 9 5900X- Touted as“Worlds best gaming CPU” - a new challenger has joined the fight
Nvidia 3070 delayed till 29th to avoid stock issue - of course, nothing to do with AMD’s Big Navi reveal on the 28th!
Games
FS2020 - we've played it a bit more, how is it after several patches? What scenery packs have we bought?
Amazon has canceled Crucible, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter that had already been returned to closed beta
TV
ST Discovery season 3 starts on Oct 16th - Phew how were we going to get our Trek fix, as Lower Decks SE1 had wrapped!
Boys Spin off show - Something to look forward to alongside Season 3!
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The Weekly Tech RantBy Jay + Karl