-Weaponized Pagers: https://www.engadget.com/mobile/pagers-explode-simultaneously-in-hundreds-of-hezbollah-members-pockets-190304565.html

-Starlink for Spying: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/chinese-scientists-use-starlink-signals-to-detect-stealth-aircraft-and-drones

-Starlink for planes: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/13/24243594/united-airlines-free-starlink-wi-fi-connectivity

-Trump Gets into Crypto: https://www.engadget.com/general/trump-jumps-into-cryptocurrency-appears-to-know-nothing-about-it-130022525.html

-What the heck is this: https://www.engadget.com/social-media/snaps-fifth-generation-spectacles-bring-your-hands-into-into-augmented-reality-180026541.html

-OpenAI’s new model can lie to you differently now:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/17/24243884/openai-o1-model-research-safety-alignment

https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai-o1-preview/

-Do NOT ask OpenAI o1 to show you how the sausage is made, or we’ll ban you. -OpenAI

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/openai-threatens-bans-for-probing-new-ai-models-reasoning-process/

-OpenAi: SVU

Sam Altman abandoning Non-profit. Corporate Greed always wins.

https://fortune.com/2024/09/13/sam-altman-openai-non-profit-structure-change-next-year/

Elon Musk isn’t having it!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2024/03/01/elon-musk-sues-openai-and-ceo-sam-altman-over-abandoned-non-profit-promise/

-AI and Fires!

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/16/1103962/google-is-funding-an-ai-powered-satellite-constellation-that-will-spot-wildfires-faster/

(don’t open this link too many times, it will time you out.)

-Impulse buy you DJI Drone now!

https://www.techradar.com/cameras/drones/your-dji-drone-might-soon-be-banned-in-the-us-and-yes-this-news-is-just-as-bad-as-it-sounds

Venom: The Last Dance, The Franchise, Beetlejuice drink, Green Lantern, Spider-Man 4, Crime 101, Jonathan Majors, The Boys, lots more

-Rockstar is low-balling: https://www.ign.com/articles/rock-star-tells-rockstar-to-go-f-yourself-after-extremely-low-offer-to-use-hit-song-in-gta-6

-Executive is tone deaf? Yep: https://www.eurogamer.net/games-industry-layoffs-not-the-result-of-corporate-greed-and-those-affected-should-drive-an-uber-says-ex-sony-president

-Everything old is new again: https://www.howtogeek.com/new-cartridge-releases-are-taking-retro-gaming-to-another-level/

-PS5 Pro announced!

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24167932/ps5-pro-sony-specs-announcement

-PSVR2 on PC review

-Minecraft trailer:

https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/a-minecraft-movie-trailer-gives-us-our-first-look-at-jason-momoa-and-jack-black-ahead-of-its-2025-release-143741392.html?src=rss

Thoughts?

-Lightning round - Balatro on Mobile

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/balatro-is-coming-to-mobile-and-its-going-to-ruin-my-life-173039968.html?guccounter=1

-Huawei tri fold: https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/huaweis-first-tri-fold-phone-starts-at-an-eye-watering-2800-145113669.html?guccounter=1

-Doritos make you invisible?: https://www.yahoo.com/news/dye-doritos-used-experiment-magic-142003405.html?guccounter=1

-Apple Event

https://www.theverge.com/24239739/apple-iphone-16-event-announcements-watch-series-10-airpods

-New DJI drone to drool over:

https://www.engadget.com/cameras/dji-neo-hands-on-a-powerful-and-lightweight-200-drone-130039169.html?src=rss

-OTC glucose monitor is out;

https://www.engadget.com/wearables/abbotts-otc-glucose-monitor-is-now-available-in-the-us-170036887.html?src=rss

https://www.medtechdive.com/news/abbott-dexcom-over-the-counter-cgm-launch/719928/

-A different type of apple event.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/apple-must-pay-e13-billion-in-back-taxes-after-losing-final-appeal/

-Starliner is back:

https://www.engadget.com/science/space/boeings-starliner-is-back-without-the-astronauts-it-flew-to-the-iss-110013469.html?src=rss

Minecraft movie, Alien: Earth, Alison Brie is Evil-Lyn, Todd Stashwick joins Marvel's Vision, Ice Cream Man, Beetlejuice cartoon, Star Trek Day,Twilight, Rebecca reviews Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, lots more

-Zelda officially has a multiverse: https://kotaku.com/zelda-nintendo-breath-of-the-wild-timeline-1851637896

-Remedy teams up with Anapurna: https://www.remedygames.com/article/remedy-and-annapurna-announce-a-strategic-cooperation-agreement

-Gamestop wants a piece of the Retro Pie: https://www.gamestop.com/retro-store-locator

-Farewell Concord, we hardly knew ye:

https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/193238/sony-pulls-concord-from-sale-after-disastrous-launch?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-EmuDeck Machines:

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2046260

-Star Wars Outlaws early impressions

-Headset? More like Head-Dent! Amirite?!?

https://www.headphonesty.com/2021/04/headphone-dent/

Join Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Space Show fan Admiral Kerry Jackson, and Ensign Tony Eccles as they continue their voyage through all things Star Trek! In this episode, we continue through season 5 with these episodes: The Perfect Mate, Imaginary Friend, I, Borg, The Next Phase, and The Inner Light.

-So long Anandtech, thanks for all the fish: https://www.anandtech.com/show/21542/end-of-the-road-an-anandtech-farewell

-Its about time someone did this: https://www.engadget.com/science/self-storage-rooftops-will-become-a-nationwide-100mw-solar-farm-223004138.html

-Control Panel is safe for now: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/27/24229436/microsoft-windows-control-panel-removal

-Don’t work at Wells Fargo:

https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/2246222/wells-fargo-worker-dies-at-desk-nobody-notices-for-four-days?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-Intel might have something good?

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/3/24233957/intel-lunar-lake-core-ultra-200v-launch

-Don’t worry about that brain cancer:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/3/24234869/theres-no-link-between-cellphone-use-and-brain-cancer-who-says

-Edge lit LCDs have a type of “burn-in’ of their own:

https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/08/02/1918228/edge-lit-lcd-tv-durability-concerns-emerge-in-new-test?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-You KNOW we have to have an AI story. Meet the AI Scientist

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/08/research-ai-model-unexpectedly-modified-its-own-code-to-extend-runtime/

-Samsung TV’s get 7 year update commitment. Neat. 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/samsung-tvs-will-get-7-years-of-updates-starting-with-2023-models/

Borderlands, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Marvels 85th, Dead Boy Detectives, Disneyland news, Amandla Stenberg, Dr Who, The Crow, lots more

-Who could have ever seen this coming?: https://www.ign.com/articles/square-enix-makes-playstation-splatoon-shooter-foamstars-free-to-play-8-months-after-launch

-Nintendo Direct announcements: https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-direct-august-2024-everything-announced

-Borderlands heads to VoD: https://www.ign.com/articles/borderlands-movie-digital-release-date-announced

-Worms is back: https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/worms-armageddon-anniversary-edition-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-and-switch

-PS5 Price Hike: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playstation/sony-hikes-the-playstation-5-price-in-japan-by-19-percent-160557944.html

-Sony makes their controllers better on PC:

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playstation/you-can-now-customize-playstation-dualsense-edge-controllers-on-pc-151715163.html?src=rss

-Civilization 7 was announced:

https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/08/20/224251/civilization-7-captures-the-chaos-of-human-history-in-manageable-doses?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-Peter Molyneaux has another god game:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/08/peter-molyneux-is-back-with-yet-another-new-take-on-the-god-game/

-Mouse PI for Hire. I love when things enter the public domain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzeInmapu-Y

https://www.ign.com/games/mouse

-Black Myth: Wukong is doing… really good.

https://www.ign.com/articles/black-myth-wukong-sells-an-incredible-10-million-copies-in-just-3-days

Blew past 10mil in sales in 3 days and 3mil concurrent players across pc and ps5

The Lore: https://www.ign.com/articles/knowing-this-lore-makes-black-myth-wukong-way-more-enjoyable

-Discussion: Do you prefer the new and unseen? Or do you like refinement and depth? 

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/mass-effect-and-assassins-creed-vet-says-sequels-rule-because-thats-when-devs-can-make-the-game-they-really-wanted-to-make-the-first-time/