Nerd Bits

In today's episode of the Nerd Bits we will be discussing about a rumored M1X Mac Mini, WhatsApp getting an iPad App, Google Chrome getting speed and design updates, a Razer Mouse Admin Bug in Windows 10, and the inventor of the cell phone making his first public call.

Works Cited

Byford, Sam. “Higher-End Mac Mini Reportedly Landing ‘in the next Several Months.’” The Verge, 23 Aug. 2021, www.theverge.com/2021/8/23/22637477/new-mac-mini-design-ports-m1x-release-date-gurman. Accessed 23 Aug. 2021.

Ingraham, Nathan. “WhatsApp Could Soon Have an IPad App for the First Time.” Engadget, 22 Aug. 2021, www.engadget.com/whatsapp-ipad-app-multi-device-support-172538021.html. Accessed 23 Aug. 2021.

Parmar, Mayank. “Google Chrome to Get Speed, Design and Music Control Updates.” Windows Latest, 22 Aug. 2021, www.windowslatest.com/2021/08/22/google-chrome-to-get-speed-design-and-music-control-updates/. Accessed 23 Aug. 2021.

Surur. “Turns out All You Need to Gain Admin Privileges on Windows 10 Is to Plug in a Razer Mouse - MSPoweruser.” Mspoweruser, 22 Aug. 2021, mspoweruser.com/turns-out-all-you-need-to-gain-admin-privileges-on-windows-10-is-to-plug-in-a-razer-mouse/. Accessed 23 Aug. 2021.

“The Father of the Cellphone.” Www.cbsnews.com, 22 Aug. 2021, www.cbsnews.com/news/marty-cooper-the-father-of-the-cellphone/.

In today's episode of the Nerd Bits we will be discussing the release of the Galaxy Z Fold 3, the release of GitHub Codespaces, Nvidia having a CGI CEO during a part of their event, a Noctua RTX 3070 GPU, and Xiaomi making a dog suspiciously similar to Spot from Boston Dynamics.

Works Cited

Lee, Tyler. “ASUS and Noctua Could Be Working on a RTX 3070 GPU.” Ubergizmo, 5 Aug. 2021, www.ubergizmo.com/2021/08/asus-noctua-rtx-3070-gpu/. Accessed 15 Aug. 2021.

Stevenson, Alastair. “Fast Charge: The Galaxy Z Fold 3 Just Made Me Want the Note 21 More.” Trusted Reviews, 14 Aug. 2021, www.trustedreviews.com/opinion/fast-charge-the-galaxy-z-fold-3-just-made-me-want-the-note-21-more-4157520. Accessed 15 Aug. 2021.

Tim Anderson. “After 15 Months in Preview, GitHub Releases Codespaces – Probably the Fanciest New Shiny since Actions.” Www.theregister.com, 12 Aug. 2021, www.theregister.com/2021/08/12/github_codespaces/. Accessed 15 Aug. 2021.

Trenholm, Richard. “Nvidia Faked Part of a Press Conference with a CGI CEO.” CNET, 12 Aug. 2021, www.cnet.com/news/nvidia-faked-part-of-a-press-conference-with-a-cgi-ceo/. Accessed 15 Aug. 2021.

Vincent, James. “CyberDog Is a New Ominous-Looking Robot from Xiaomi.” The Verge, 10 Aug. 2021, www.theverge.com/2021/8/10/22618043/xiaomi-cyberdog-robot-dog-quadruped-specs-price. Accessed 15 Aug. 2021.

In today's episode of the Nerd Bits we will be discussing about Xiaomi Taking World #1 in Smartphone Sales, AMD releasing Ryzen 5000G Series APU's to consumers, iOS 15 Releases Promised Privacy Features, Samsung Leaks Expected Phones, and Microsoft's 'Super Duper Secure Mode' for Edge.

Works Cited

Amadeo, Ron. “Xiaomi Takes the Smartphone Sales Crown, and Samsung Seems Unhappy about It.” Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2021, arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/xiaomi-beats-out-samsung-to-become-1-smartphone-manufacturer/. Accessed 7 Aug. 2021.

Chiappetta, Marco. “AMD Ryzen 5000G Series Review: Zen 3 APUs Deliver Big Value.” HotHardware, 3 Aug. 2021, hothardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-5-5600g-and-ryzen-7-5700g-review. Accessed 7 Aug. 2021.

Clover, Juli. “IOS 15 Privacy Guide: Private Relay, Hide My Email, Mail Privacy Protection, App Reports and More.” MacRumors, 6 Aug. 2021, www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-15-privacy/. Accessed 7 Aug. 2021.

Hamid, Anam. “Samsung Unpacked Spoiler: Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Flip 3 Marketing Images Posted Online.” Phone Arena, 6 Aug. 2021, www.phonearena.com/news/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-3-flip-3-official-marketing-pictures-leaked_id134177. Accessed 7 Aug. 2021.

Song, Victoria. “Microsoft Is Experimenting with a ‘Super Duper Secure Mode’ for Edge.” Gizmodo, 6 Aug. 2021, gizmodo.com/microsoft-is-experimenting-with-a-super-duper-secure-mo-1847436587. Accessed 7 Aug. 2021.

In today's episode of the Nerd Bits we will be discussing Elon Musk's view in the Epic vs Apple case, Twitter launching a bug bounty contest, Russia blaming a software failure for unexpected firing of a new ISS Nauka Model, a PS5 update fixing major problems, and Scarlett Johansson suing Disney for Black Widow being on Disney+.

Works Cited

Al-Heeti, Abrar. “Elon Musk Weighs in on Epic Games v. Apple Suit.” CNET, 30 July 2021, www.cnet.com/news/elon-musk-weighs-in-on-epic-games-v-apple-suit/. Accessed 1 Aug. 2021.

Holt, Kris. “Twitter Launches Bug Bounty Contest to Detect Algorithmic Bias.” Engadget, 30 July 2021, www.engadget.com/twitter-bug-bounty-contest-algorithm-bias-image-cropping-185634779.html.

Kooser, Amanda. “Russia Blames Software Failure for ‘Unexpected’ Thruster Firing of New ISS Nauka Module.” CNET, 30 July 2021, www.cnet.com/news/russia-blames-software-failure-for-unexpected-iss-module-thruster-firing/. Accessed 1 Aug. 2021.

Siegal, Jacob. “PS5 Update Fixes One of the Console’s Stupidest Problems.” Www.yahoo.com, 31 July 2021, www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ps5-fixes-one-console-stupidest-173633093.html. Accessed 1 Aug. 2021.

Solsman, Joan E. “Disney Sued by Scarlett Johansson over Black Widow’s Streaming Release.” CNET, 30 July 2021, www.cnet.com/news/disney-sued-by-scarlett-johansson-over-black-widows-streaming-release/. Accessed 1 Aug. 2021.

In today's episode of the Nerd Bits we will be discussing Netflix Games, a massive internet outage, the Freedom Phone, Apple supposedly making a display with a neural engine, and people getting malware from fake Windows 11 installers.

Sorry for bad mic quality for Urjith on the past couple episodes. It should be fixed by the next episode. Thanks!

Works Cited

Business, Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN. “Massive Internet Outage: FedEx, Delta and McDonald’s Go Down.” CNN, 22 July 2021, www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/tech/website-outages-akamai-oracle-disruptions/index.html. Accessed 24 July 2021.

Fahey, Rob. “Netflix’s Games Won’t Be the Netflix of Games.” GamesIndustry.biz, 23 July 2021, www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-07-23-netflixs-games-wont-be-the-netflix-of-games. Accessed 24 July 2021.

Holland, Patrick. “Freedom Phone: Why You Should Avoid It and What Else to Know.” CNET, 24 July 2021, www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/freedom-phone-why-you-should-avoid-it-what-else-to-know/. Accessed 24 July 2021.

Smith, Dale. “Apple Testing New External Display with A13 Chip and Neural Engine, Report Says.” CNET, 23 July 2021, www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apple-testing-new-external-display-with-a13-chip-and-neural-engine-report-says/. Accessed 25 July 2021.

Woods, Rich. “People Are Getting Malware from Fake Windows 11 Installers.” Xda-Developers, 23 July 2021, www.xda-developers.com/malware-fake-windows-11-installers/. Accessed 24 July 2021.

In today's episode of Nerd Bits we will be discussing Github Copilot, Apple Public Beta's, Windows 11 Insider Preview, leaks about unreleased Samsung products, and a rumored Apple 3nm chip.

GitHub Copilot: https://copilot.github.com/

Works Cited

“Apple Beta Software Installation Guide - Support - Apple Developer.” Developer.apple.com, developer.apple.com/support/install-beta/.

BALOCH, HUZEFA. “How to Download Official Windows 11 Beta.” Gizchina.com, 30 June 2021, www.gizchina.com/2021/06/30/how-to-download-official-windows-11-beta/. Accessed 2 July 2021.

Hardwick, Tim. “Apple Likely to Debut Next-Gen 3nm Chip Technology in 2022 IPad Pro.” MacRumors, 2 July 2021, www.macrumors.com/2021/07/02/apple-debut-3nm-chip-in-2022-ipad/.

Novet, Jordan. “Microsoft and OpenAI Have a New A.I. Tool That Will Give Coding Suggestions to Software Developers.” CNBC, 29 June 2021, www.cnbc.com/2021/06/29/microsoft-github-copilot-ai-offers-coding-suggestions.html. Accessed 2 July 2021.

SamMobile. “Leak Reveals Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 4 Classic and Galaxy Buds 2 Price.” SamMobile, 2 July 2021, www.sammobile.com/news/leak-galaxy-watch-4-watch-4-classic-galaxy-buds-2-price/. Accessed 2 July 2021.

In today's of episode the Nerd Bits, we will be discussing Brave's new search engine, Tesla recalling cars in china over a safety issue, hackers erasing western digital hard drives remotely, Windows 11 being announced, and Telegram adding a group video calling feature.

Works Cited

Bambrough, Billy. “Billions of Google Users Now Have a Radical New Search Option.” Forbes, 26 June 2021, www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2021/06/26/billions-of-google-users-now-have-a-radical-new-search-option/?sh=4c3eb9b14b09. Accessed 27 June 2021.

CNN, Philip Wang. “Tesla Recalls Nearly 300,000 Cars in China over Cruise Control Safety Issue.” CNN, 26 June 2021, www.cnn.com/2021/06/26/cars/tesla-recall-china-cruise-control/index.html. Accessed 27 June 2021.

Greenberg, Andy. “Hackers Are Erasing Western Digital Hard Drives Remotely.” Wired, 26 June 2021, www.wired.com/story/western-digital-hard-drives-erased-amazon-wickr-security-news/. Accessed 27 June 2021.

King, Mary. “Windows 11: Use Microsoft’s PC Health Check App to Check If Your Device Is Compatible. Here’s How.” CNET, 26 June 2021, www.cnet.com/how-to/windows-11-use-microsofts-pc-health-check-app-to-check-if-your-device-is-compatible-heres-how/.

Lyons, Kim. “Telegram Adds Group Video Calling at Last.” The Verge, 26 June 2021, www.theverge.com/2021/6/26/22551652/telegram-adds-group-video-calling-chat. Accessed 27 June 2021.

In today's episode of the Nerd Bits, we will be discussing Google working on a device location tracking network, Apple announcing new products, a privacy bug in Google for Android, Samsung entering production for their next generation of foldable phones, and YouTube for iOS and iPad OS is rolling out PiP.

Works Cited

Barrett, Brian. “A Bug in the Android Google App Put Privacy at Risk.” Wired, 19 June 2021, www.wired.com/story/google-app-bug-airbnb-safety-security-news/. Accessed 20 June 2021.

Clark, Mitchell. “Google May Be Working on an Answer to Apple’s Device-Locating Network.” The Verge, 18 June 2021, www.theverge.com/2021/6/18/22540625/google-find-my-device-android-spot-location-network. Accessed 20 June 2021.

Hamid, Anam. “Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 Have Already Entered Production: Tip.” Phone Arena, 19 June 2021, www.phonearena.com/news/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-3-flip-3-mass-production-started_id132962. Accessed 20 June 2021.

Li, Abner. “YouTube for IPhone, IPad Rolling out Picture-In-Picture (PiP).” 9to5Google, 18 June 2021, 9to5google.com/2021/06/18/youtube-pip-iphone/. Accessed 20 June 2021.

“Top Stories: Beats Studio Buds Announced, Apple Watch Series 7 Rumors, and More.” MacRumors, 19 June 2021, www.macrumors.com/2021/06/19/top-stories-beats-studio-buds-apple-watch-7/.