March 08, 2022

#SGGQA 244: A Bad Week For Samsung, Netflix Doubles Down on Gaming, Apple Employees Return to the Office

2 hours 31 minutes

Gigi Sohn has made it through committee and now the Senate will vote on her confirmation to the FCC. Sony and Honda are working on a electric car. Netflix is trying to become the Netflix of gaming. TCL showed off a crazy folding prototype at MWC. Apple sets the return to office for employees.

And Samsung is just not having a great week.

Let's get OUR tech week started right!

Stories This Week:

Samsung Throttles TONS of apps https://somegadgetguy.com/2022/03/03/samsung-throttles-thousands-of-apps-on-the-galaxy-s22-reacting-to-reddit-hot-takes/

Poco X4 Review: The All Rounder? https://somegadgetguy.com/2022/02/28/poco-x4-pro-5g-review-is-5g-worth-the-cost/

Poco M4 Pro vs M4 Pro 5G: The cost of 5G https://somegadgetguy.com/2022/03/02/will-the-real-poco-m4-pro-please-stand-up-the-cost-of-5g/

TicWatch GTH-Pro review https://somegadgetguy.com/2022/03/01/mobvoi-ticwatch-gth-pro-review-a-watch-that-looks-at-your-heart/

IQOO 9 Pro review: It’s a Rally Racer! https://somegadgetguy.com/2022/02/22/vivo-iqoo-9-pro-review-cancel-your-galaxy-s22-pre-order/

Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra Camera Review: One Year Later https://www.patreon.com/posts/63343631

Pixel 6 Pro Camera Deep Dive https://www.patreon.com/posts/62644977

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Gigi Sohn moves through committee for FCC Appointment https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/biden-fcc-pick-advances-in-senate-by-14-14-vote-amid-republican-opposition/

Samsung gets hacked https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-07/samsung-says-hackers-breached-company-data-galaxy-source-code

Sony and Honda collab on EV https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/03/sony-and-honda-are-teaming-up-to-make-a-range-of-electric-vehicles/

Netflix launches an interactive trivia show https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/03/netflix-trivia-quest-interactive-cat-burglar/

Netflix acquires a new game studio https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-to-acquire-next-games

TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK ON r/GLOWINGRECTANGLES https://www.reddit.com/r/glowingrectangles/top/?t=week

Intel, ARM, and AMD work towards new chiplet standard https://www.tomshardware.com/news/new-ucie-chiplet-standard-supported-by-intel-amd-and-arm

TCL’s prototype foldable https://www.engadget.com/tcl-ultra-flex-360-degree-foldable-concept-first-look-160003621.html

Apple sets return to office date in April https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-04/apple-sets-april-11-return-to-work-deadline-for-corporate-staff

Juan Rambles on about phone reviewing and throttling…

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