October 23, 2023

#SGGQA 321: Pixel 8 Pro vs OnePlus Open, Qualcomm vs MediaTek, Apple vs Jon Stewart, Twitter vs Journalists

2 hours 37 minutes

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HAPPY MONDAY!

BOY HOWDY! We got a TON of news to cover. The FCC is ramping up for a return to Net Neutrality! Twitter continues to meltdown. Apple parts ways with Jon Stewart. Google serves up more "malvertising". Netflix is looking to be the Netflix of gaming again! Qualcomm and MediaTek are gearing up for a next gen chip war.

And we've got TWO exciting new phones in the GadgetLab!

Let's get our tech week started right!

Stories This Week:

OnePlus Open Gets Work Done! https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/10/19/oneplus-open-gets-work-done-what-problems-can-a-mini-tablet-solve/

OVER TEN YEARS of out of control Apple Hype has cost us a practical AR future https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/10/16/sggqa-320-apple/

OnePlus Open vs Surface Duo 2 https://www.patreon.com/posts/oneplus-open-vs-91371652

Pixel 8 Pro vs OP Open By The Benchmarks https://www.patreon.com/posts/pixel-8-pro-vs-3-91294072

Pixel 8 Pro Camera First Impressions https://www.patreon.com/posts/pixel-8-pro-at-91027445

Google Photos got a HUGE speed increase https://www.patreon.com/posts/google-photos-91175950

What you NEED to know about XR Glasses https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/10/11/apple-doesnt-own-augmented-reality-what-you-need-to-know-about-xr-glasses/

Geekom A5 Mini PC Review https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/10/10/geekom-a5-mini-pc-review-big-power-small-price-better-than-a-mac-mini/

Pixel Fold Long Term Review https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/10/05/google-pixel-fold-three-months-later-a-long-term-review-android-14-and-a-road-trip/

GameSir T4 Cyclone Pro review https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/10/07/gamesir-t4-cyclone-pro-controller-review-hall-effect-sticks-triggers-for-all-your-gaming-systems/

Sineaptic SE-1 Headphones: WTH is a RIBBON Headphone? https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/09/13/sineaptic-se-1-preview-what-the-heck-is-a-ribbon-headphone/

Rokid Station vs XREAL Beam (TK Collab) https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/08/16/rokid-station-vs-xreal-beam-the-better-brain-for-your-ar-glasses-part-2/

FCC ramps up again for Net Neutrality https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/fcc-moves-ahead-with-title-ii-net-neutrality-rules-in-3-2-party-line-vote/

CBC is done with Twitter https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/cbc-mainly-remains-off-x-citing-low-traffic-six-months-after-scaling-back-presence/article_10695842-3deb-50d0-b624-b4102cd553c2.html

NPR was done with Twitter https://www.thewrap.com/npr-lost-just-1-percent-web-traffic-leaving-x-twitter/

Twitter stats and decline in user interactions https://www.deweysquare.com/digital/twitter-migration-report/

Jon Stewart and Apple split https://deadline.com/2023/10/the-problem-with-jon-stewart-canceled-apple-1235578646/

Google serves “malvertising” https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/google-hosted-malvertising-leads-to-fake-keepass-site-that-looks-genuine/

Netflix wants to stream games https://9to5google.com/2023/10/16/netflix-tv-game-streaming-google-tv-more/

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Mediatek sets new Antutu record https://www.gsmarena.com/mediatek_dimensity_9300_appears_on_antutu_with_recordbreaking_results-news-60323.php

Qualcomm 8 Gen 3 leaks https://mspoweruser.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-8-gen-3-leaked-details/

Juan rambles on about the Pixel 8 Pro and OnePlus Open

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