December 11, 2023

#SGGQA 328: A Weekend With the iQOO 12, The End of XPERIA Phones, Instagram Chat and Messenger Split, Alibaba Animates Anyone

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HAPPY MONDAY!

What a crazy week! Meta might be breaking up Instagram and Messenger ahead of regulators pressuring them. Alibaba is scanning tiktokers to make new AI tools. Verizon bungled some basic security for user data. Alex Jones is back on Twitter. Some REALLY interesting games are coming soon! Sony might retire the XPERIA.

And I've been benchmarking the iQOO 12!

Let's get our tech week started right!

Stories This Week:

Mobile Controller SHOWDOWN! https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/12/08/how-do-you-game-on-your-phone-controller-showdown/

Tent or Flex Mode for watching movies? https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/12/07/folding-phone-owners-how-do-you-watch-video-tent-or-flex-mode/

How far has Android come over the last five years? https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/12/05/can-a-five-year-old-phone-compete-today-how-far-has-android-come-since-the-lg-v50/

Preserving Family History: Geek Edition https://www.patreon.com/posts/preserving-geek-94427683

Pixel Fold Camera Review https://www.patreon.com/posts/pixel-fold-pixel-93926627

How does a Five Year Old phone perform today? https://www.patreon.com/posts/can-five-year-93857089

Are foldables the better travel computers? https://www.patreon.com/posts/foldable-phones-93686297

Oppo Find X6 Pro Camera Review! https://www.patreon.com/posts/oppo-find-x6-pro-93474308

The LAZIEST upgrade I could make for my NAS https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/11/21/the-laziest-maybe-dumbest-upgrade-for-my-nas-lets-fix-my-plex/

MediaTek Interview: Smartphones and AI – https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/11/18/mediatek-dimensity-9300-and-the-future-of-mobile-ai-interview/

Alex Jones back on Twitter https://www.engadget.com/alex-jones-and-his-conspiracy-theories-are-allowed-back-on-x-160419044.html

Twitch Leaves South Korea https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/twitch-exit-from-s-korea-is-latest-fallout-from-sending-party-pays-model/

Verizon Rep gave personal user data to armed stalker with fake warrant https://www.404media.co/verizon-gave-phone-data-to-stalker-edrs-search-warrant-pose-as-cop/

Meta might split their chat integration https://www.engadget.com/meta-is-disconnecting-messenger-and-instagram-chat-later-this-month-205956880.html

Alibaba Animate Anyone looks like a terrible idea https://www.404media.co/alibaba-animate-anyone-ai-generated-tiktok/

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Windblown teaser site is live https://windblown.game/

Thrasher Teaser Trailer is live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2EqoXAEwFg

XPERIA Might be no more? https://www.notebookcheck.net/Xperia-line-may-be-mothballed-as-Sony-rumored-to-be-eyeing-up-phone-with-under-display-camera-by-2025.780698.0.html

Juan Rambles on about the iQOO 12

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