The Weekly Tech Rant

By Jay + Karl

Two guys, one podcast and a whole load of the latest technology news, games and gadget reviews, film insights and the occasional rant! Join us as we review the main tech talking points of the week!... more

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The podcast currently has 230 episodes available.

The Weekly Tech Rant episodes:

July 07, 2023Episode 138: It's time for Sony didn't care about COD, Plex layoffs, MacOS gaming, Meta App store, Twitter rate limit and Crimson iPhone
This week we covered:
News
Private email shows PlayStation chief unworried about Xbox-exclusive Call of Duty

Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff

Here’s why Apple’s latest effort to bring games to macOS is a big deal

The Mac Pro’s biggest problem is the MacBook

Meta wants to turn Facebook into an App Store replacement, at least in the EU

Musk annoys Twitter users by capping number of tweets they can view each day

Rumours
iPhone 15 Pro again said to come in new ‘crimson’ color; new green color planned for iPhone 15

2026 Apple Watch Ultra will be first to get micro-LED – TrendForce
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47min
June 29, 2023Episode 137: It's time for more Apple VR, Giphy sold, DMCA notices, Sonos layoffs, Meta Quest 3, Neuralink get FDA ok, Intel drops "i"
This week we covered:
News
Apple has bought an AR headset startup called Mira

Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock at a loss following UK order

Nintendo sends Valve DMCA notice to block Steam release of Wii emulator Dolphin

Sonos announces it needs to layoff 7% of employees and reduce real estate

Neuralink receives FDA clearance to begin human trials of its brain-computer interface

Meta Quest 3 Ships This Fall, Starting At $500

AMD's Ryzen 8000 CPU with Navi 3.5 graphics could kill low-end GPUs

Intel is officially killing off the ‘i’ in Core i7 — as it goes Ultra

Rumours
Second-gen Apple Watch Ultra coming this fall, new big iMac ‘in early development’ with larger than 30-inch screen
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53min
June 19, 2023 A quick announcement on latest Episode
A quick announcement on the delays with the latest Episode.

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1min
June 08, 2023Episode 136: It's time for the annual WWDC roundup
This week we covered:
Hardware
MacBook Air 15

Mac Studio

Mac Pro

Software:
iOS 17

iPadOS 17

tvOS 17

WatchOS 10

macOS Sonoma

AR/VR
Vision Pro
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1h 4min
May 29, 2023Episode 135: It's time for Crypto crackdown, Meta mega fine, GTA6 coming, Musk vs MSFT, Bezos to the Moon, Sony shows us the Q and Pixel temp sensor
his week we covered:
News
EU passes world's first regulatory framework for cryptocurrency

Meta hit with record-breaking $1.3 billion fine over Facebook data transfers to the US

There's good reason to believe that GTA 6 will release next year

Elon Musk's lawyer just accused Microsoft of violating the Twitter developer agreement

NASA picks Blue Origin to make a second human-crewed lunar lander

Sony’s new Q handheld is official: 8-inch screen, streams PS5 games

Rumours
Google's Pixel 8 Pro could have a built-in thermometer

Meta reportedly wants to license Magic Leap’s AR technology
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42min
May 21, 2023Episode 134: It's time for MSFT goes Nuclear, EU green lights merger, Intel iGPU rockets, Google I/O Hardware and AI updates and M3 news
This week we covered:
News
Microsoft just made a huge, far-from-certain bet on nuclear fusion

Microsoft's Activision takeover approved by EU after UK veto

Intel's Meteor Lake iGPU is set to shake up the entry level GPU market

Google IO
Google Pixel Fold: The thinnest foldable (with the biggest battery) in the US

Pixel Tablet hands-on: Basically a $500 smart display with a detachable screen

Google announces Pixel 7A with 90Hz display and wireless charging

Rumours
Apple’s Reality Pro Headset Might Have More Features Than We Think

Gurman: First M3 Macs may launch by end of the year, chip has more CPU/GPU cores compared to M2
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1h 3min
May 12, 2023Episode 133: It's time for the DAME tax, Apple + Google get serious on tracking, Twitter purges and new CEO, Nvidias fix for less vRAM and Watch S9 to get chip boost and iPhone 16 screen goes big
This week we covered:
News
Biden proposes 30 percent tax on cryptominers' power bills

Apple and Google team up to bring AirTag-like unwanted tracking alerts to all item trackers on iPhone and Android

Twitter is going to purge and archive inactive accounts

Nvidia's Neural Texture Compression technology should alleviate VRAM concerns

Rumours
Apple Watch Series 9 could include the first speed boost in years

Largest iPhone screens ever coming to iPhone 16 Pro models – Ross Young
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47min
May 08, 2023Episode 132: It's time for CMA says no to MSFT, Apple wins appeal, UKGOV goes in all AI, Lookout sells up, ARM floats, Musk legal woes and Action buttons
This week we covered:
News
UK regulators block Microsoft's Activision acquisition in potentially fatal surprise blow

Apple’s App Store can stay closed but developers can link to outside payments, says appeals court

That's cute. UK.gov gathers up £100M for AI super-models

Lookout sells its consumer cybersecurity business to F-Secure for $223M and goes all-in on the enterprise

UK chip giant Arm files for blockbuster US share listing

Judge knocks back Elon Musk's ridiculous claim in fatal Tesla crash lawsuit: His statements about auto-driving safety could have been deepfaked

Rumours
Latest iPhone 15 Pro CADs reveal ‘Action button’ and camera changes
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42min
April 27, 2023Episode 131: It's time for Flawed Online Safety Bill, MSFT says no to API costs, ChatGPT costs a lot, IBM gets sued, Red Cross upset at MP games and ARM Surface and new Pixel
This week we covered:
News
WhatsApp, Signal, and other encrypted messaging apps urge UK to rethink ‘flawed’ legislation

Microsoft rejects $42k+ Twitter API subscription, pulls it from ads platform

ChatGPT costs $700,000 per day to run, which is why Microsoft wants to make its own AI chips

GlobalFoundries sues IBM for flogging chip secrets to Intel, Rapidus

Please stop doing war crimes in multiplayer games, it's upsetting the Red Cross

Rumours
Microsoft is reportedly working on a smaller Surface Pro and Arm-powered Surface Go 4

Google will reportedly announce a foldable Pixel phone at I/O next month
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46min
April 21, 2023Episode 130: It's time for more FTX chaos, Musk AI fears and AI spending, Sega Sammy gets the Birds, Section 31 is a go, Apple ARV Glasses in 2026 and Sideloading in iOS17
This week we covered:
News
Inside FTX: Jokes about misplaced funds, diabolical IT, poor oversight, and worse

Calling for a pause on AI experimentation then spending millions on GPUs for a new AI project has real Musk energy

Sega Sammy launches $772 million offer for Angry Birds-maker Rovio
Films/TV/Games
Michelle Yeoh is beaming back into Star Trek
Rumours
Apple AR glasses might not launch before 2026

iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps on iPhone
As always, we'd love to hear your comments
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47min

FAQs about The Weekly Tech Rant:

How many episodes does The Weekly Tech Rant have?

The podcast currently has 230 episodes available.