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The Weekly Tech Rant
By Jay + KarlTechnology
The Weekly Tech Rant episodes
- Episode 190: It’s Time for FTX’s Billion-Dollar Binance Battle, Apple’s EU Scrutiny, Steam’s DLC Deadline, and Apple’s Smart Home Innovations
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms
In This Episode:
- News
- FTX is suing Binance to recover nearly $1.8 billion
- Apple gets EU warning for prohibited ‘geo-blocking practices’ on the App Store and other services
- Steam tighten up rules for games with season pass DLC: "you have to commit to completing that content on time"
- Rumours
- Apple’s rumoured six-inch ‘AI wall tablet’ could control your smart home by March 2025
- Apple reportedly releasing AirTag 2 next year with these 3 improvements
We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant
43 min - Episode 189: It’s Time for EU’s Apple Probes, New Space Surveillance Capabilities, Nvidia’s Streaming Limits, and Intel & Apple’s Future Tech Forecasts
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms
In This Episode:
- News
- EU commission assessing whether the iPad offers sufficient interoperability with third-party headphones and ‘smart pens’
- Apple to be fined for breaching EU’s Digital Markets Act, Bloomberg reports
- NRO chief: “You can’t hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites
- NASA fires up super-quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft
- Nvidia are slapping a 100-hour monthly cap on GeForce Now streaming, with charges for extra time
- Rumours
- Kuo: iPhone 18 Pro to feature upgraded main camera with variable aperture
- Kuo: Apple to release its own smart home camera in 2026, with AI features
- Intel's Battlemage GPUs rumoured to arrive in December, well ahead of AMD and Nvidia's next-gen chips
We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant
50 min - Episode 188: It’s Time for Concord’s Final Bow, Apple’s Satellite and Acquisition Moves, Nvidia’s Arm Ambitions, and Visionary Apple Rumours
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms
In This Episode:
- Concord isn't coming back, and the developer is done for too
- Apple expands iPhone satellite services deal, commits $1.1bn to expand capacity
- Apple is snapping up one of the best non-Adobe image editors, Pixelmator
- Nvidia's 'high-end' Arm-based chip for PCs will reportedly go into production in 2025
- Microsoft is asking for 30 of your American dollars to keep Windows 10 safe for a year after it's put out to pasture
- Hunt for Bitcoin's elusive creator Satoshi Nakamoto hits another dead-end
- Rumours
- Kuo: Cheaper ‘Apple Vision’ headset delayed beyond 2027
- Apple is ‘seriously considering’ Vision device that offloads compute to your iPhone
- Apple reportedly releasing ‘total redesign’ for MacBook Pro in 2026
We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant
50 min - Episode 187: It’s Time for Patent Battles, Licensing Turmoil, Tesla’s Self-Driving Snag, Record Fines, and Apple’s New Lineup
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms
In This Episode:
- News
- Jury rules Masimo smartwatches infringe Apple design patents
- Report: Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license, endangering its chip business
- Elon Musk finally admits Tesla’s HW3 might not support full self-driving
- Russia has fined Google $2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or more money than actually exists on Earth, all because it's upset about some YouTube channels
- Apple
- Apple updates the iMac with new colors and an M4 chip
- Apple’s new Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad have USB-C
- Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV
- Apple shows off new M4 MacBook Pro lineup in final announcement video of the week
We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant
39 min - Episode 186: It’s Time for Altman’s New Crypto Venture, Sophos’s Major Acquisition, Space Setbacks, and Apple’s Upcoming Reveals
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms
In This Episode:
- News
- Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project has a new Orb and a new name
- Sophos to snatch Secureworks in $859M buyout: Why fight when you can just buy?
- A satellite made by Boeing just fell apart in space
- Apple teases new Macs in a 'week of announcements' that starts Monday
- Media
- Alien: Romulus is getting a VHS release
- Michelle Yeoh’s Star Trek spy movie has a release date
- Rumours
- New Magic Mouse, Trackpad and Keyboard coming soon – but don’t expect anything exciting
We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyT
44 min - Episode 185: It’s Time for Flight Simulator’s Bandwidth Surge, X’s Regulatory Reprieve, iPad Mini’s Upgrade, and Qualcomm’s Snafu
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms
In This Episode:
- News
- Beware: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024's jaw-dropping bandwidth demand peaks at 81GB/Hour
- Elon Musk's X isn't important enough to feel the full force of EU regulation
- Apple announces new iPad mini with A17 Pro chip, Pencil Pro and Apple Intelligence support
- A huge disaster: Qualcomm cancels Snapdragon X Elite devkit just days after first orders arrive, multiple months later than planned
- Rumours
- Report: Cheaper ‘Apple Vision’ headset to cost around $2000; drop EyeSight
We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant
43 min - Episode 184: It’s Time for X’s Legal Setback, M4 Mac and iPad Mini Launches coming?, Google’s App Store Ruling, and Upcoming Tech Innovations
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms
In This Episode:
- News
- Elon Musk's X mashed by Australian court for evading child protection reporting
- Gurman: New M4 Macs and iPad mini 7 to launch on November 1
- Epic judge orders Google to let rivals set up app stores
- Rumours
- iPhone SE 4 to feature Apple’s first 5G modem, A18 chip, same cameras as iPhone 15
- Nvidia’s RTX 5070 reportedly set to launch alongside the RTX 5090 at CES 2025
We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant
39 min - Episode 183: It’s Time for a VR Headset Showdown, Windows Security Tweaks, Nvidia’s Powerhouse RTX 5090, and Apple’s Future Leaks
- VR Headset Roundup
- Meta Quest 3s
- Meta Quest 3
- HTC Focus Vision
- Pico 4 Ultra
- News
- Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users
- Nvidia’s RTX 5090 will reportedly include 32GB of VRAM and hefty power requirements
- Rumours
- Alleged M4 MacBook Pro packaging leak highlights a few new upgrades
- Report: HomePod with display and homeOS to launch next year with Apple Intelligence
43 min - Episode 182: It’s Time for TikTok’s Courtroom Drama, Intel’s Business Pivot, Trump’s Crypto Foray, and Apple’s Interoperability Upgrade
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms
In This Episode:
- News
- TikTok faces a skeptical panel of judges in its existential fight against the US government
- Intel is separating its ailing foundry business from the main company
- Trump jumps into cryptocurrency, appears to know nothing about it
- EU compels Apple to improve iOS interoperability with third-party smartwatches, headphones and other accessories
- Rumours
- Apple Watch SE 3 now expected in 2025
- Some of Apple’s M4 Macs are already shipping ahead of rumored October launch – get ready for new MacBook Pros, a Mac mini and iMac
- New Apple Vision Pro with M5 chip on the way, featuring Apple Intelligence support
We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant
41 min - Episode 181: It’s Time for Apple’s ‘Glowtime’ Showcase: New iPhone 16, Watch 10, and AirPods, Plus What Was Missing
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms
In This Episode:
- Apple Watch 10
- AirPods 4 & AirPods Max
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 16 Pro
- What didn't we get
We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant
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