- Now I know that tech news can be scary,
but courage is not the absence of fear.
Blah-blah, take my hand and we'll be scared together.
- [Director] Very loud, Linus.
- Microsoft just became a developer of PlayStation games.
The company is buying Zenimax media,
the parent company of Bethesda, Arkane Studios
and Id Software, for $7.5 billion in cash.
This means that "Fallout", "The Elder Scrolls",
"Dishonored", "Quake", "Doom" and more
are all going to become Microsoft properties.
Even more interestingly, it means Microsoft now owns
the developers behind a pair of PlayStation Five exclusives,
"Deathloop" and "Ghostwire Tokyo".
Strangely, this isn't even that out of character
for Microsoft as of late.
The company just doesn't seem to give a (bleep)
about whether gamers use their products on Xbox
or their products somewhere else.
I just hope there won't be some software lock in "Skyrim"
that will prevent us from running
that wheel of cheese benchmark.
- [Director] I don't know what that is.
- TikTok and WeChat have both gotten stays of execution
from the US government.
They were supposed to have both been removed
from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store on Sunday,
but at the last second, Walmart of all people
entered the deal between TikTok and Oracle,
making it, by President Trump's decree,
American enough, I guess.
As for WeChat, they got a ruling from a federal judge
in the District of California keeping them on life support
until at least next Sunday,
until they can get this all sorted out.
Y'know the weirdest thing about all of this is that
Bytedance is still gonna own, what, 80% of TikTok?
So like, that's American enough.
Maybe it's just too big to fail.
It's all the rage, all the kids are
"Dude, yeah, just gotta sing, y'know."
- [Director] Dancing is popular, man.
- Even though bots were likely at least
partially responsible for the PlayStation Five pre-order
fiasco, Sony has actually come out with a mea culpa,
noting that the whole thing could have been a lot smoother.
That's putting it mildly.
Similarly to Nvidia and their short supply of RTX 3080s,
Sony is promising that more consoles
will be available very soon,
if only we had an exact date to specify for you, we don't.
The company also promised that more would be available
through the end of the year.
So if you were hoping to have one under your Christmas tree,
don't give up.
Or maybe give up, - Or get an Xbox!
- 'cuz Amazon has already told folks
who have pre-ordered that they may not get their console
on release day, which is scheduled for November the 12th.
I mean, I suppose you could always go fight for one
in person on Black Friday, but given how high demand is,
you might not have much luck
unless you happen to be Conor McGregor.
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Onto the Bit Quicks!
The slap fight between Epic Games and Apple rages on,
as Epic is none too happy about Apple
claiming that the lawsuit was just a tactic
to get people more interested in "Fortnite" on iOS.
And Apple claims that people just,
well, they ain't that into "Fortnite" anymore.
So Epic has countered by saying
that the number of "Fortnite" players has actually gone up
by nearly 40% between October and July.
So somebody isn't telling the truth in court.
You know, I've never seen that before.
- [Director] But, you swear on a Bible!
- Here's some good news if you're looking forward
to "Cyberpunk 2077" but also missed out on the RTX 3080.
It turns out the minimum and recommended system requirements
have just dropped,
and they dropped before they even dropped!
They're not super demanding!
- [Director] Before you could drop them!
- All they're asking for is an AMD FX 8310, pfft,
and a GTX 780, while recommending a Ryzen 3 3200
and a GTX 1060.
So you won't need a computer with the power of "The Matrix"
for a virtual dose of Keanu.
Isn't that wonderful?
- [Director] He's not gonna look good though.
- Sad news out of Germany, as it appears
that a patient at Dusseldorf--
Actually, it's Dusseldorf.
University Hospital has died as the result
of a ransomware attack, wow, really?
Earlier this month network problems caused by the attack
forced workers to transfer the patient
to a more distant hospital.
Although the hackers apparently did not mean
to target the hospital and reportedly provided the key
for free after they realized what happened,
they could still be hit with negligent homicide charges.
Yeah, for real, that's great.
There's also speculation that this is the first time
that ransomware has directly caused a death.
Yeah, so, there you go, hackers.
Y'know, the real world has real consequences, (bleep).
Another Windows 10 update is on the horizon as next month
we should be getting the 20H2 update.
The most visible change will probably be the new start menu,
which should look a little less busy,
and the new Chromium-based version of the Edge browser
is going to be pre-installed.
You'll also see more options in the Settings app,
as Microsoft continues to phase out
the infinitely superior control panel,
which has been around since Windows 1.0.
I personally will be very sad to see it
ride off into the sunset.
- [Director] It deserves it, right?
- And finally another electronics mainstay
is being put out to pasture as Nintendo has announced
it is no longer manufacturing the 3DS.
- [Director] No!
- It's obviously taken a backseat to the Switch,
but the 3DS was a very successful console in its own right,
selling over 75 million units over nine years.
However, the good news is that you'll still be able
to buy 3DS games through the eShop and play online
for a long time to come, we hope.
So don't sweat too much if you don't feel like paying
a supply shortage premium for the Nintendo Switch.
And that's our show!
Come back on Wednesday for more tech news
that we would never price gouge you for, 'cuz it's free.
Unless you pay for YouTube Premium,
or you buy shirts on LTTstore.com.
It's not really free, is it?
- [Director] The joy is free.