- Sometimes I think of the tech news
as being like a little ball of sunshine
that I can hold anytime I want and...
- [James] Like that baby face in the sky from "Teletubbies."
- In my tummy.
After Valve released a repair guide
for the Steam Deck gaming handheld
that was very clear about telling you
not to attempt repairs,
the company has announced a new partnership with iFixit-
- [Riley] You fix it?
- We all fix it!
The company that's all about repairs,
so I'm already confused.
The partnership will see iFixit
sell authentic replacement parts for the Steam Deck
for those who want to directly go against Valve's wishes.
iFixit also posted a teardown
of the Deck console itself on their website
showcasing how to do everything Valve said not to do.
Turns out the process is pretty straightforward,
except for removing the L-shaped battery.
If you do that, Valve will be extra upset.
- [James] You're a loser!
(Riley babbles) (air horn blares)
- This is just really hard news for someone like me to read.
I take advice at face value.
- [James] That's unbelievable.
- When James tells me to do something-
- [James] You bootlicker. (Riley slurps)
- Nintendo has announced they are closing down
the eShop for the company's Wii U and 3DS consoles,
making it impossible to purchase
any digital games for those platforms.
- [James] There were so many letters in that sentence.
- The more the better.
Alphabet soup. (slurps)
The shutdown will occur in late March, and understandably,
many retro game fans are not happy about this
given that many games made for those consoles
are still unavailable to buy literally anywhere else,
and Nintendo has this really annoying habit
of cracking down on alternative ways
to source and play their games.
- [James] Hey, I bought a Wii U! There's dozens of us!
- Get outta here!
Interestingly, Nintendo seemed to anticipate this reaction
and posted a really defensive-sounding Q&A entry,
before deleting it, that imagined a user asking,
"Hey, doesn't Nintendo have an obligation
to preserve its classic games
by continually making them available for purchase?"
To which Nintendo replies, basically:
"LOL, no, buy our other games."
- [James] No, you can buy them. They just...
You can buy 'em again for full price!
- Yeah, once we remaster them
and release them on the Switch...
- Two! - Successor.
And great news for Disney adults...
David.
- [James] Grown-up princesses.
- Disney's building a special utopia just for you.
- [James] Dude, Disney adult sounds like...
(sexy music) - It's a thing.
That's right: Pop Culture the Company
has announced master-planned communities
under the Storyliving brand
which will see Disney's theme parks division
creating pristine, family-friendly towns
complete with Disney staff
that will incorporate storytelling somehow.
Like you live here.
The first community, called Cotino,
will be built near Palm Springs
with resort-style housing complexes, villas, condos,
and a grand oasis with clear turquoise waters
thanks to Disney's Crystal Lagoons technology.
- [James] This is so dystopian!
- I know! That's what I...
It's exactly dystopian, but this isn't actually
the first time Disney has tried this.
Celebration, Florida was built in 1996
and its buildings are now dilapidated, with leaks and mold.
That was before they owned Star Wars and Marvel though.
This is gonna be completely different.
- [James] The people who live there will be weird.
I don't trust the men.
- We promise you this.
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The Quick Bits are here,
so now we have to do what they say.
Do not make eye contact.
Microsoft has released some major updates to Windows 11
with the Insider build getting new touch gestures,
Start menu folders, and live captions,
but even more exciting:
the Consumer build now has support for Android apps
via the Amazon Appstore.
♪ Amazon app store ♪
♪ What are you for ♪
What?
I can't wait to play- ♪ Absolutely nothin' ♪
Oh, I see.
I can't wait to play all my Amazon Appstore games
that I play on my phone, but on my PC now.
I don't do that. Do you do...
Does anyone...
Amazon?
Raise a glass to AMD because this week
the company's market valuation surpassed Intel's
for the first time ever.
That's largely thanks to Team Red's
$35 billion acquisition of Xilinx,
which was recently completed,
but don't sleep on Intel, who's reportedly looking
to acquire Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion.
It's a lot less, but I think how it works
is whoever buys the most companies wins, right?
So should I...
I should get a AMD chip in my PC, cause they bought...
- [James] And a GPU while you're at it. Why not?
- Throw it in there. It's easy as that.
If a screenshot on the internet is to be trusted,
and they usually are,
the recently announced game "Nintendo Switch Sports"
may support AMD's image-enhancing
FidelityFX Super Resolution technology,
even though the Switch runs on a Tegra processor
made by NVIDIA! (James gasps)
(Riley cackles)
It shouldn't be surprising, actually.
AMD has been very intentional
about making a lot of their tech open source,
but still, if this screenshot comes true,
NVIDIA would have to live with the fact
that AMD made their hardware perform better.
That's so embarrassing. Help when you didn't want it?
- [James] What are you, a little (rubber ducky squeaks)?
- Microsoft has pulled a Facebook
and will be requiring users of the AltspaceVR social app,
which it acquired some time ago,
to log in with a Microsoft account.
They're also removing all open social hubs
which reportedly enabled inappropriate behavior
and harassment due to the lack of moderation.
Dang.
It sounds like real life,
where I harass James daily.
- [James] Ow!
- Thankfully, allowing Microsoft and Facebook
to moderate all of our metaverse experiences
will make us so much more safe.
Thanks, guys.
And an Android developer going by kdrag0n
has managed to tweak the virtualization feature
in the Android 13 developer beta
to run both Windows 11 and Linux on a Pixel 6.
And yes, he did successfully run "Doom," as is tradition.
- As is tradition. - Mm.
Unfortunately Android 13
doesn't support nested virtualization
so you can't use Windows 11's Android app support
to run Android apps in Windows on an Android.
- [James] Aw!
- I know. Which, again, I don't know why, but...
But I do know why you would come back here on Friday:
more tech news.
The tech news will never let you down.
It will always be there for you
and make you happy. (giggles)
I don't know what that is.