- I told you the tech news would be back
and in greater numbers.
- [Male Voice] Put the blast shield down, I can't even see.
How am I supposed to fight?
- This week rumor proliferated
that SEGA would be launching a new console soon.
Which is weird,
because they haven't done that since 2005
when they released the Advanced Pico Beena in Japan.
Still one of my favorites.
The rumor mill got kicked into overdrive
when some genius speculated that this console launch
would actually be a separate release
of the box Series X for Japan,
where it would be branded as the SEGA Series X.
Yeah, that obviously wasn't real,
and it was very stupid.
And so today,
we found out what the console actually is.
It's a Game Gear micro and SEGA isn't kidding
when they say micro.
The thing's got a 1.15 inch screen.
The Game Gear Micro is actually four $50 consoles
each a different color
with a different selection of four Game Gear games,
but if you buy all four of them,
you get a big magnifying glass accessory,
so you don't have to ask yourself
if this hand-held console is actually made for ants.
I'm disappointed.
I wish it had actually been playable.
I loved my Game Gear games.
leaks posted on XDA Developers have given us
a pretty good look at the device
that Google is reportedly making
to replace the Chromecast Ultra.
Its codename is Sabrina,
and it comes in not pink,
and it will run full Android TV rather than
whatever Chromecast Ultras run now.
If the leaks are accurate,
Sabrina could come with a new Android TV UI
that can be navigated with the included
remote control featuring what looks like
an iPod style scroll wheel and a star button.
You just press that one for fun,
it doesn't actually do anything.
It's unclear when the device will launch
as every event scheduled during this insane year
has been either delayed or canceled at least once.
So you're just gonna have to
keep clenching your butt holes for now
and wait for news to come out.
And contact tracing apps have been rolling out
across Europe both with and without the API
developed by Apple and Google.
The pairing of which I will henceforth refer to as
Goople.
France's StopCovid app,
which started development before the Google API
and therefore uses its own proprietary tech
launched yesterday and the country says
that downloading the app is voluntary.
But a recent poll said that,
less than half of the population
is interested in participating.
Italy meanwhile, launch their immuni app,
which does use Google's contact tracing API,
joining the Swiss Google powered app, SwissCovid,
which is still in beta.
It is hoped that if enough people participate in contract...
Contracts tracing,
we're gonna find all those contracts.
Contact tracing the spread of COVID-19
could be quickly controlled which will be
especially important if and when
we see a second wave of outbreaks.
Sure, you might be giving Google
even more personally identifying information
but they probably already know you better
than you know yourself anyway.
So if you ever feel alone,
you know Google is in there.
- [Male Voice] Goople loves you.
- Now it's time for the crickety splits
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If your mobile carrier is AT&T,
you may find that streaming on the recently launched
HBO Max app doesn't count against your data cap.
Which seems so weird.
Until you remember that AT&T owns HBO.
This kind of anti competitive behavior
was supposed to be prevented by net neutrality laws
back when the U.S. had those.
Although,
I mean, it's not like I necessarily
feel bad for Netflix here either.
- [Male Voice] No, not Netflix.
- Poor Netflix.
- [Male Voice] They need our help
- The BBC has released their voice assistant named Beeb.
In beta.
You can ask Beeb to access BeeBBC Radio,
BeeBBC Music, - [Male Voice] Oh, no.
Stop - Podcasts, news and weather
and it will respond to a
perfectly friendly Northern English accent.
Not sure whether you'll also have to use an accent.
- [Male Voice] Do it. - Can I--
- [Male Voice] You can do it.
- Alright, then play us a film then.
And Google has pulled an app from the Google Play store
that was explicitly designed to remove apps
developed by Chinese companies from a user's phone.
The app sensibly named, Remove China Apps
was developed by Indian firm
OneTouch AppLabs and as part of a
growing anti China sentiment in the country
due to the Himalayan border dispute.
I guess the question of
who removes the app-removers has been answered now then.
It's Google,
- [Male Voice] But who removes Google?
- Goople?
Ubisoft came under fire this week
for suggesting that the pricing scheme
for TrackMania Nations which involves
paying an annual fee to access the game
was not a subscription
despite it clearly being a subscription.
The game developer finally admitted that,
well, okay yes,
the game is subscription based,
but also that that's not the point.
The point is that we keep getting money,
- [Male Voice] Right.
- Don't you understand?
- [Male Voice] Oh, that's fine.
- You idiot.
And researchers at
West Virginia's Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
say that wearing wearable smart rings,
like the Oura,
can detect COVID-19 related symptoms
up to three days earlier than other methods
with over 90% accuracy.
The other 10% of people really got to watch out though,
like,
hey, the ring said I'm good
(caughs) - [Male Voice] Oh, no.
- And that's enough of that.
This episode's over
come back on Friday for more tech news.
I have a feeling it will be
a great disturbance in the force bla bla bla.
That's more Dracula than Obi One
but that's okay.
We're very--
- [Male Voice] A great disturbance.
We try very hard around here.