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You probably already know that Google's Pixel 6 devices
with their new, in-house Tensor chip
are set to be fully revealed soon,
but it looks like Google might be releasing more phones
before the year is out,
because they never did learn the value of limits.
- [Riley] Google everything, and have everything in there.
- (chuckles) Hanging out with Zuckerberg too much.
Plentiful leaks and rumors are pointing to Google
releasing their first foldable device,
codenamed Passport with a design similar
to what we've seen from the Samsung Z Fold lineup,
including the same LPTO OLED panel, actually.
You mean the very same,
like it's going to be the same size?
- [Riley] I don't know, what do I know?
- You write...
The news comes from a reliable leaker as well as code inside
the next version of Android,
which also points to a Z Flip style,
smaller foldable, codenamed jumbo bot,
oh, Z Flip, Jumbojack?
- [Riley] Jumbojack.
- Jumbojack, but it's smaller?
See, that sounds like a fake code name,
and this is making me second-guess the whole thing.
It sounds like a super-size meal
at an American fast food place.
- [Riley] It sounds like my cousin, who...
- Sounds like the inside of a fake leg.
Microsoft's Surface hardware event is this Wednesday,
and unlike previous years,
where all we got was the same devices
with spruced up internals,
we might be in for a pretty major refresh.
I mean, Microsoft needs you to buy new hardware
for Windows 11 to justify
its ridiculous new hardware requirements, right?
I have to have six unused USB ports?
- That's not real. - Is that real?
- No. - Come on.
A leaked storage page for the Surface Pro 8
makes it seem like it'll have a 120 Hertz display,
finally matching Apple's iPad Pros,
and two Thunderbolt ports for accessories
like external GPUs and high-speed storage.
It also looks a lot more like the Surface Pro X,
Microsoft's super sleek ARM-powered device
that no one should buy
because it performs very badly.
- [Riley] Very sleek, though.
- All together, we might be looking at
Microsoft's biggest upgrade to the Surface Pro devices
in years, hot on the heels of Apple's
smallest upgrade to its iPhones in years,
they are completely separate categories of devices,
but we felt the need to highlight that.
Still upset from last week.
- [Riley] Lightning port.
- If you're based in the UK,
your Google services might get a little bit zippier,
as a new undersea cable has reached the town of Bude,
Bude? - Bude?
- in Cornwall, Southeast England.
- No way, dude. ♪ Under the sea ♪
This cable is actually a branch
of the existing Grace Hopper cable,
which runs from New York City to Bilbo Baggins
in Northern Spain, Bilbao in Northern Spain.
Although there's another high-capacity cable called Maria
which runs from Virginia Beach to the aforementioned Bilbao.
That one is owned by Microsoft and Facebook.
Grace Hopper, owned by Google, just landed in Bilbao
earlier this month and they're expected
to go live next year.
I can't stop laughing.
We're all very happy for her,
- Good job, Grace. - it's the first major cable
to connect America and Britain in 18 years,
so, have a cheeseburger with a cup of tea to celebrate.
- [Riley] It's dippable.
- What about second cheeseburger?
Now it's time for the Quick Bits,
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Thanks to community feedback,
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- [Riley] Not the brand.
- when you want the girth.
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- [Riley] The natural way.
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iOS 15 is officially available
for iPhone users to download today,
and it brings a bunch of cool updates,
like the expanded focus do not disturb feature,
and a visual redesign of Safari, yay.
But the bigger news may be that, for the first time,
instead of requiring users to update to iOS 15,
Apple will actually release security patches for iOS 14.
- [Riley] Whoa.
- It's part of an outreach initiative to help iPhone users
understand what it's like to be a pleb
from the other side, stuck using Android Marshmallow.
- [Riley] Alms for the poor.
- If you notice that certain Chinese brands are
no longer available on Amazon, this is by design,
as the 'zon has banned more than 600
of those brands due to fraud.
The fraud took the form of paid reviews,
which is a huge problem for obvious reasons.
Some of these brands are quite well known,
like Ravpower and Taotronics.
No word on whether any of them
will be given a second chance.
Unlike Amazon warehouse workers,
who won't meet their quotas.
- Oh, got 'em, - Oh, I get it.
- [Riley] good burn, James,
you really don't like
Jeff Bezos, hey? - Where they're contractors.
Americans National Transport Safety Board
is most displeased with Tesla,
as they're claiming the automakers cars
have basic safety issues, basic stuff, guys,
related to their self-driving tech,
especially as Tesla has been using public roads
for their beta tests and their full self driving feature
is actually anything but.
- [Riley] Do you pay taxes for those?
- Tesla may be forced to start
accurately describing its features,
so keep a lookout for the
"Hover Hands Robot Car Mode" rebrand.
- [Riley] That's uh, that's pretty catchy,
who came up with that?
- You actually need your hands on the wheel,
while applying a slight amount of force.
Ikea has a new unpronounceable gadget,
it's an under desk wireless Qi charger.
I can barely even say Qi, you know?
You attach it under your desk surface
with either tape or screws
and it'll provide Qi 1.2.4 5-watt charging,
I think, there's a lot of numbers on the screen right now.
As long as your desk isn't thicker than 7/8 of an inch.
- [Riley] More numbers.
- That's another number, if you're using the metric system.
The new product is called the Sjomarke.
- [Riley] (laughs) Sjomarke.
- Sjomarke, they're Italians. (laughs)
I apologize to everyone involved in this.
And researchers at Purdue
have come up with something that might save us all
tons of money on air conditioning, one day.
It's the world's whitest paint,
and it's so reflective,
it reflects so much radiation,
that it actually makes the surface cooler than the air.
- [Riley] The whitest paint you know.
- It's like the opposite of Vanta black.
The hope is, one day, this kind of paint
will reduce our reliance on power-guzzling AC.
Assuming, of course you Per-don't mind having
a stark white house.
- [Riley] I sure don't #minimalism.
- #Tony Stark. - Oh, that too.
- And if you don't mind, it's time to end this episode,
Sister, I gotta go hit the can,
come back on Wednesday for more Tech News,
probably about Microsoft.
This whole thing will be white.
I didn't know what you were referring to,
when I read that, and I was like,
- [Riley] Yeah, that's what I...
- This script's not going to age well.
- [Riley] Yeah, I thought you would read my mind.