Verizon pulls ads over misleading 5G claims! Metacritic puts a delay on game reviews! Hackers shut down famous people on Twitter! Malware can force a phone charger to catch fire! We got a blurry photo of the Fold 2!
And we have to chat about Blackmagic’s insane 12K camera!
Let’s get our tech week started right!
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Stories This Week:
- OnePlus 8 Pro Camera Conclusion https://somegadgetguy.com/2020/07/07/oneplus-8-pro-camera-conclusion-oneplus-most-important-camera/
- LG Velvet Desktop Mode https://somegadgetguy.com/2020/07/14/lg-velvet-desktop-mode-better-multi-tasking/
- How the Pixelbook Go became the Family “Arch” https://somegadgetguy.com/2020/07/16/how-the-pixelbook-go-became-our-family-computer/
- Peak Design’s Travel Tripod is the MOST WORTH IT https://somegadgetguy.com/2020/07/17/peak-design-travel-tripod-review-the-most-worth-it/
- Tilted Nation RGB Headphone stand review https://somegadgetguy.com/2020/07/19/tilted-nation-shadow-rgb-headphone-stand-light-up-your-desk/
- Metacritic puts a launch delay on game reviews https://www.slashgear.com/metacritic-restricts-launch-day-game-reviews-to-limit-trolls-19629529/
- Game spending highest it’s ever been https://twitter.com/MatPiscatella/status/1284109016113635328
- Verizon pulls misleading 5G ads https://bbbprograms.org/media-center/decisions-details/nad-recommends-verizon-discontinue-certain-5g-availability-and-speed-claims-in-two-tv-commercials
- Get your tasty tasty $25 back from Apple! https://www.smartphoneperformancesettlement.com/
- NYT Article on the Twitter Hackers is a great read https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/technology/twitter-hackers-interview.html
- TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK ON r/GLOWINGRECTANGLES https://www.reddit.com/r/glowingrectangles/top/?t=week
- BadPower attack is pretty scary https://www.zdnet.com/article/badpower-attack-corrupts-fast-chargers-to-melt-or-set-your-device-on-fire/
- LG releases Velvet in Canada https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/lg-introduces-new-era-of-mobile-elegance-with-the-new-lg-velvet-tm-5g-854747757.html
- A BLURRY look at the Fold 2 shows domino camera https://www.androidcentral.com/this-could-our-first-look-samsungs-galaxy-fold-2
- Blackmagic Ursa Mini Pro 12K is CRAZY https://bhpho.to/2ZJgfrd
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