The FTC is looking into Lootboxes! Trump wants the FCC to police social media! Apple is locking battery repairs! Twitch and Ninja continue to feud!
And here’s why I haven’t produced any Note 10 videos!
Let’s get our tech week started off right!
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Stories This Week:
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- Fuell Fluid e-Bike test drive! https://somegadgetguy.com/2019/08/08/fuell-fluid-test-drive-in-santa-monica-when-erik-buell-makes-an-e-bike/
- What to do with a failing NAS? https://somegadgetguy.com/2019/08/07/what-to-do-with-this-western-digital-nas-my-continuing-misadventures/
- TicWatch Pro 4G full review https://somegadgetguy.com/2019/08/06/mobvoi-ticwatch-pro-4g-smartwatch-review-something-special-for-wear-os/
- A new series of help and how to videos? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE_bbD5vXDU
- Booredatwork Creator Chat https://somegadgetguy.com/2019/08/02/sggqa-107-creator-chat-production-pr-and-movies-with-enobong-etteh-from-booredatwork/
- Trump wants FCC to police social media https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/09/tech/white-house-social-media-executive-order-fcc-ftc/index.html
- FTC details relationship between lootboxes and streamers https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/7/20758974/ftc-loot-box-panel-streamer-publisher-sponsorships?utm_campaign=polygon&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
- Console manufacturers forcing lootbox payout odds disclosure https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-08-07-microsoft-sony-nintendo-wont-allow-loot-boxes-on-consoles-unless-publishers-disclose-drop-rates
- Scientist solves equation for sharper lenses https://gizmodo.com/a-mexican-physicist-solved-a-2-000-year-old-problem-tha-1837031984
- Apple is locking down battery replacements https://www.ifixit.com/News/apple-is-locking-batteries-to-iphones-now
- Wireless charging IS probably killing your battery https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00663
- TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK ON r/GLOWINGRECTANGLES https://www.reddit.com/r/glowingrectangles/top/?t=week
- Twitch and Ninja continue feud https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-49317270
- A simple law could have saved us BILLIONS in fiber roll out https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ywaz3y/this-simple-law-could-have-saved-the-us-dollar126-billion-in-broadband-deployment-costs?utm_source=reddit.com
- Samsung pulls ads mocking Apple after copying Apple https://9to5mac.com/2019/08/08/samsung-ads-mocking-iphones/
- General Note 10 whinging…
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