Shades Of Brown

Final: End State of the Oligarchy

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:13:41 -0400

10 years on, we come back for one final retrospective.

Thank you to everyone who has listened for the past decade.

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Montblonc Sounds Like A Slur

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 12:11:12 -0400

American Carrier Woes, VPNs on iOS are mostly a scam, Android 13’s final release, and true wireless earbuds in 24bits.

Show Notes:

00:11:24 – iOS VPN Woes
00:39:30 – Android 13
00:53:51 – Samsung Unpacked (Fall 2022)

Visible:

VPNs:

iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for years, researcher claims [Updated] | Ars Technica
VPNs on iOS are a scam
VPN overview for Apple device deployment
Commercial VPN services for consumers
- What do VPNs actually do?
Workarounds to mitigate leaks
- DNS-over-HTTPS
- NextDNS

Android 13:

Android 13 review: The update we need, not the one we want

Bixby Is A Dog With Shoes:

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Why Do Cis Men Love Fast Charging?

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 14:01:14 -0400

Beyonce is back, the Gamers™ are bad, esports are good, and the Google Pixel 6a rocks.

Show Notes:

00:01:39 – Beyonce – Renaissance
00:22:41 – Destiny 2 Community Manager Abuse
00:33:31 – Sadiq Talks about EVO
00:43:04 – Google Pixel 6a

Beyonce – Renaissance:

Bungie’s lawsuit:

Sadiq Talks About EVO:

Pixel 6a:

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Thanks, Qualcomm

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 21:07:50 -0400

We talk about Lockdown mode, the new M2 Macbook Air, the Nothing Phone 1, and Intel’s Arc A380 GPU.

Show Notes:

00:02:57 – Lockdown Mode in iOS 16
00:20:48 – M2 Macbook Air
00:43:56 – Nothing Phone 1
00:52:13 – Intel Arc A380

Lockdown mode:

M2 MacBook Air:

Nothing Phone 1:

Intel Arc A380:

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Keigh3

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 21:25:26 -0400

Please play Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion, also the Xbox Bethesda Showcase.

Show Notes:

00:10:12 – Xbox Bethesda Showcase
01:01:33 – Final Fantasy Direct
01:06:40 – Summer Games Fest

Xbox Bethesda Showcase:

Square Enix Final Fantasy Showcase:

Summer Game Fest:

Summer Game Fest 2022: All the news, trailers, and announcements – Polygon

Funny Tweets

Cool Games You Should Check Out that are also on Xbox Games Pass:

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WWDC 2022

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 17:55:19 -0400

WWDC 2022. An evolving argument about web push notifications and system settings apps.

Show Notes:

00:03:17 – iOS 16
00:21:01 – iPadOS 16
00:31:00 – WatchOS 9
00:43:25 – macOS 13
01:20:24 – M2 and Macbook Air

Keynote and SOTU links:

iOS:

iPadOS:

It’s a real computer now, finally
iPadOS 16 Announced
Stage Manager (also on macOS)

watchOS:

macOS:

Various Networking Bits:

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Google I/O 2022

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 19 May 2022 20:20:59 -0400

Google IO and the Halo TV Show, we’re not sure what’s more disappointing.

Show Notes:

00:09:20 – Google I/O 2022
00:54:56 – More Halo TV Show Follow Up

Google I/O:

Halo The TV Show:

First they came for my lore, then they came for his cheeks
Master Chief Finally Had Sex In Paramount+’s Halo Show

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Meta Level Marketing Scheme

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:09:49 -0400

Nintendo Switch Ethernet, Space, Smart Homes, HomePods, App Store Pricing, and Halo. It’s been a slow news week.

Editors Note: We were not joking when we said shades of brown dot com is an adult site, open it at your own risk.

Show Notes:

00:02:06 – Sadiq Gave Nintendo Money

00:11:00 – Sadiq Talks About Space

00:13:39 – Insteon Shutting Down

00:25:11 – #chosawasright

00:33:07 – Meta’s Monetization Schemes

00:44:43 – Halo Infinite / TV Show Follow Up

HE’S GOT THE DOCK:

Sadiq gave Nintendo money, let’s examine why

NASA Perseverance Rovers gets solar eclipse on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures Video of Solar Eclipse on Mars

Smart Home Wife Guy Shuts Down:

Insteon finally comes clean about its sudden smart home shutdown | Ars Technica
Shameful: Insteon looks dead—just like its users’ smart homes | Ars Technica
Hey Insteon users! – Home Assistant
Amazon and Google do have local paths, but not on by default:
- Use Local Voice Control with Offline Echo Devices
- Local fulfillment | Actions on Google Smart Home

#chosaWasRight:

Meta Level Marketing (MLM) Scheme:

Halo Infinite-ly Boring:

Halo Infinite Update – April 2022 | Halo – Official Site (en)

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Episode 179: The Top Is All Holes

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:25:23 -0400

HomeKit Routers, anything is better than NSO, Tie Fighters, and a Halo lore dump.

Show Notes:

00:02:26 – chosa’s Wi-Fi story
00:27:15 – New PlayStation Plus Tiers
00:38:12 – RTX 3090 TI(e)
00:48:35 – Settling for the OnePlus 10
00:49:22 – Halo TV Show
01:11:12 – Love Live! Corner

chosa rants about HomeKit Routers:

PS Plus New Tiers:

RTX 3090 TI(e):

OnePlus 10, they finally settled:

OnePlus 10 Pro review: settling in

Halo: The TV Show

Halo (TV Series 2022– ) – IMDb
CGI effects
Makee
Soren
Forerunner artifact
Kwan
Covenant language depiction
Cortana’s creation
Pelican’s slipspace engine?

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Episode 178: RetroTwink

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:51:55 -0400

We talk about the installation of games to arbitrary folders, Cyberpunk, and the March 2022 Apple Event.

Show Notes:

00:00:01 – NO MORE BITS
00:01:26 – Xbox for PC App Changes
00:05:31 – Cyberpunk 2077
00:41:00 – March 2022 Apple Event

Xbox app finally has some of the functionality that Steam had for years

Microsoft’s Xbox app now lets you install PC games to any folder – The Verge

Cyberpunk 2077 spoilercast:

Endings | Cyberpunk Wiki | Fandom
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS Cyberpunk 2077
Patch 1.5 & Next-Generation Update — list of changes – Cyberpunk 2077
Open World Talk – Emptiness

March 2022 Apple Event:

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Episode 177: Elden Ringcourse

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:56:37 -0500

There is actually no discussion of Elden Ring.

Show Notes:

00:00:01 – Elden Ringcourse
00:04:55 – Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
00:39:11 – Galaxy S22 and S22 Ultra
00:56:33 – SteamDeck

Elden Ringcourse:

Elden Ring PC Performance Simply Isn’t Good Enough

Destiny 2: The Witch Queen:

Destiny 2: The Witch Queen: The story leading up to the expansion – Polygon

Samsung S22 Reviews:

SteamDeck:

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Episode 176: Fire Emblem Three Houses Discourse

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif, Mint — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:10:23 -0500

There's actually no Fire Emblem Three Houses discourse. Featuring Mint. Show Notes: 00:02:48 - Nintendo February 2022 Direct 01:20:07 - Pokemon Legends: Arceus 01:30:01 - Sifu 01:37:04 - Vampire Survivors 01:40:06 - Crusader Kings 3: Royal Court Nintendo February 2022 Direct: Nintendo Direct - 2.09.2022 List of all games announced (thanks avie!) Nintendo Direct headlined by Mario Kart 8's 48 new upcoming racetracks | Ars Technica Dread Pirate Sunder on Twitter: "every nintendo direct is them announcing a remake of something I've never heard of even one time in my life and then 50 of my mutuals going "HOLY SHIT IT'S BLORKBY HE'S BACK!!!!"" / Twitter Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (June 24th 2022) Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp (April 8th; Pre-order now) No Man's Sky ("This Summer") Mario Strikers: Battle League (June 10th; Pre-order now) Splatoon 3: Salmon Run Next Wave ("This Summer") Front Mission 1st: Remake ("This Summer"; 2 Remake also announced w/o date) Disney Speedstorm ("This Summer") Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Port of Wii/PS2 version - April 20th; Pre-order now) Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection (February 17th) SD Gundam Battle Alliance ("This Year") Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition (April 7th; Pre-order now) Kirby And the Forgotten Land (March 25th; Pre-order now) MLB: The Show 22 (April 5th; Pre-order now) Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece for Cloud (Tomorrow/February 10th) Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series (July 8th) Portal: Companion Collection ("This Year") Live A Live (July 22nd; Pre-order now) Nintendo Switch Sports (February 18-20th online play test for subscribers; April 29th release) Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival ("This Year"; Subscription for 500 songs coming with it) Triangle Strategy (New demo playable to Chapter 3 with transferrable save data if you buy it coming out) Cuphead The Delicious Last Course DLC (June 30th) Metroid Dread "Dread and Rookie Mode" Update ("Later today"; Boss rush update in April) Mother 1 & 2/EarthBound: Beginnings & EarthBound coming to NES/SNES Online (Later today) Zombie Army 4: Dead War (April 26th) GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon (Later Today) Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles (June 10th) Lego Brawls (June 2022) Two Point Campus (May 17th) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass (dripfed 48 courses remastered from past games; March 18th) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (September 2022) JP exclusive announcements: Taiko Risshiden V DX (May 19th) [Port of the latest entry in Koei's grand strategy series, last seen on the PSP] The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story (May 12th) [An FMV Adventure game; the english title is trademarked in the west] LOOP8 (2022) [Looks like an RPG/Visual Novel?] Touken Ranbu Warriors (Feb 17th) [A Musou game; Koei Tecmo is releasing it in the west] Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden (Feb 17th) [Worldwide release] Chocobo GP (March 10th) [Worldwide release] 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (April 14th) [Worldwide release due on April 12th] eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2022 (April 21st) Games Corner: Pokemon Legends Arceus Sifu Sifu review: martial arts roguelike is too complex for its own good - Polygon Sifu's Brawler Is A Soulless Caricature Vampire Survivors Crusader Kings 3: Royal Court Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Mint Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 175: Looking At Your FPGA, Respectfully

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:10:22 -0500

We continue our famous practice of dunking on Linux Laptops, Google Products, and acquisitions. Show Notes: 00:00:48 - MNT Reform 00:18:39 - Google Canceling Free G-Suite Accounts 00:29:36 - Google Stadia Business Insider Article 00:42:49 - Sony Buying Bungie Review: MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software—for better or worse Google relents: Legacy G Suite users will be able to migrate to free accounts | Ars Technica Inside Google's Plan to Salvage Its Stadia Gaming Service Sony is buying Bungie, the developer of Destiny and original creator of Halo - The Verge Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 174: glogs

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif, Mint — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:29:35 -0500

We bring back Mint to help us make sense of Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard King. Show Notes: 00:02:00 - Razer Follow Up 00:05:56 - Microsoft Purchasing ABK 00:47:49 - AMD 6500 XT 01:01:51 - Bad MODE by Utada Hikaru The Razer Corner: I had to see these Hello Kitty gaming accessories, so now you do, too - The Verge Razer rows back after Zephyr face mask safety rating confusion | PC Gamer Microsoft Buying Activision Blizzard: Welcoming the Incredible Teams and Legendary Franchises of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft Gaming - Xbox Wire The Consequences of Microsoft Buying Activision Blizzard Are Dizzying Microsoft Is Now Accountable for Activision Blizzard's Mess QA Testers at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software Studio Are Unionizing Activision (ATVI) Employees Are Optimistic About Microsoft Takeover (MSFT) - Bloomberg Activision CEO Tries To Take A Victory Lap - Bloomberg Xbox CEO Phil Spencer discusses reviving old Activision games after Microsoft's acquisition - The Washington Post Esports owners, executives optimistic about Call of Duty and Overwatch leagues under Microsoft - The Washington Post Microsoft's Activision acquisition finally gives it a mobile gaming foothold | Windows Central Every game and studio Microsoft now owns | PC Gamer Activision Blizzard's Workplace Problems Spurred $75 Billion Microsoft Deal - WSJ (this is the article that states bobby boy tried to buy kotaku) Microsoft contract workers brace for six-month break - GeekWire AMD Radeon 6500 XT: AMD RX 6500 XT is Worse Than 2016's GPUs: Benchmarks vs. GTX 1060, 970, 960, & RX 580 Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purpose, AMD says | Ars Technica The reviews are in: AMD's mining-averse RX 6500 XT also isn't great at gaming | Ars Technica What the internet got wrong about AMD's controversial Radeon RX 6500 XT | PCWorld Utada Hikaru: Hikaru Utada Interview: 'BAD Mode' & Finding A Better Sense of Self – Billboard BADモード - Album by Hikaru Utada | Spotify Headphones: MG20 | Master & Dynamic Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Mint Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 173: RAWR xD

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 20:03:29 -0500

CES. 2022. Show Notes: 00:02:02 - Razer's Irresponsible Mask 00:09:49 - TVs 00:23:58 - Computers and Processors 00:53:43 - Grab Bag CES 2022: Razer's Zephyr Pro mask has the voice amp feature we wanted all along - The Verge This mask is a big scam – is using fake N95 filters https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1479647964352028678 Filters lack any NIOSH certification goth kids dancing (original) CES 2022 will close a day early because of COVID concerns CES 2022 will introduce HDMI 2.1a, another confusing new spec Sony announces the world’s first QD-OLED 4K TV, coming later this year Sony is joining the Mini LED TV bandwagon in 2022 Samsung promises ‘groundbreaking’ new TV feature: NFT support Samsung’s latest Frame TVs have a matte screen that looks and feels more like real art Samsung’s new 2022 TVs bring Nvidia GeForce Now and Google Stadia gaming Samsung’s new TV remote uses radio waves from your router to stay charged LG announces its largest and smallest OLED TVs ever as part of 2022 lineup LG TVs now have a built-in health platform The Samsung Odyssey Ark is its largest curved monitor yet Chevy Silverado EV revealed: GM’s best-selling truck goes electric General Motors announces electric versions of the Chevy Equinox and Blazer SUVs BMW’s IX M60 is a dual-motor performance EV with 280 miles of range BMW debuts its new color-changing paint technology at CES: E Ink Sony pivots into cars with Sony Mobility and a Vision-S SUV prototype at CES 2022 Dell XPS 13 Plus hands-on: is that... a touch bar? Asus will release a 17-inch foldable OLED laptop this year Lenovo’s new ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 has an eight-inch secondary screen Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake chips arrive at CES 2022 for its most powerful laptops ever Intel’s upcoming Arc GPUs inch closer to their debut with latest OEM update Intel announces 5.5GHz capable 12th Gen CPU Nvidia still has no idea how to pronounce the name of its best gaming GPU Google will spend 2022 trying to match Apple’s ecosystem integrations The OnePlus 10 Pro’s official specs are not the least bit surprising The Galaxy S21 FE officially joins Samsung’s crowded mirage lineup Why AT&T and Verizon are feuding with the US Government over a last-minute delay to 5G L’Oreal’s newest gadget takes the mess out of coloring your hair Sony confirms PlayStation VR2 name and Horizon game Samsung’s tiny Freestyle projector is fun so get over it Anker’s new Nano II 100W USB-C charger is the smallest 100W GaN charger yet The Motorola MA1 is a dongle for wireless Android Auto Razer’s new Zephyr Pro mask has the voice amp feature we wanted all along Black + Decker’s $300 Bev vacuums up a Keurig-shaped hole in the robot bartender space Are we ready for the smart front door? Masonite thinks so This breathing PC case looks like it’s alive Podcasters are letting software pick their ads — it’s already going awry Pete Buttigieg is racing to keep up with self-driving cars AMD Ryzen 6000 CPUs, AM5 Socket, Zen 4, R7 5800X3D, & RX 6500 XT RIP AMD Low-End: Intel i5-12400F, i3-12300, H670 & B660 Motherboards, & New Coolers NVIDIA Buried Its Own Launch (RTX 3090 Ti & RTX 3050), DDR4 to DDR5 Converter | HW News HW News: Ridiculous PC Cases, Razer Makes Impractical Things, & More Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 172: Infinite Potential

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:53:51 -0500

Halo. Infinite. Show Notes: Spoilers begin at 57:48 Halo Infinite reviews: ''Halo Infinite' Is a Fun Sandbox Stuck Inside a Very Old Video Game' by Cameron Kunzelman for Waypoint 'Review: Halo Infinite’s campaign finishes the fight—but arrives in tatters' by Sam Machkovech for Ars Technica 'Halo Infinite review: grappling hooks and jeep joyrides make up for a shaky sci-fi plot' by Brendan Caldwell for Rock Paper Shotgun 'Halo Infinite saves the series by finally doing something different' by Nicole Carpenter for Polygon Performance: Halo Infinite on Consoles: Xbox Series X/S vs Xbox One S/X - Can Xbox One Run It? Other links How Microsoft’s Halo Infinite Went From Disaster to Triumph Playlist Update : r/halo Halo Infinite: Memory Agent | Podcast on Spotify Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 171: ¡Bienvenidos!

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:27:57 -0500

Fast cars, family, hot processors, and catgirls rocking IEMs. Show Notes: 00:01:32 - Forza Horizon 5 00:46:50 - Intel Alder Lake 01:07:12 - AirPods 3 and Moondrop Quarks Forza Horizon 5: Sign Language Interpreters, and Forza Horizon 5 Accessibility - Access-Ability Forza Horizon 5 PC: Can Graphics Scale Beyond Xbox Series X? Optimised Settings + More Forza Horizon 5: Every Xbox Version Tested - Xbox Series S/X vs Xbox One S/X! Forza controller Intel Alder Lake: Intel Did It: Core i9-12900K CPU Review & Benchmarks vs. AMD Attacking AMD's Prices: Intel Core i5-12600K CPU Review & Benchmarks vs. AMD Intel Windows 10 vs. Windows 11 Alder Lake Benchmarks (12900K & 12600K CPUs) Intel Core i7-12700K & 12700KF CPU Review, Benchmarks, & Efficiency vs. AMD Ryzen Intel’s Alder Lake big.little CPU design, tested: It’s a barn burner Airpods 3 vs 12$ IEMs with an anime girl logo: Moondrop Quarks Earphone Closed Anterior Cavity Micro Dynamic Driver IEM Earphone (Without mic) AirPods (3rd generation) THE BEST GAMING HEADPHONES don't matter Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 170: Thick Memory Interface

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:36:00 -0400

We go pro this week with overpriced computers. **The Dolby Atmos mix of this episode is delayed because of a bug where audio is lost on my Mac when trying to master in Dolby Atmos. I intend on releasing the surround sound mix at a later date -- Cristian Show Notes: 00:02:26 - Third Gen Airpods/Siri Voice Plan 00:15:01 - New MacBook Pros 00:57:43 - Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro AirPods and the uhhh Siri Voice Plan?!? Apple’s 3rd-generation AirPods arrive next week with a new design, spatial audio Apple Music’s new voice-only plan costs $4.99 per month MacBook Pro: Apple intros 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros with display notches, M1 Pro, and M1 Max The new MacBook Pro seems to have an HDMI 2.0 port, not 2.1 A Look Inside Apple's Silicon Playbook Apple Announces M1 Pro & M1 Max: Giant New Arm SoCs with All-Out Performance Google Pixel 6: The Pixel 6 is official—and it’s $300 cheaper than a comparable Samsung phone The “Google Silicon” team gives us a tour of the Pixel 6’s Tensor SoC Google Announces Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro: The New Real Flagship Pixels Google ships Android 12 for the Pixel 3 and up Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 169: Cloud Save Discourse

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:24:49 -0400

We talk about the new Switch OLED model the only way we know how: browsing YouTube videos for low resolution teardowns and trying to look up part data sheets to try and figure out why Ethernet is so bad on the Switch. Show Notes: 00:05:39 - OLED Display Concerns 00:21:53 - Ethernet Discourse Jim Ryan is Wrong: Jim Ryan: “I would love a world where hundreds of millions enjoy our games” No, Jim Ryan - Gaming In The Middle East Existed Long Before PlayStation Switch OLED: Display Uses PWM to control brightness, appears to go full throttle from 0-50% brightness OLED Switch uses PWM dimming below 50% brightness: NintendoSwitch Explanation on what PWM is https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/7uv6m3/iphone_x_uses_pulse_width_modulation_which_is_a/dto2o9l/ iPhone 13 for context begins around from under 25% brightness Nintendo is shipping the display with a “vibrant” profile enabled out of box, burying the more color accurate “standard” mode in settings The OLED Nintendo Switch doesn’t have a Pentile screen Ethernet: From this teardown it appears to be a gigabit port with a full ethernet controller Switch OLED Full Teardown! Dock Can Upscale?! OLED vs Switch vs Lite However real world tests are showing far less than gigabit speeds Switch OLED hardwired still has incredible bad and embarrassing speeds: NintendoSwitch https://twitter.com/llaffer2/status/1446587410700292109 Nintendo Switch Teardown Using the original Switch teardown as guidance and Nintendo’s never ending ability to be cheap as forecast, assuming the Switch OLED has the same USB controller PI3USB30532 (USB Switches) USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gb/s Super Speed and DP 1.2 5.4Gb/s switching to USB Type C connector The Switch OLED dock per the teardown above has a HDMI 2.0 controller on the new dock HDMI 2.0 technically can cap out at 18Gb/s Which is almost 4x what the USB controller on the Switch itself supports for bandwidth on the USB and DP side (~10Gb/s theoretical) In theory this bottleneck could be causing the shit Ethernet Speeds However nintendo could just be nintendo and doing a nintendo MCDP2900 DisplayPort1.4a to HDMI2.0b Protocol Converter with HDCP2.3 Repeater Newer version of the HDMI to DP converter used on the dock board Switch 4K gaming could be added with new dock chip swap, AI upscaling A brief aside on the Nintendo Switch Wi-Fi Broadcom BCM4356 is the part used per the ifixit teardown ThinkPad Yoga 260 ThinkPad L560 I don’t really have more commentary than the fact that Nintendo is shipping wifi used in Windows laptops in a 2x2 config and it’s still absolute shit Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 168: Mario From The 6ix

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif, Mint — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 10:05:39 -0400

We get pumped for the Fall 2021 Surface event and then bring back on Mint to talk about the September 2021 Nintendo Direct. Show Notes: 00:03:24 - Surface Go 00:04:25 - Surface Pro 8 00:19:14 - Surface Duo 2 00:25:55 - Surface Laptop Studio 00:34:14 - An Aside On Tales Of Arise 00:38:43 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land 00:42:13 - NSO Expansion Pack 00:56:22 - Mario Movie Casting 01:01:43 - Bayonetta 3 01:07:49 - Splatoon 3 01:12:15 - Monster Hunter Rise DLC 01:16:21 - Hyrule Warriors DLC 01:20:57 - Chocobo Racing 01:25:09 - Grab bag of Games Surface Event: Microsoft’s fall Surface event: the 7 biggest announcements Surface Pro 8 hands-on: new screen, new keyboard, new processors, and more Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio hands-on: one weird, powerful computer Microsoft’s new Surface Duo 2 has all the features that were missing the first time around Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Direct September 2021: The biggest announcements Nintendo Direct September 2021: All the news and announcements Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Mint Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 167: High Poly Anime Girls

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:45:05 -0400

We talk about the Fall 2021 Apple Event. Show Notes: 00:06:00 - iPads 00:18:25 - Watch Series 7 00:32:13 - iPhone 13 (and all of their variants) 01:07:01 - Postscript: Thermals of the new PS5 California Streaming Event Apple's September 14, 2021 Keynote: By the Numbers Apple Updates the iPad mini and 10.2" iPad Apple Watch Series 7: The MacStories Overview The New iPhone 13 Lineup: The MacStories Overview What Does It All Mean?: A Look at Judge Gonzalez Rogers’ Decision in the Epic Versus Apple Trial Thermal Camera Rant New PlayStation 5 vs. Old PS5 Cooler Design: Thermals & Fans, ft. @Digital Foundry The New PlayStation 5 CFI-1100 Review - Featuring @Gamers Nexus! Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 166: The First Arch Linux Laptop

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 10:49:42 -0400

Google and Samsung are releasing expensive phones, Intel does a marketing, Electron discourse is back, but honestly we just want to build our own Framework Laptop. Show Notes: 00:01:11 - Google Pixel 6 00:15:34 - Samsung Unpacked (Galaxy Fold/Flip and Watch) 00:38:40 - Framework Laptop 01:03:27 - PC GAMER NEWZ (Intel Marketing Changes) 01:06:29 - Electron Discourse (1Password is now Electron) Google Pixel 6: Here are the first official Pixel 6 pictures and info Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro phones announced with custom Tensor chips Google Pixel 6 Samsung Event: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 announced with much bigger, more useful cover display Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 announced with S Pen support and water resistance The Galaxy Watch 4 injects Samsung’s capable hardware with Google software Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 review: nailing the basics with style How Samsung beefed up its new folding phones: metal, tape, and a dab of goo Framework: Review: Framework’s lightweight modular laptop is a winner PC GAMER NEWZ: Intel’s foundry roadmap lays out the post-nanometer “Angstrom” era Electron Discourse: Roundup of 1Password 8 for Mac Early Access Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 165: Don't Use A Tiling Window Manager

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 12:15:28 -0400

We talk about the Switch "pro" and the Switch Pro Powered by Arch Linux this week. Show Notes: 00:01:58 - Switch OLED 00:30:25 - Steam Deck Switch OLED: Meet the Switch Pro: $350 “OLED Model” launches on October 8 Nintendo’s “OLED model” Switch estimated to cost just $10 more to produce Switch “Pro”: Steam Deck is Valve’s Switch-like portable PC, starting at $399 this December Steam Deck Tech specs Steam Deck: The First Hands-On With Valve's Handheld Gaming PC Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 164: Windows 11 Diff

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 09:39:48 -0400

Sadiq caves and finally lets us talk about Windows for an hour. Show Notes: Windows 11: Windows 11 is a new and refreshing approach to an old and familiar home What's coming in Windows 11 Accessibility | Windows Experience Blog DirectStorage on Windows 11: Next-gen gaming performance, with PC requirements Why Windows 11 is forcing everyone to use TPM chips Microsoft unveils new app store for Windows 11 with support for more desktop applications Microsoft announces Windows 11 will be able to run Android apps Windows 11 ships with new 'Chat' app powered by Microsoft Teams My People walked so Microsoft Teams could run Windows 11 Home requires internet to complete setup, but there's a workaround Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 163: E3 2021

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif, Mint — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 12:42:01 -0400

Special guest Mint joins us this week as we work our way through the summer games mess. Show Notes: 00:03:10 - Xbox and Bethesda Showcase 00:51:02 - Square Enix 01:16:29 - Summer Games Fest 01:31:21 - Nintendo E358/2 Days: Xbox Keynote: Microsoft’s Xbox Series X is about to make xCloud gaming much faster Microsoft announces Xbox TV app and its own xCloud streaming stick Starfield release date revealed at E3 2021, will be Xbox exclusive STALKER 2 coming in 2022 to Xbox Game Pass Psychonauts 2 - Official Gameplay Trailer - Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2021 Halo Infinite release date announced at E3 2021 Halo Infinite multiplayer news: Bots, split-screen, free-to-play clarified Redfall is Arkane's new multiplayer shooter with vampires Jack Sparrow coming to Sea of Thieves in Pirates of the Caribbean DLC Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Announcement Trailer Here's everything we know about Forza Horizon 5 on Xbox and PC Annapurna's Twelve Minutes release date set for Aug. 19 Every Xbox Game Pass game announced at E3 2021 Square Enix Eidos Montreal is making a Guardians of the Galaxy game Final Fantasy 1-6 are being rereleased for new ‘pixel remaster series’ Square Enix announces action-heavy spinoff Final Fantasy Origin Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Demo First Look Co-op action game Babylon’s Fall finally gets gameplay trailer Summer Games Mess ID@Xbox Summer Game Fest Demo Event Showcases 40 Games Valve - Steam Game Festival, Summer Edition On Now Sable looks like a Moebius comic and plays like Breath of the Wild Sable on Steam Sable might be one of the most soothing games I've ever played ELDEN RING - Official Gameplay Reveal Some Steam Demos Sadiq played NORCO Unpacking Get Packed: Fully Loaded - Coming to Steam, Xbox and PS4 on 29th July! UNSIGHTED Sable Nintendo MARIO + RABBIDS SPARKS OF HOPE for Nintendo Switch Tekken’s Kazuya is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Metroid Dread brings Nintendo’s classic back as a 2D sequel on October 8 Why it took Nintendo 15 years to make Metroid Dread Shin Megami Tensei 5 release date for Nintendo Switch announced No More Heroes 3 got a gameplay video from Nintendo, but not on stream Nintendo is remastering the first two Advance Wars games for the Switch Mario Party Superstars announced for Nintendo Switch, coming in October New WarioWare game, Get It Together!, announced for Nintendo Switch Racing series Cruis’n arrives on Nintendo Switch this fall Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin gets a new gameplay trailer Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is a remaster of the first three Super Monkey Ball games Breath of the Wild 2 heads to the skies in stunning E3 trailer Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Mint Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 162: WWDC 2021

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:04:01 -0400

We take a deep dive into WWDC 2021. Show Notes: 00:02:30 - watchOS 8 00:15:15 - iOS and iPadOS 15 01:01:00 - macOS 12 01:19:40 - Privacy and Grab Bag WWDC: Apple WWDC 2021 keynote in 23 minutes watchOS 8: The MacStories Overview What's new in watchOS 8 - WWDC 2021 - Videos iOS and iPadOS 15: The MacStories Overview Shortcuts for Mac: The Future Is Now macOS Monterey: The MacStories Overview macOS Monterey: Here are the features exclusive to M1 Macs Get ready for iCloud Private Relay - WWDC 2021 - Videos iCloud Private Relay and other Apple WWDC privacy features An Overview of the New Privacy Controls Coming to Apple’s OSes Apple is making AirPods easier to hear with and find Grab Bag: Move beyond passwords - WWDC 2021 - Videos Secure login with iCloud Keychain verification codes - WWDC 2021 - Videos Meet async/await in Swift - WWDC 2021 - Videos Build Mail app extensions - WWDC 2021 - Videos Explore HDR rendering with EDR - WWDC 2021 - Videos Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 161: Windows Core Is A OS Architechtural Redesign!

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 24 May 2021 20:41:07 -0400

We talk about Google I/O and then whip out the DAC for hi-fi audio. Show Notes: 00:01:49 - Android 12 00:26:58 - Google Retail Store 00:29:47 - Wear, WearOS?, Tizen? Terrible Names 00:42:02 - Sadiq didn't let us talk about Windows 10X 00:42:28 - Apple Watch Assistive Touch 00:49:19 - Apple Music Loseless Audio and Spatial Audio Android 12 preview: first look at Google’s radical new design Google showed off its next-generation AI by talking to Pluto and a paper airplane Android introduces new privacy-friendly sandbox for machine learning data The state of Android security | Session Google announces its first-ever physical retail store Google and Samsung are merging Wear OS and Tizen Apple announces a slew of accessibility updates Apple previews powerful software updates designed for people with disabilities About lossless audio in Apple Music Apple Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Playback for Apple Music Subscribers Coming in June Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 160: Live From Court

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 10 May 2021 15:33:30 -0400

We spend an hour talking about the second order effects of the Epic Vs Apple trial. Show Notes: Epic Games v. Apple: the fight for the future of the App Store The Epic Games v. Apple trial kicks off with kids screaming "free Fortnite" In Epic v Apple, everybody is losing at the game of defining games Epic v. Apple turns into Windows v. Xbox Sony really hated PS4 crossplay, confidential documents reveal Offensive and Sexualized Jam - itch.io Epic spent at least $11.6 million on free games and gained 5 million new users in return Epic says there’s an App Store payment lockout — but Apple just sees friction Tim Sweeney emailed Tim Cook personally to call for open app sales after WWDC in 2015 lowpolis on Twitter: "https://t.co/xgd3sExlFZ… " Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 159: So I Put My AirTag In Your Backpack

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:37:17 -0400

We talk about new Surfaces and new surfaces this week. Show Notes 00:01:33 - Surface Laptop 4 00:21:08 - Apple Event Misc Things 00:22:58 - Apple Podcasts Updates 00:33:09 - AirTags 00:44:29 - M1 iMac 00:59:31 - M1 iPad Pro 01:09:06 - Sadiq Got A M1 MacBook Air Surface Laptop 4: Surface Laptop 4 (15-inch) review: AMD Ryzen shines, but Microsoft could still do much more Microsoft Surface Laptop 4: specs, price, release date Spring 2020 Apple Event: Apple Podcasts launches in-app subscriptions Changes to iTunes API https://twitter.com/NathanG/status/1384628536124878848 https://twitter.com/bzamayo/status/1384852139286085632 Apple takes on Tile with AR-ready AirTags tracking devices Apple announces new M1-based iMac in 7 fancy colors iPad Pro gets M1 chip, “Liquid Retina” mini-LED screen Sadiq talks about his new M1 Macbook Air That M1 go brrrrrrrr, this thing doesn’t seem to get warm like at all?? Keyboard is good TouchID on macOS is pretty sweet I remember how good some Mac apps are Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 158: gaming phones are e-waste

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:15:43 -0400

This week we pour one out for LG Mobile, then make fun of gamers while getting blasted in VR. Oddly enough, this episode is almost a galaxy brain take against Qualcomm's mobile chip monopoly. Show Notes: 00:00:55 - RIP LG Mobile 00:24:43 - Lenovo Legion Phone Duel 2 00:40:57 - Oculus Quest 2 RIP LG: LG leaves a void as it exits the smartphone business Farewell, LG Mobile: 20 Years Of Doing Phones Differently LG had few smartphone hits, but it’ll still be missed More Gaming Phones: Lenovo’s gaming phone has an extreme dual-fan cooling system This phone has a 15,000 RPM cooling fan!!! Oculus Quest 2: Oculus Quest 2: Our Most Advanced All-in-One VR Headset Review: We do not recommend the $299 Oculus Quest 2 as your next VR system Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 157: Gordan Freeman Wasn't Ray Traced

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:53:10 -0400

We needed some #freecontent so we're talking about the Switch Pro this week and the latest OnePlus phones. Show Notes: 00:01:35 - Switch Lite 00:15:55 - Apex Legends On Switch 00:28:25 - Switch Pro Rumors 00:40:05 - One Plus 9 and 9 Pro 01:01:18 - Post Show USB C Audio Corner Nintendo Switch Lite Apex Legends Legends Switch - Are The Compromises Too Severe? How Fair Is CrossPlay? Nintendo Switch Lite – Official Site Nintendo Switch Pro: Nintendo to Use Faster Nvidia Chips in New 2021 Switch Model https://twitter.com/NateTheHate2 (Had this leak originally sometime last year, so including original leaker because fuck bloomberg^1) OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro: OnePlus 9 review: top-shelf performance for less money OnePlus 9 Pro review: the best Android alternative to Samsung OnePlus 9 Pro Review—Keeping the slightest lead in front of Samsung OnePlus 9R offers fast-refresh rate screen, costs less OnePlus snubs Google’s Wear OS, announces $159 smartwatch [^1]: See Daring Fireball post here: Bloomberg, at Long Last, Follows up on ‘The Big Hack’, and It’s Nothing but a Pile of Sophistic Horseshit Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 156: where would the liquid go?

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 20:44:14 -0400

We talk about good speakers, bad consolidation, enlisting in the republic of gamers, and then sign into active directory. Show Notes: 00:00:04 - RIP HomePod 00:12:46 - Xbox & Zenimax Acquisition 00:28:29 - Asus ROG Phone 5 00:47:33 - The Exchange Mass Hack RIP HomePod: Apple discontinues the HomePod, but the HomePod mini will live on Xbox & Zenimax Acquisition: Some Bethesda games now on Xbox Game Pass are getting frame rate boosts on Xbox Series X/S 20 Bethesda games will be available on Xbox Game Pass Friday Asus ROG Phone 5: The Asus ROG Phone 5 has 18GB of RAM, two USB ports, crazy rear display Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate review: overkill https://www.flashmemorysummit.com/English/Collaterals/Proceedings/2015/20150811_S101C_Baram.pdf The Exchange Mass Hack: A Basic Timeline of the Exchange Mass-Hack — Krebs on Security Tens of thousands of US organizations hit in ongoing Microsoft Exchange hack Critics fume after Github removes exploit code for Exchange vulnerabilities Reproducing the Microsoft Exchange Proxylogon Exploit Chain Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 155: Final Fantasy Battle Royale

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 17:25:00 -0500

We originally planned on talking about Android 12 but then the Pokemon discourse broke out. Show Notes: 00:01:52 - EA News 00:18:28 - Sony State Of Play 00:40:39 - Nintendo/Pokemon Direct Verizon tweet? Verizon support says you should turn off 5G to save your phone’s battery Video Games: EA, BioWare cancel Anthem’s sweeping overhaul Report: BioWare wrests Dragon Age 4 away from EA’s online-multiplayer mandate Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade leads latest PlayStation game-reveal event Report: PS5 storage expansion will be available by summer Pokémon Legends: Arceus’ stealth-infused open world hits Switch in 2022 Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 154: #chosalovesads

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:59:14 -0500

We laugh at Stadia, laugh at Facebook, and then pray for Ron. Show Notes: 00:00:03 - Intro 00:04:38 - Google Winding Down First Party Stadia Studios 00:20:02 - iOS 14.5 Ad Tracking Changes 00:36:46 - HarmonyOS Google Shutting Down First Party Stadia Studios: Focusing on Stadia's future as a platform, and winding down SG&E The writing’s on the wall for Google Stadia iOS 14.5 Apple’s next iOS 14 beta will begin forcing developers to ask for permission to track you User Privacy and Data Use - App Store Introducing Private Click Measurement, PCM Facebook makes the case for activity tracking to iOS 14 users in new pop-ups Apple Releases Betas with Face ID Plus Apple Watch iPhone Unlocking, App Tracking Transparency, and Other New Features HarmonyOS Huawei’s HarmonyOS: “Fake it till you make it” meets OS development Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 153: Anime Girls Are Real, Might Want to Invest In Some Glass

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 16:13:09 -0500

We celebrate the coming of Techanuary by talking about the latest Samsung Unpacked and CES 2021. Show Notes: 00:01:00 - Galaxy S21 Series 00:28:53 - Galaxy Buds Pro 00:38:41 - Nvidia at CES 00:53:18 - Intel at CES 00:59:12 - AMD at CES Samsung Unpacked: The Galaxy S21 is official, gets an across-the-board $200 price drop You’ll never believe it, Samsung made a black phone Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro review: the right balance CES: Nvidia and AMD address the great GPU shortage Nvidia’s next laptop GPU generation powers a leap to 1440p displays Nvidia announces $329 GeForce RTX 3060, available in February OUT OF STOCK, OUT OF STOCK Intel at CES: Alder Lake looks a lot like M1, plus new chips for gaming laptops USB4 AMD claims new Ryzen 5000 mobile CPUs best Intel for gaming, content creation Samsung’s next Exynos SoC will have an AMD GPU N95 masks, gamer style: Razer’s crazy face-mask prototype revealed Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 152: I Can't Find An AMP Article

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:05:27 -0500

While waiting for techanuary to begin, we talk about our favorite games from last year and some security stories about chat apps. Show Notes: 00:02:42 - Cristian talks about Odyssey 00:10:28 - Sadiq talks about FF7R 00:19:50 - Cristian Talks About DOOM Eternal 00:23:40 - Sadiq Talks About XCOM Chimera Squad 00:28:41 - Cristian Talks About Guidlings (2nd Chapter) 00:34:45 - Sadiq Talks About Crusader Kings 3 00:41:40 - Cristian Talks About SSDs 00:47:53 - Sadiq Talks About Hades 00:54:41 - Cristian Talks About Multiplayer Games 00:57:30 - Sadiq Talks About Ghosts Of Tsushima 01:01:45 - Cristian Talks About Destiny 2: Beyond Light 01:10:04 - Sadiq Talks About Valhalla 01:15:50 - Chat App Discourse (Telegram/WhatsApp) Our 2020 Games of the Year Cristian’s games of the year: Assassin's Creed Odyssey Doom Eternal Guildlings (Apple Arcade) SSDs - aka why I upgraded to nextgen when I said I wouldn’t Minecraft / Warzone / Other multiplayer games Destiny 2: Beyond Light Sadiq’s games of the year: Final Fantasy 7 Remake XCOM: Chimera Squad Crusader Kings 3 Hades Ghost of Tsushima Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Call of Duty: Warzone Chat App Discourse: Telegram feature exposes your precise address to hackers WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 151: Canonical's Eating

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:20:31 -0500

In a return true to form we talk about headphones and Linux for an hour. Show Notes: 00:00:45 - AirPods Max 00:48:15 - RIP CentOS AirPods Max: AirPods Max Apple announces $549 AirPods Max noise-canceling headphones, coming December 15th Apple AirPods Max first look: lots to prove Heavy Is the Head That Wears the AirPods Max Headphone Review: Sennheiser HD 300 Pro AirPods Max review: the good, the bad and a mic test RIP CentOS: CentOS Linux is dead—and Red Hat says Stream is “not a replacement” Where do I go now that CentOS Linux is gone? Check our list Installation Guide - System Requirements - CPanel RIP CentOS CentOS 8 End-of-Life Announcement Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 150: She Won't Get Off My Horse

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 19:47:01 -0500

Finally now that techtober is over and techvember comes to a close, we finally get enough space in techcember to talk about Destiny 2: Beyond Light and Assassins Creed Valhalla. And yes, we address the ethics of buying games from companies with abusive practices. There's gonna be politics in these video games! Show Notes: 00:01:00 - Destiny 2: Beyond Light 00:32:19 - Assassins Creed Valhalla Destiny 2: Beyond Light: The Grind Is Finally Good in 'Destiny 2: Beyond Light' Assassin's Creed Valhalla: [Spoilers] Assassin's Creed Valhalla Wikipedia Page Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: The Vice Review by Matthew Gault The Myth of Black Buying Power | Groundings Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 149: Great Dance Dance Revolution Ram

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:23:37 -0500

We try to talk about desktop computers but somehow get sucked down a network hole. Show Notes: 00:01:05 - ARM Macs 00:39:16 - macOS and OCSP 00:59:55 - macOS 11 ARM Macs: Apple dishes details on its new M1 chip Apple Announces The Apple Silicon M1: Ditching x86 - What to Expect, Based on A14 Apple announces new M1 Mac Mini, starting at $699 First ARM-based Mac laptops: MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro Big Sur: macOS 11.0 Big Sur: The Ars Technica review macOS Big Sur launch appears to cause temporary slowdown in even non-Big Sur Macs Does Apple really log every app you run? A technical look – Jacopo Jannone - blog UPDATE: Post Recording Apple Published An Official Response -> Apple responds to privacy concerns over Mac software security process Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 148: LoMoQu

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 08:37:28 -0500

With final next gen console hardware getting out into the wild, we spend this week giving our final thoughts on the new consoles. Show Notes: 00:02:13 - RIP QUIBI 00:09:53 - Xbox Series S 00:25:03 - Xbox Series X 00:26:42 - Content Warning: Bugs 00:28:06 - End Of Bug Talk 00:32:10 - DualSense 00:36:22 - PS5 Discord is getting a cool Halloween ringtone from hyperpop duo 100 gecs RIP QUIBI: Quibi is shutting down Tom Gara on Twitter: "Wow, Australia's sovereign wealth fund was one of Quibi's big investors… " Console Hardware Xbox Series boxes unboxed, revealing a series of Xboxes inside of boxes Microsoft will give GameStop a share of Xbox’s digital revenues Xbox Series X Back-Compat: Red Dead Redemption 2, Ark, Just Cause 3, Assetto Corsa Competizione! Here’s our best look at ray tracing on the Xbox Series X PS5 unboxing: Sony’s big, curvy boy stands out in any room First Look at the PlayStation 5 User Experience Hands-on with the PS5’s synesthetic DualSense controller PlayStation 5 Astro's Playroom + DualSense Controller First Look! Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 147: 5G Industrial Complex

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:22:48 -0400

New iPhones came out this week but really we just talk about networks and colors on displays. Show Notes: 00:01:54 - HomePod Mini 00:13:14 - iPhone 12 and 12 Mini 00:31:47 - 5G 00:40:46 - 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max 01:00:58 - No Chargers In The Box iPhone 2020 Event: HomePod Mini Apple announces smaller HomePod mini for $99 Phones: Apple announces iPhone 12 with OLED screen and 5G speeds iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max announced with larger displays, updated design, and 5G Lidar used to cost $75,000—here’s how Apple brought it to the iPhone Understanding the Camera Enhancements Coming to the iPhone 12 Apple announces iPhone 12 mini, the ‘smallest and lightest 5G phone in the world’ Thoughts and Observations on Apple’s ‘Hi, Speed’ iPhone 12 Event No Chargers In The Box: Apple’s new iPhones won’t ship with earbuds or wall chargers The iPhone 12 Ships Without a Charger. Will It Curb E-Waste? Apple’s iPhone 12 can wirelessly charge twice as fast, but only with a MagSafe charger Also Federico Put Out His iOS/iPadOS 14 Review Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 146: 100 Megabit Ethernet Is Not Acceptable

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:14:59 -0400

Google announces everything that leaked, we cry over 100mbps ethernet, and then Microsoft for some god known reason is still putting out products with EMMC storage in 2020. Show Notes: 00:01:20 - Chromecast With Google TV 00:21:14 - Nest Audio 00:24:39 - Pixel 5 And 4A 5G 00:42:12 - Surface Laptop Go 00:48:36 - Surface Pro X Refresh 00:51:17 - Xbox Series X Back Compat Tests Google Event: Google Chromecast (2020) review: reinvented — and now with a remote The new Chromecast with Google TV won’t officially support Stadia at launch Google Play Movies & TV is now Google TV but it’s not the same Google TV that runs on Android TV on the new Chromecast, it’s an app The Google Home sequel, the “Nest Audio,” is official for $99.99 Google announces the Pixel 5 for $699 Google announces Pixel 4A 5G with larger 6.2-inch display for $499 Verizon has an exclusive Pixel 4A 5G that’s $100 more expensive Microsoft News: Microsoft’s new $549 Surface Laptop Go aims to compete with Chromebooks Microsoft’s updated Surface Pro X has a faster processor and new platinum color option Windows 10 machines running on ARM will be able to emulate x64 apps soon Xbox Series X hands-on: The big back-compat dive begins [Updated] Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 145: Its An Orb!

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 18:19:06 -0400

Big companies buy other big companies and then we both find excuses to talk about extremely "this is our shit" shit. Show Notes: 00:01:22 - Microsoft Buys Bethesda 00:21:56 - Amazon Event 00:30:24 - Sadiq Talks About A Router 00:41:32 - Cristian Talks About A Game Streaming Service Game Pass: Microsoft purchases Bethesda Softworks in industry-changing acquisition Amazon’s Big Infomercial: New Amazon hardware: Ring drones, Echo Dot 4th Gen, Wi-Fi 6 Eero, and more Amazon announces streaming gaming service Luna, launching next month Amazon Luna servers will run Windows games directly on Nvidia T4 GPUs Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 144: Strategic Strategy of Strategicness

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:50:55 -0400

We laugh at the PS5 price and then hop into the September Apple event. Show Notes: 00:01:29 - PS5 Pricing 00:26:53 - Watch Series 6 00:41:55 - iPad Air (2020) 00:52:01 - Apple One 00:55:49 - watchOS 7 01:07:05 - iOS 14 PS5 Pricing: PS5 Digital Edition launches November 12th for $399.99 PlayStation 5: Sony announces price and release date PS5 retailers have many fewer Digital Edition systems for preorder https://cdn.sadiqsaif.com/2020/09/2020-09-16_20-44-37.png Time Sure Does Fly: The Apple Event: The Apple Watch Series 6 adds blood-oxygen monitoring and more Apple Watch Series 6: Graphite Is the New Black by John Gruber The new iPad Air goes all-screen, adds Magic Keyboard support Introducing Apple One, Apple’s subscription bundle answer to Amazon Prime watchOS 7: The MacStories Review iOS 14: iOS 14 on the iPhone 6S and SE: Performance is fine, other stuff is not A bevy of new features makes iOS 14 the most secure mobile OS ever David Underscore Smith: _David Smith WidgetSmith I literally do not know how Tik Tok works so here is a YouTube compilation instead Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 143: Bad Nintendo Cypher

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:44:05 -0400

Nvidia pulls out some drip from the oven, Microsoft drops some late state gaming box news, we revisit Android 11 now that it's finally out and lastly, lmao Nintendo bro. Show Notes: 00:01:58 - Nvidia RTX 30 Series 00:24:05 - Xbox Series S 00:40:08 - Android 11 00:50:08 - lol nintendo RTX 30 Series Cards: NVIDIA RTX 3090, 3080, 3070 Specs, Cooler, Price, & Release Date Behold, Nvidia’s 3080 GPU: 2x 2080 power, starting at $699 on Sept. 17 [Updated] Xbox Series S/X: Microsoft confirms $499 Xbox Series X for Nov. 10 Xbox All Access seems like one of the best deals in gaming Android 11: Android 11 review: features by the dozen Android 11 review: Conversation starter lol nintendo: Super Mario 3D All-Stars brings three high-res ports to Switch Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 142: Ripping From The Bottom Of A Flower Power iMac

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:33:19 -0400

We go for round two in App Store drama and then get productive with the Surface Duo. Show Notes: 00:01:30 - WordPress App Store Drama 00:07:04 - Apple Versus Epic Part 2 00:40:24 - Surface Duo Apple vs WordPress: Apple apologizes to WordPress, won’t force the free app to add purchases after all Epic vs Apple/Google: Epic’s battle for “open platforms” ignores consoles’ massive closed market Apple threatens to boot Epic and Unreal Engine off Mac and iOS [Updated] Microsoft backs Epic against Apple in legal fight over Unreal Engine on iOS Judge issues restraining order protecting Unreal Engine development on iOS Your iPhone copy of Fortnite is about to become out of date [Updated] Apple terminates Epic’s App Store access following Fortnite dispute Apple won’t let Facebook tell users about 30-percent Apple tax on events Surface Duo: Surface Duo Unboxing & Impressions: Hinge Goals! Surface Duo FAQ: Everything you need to know about Microsoft's first dual-screen Surface Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 141: No One Wants Easy Anti-Cheat On Their Phone

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 14:21:29 -0400

A good game is getting taken down, Amazon is prime in our inbox, Firefox? More like Seamonkey (🥺), and big companies are fighting again. Show Notes: 00:01:11 - Forza Horizon 3 Getting Delisted 00:03:32 - Amazon's BS In Our Email 00:07:38 - Mozilla's Layoffs 00:29:46 - Epic Versus Apple & Google Get Forza Horizon 3 https://twitter.com/ForzaHorizon/status/1293230709444874240 https://twitter.com/ForzaHorizon/status/1293231165449461761 https://twitter.com/MOOMANiBE/status/1293302955458740224 Fuck Amazon Don’t Put Your Podcast On Amazon Music/Audible Mozilla Changing World, Changing Mozilla Mozilla cuts 250 jobs, says Firefox development will be affected Epic Games vs Apple vs Google Epic Goes to War With Apple Over the App Store Apple's Fortnite feud and Microsoft xCloud ban have put the future of iPhone gaming in jeopardy The Epic vs Apple lawsuit [PDF] The Epic vs Google lawsuit [PDF] Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 140: The G Is For Gamer

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 18:12:51 -0400

Google drops a surprisingly good inexpensive phone, and we ball out at Samsung Unpacked. And by ball out we forgot to talk about the phones and really just gawk at high prices and branded experiences. Show Notes: 00:02:33 - Pixel 4a 00:26:53 - Samsung Unpacked Pixel 4A Google finally announces the Pixel 4a for $349 Google Pixel 4A review: back to basics for $349 Google kills the Pixel 4, making it the shortest-lived Pixel ever Samsung Stuff Samsung makes the $1,300 Galaxy Note 20 Ultra official The Galaxy Z Fold 2 is Samsung’s big promise that it can fix its foldable future Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 139: Games Pass Sizzler Roll

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 12:27:18 -0400

OnePlus makes the smart move of avoiding North America in (business voice) Our Current Situation, the Stadia Controller is better than JoyCons, Microsoft shows off the latest CG trailers, and then we go deep into the Halo Infinite reveal. Show Notes: 00:00:47 - OnePlus Nord 00:10:44 - Stadia Controller 00:28:23 - Xbox July Event 00:35:16 - Halo Infinite OnePlus Nord: OnePlus Nord | Pretty much everything you could ask for The OnePlus Nord mid-range smartphone is official, at ~$450 Stadia Controller: Stadia Controller - Pick up and play Microsoft Games Pass Sizzler Roll: Xbox’s event was uneventful — but their plan could change everything Control developer Remedy explores military shooters with CrossfireX on Xbox One Halo Infinite: Halo Infinite | Campaign Gameplay Premiere – 8 Minute Demo Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 138: Frame Drips

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:58:03 -0400

Ubisoft is a gross mess of a mismanaged company and then we talk about Assassin's Creed Japan. Show Notes: 00:00:41 - Content Warning: Sexual Assault and Abuse 00:13:27 - Assassin's Creed Valhalla 00:20:03 - Watch Dogs Legion 00:25:52 - Ghost Of Tsushima Ubisoft Ubisoft’s “most powerful creative force” resigns in wake of sweeping allegations Ubisoft Employees Have 'Grave Concerns' Over Toronto Studio's Misconduct Allegations Assassin’s Creed Valhalla hands-on: An incomplete Witcher-ization Watch Dogs: Legion hands-on: Play as anyone, care about no one Ghost of Tsushima Ghost of Tsushima review: An open-world haiku of honor, stealth, and revenge Ghost of Tsushima review: You’ve played this before 『ゴースト・オブ・ツシマ』レビュー。オープンワールド時代劇と化した対馬は遊び応え満点。秀逸な剣戟アクション＋豊富な探索要素の傑作！ Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 137: 5 Year Anniversary 🎉

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:08:00 -0400

We are turning five this week so we take stroll down memory lane and then try and come up with some words of encouragement to other people making stuff online and questioning where the validation comes from. We still do not know what we are doing, thank you, and bless you for being around to listen these past five years. Chapters: 00:00:35 - Talking About The Old Days 00:29:15 - Words For Other People Making Things Online Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 136: I used the M word, sorry

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 10:33:47 -0400

We laugh at Microsoft, one of us has feelings about weapon sunsetting and the other has feelings about games writing and press cycles. Show Notes: 00:02:09 - Microsoft Forcing Folks To Use The New Microsoft Edge 00:21:00 - Destiny 2 Weapon Sunsetting 00:54:41 - The Last Of Us 2 Press Cycle And Games Writing Damnit Microsoft: Microsoft is forcing Edge on Windows users with a spyware-like install Video Games: Bungie explains why Destiny 2 needs weapon sunsetting Building a Viable Future in Destiny 2 > News The Last of Us Part 2 has become a minefield Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 135: Some Applications Are Chrome

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 09:32:00 -0400

Microsoft tries to bury the news of Mixer dying under WWDC, and then we spend 72 hours talking about WWDC 2020. Show Notes: 00:00:34 - RIP Mixer 00:10:42 - WWDC 2020 Format Thoughts 00:16:08 - Developer Stuff 00:27:08 - iOS and iPadOS 14 00:51:13 - Encrypted DNS in iOS 14 and macOS 11 00:52:28 - A Conspiracy Theory On 4K Youtube 00:55:31 - watchOS 7 01:01:03 - macOS 11 01:18:32 - The ARM Transition RIP Mixer: Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming Mixer failed — here's why Microsoft’s Mixer streamers are sad, angry, and moving to Twitch WWDC: Formatting and how online only is better for more people Developer Stuff App essentials in SwiftUI Build document-based apps in SwiftUI Data Essentials in SwiftUI Explore ARKit 4 iOS / iPadOS iOS and iPadOS 14: The MacStories Overview Enable encrypted DNS - WWDC 2020 - Videos Conspiracy Theories About AV1 and 4k Youtube watchOS watchOS 7: The MacStories Overview The Gentlest of Sherlockings macOS macOS Big Sur: The MacStories Overview Macs with Apple silicon will get new, refined boot and recovery mode Explore the new system architecture of Apple Silicon Macs - WWDC 2020 - Videos Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 134: It's Not 2005 Anymore, Who Cares?

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 16:44:10 -0400

Hey! There's a new email app but really we try and break through horrible rules for in app purchases, and then talk about the EA Direct. Show Notes: 00:00:02 - Hey! 00:05:43 - App Store BS Policies 00:57:52 - EA Direct Hey: HEY - Email at its best, new from Basecamp. Hey is a wildly opinionated new email service from the makers of Basecamp Apple, “sup”: Apple rejects Hey.com App Store updates, mandating in-app subscription Apple doubles down on controversial decision to reject email app Hey Interview: Apple’s Schiller says position on Hey app is unchanged and no rules changes are imminent Apple’s App Store fees are "highway robbery," says House Antitrust Committee chair iPhones are now the majority smartphone, over all of Android in use in the US EU opens Apple antitrust investigations into App Store and Apple Pay practices Rogue Amoeba on Twitter: "We've spoken out about problems with Apple's App Stores before. Public pressure has led to change. Now, the EU has opened antitrust investigations against Apple, while Basecamp is publicly fighting back against shakedown tactics from Apple. #AppStoreAntitrust (Tweet 1/10)" Is It Finally Hammer Time for Apple and Its App Store? Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming arrives on iOS with some Apple restrictions Microsoft isn’t happy with Apple’s App Store bullying either EA Games: “Crossplay?” Skate 4 is in development at EA Apex Legends is coming to Switch this fall, along with cross-play Star Wars: Squadrons — everything you need to know Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 133: The Demon Souls Remaster Should Have An Easy Mode

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:18:02 -0400

We address some feedback from last weeks episode, bubble out into the Android 11 Public Beta, and then make fun of gamers who think easy modes are bad while appreciating the drip of the PS5. Show Notes: 00:00:34 - Follow Up 00:07:47 - Android 11 Public Beta 00:46:35 - PS5 Reveal Event Feedback from our prior episode: Our example of Wordpress is problematic as Wordpress is corporate funded Selling Mastodon as a service doesn’t make sense, rather you sell someone on that individual instance Android 11: Android 11 beta features: conversations, notifications, and making sense of complexity Unwrapping the Android 11 Beta, plus more developer updates Android 11 Beta Bruh keyboard animations Jetpack Compose Kotlin and Android Last year Google announced that they’re taking a Kotlin first approach to Android APIs and dev work going forward. Video Games: What Sony Revealed During the PlayStation 5 Future of Gaming Show Black People Are Always The Side Story Sony finally reveals PlayStation 5 hardware—and a discless “Digital Edition” Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 132: You Don't Want To Be Explaining Federation Policy When You’re Trying To Organize

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 18:43:10 -0400

An objective look at how free culture has failed to bring upon meaningful change to marginalized folks, a discussion of great Black albums, and we then try to escape to bizarro Final Fantasy land. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - The Failure Of Open Technology During The BLM Protests 00:29:54 - Backxwash - God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It 00:33:09 - RTJ4 00:45:03 - Final Fantasy 7 Remake A long list of Black Artists so white people on the timeline can shut the fuck up about not having media to consume thats not problematic: Music: https://leonce.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-to-declare-ep https://soundcloud.com/starnova13 https://growrich.bandcamp.com/album/frantic-semantic-ep https://soundcloud.com/aaliya-mondesir/goodbye-sun-hello-moon https://soundcloud.com/abstracttheorigin/2020-famicom-mix https://soundcloud.com/dannymorris-1 https://soundcloud.com/hlthpotions https://soundcloud.com/the-blasion/love-and-reflection https://soundcloud.com/totallytotodile https://isaacschutz.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/hadurant/demo-reel-heavy https://yakui.bandcamp.com 1800+ Black Producers / Artists / Labels for Bandcamp Day Games: Black Lives Matter Support Bundle by Contigo Games and 18 others A list of games made by black game developers Open Source’s Failure To Matter In Meaningful Ways Outside Of Helping Businesses Not Pay for Dev Work: How Google Docs became the social media of the resistance chosa's hot take on the failure of open source Specific Albums: Backxwash - God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It RTJ4 We try to talk about games: Final Fantasy 7 Re:Make Spoiler Zone Even more places to give your money to: https://www.artistmarciax.com/subscriptions https://ko-fi.com/somarasu https://ko-fi.com/monsterpit https://www.patreon.com/sparklejinx https://ko-fi.com/ardydo Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 131: I Don't Want Any Spreadsheets Fluid Or Not

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 24 May 2020 20:01:40 -0400

DOOM Eternal is booted from Ring 0, we conference in to Microsoft Build^Powered By Microsoft Teams™, and then the system security is a little bit problematic in macOS. Show Notes: 00:00:51 - DOOM Eternal Anti-Cheat Followup 00:04:30 - Microsoft Build 00:42:34 - Apple Mac Security Drama Of The Week Followup: Doom Eternal reverses course, will remove kernel-level Denuvo anti-cheat [Updated] Microsoft Build: Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10 DirectX ❤ Linux | DirectX Developer Blog Microsoft’s new Fluid Office document is Google Docs on steroids Microsoft to unify Windows desktop and UWP apps with new Project Reunion microsoft/ProjectReunion: Project Reunion is an evolution of the Windows developer platform that will make it more compatible, agile, modern and open. MSIX -> An MSIX app writes to its own virtual registry and application data folder, and this data will be deleted when the app is uninstalled or reset. Other apps do not have access to the virtual registry or virtual file system of an MSIX app. microsoft/winget-cli: Windows Package Manager CLI (aka winget) Apple, No: macOS 10.15: Slow by Design Catalina is checking notarization of unsigned executables Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 130: Do you think the average gamer can read C++

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 19 May 2020 14:08:17 -0400

This week we talk about another video game DRM fiasco, bullshit video game marketing, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Ghost of Tsushima, and Halo 2 for the MCC. Show Notes: 00:00:54 - DOOM Eternal Adds Anti-Cheat In Patch 00:18:01 - Microsoft's BS Marketing and Assassins Creed Valhalla 00:30:03 - Ghost of Tsushima 00:45:22 - Halo 2 Released For The MCC Games: Denuvo says its new kernel-level anti-cheat driver is minimally invasive Some Xbox Series X games won’t hit 60fps “performance target” Breath of the samurai: Sony’s Ghost of Tsushima finally looks like a video game Halo 2 Anniversary on PC MCC: Halo 2: Anniversary on PC is solid overall, but the cracks run deep Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 129: Everyone Wants To Send Text In Different Ways

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 11 May 2020 13:33:02 -0400

Panos is pumped, our long national keyboard nightmare is over, Google thinks we won't take a chance to dunk on them, while Facebook is server side crashing apps. Show Notes: 00:00:43 - Surface Audio Announcements 00:09:40 - Surface Go 2 00:15:02 - Surface Book 3 00:25:32 - 2020 13inch MacBook Pro 00:35:20 - Google Unifies Messaging Strategy Under New Leader 00:40:18 - Facebook iOS SDK Causing Apps To Crash On Launch The Devices Segment Microsoft unveils a ton of new Surface devices, including the Surface Book 3 Apple announces new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard The Dunk Segment Google unifies messenger teams, plans “more coherent vision” A mistake at Facebook broke Spotify, Venmo, TikTok, and other iPhone apps Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 128: Recognized Freedoms Under The Republic Of Gamers Charter

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 03 May 2020 23:16:29 -0400

Intel's node process is lackluster, ICANN like most American organizations wants to sell out to the highest bidder, and we use recent gaming stories to trash gamer culture*. *There are mentions of machine learning as maybe as useful utility here, please be nice and know that 127 episodes of this show has proven us to not be hacker news bros and give us some nuance if you can. Show Notes: 00:01:22 - Intel 10th Gen Chips For Desktop 00:12:14 - ICANN .org Drama 00:23:48 - The Last Of Us Part 2 Leaks / Spoiler Culture 00:39:38 - Toxicity In The Destiny Community / Cheating 00:50:03 - Toxicity In Valorant Intel: Intel’s 10th generation desktop CPUs have arrived—still on 14nm Intel 10th "Gen" CPU Specs, i9-10900K Delid, PCIe Gen4 Future, & Overclocking Support ICANN: ICANN blocks controversial sale of .org domain to a private equity firm Lol Google: Google Pixel 4a Camera Review shows the 2020 Pixel's Camera Quality Gamers are bad and big game studios are bad too Sony says major The Last of Us Part 2 leak didn’t come from employee [Updated] This Week At Bungie – 4/30/2020 > News Valorant’s toxicity Riot Confirms Plans to Deal with Valorant Sexist Harassment Microsoft unveils Xbox content filters to stop the swears and toxicity Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 127: LLSIFASDDT

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:59:44 -0400

Riot released a game but Riot is a bad company, a cool new build of Minecraft with RTX was released, and we talk about and low priced phone and a high priced phone. Show Notes: 00:01:05 - Valorant Anti-Cheat 00:20:10 - Minecraft RTX 00:28:48 - iPhone SE Second Generation 00:47:32 - OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro Valorant: Ring 0 of fire: Does Riot Games’ new anti-cheat measure go too far? Why anti-cheat software utilize kernel drivers Valorant makes you watch before you play—that’ll change online games forever Minecraft [RTX ON] Minecraft RTX Beta Hands-On: How Path-Tracing Is A Gamechanger Minecraft with RTX for Windows 10 Now in Beta From the system requirements: “VR and Windows Phone and not supported” 🥺 New iPhone SE Apple finally announces a new iPhone SE The Quadrennial iPhone SE Schedule The iPhone SE 2’s camera setup is going to lean on Apple’s software OnePlus 8 OnePlus 8 review: familiar formula OnePlus 8 Pro review: wireless charging, 120Hz screen, and speed to spare Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 126: Premium Quick Content

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 18:09:44 -0400

We try to stay objective about the DualSense controller and then take a quick bite of Quibi. Show Notes: 00:00:01 - DualSense 00:27:41 - Quibi PS5 Controller: Sony reveals the PlayStation 5 controller, the DualSense Quibi Quit trying to make Quibi happen Quibi Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 125: Underscore, Italicize, And Bold That -Ish

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:33:55 -0400

Apple does some gross stuff, Intel does some confusing stuff, and then we take another look at DOOM Eternal but in the worst way possible. Show Notes: 00:00:56 - Apple Giving Amazon Exception To IAP Rules 00:14:03 - Apple Bought Dark Sky 00:23:21 - 10th Gen Intel CPUs and New Nvidia GPUs for Mobile 00:38:37 - DOOM Eternal On Stadia Apple does some weird and questionable shit Amazon and Apple Strike Deal for Prime Video In-App Purchases and Subscriptions A Tim Sweeney tweet about the matter RIP Dark Sky New Intel laptop CPUs and new NVIDIA laptop GPUs Intel’s 10th-generation H-series laptop CPUs break 5GHz It’s a “tock” year: New Nvidia laptop GPUs in 25 OEMs’ systems this month We talk more about DOOM Eternal DOOM Eternal on Stadia A test video Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 124: TTH — Time To Horny

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 21:02:57 -0400

One of us has a secret thing for Doomslayer X Isabelle ships, we chat app discourse, and then the other one starts playing a Love Live! gacha game. Show Notes: 00:00:48 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons 00:14:51 - Doom Eternal 00:28:03 - Streaming Games On Discord 00:46:16 - Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS Sadiq's Video Game Corner: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Tom Nook is a crook Breakable tools still suck DOOM Eternal The Marauder is Bullshit The Loop is more involved this time around Discord Nitro? 2020 is weird and Sadiq gave Discord money Jitsi Meet failed us Whereby Good Mobile Games: Altos Odyssey Android iOS Altos Adventure Android iOS Monument Valley 2 Android iOS Cristian's Anime Game Corner: LOVE LIVE! SCHOOL IDOL FESTIVAL All Stars Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 123: you're getting 3.2 superspeed and thats it

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:09:26 -0400

New game console specs, new MacBooks and iPad's, and us being blissfully ignorant of everything else. Show Notes: 00:01:53 - Xbox Series X 00:26:31 - PS5 00:45:50 - Macbook Air (2020) 00:55:26 - iPad Pro (2020) Game Consoles: Digital Foundry -- Xbox Series X Complete Specs + Ray Tracing/Gears 5/Back-Compat/Quick Resume Demo Showcase! Digital Foundry -- DF Direct: PlayStation 5 - The Official Specs, The Tech + Mark Cerny's Next-Gen Vision Sony details PS5’s fast SSD, variable clock rates, 3D audio tech Going for speed: The load-busting, lag-limiting tech of the Xbox Series X Apple product announcements Apple’s new iPad Pro has trackpad support, lidar, and an 8-core GPU Apple’s new MacBook Air brings the price down and the specs up—plus a new keyboard Daring Fireball: The 2020 Macbook Air Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 122: The Teens Love A W.I.M.P. Interface

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:50:44 -0400

An iOS 14 build leaked, and we bring back Hot Tips™ to talk about working from home. Show Notes: 00:01:00 - iOS 14 Leaks 00:37:26 - Working From Home Hot Tips Apple Rumors: iOS 14 Rumor Roundup iOS 14 to include new homescreen list view option with Siri suggestions and more Leaked watchOS 7 code reveals new ‘International’ watchface Sleep++ Apple Watch Series 6 and watchOS 7 to include ‘Infograph Pro’ with tachymeter, SchoolTime and kids mode, sleep tracking, more Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 121: If We Grab Our Dongles, We Can Have A LAN Party

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 17:05:40 -0400

343 drops Halo CE for the Master Chief Collection, the Final Fantasy 7 Remake demo drops, publishers are dropping GeForce Now, and Sadiq finally drops his anti-Mac Pro agenda. *There are no chapters or metadata embedded in this weeks file due to a crashing bug with the software used to master the episode. Apologies about that and hopefully it will be fixed for next weeks episode! Show Notes: 00:00:35 - Halo CE Comes Out On MCC! 00:24:51 - Final Fantasy 7 Remake Demo 00:38:22 - Publishers Removing Games From GeForce Now 00:49:41 - Mac Pro Halo CE Anniversary release on PC MCC Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary PC Tech Review: The Master Chief Collection Version Analysed! Final Fantasy 7 Remake demo Final Fantasy 7 Remake feels massive — and more importantly, fun GeForce Now: Nvidia’s GeForce Now is losing all Activision Blizzard games, a bad sign for cloud gaming Bethesda follows Activision in pulling games from Nvidia’s GeForce Now 2K Games is pulling its games from NVIDIA GeForce Now, including titles such as the Borderlands franchise You can blame Nvidia, not just Activision Blizzard, for their GeForce Now falling-out STAR 5: GAME STREAMING Mac Pro Mac Pro review: power, if you can use it Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 120: We’re Strange Computer People

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 21:33:47 -0500

A story about file syncing gone wrong, an accidental cosplay of the environment*, Jeff from the Overwatch team invents a new game mode, plus Bungie had some news about Destiny. *That's a STAR reference Show Notes: 00:00:38 - In Which We Complain About OS Integrity 00:38:19 - LG Has A New Phone But We Just Make A Joke 00:40:13 - Overwatch Triple Damage 00:46:18 - Trials Of Osiris Returning To Destiny! In Which We Complain About OS Integrity: Bird process and iCloud file syncing Microsoft's latest Windows 10 update blunder seems particularly bad Steam on Linux bug can delete all user’s files We ThinQ: LG’s 2020 flagship smartphone is LG V60 ThinQ Why does LG name their phones like this? Overwatch's new Experimental Mode: Developer Update | Experimental Mode: Triple Damage | Overwatch Destiny 2: Season of the Worthy: Trials is returning! 2020 Directors Cut Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 119: Revolt Against Tom Nook

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:33:22 -0500

Google releases a new developer preview, everything that that folds and costs over 1k seems to break, and then we discuss how pro-capitalistic Animal Crossing is. Show Notes: 00:00:01 - Uhhh 00:02:15 - Android 11 Developer Preview 00:30:04 - Folding Phone Durability Drama 00:40:53 - Nintendo Switch Cloud Saves & Animal Crossing Android News: Google cracks down on location-tracking Android apps Android 11 Preview hands-on—Notification changes, dark mode options, and more Folding Woes: The Motorola Razr launch is an unmitigated disaster Motorola told iFixit not to do a teardown of our broken Razr Samsung Galaxy Z Flip review: temper your expectations Animal Crossing: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct 2.20.2020 Nintendo severely limits save file options for Animal Crossing on Switch Should "Animal Crossing" Players Revolt Against Tom Nook? Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 118: More Resolution To Smooth Out

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:15:36 -0500

Microsoft finally gives us more info on Windows 10X, we examine predatory coding schools, Sadiq finally pivots away from analog books, and Samsung goes full hypebeast at Samsung Unpacked 2020. Show Notes: 00:00:34 - Windows 10X 00:22:35 - Coding Bootcamps 00:42:19 - Sadiq Got An Ebook Reader! 00:52:58 - Samsung Unpacked Windows 10X: Windows 10X in images: Microsoft's new OS is gorgeous Design Flowchart of 10X Code bootcamps and ISAs: The high cost of a free coding bootcamp #causeascene - Keziyah Lewis UPDATE: Per this NyMag Piece we made an error when saying Lambda school would take funds even if you worked a low paying job. Lambda is also unusual in that it does not charge an upfront tuition to attend. Its home page proclaims, “We don’t get paid until you do, so we’re in this together, from your first day of classes to your first day on the job.” Lambda School is free, but with an asterisk: To attend, you sign a contract that says that if you get a tech job paying $50K or more, you have to pay 17 percent of your pre-tax income to Lambda School for two years, or until you pay back $30K, whichever comes first. These are called Income Share Agreements, or ISAs. So while this is still trash, you can safely stay poor and only get ruined if you actually make a living wage! Sadiq's new ebook reader: Kobo Libra H2O Samsung Galaxy S20: Samsung’s Galaxy S20 is official, with bigger screens, higher prices Samsung Galaxy S20 vs. iPhone 11 Pro: A deeper division lurks beneath the spec sheets A book recommendation by Sadiq: Take On Me by Jennifer Lyn Parsons Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 117: Low Res Trash

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:58:41 -0500

The iPad announcement turns 10 so we take a chance to spend 40 minutes talking about the good old days of information density, subscriptions are tiring us out, and then we 1v1 Neil Young in the audiophile arena. Show Notes: 00:02:48 - iPad Announcement Turned 10 00:39:17 - Subscription Fatigue 01:08:14 - Let's Laugh at Neil Young The iPad turns 10: Daring Fireball: The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 Daring Fireball: It’s Not About Intuitiveness Stratechery: Tragic iPad Is this the Apple tablet? [2010] Subscription Fatigue: The New Fantastical Review [$4.99/mo or $39.99/y] MindNode 7 released [$2.99/mo or $19.99/y] What sort of software does a subscription actually make sense for? How do developers make consistent revenue in Apple's ecosystem without subscriptions? Neil Young and his audiophile nonsense: The Verge interview with Neil Young Neil Young is wrong about the MacBook Pro by Jim Dalrymple Neil Young is wrong (about everything) by Jason Snell Neil Young Is Back on His Audiophile Bullshit by Nick Heer 24/192 Music Downloads ...and why they make no sense by Monty Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 116: Comparing Crypto

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:24:21 -0500

We get extremely crypto and politics heavy this week and then immediately swerve out of that into Overwatch. Show Notes: 00:00:12 - Apple Vs The FBI, Again 00:43:26 - Overwatch League Now Youtube Exclusive Apple, iCloud and Encrypted iPhones Unable to unlock gunman’s iPhones, the FBI (once again) asks for Apple’s help Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources John Gruber on the topic How to FBI-proof your encrypted iPhone backups Apple Platform Security YouTube Gaming and Activision-Blizzard YouTube gains exclusive streaming rights for Overwatch League, Call of Duty League, and Hearthstone esports Where to Watch: Overwatch League Headed to YouTube Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 115: Gamers Don't Care About Crunch

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:54:37 -0500

We talk about unions in games, congressional hearings on abuse of market power in tech, and then turnstyle into Quibi. Show Notes: 00:11:17 - Cyberpunk 2077 Delay 00:11:24 - Games Unions 00:26:35 - Congressional Hearings on Big Tech 00:46:53 - QUIBI Games: Cyberpunk 2077 still needs crunch time to complete, CEO says Game dev union leader: “Dream job” passion “can open us up to exploitation” Techpol: Sonos, Tile, and PopSockets lead small companies calling foul on Big Tech Sonos Sues Google for Infringing Multi-Room Audio Patents (4) Streaming: Quibi Versus The World Quibi co-founders reveal pricing and launch date for the short-form streaming service Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 114: Give Thunderbolt 3 To The Children

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:18:26 -0500

This week was CES, you know it, we know it, let's get uncomfortably close to branded experiences and try and make it out ok. Show Notes: 00:00:39 - CPUs 00:19:49 - Gaming 00:29:16 - PCs 00:55:01 - New Bluetooth Standard Update 01:02:20 - TVs 01:09:30 - Vaporware CPUs: AMD’s third shoe finally drops at CES 2020—7nm Zen 2 mobile CPUs Put a Tiger in your Lake: Intel’s next-gen mobile CPUs pack a punch Gaming: Dell’s new Concept UFO puts PC gaming on a Nintendo Switch-like device People are openly mocking Sony’s new PS5 logo PCs: Samsung’s $1,000 Galaxy Chromebook is the new Chrome OS standard-bearer https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/new-laptops-and-computers/ Lenovo enters the foldable PC space with new ThinkPad X1 Fold Samsung’s new Galaxy Book Flex Alpha has QLED display, costs just $829 Inside Intel’s Ghost Canyon NUC, the incredibly small modular desktop PC Standards: New Bluetooth standard copies best features of Apple, Qualcomm’s proprietary tech TVs: LG and Samsung TVs at CES: Bezel-free, smaller OLEDs, and more Vapourware: Samsung’s CES vaporware keynote details AR glasses, fitness exoskeleton Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 113: 2009-2019

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 19:38:48 -0500

Continuing our apparent pivot into a games podcast, we talk about games of the decade and then pivot back to tech to make fun of failed products. Show Notes: 00:00:39 - Sadiq's Games Of The Decade 00:43:54 - Cristian's Games Of The Decade 01:25:35 - Talking Trash About Failed Tech Products Of The Decade Games of the Decade (2009-2019) Sadiq's games of the decade Assassin's Creed 2 Overwatch DOOM (2016) Titanfall 2 Planetside 2 Wolfenstein: The New Order Forza Horizon (3 & 4) The Witcher 3 Dishonored Sleeping Dogs Tacoma SUPERHOT Firewatch Nier: Automata Horizon Zero Dawn Zelda: Breath of the Wild Metal Gear Solid 5 Dead Cells Hitman (2016) Cristian's Games Of The Decade: Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver Breath Of The Wild Animal Crossing: New Leaf Halo 5 (only the multiplayer) Destiny Destiny 2: 16d 7h 35m Destiny: 42d 0h 41m In total: 1400 hours 25ish minutes The 84 biggest flops, fails, and dead dreams of the decade in tech Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 112: A Nice Sounding Burning Piano

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:20:19 -0500

It's list week! So we arbitrarily rank music and video games released in 2019. Show Notes: 00:00:04 - An Aside On Opus 00:09:22 - Cristian's Top Albums 00:31:40 - Sadiq's Top Albums 00:49:54 - Sadiq's GOTY's 01:07:39 - Cristian's GOTY's Our albums of the year Cristian's albums of the year: IGOR - Tyler, The Creator Snaxx - MNDSGN All My Heroes Are Cornballs - JPEGMAFIA When I Get Home - Solange So Much Fun! - Young Thug Sadiq's albums of the year: Anderson .Paak - Ventura clipping. - There Existed An Addiction to Blood TAEYEON - Purpose Taylor Swift - Lover Wait we forgot: Homecoming - Beyoncè Our Games of the Year Sadiq's games of the year: Control Sadiq's written review of the game The Outer Worlds Eliza Assemble with Care Sayonara Wild Hearts Cristian's games of the year: Gears 5 Guildlings How Guildlings Went From a Satellite-Level Management Sim to Social RPG The Outer Worlds Fire Emblem: Three Houses What The Golf This is not a good game but: Kingdom Hearts 3 Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 111: Into The Reach

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 18:44:52 -0500

Halo Reach is a 10 year old game that by virtue of just existing has a better business model and set of content than any FPS game released this year, we talk about it for an hour. Show Notes: Halo Reach: Digital Foundry - Halo Reach PC/Xbox One Review: It's Good - But There Are Issues Sound issues Post-processing issues Frame rate > 60 causing mouse issues DF Direct: CRT Displays - Was LCD A Big Mistake For Gaming? Halo: The Cole Protocol Welcome to Reach | Halo News List of inconsistencies in Halo Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 110: Hackers 2: Own The Information

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:54:18 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian talk about having to reinstall software, super low level software, encrypted network software, and then video game streaming software. Show Notes: 00:00:05 - eGPU Follow Up 00:16:09 - Google's Attempts To Mainline Android Kernel Support 00:25:48 - DNS, DOH, and DOT 00:44:15 - Google Stadia: Officially Launched eGPU Follow Up: Izotope RX 7 Android and Linux: Google outlines plans for mainline Linux kernel support in Android DNS Wars: Microsoft says yes to future encrypted DNS requests in Windows ISPs lied to Congress to spread confusion about encrypted DNS, Mozilla says DNS Wars Google Stadia: Google Stadia launch review: Gaming’s “future” looks rough in the present Gamers Nexus: Google Stadia Lag Review: Latency of PC vs. Browser, Chromecast, & Controller https://twitter.com/jeffgerstmann/status/1197954493934997504 Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 109: 2020 Let's Get You On Funkwhale

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:32:11 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian talk about space capitalism video games, Apple finally fixing their keyboards, and take advantage of a boring Windows 10 update to Go90* about eGPUs. *Go90 is a registered trademark of Verizon LLC, used without permission Show Notes: 00:00:17 - The Outer World (Spoilers) 00:25:22 - The Outer Worlds (Not Spoilers) 00:32:25 - 16 Inch Macbook Pro 00:53:10 - Windows 10 November 2019 Update (but really eGPUs) Video Games Corner: Let's talk about The Outer Worlds [Spoiler warning!] Story, companion quests, writing etc. Gameplay Font size Obsidian, please make The Outer Worlds’ text size bigger FOV 16-inch MacBook Pro: Marco Arment on the 16" MBP The New MacBook Pro Keyboard is a Throwback in the Best Way I asked Phil Schiller about a 14-inch MacBook Pro 16-Inch MacBook Pro First Impressions: Great Keyboard, Outstanding Speakers Windows 10 November Update: Windows 10 November 2019 Update review: Service Packs are cool again eGPU Time Boot Camp eGPU error 12 fail after update to Windows 10 1903 (OS Build 18362.329 or newer) Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 108: Moral High Ground

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 09:51:17 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian talk about AirPods, take a big detour into audiophile land, laugh at WearOS, and ThinQ about BlizzCon. Show Notes: 00:00:34 - Notifications on iOS 00:05:42 - AirPods Pro 00:25:06 - Google Buys Fitbit 00:32:41 - BlizzCon (Part 1, Politics Discourse) 00:46:45 - BlizzCon (Part 2, Games Talk) Airpods Pro: Apple announces AirPods Pro AirPods Pro First Impressions by John Gruber Fitbit: Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion Blizzcon: Blizzard president gives vague apology for Hong Kong protest response Fans interrupt BlizzCon 2019 WoW Q&A with Hong Kong protest Diablo IV is revealed, sure looks like a supercharged Diablo II Overwatch 2: Announce Cinematic Gameplay trailer Everything announced for OW1 and 2 Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 107: I'm glad I don't own any of these things, because I don't trust these fuckers

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:22:42 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about the latest Google hardware products while making fun of Blizzard and exploring Sadiq's deep hatred for WiFi. Show Notes: 00:01:12 - Pixel 4 00:17:35 - Pixelbook Go 00:28:27 - Pixel Buds 00:33:36 - Nest Hardware 00:45:03 - Stadia 00:58:22 - RIP Daydream and Clips Google October Event Pixel 4: Google Pixel 4: 90Hz screen, next-gen Google Assistant, shipping Oct 24 Pixel 4 hands-on—Thumbs up for 90Hz, thumbs down for Project Soli The Pixel 4’s face unlock works on sleeping, unconscious people Pixelbook: Google announces the Pixelbook Go, a premium, MacBook-style Chrome OS laptop Pixel Buds: Google takes another stab at headphones with new, totally wireless Pixel Buds Home and Nest: Meet the sequel to the Google Home Mini, the $50 Google Nest Mini Nest Wifi announced at Made by Google 2019 Stadia: Google Stadia launching at 9am PST, November 19 for pre-orderers Explaining how fighting games use delay-based and rollback netcode Product Shutdowns: The latest Google shutdowns: Daydream VR, Google Clips Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 106: Better Than Electron

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:03:00 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk some more about Destiny 2, discuss the latest Wired piece on the PlayStation 5 and then go deep into the latest macOS release. Show Notes: 00:00:33 - Destiny 2 Follow Up 00:09:36 - Sony Confirms More Information About The PlayStation 5 00:21:35 - macOS Catalina Destiny 2 Followup: Sadiq talks about Destiny 2 Wired's PS5 Article: Exclusive: A Deeper Look at the PlayStation 5 macOS Catalina: Reviews: 512 Pixels Ars Technica Six Colors Other: Why macOS Catalina is breaking so many apps, and what to do about it Hello, Computer: Inside Apple’s Voice Control Podcasts in Catalina Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 105: I'm Not Bringing the DAC To The Gym

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:01:08 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Microsoft's October hardware event and Destiny 2: Shadowkeep. We also fall in and out of love with eGPUs and Bluetooth headphones. Show Notes: 00:00:04 - Surface Laptop 3 00:10:19 - Surface Pro 7 00:15:56 - Surface Pro X 00:27:03 - Surface Buds 00:40:44 - Surface Neo 00:50:00 - Surface Duo 00:58:38 - Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Microsoft's Surface Event: Hands-on with Microsoft’s barrage of new Surface devices Microsoft announces dual-screen Surface Neo PC, coming holiday 2020 The Surface Phone is real! Microsoft surprises with a dual-screen Android phone AMD scores a big marketing win with Ryzen-powered Microsoft Surface Panos Panay stops by The Vergecast to show off the Surface Duo Destiny 2 To The Moon Edition: Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Destiny 2's PC version is now on Steam Giant Bomb: Destiny 2: Shadowkeep: Quick Look [Aurahack] Imperative Scout Rifle Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 104: Windows Phone 8.1 Had The Best Keyboard

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 17:54:31 -0400

Show Notes: This week we talk about all the important new Apple OS releases and also Apple Arcade. 00:00:06 - Introduction: tvOS? 00:02:01 - iOS 13 00:42:58 - iPadOS 00:56:49 - WatchOS 6 01:06:18 - Sadiq's Series 5 01:18:57 - Apple Arcade iOS and iPadOS 13: The MacStories Review The Ars Technica Review The Verge Review Bugs, bugs, and more bugs Mail sync bugs 13.0 > 13.1 > 13.1.1 in less than two weeks watchOS 6: The MacStories Review Sadiq talks about his new Series 5 Apple Watch The Ars Technica review of the Series 5 Moon++ How to use Cycle Tracking on in iOS 13 and watchOS 6: The ultimate guide by Lory Gil Apple Arcade: What the Golf Sayonara Wild Hearts Hot Lava Apple Arcade: Quick Look Live (Giant Bomb) We Tried Apple Arcade and Play Pass so You Don’t Have To

Episode 103: Apple TV+ Is Not For The Teens

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:06:09 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian somehow manage to record while Cristian is out in the middle of the woods tethering from one bar of LTE. This week we talk about the Apple Fall iPhone Event. Show Notes: 00:00:33 - Apple Arcade 00:05:29 - Apple TV+ 00:08:46 - New iPad 00:11:54 - Apple Watch Series 5 00:24:56 - iPhone 11 00:34:54 - iPhones 11 Pro Apple Special Event Services Apple Arcade $4.99/month Sayonara Wild Hearts Apple TV+ $4.99/month Hardware iPad Ars Technica hands on Apple Watch Series 5 Ars Technica hands on iPhone 11 Ars Technica iPhone 11 Pro Ars Technica Ars Technica hands on of the new iPhones Miscellaneous and interesting stuff U1 chip John Gruber's thoughts on the event The Last Apple Keynote (Let’s Hope) Ben Thompson: The iPhone and Apple's Services Strategy Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 102: Cries In Tasker

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:48:30 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about good PC games, worry about Sakurai, talk about Animal Crossing, and go into Android 10. Show Notes: 00:01:30 - Control 00:15:12 - Gears 5 00:28:24 - Nintendo Direct 00:50:10 - Android 10 Games Corner: Sadiq talks about Control Digital Foundry on Ray Tracing in Control Cristian talks about Gears 5 Digital Foundry on the PC version Digital Foundry on the Xbox One version Nintendo Direct: Summary of the event Overwatch on Switch Daemon X Machina Android 10: Ars Technica Review Android 10 Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 101: Blasted By Sound

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 19:30:13 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about expensive phones, Free Software, the Open Web, and headphones. Content Warning: Jokes About SystemD Discourse, Bad Linux Jokes Show Notes: 00:00:20 - Galaxy Note 10 00:16:56 - XFCE 4.14 00:36:48 - Automattic Buying Tumblr 00:44:26 - Headphone Corner! Galaxy Note 10: The Galaxy Note 10 launches with the biggest display of the year Samsung Galaxy Note 10 announced: two sizes, new S Pen, and DeX on your laptop Linux corner: new Xfce release: Xfce 4.14 released Automattic buys Tumblr: Verizon selling Tumblr to WordPress.com owner, but porn ban won’t go away Exclusive: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on what’s next for Tumblr Audio corner: SoundBlaster AE9 Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 100: Astro Headsets For The Homies

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 11:40:57 -0400

100 Episodes in, we're still yelling about computers. We talk about Anime Games, Apple, Intel, and Samsung. Show Notes: 00:01:25 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses 00:19:16 - Apple Buys Intel's Modem Business 00:24:36 - Contractors Listening To Siri Recordings 00:29:23 - Galaxy Fold Launching In September 00:33:18 - 100 Episodes, Lets Get Sentimental chosa's anime game corner [FaZE CLAN RESPAWN SPONSORED]: Fire Emblem: Three Houses Polygon Review You thought Apple vs Qualcomm was over huh? Nah it's a cold war now: Apple acquires Intel’s 5G smartphone modem business for $1 billion Not Exactly Differential Privacy: Siri records fights, doctor’s appointments, and sex (and contractors hear it) Samsung Galaxy Fold to be unwrapped again in September: Samsung details Galaxy Fold fixes, promises re-launch in September Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 99: We've Bought All of Linux

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 20:28:36 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about RAM, Kernel Extensions, Keyboards, and take a critical look at Cristian's new PRO GAMER lifestyle. Show Notes: 00:00:01 - New Macbooks 00:23:56 - Dropbox 00:36:05 - Nintendo Switch Lite 00:52:09 - RAZER MINUTE POWERED BY RESPAWN 01:07:29 - Overwatch's Role Queue New MacBooks Apple MacBook Air (2019) review: the new normal Apple’s new entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro is an obvious upgrade Dropbox: Dropbox silently installs new file manager app on users’ systems Switch Lite: Switch Lite Reveal Analysis: Nintendo's New Hardware Plans Come Into Focus Nintendo announces updated Switch with better battery life GAMER MINUTE, POWERED BY RAZER RESPAWN: chosa problematically got a bunch of Razer gear and we need to have an intervention Overwatch Role Queue and Role lock Introducing Role Queue Developer Update Video Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 98: Mine Bitcoin With Solar Energy

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 15:08:41 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about small computers, cancelled computers, and then rant about poorly designed computers. Show Notes: 00:00:37 - Raspberry Pi 4 00:10:10 - Google Canceling Tablets And Hangouts On Air 00:19:29 - Jony Ive Leaving Apple Raspberry Pi 4: The Raspberry Pi 4 brings faster CPU, up to 4GB of RAM Benchmarking the Raspberry Pi 4 lol Google: Google says it’s done making tablets and cancels two unreleased products Google is killing YouTube’s “Hangouts on Air” this year Bye Jony Ive: John Gruber Ben Thompson Jason Koebler AirPods Are a Tragedy Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 97: Tom Clancy Presents Shades Of Brown

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 22:17:16 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about E3 2019. Fuck Todd Howard. Show Notes: 00:00:01 - Destiny 2: Shadowkeep 00:12:19 - Microsoft 00:47:46 - Ubisoft 00:52:45 - Bethesda 00:57:53 - Square Enix 01:08:36 - Nintendo E3 2019: Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Microsoft: Everything Microsoft announced at the Xbox E3 2019 conference Cyberpunk 2077’s April 2020 release date confirmed by, uh, Keanu Reeves Ubisoft: Watch Dogs Legion gameplay premiere: Taking the “N” out of “NPC” Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: Story Creator Mode Bethesda: DOOM Eternal gameplay world premiere: Devil horns in the air—literally Square Enix: Final Fantasy VII Remake headlines Square Enix E3 event, gets March 2020 launch AVENGERS LIVE SERVICE lmao Nintendo: Switch Zelda sequel, Animal Crossing headline Nintendo’s E3 event Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 96: WWDC 2019

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 12:30:53 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian spend an hour talking about WWDC 2019 this week. Content Warning: Accidental Lewd Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Swift UI / Catalyst 00:12:17 - tvOS 00:18:38 - watchOS 00:28:58 - iOS 00:34:38 - iPadOS 00:47:40 - macOS 01:02:09 - Mac Pro Videos: Keynote Platforms State of the Union Swift SwiftUI Catalyst tvOS Apple expands tvOS gaming with PS4, Xbox One S controller support watchOS Apple’s watchOS 6 brings new apps (and various iPhone apps) to Watch watchOS 6: The MacStories Overview iOS iOS 13: Apple brings Dark Mode to iPhones and multitasking overhaul to iPads iPadOS iPadOS, coming “this fall”: Thumb drives, more gestures, “desktop-class” browsing macOS Apple shares its vision for macOS 10.15 Catalina: Cross-platform apps are key Music.app on macOS 10.15 macOS 10.15 Switches From bash to zsh Scripting Languages to Be Removed Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR It’s really real: Apple unveils the all-new Mac Pro Apple unveils the Pro Display XDR, a display unlike anything else on the market Our first-look photos of Apple’s new Mac Pro and the Pro Display XDR Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 95: AI Wars

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 26 May 2019 15:07:10 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Huawei, Playdate, and the 2019 MacBook Pros. Content Warning: Tech Politics, Vore Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Huawei 00:15:43 - Playdate 00:23:30 - 2019 MacBook Pros Huawei: Huawei’s US ban: A look at the hardware (and software) supply problems Huawei vs. Trump: all the news about the Chinese phone maker’s messy relationship with the US The US DOC gives Huawei a 90-day window to support existing devices Playdate: Official website Panic Teenage Engineering MacBook Pro Update: Some Good Old-Fashioned Speed Bumps for the MacBook Pro Lineup, and a Tweak to the Butterfly Key Mechanism Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 94: Power BI, For The Gays

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 23 May 2019 20:52:41 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Microsoft Build, Google I/O, and the OnePlus 7 Pro. Show Notes: Content Warning: Slight Alcohol Talk 00:02:00 - Microsoft Build 00:24:05 - Google I/O 00:51:10 - OnePlus 7 Pro Microsoft Build 2019 Top 5 announcements from Microsoft Build 2019 Minecraft Earth Minecraft Earth goes a step beyond Pokémon Go to cover the world in blocks Google I/O 2019 Google Pixel 3A review [The Verge] Android Q: an exclusive first look at dark mode, better gestures, and an impressive new accessibility feature Every new Android Q feature we have found so far Google attempts to shed light on the confusing 'Works with Nest' to 'Works with Google Assistant' transition OnePlus 7 Pro OnePlus 7 Pro Review—The fastest, best-designed, best-value Android phone [Ars Technica] OnePlus 7 Pro review: proof that other big phones cost too much [The Verge] Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 93: A Luminary Move

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 06 May 2019 16:56:19 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about F8, Oculus Quest, and the Valve Index. Show Notes: 00:00:33 - F8 00:28:48 - Oculus Quest 00:34:52 - Valve Index Facebook: Facebook is trying to make the word “private” meaningless Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the ‘future is private’ Facebook keeps asking whether its keynote makes people like Facebook Facebook Messenger is coming to the desktop The next version of Facebook Messenger will be radically smaller Facebook bans Alex Jones and Laura Loomer for violating its policies against dangerous individuals Facebook adds ‘secret crushes’ so you can see which friends are thirsting after you Facebook’s Portal is getting WhatsApp support and launching internationally VR: The Oculus Quest is virtual reality’s next big leap forward Valve Index reveal: The best of VR’s first generation—but is it worth $999? Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 92: Fold Up

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 21:05:33 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian follow up on the Galaxy Fold for the second flap, make fun of Luminary and yell about the open web, and discuss WWDC leaks. Show Notes: 00:00:32 - Galaxy Fold "Fold Up" 00:08:56 - Luminary 00:26:39 - WWDC Leaks 00:42:05 - 8 Years Of EntropyNet! Foldup After the Galaxy Fold breaks in the hands of reviewers, Samsung delays launch Samsung puts the screws to iFixit, makes it remove the Galaxy Fold teardown Archive of Galaxy Fold teardown Luminary All Podcasts Are Shows; Not All Shows Are Podcasts Podcast wars: $100 million startup Luminary launches Tuesday without Reply All or The Daily WWDC leaks Next major macOS version will include standalone Music, Podcasts, and TV apps, Books app gets major redesign iOS 13: Dark Mode, detachable panels, Safari and Mail upgrades, undo gesture, volume HUD, more Siri Shortcuts, Screen Time, and other iOS features coming to the Mac with 10.15 EntropyNet Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 91: Fold Fatale

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 18:11:22 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian fold in with the Samsung Knights, yell about esports casting, make fun of Microsoft, talk about the PS5, and then bop out to Beychella. Show Notes: 00:00:33 - Galaxy Fold 00:14:28 - Overwatch Minute 00:16:59 - Google Pixel "Lite" Event 00:21:46 - Xbox One S All-Digital Edition 00:28:02 - PS5 Wired Article 00:40:29 - Homecoming Samsung Galaxy Fold: Samsung Galaxy Fold review: broken dream This Was Supposed to Be a Samsung Galaxy Fold Video Review Pixel Event: Google teases new Pixel announcement for May 7th Xbox One S All-Digital Edition: Microsoft unveils disc-less Xbox One S All-Digital Edition for $249 PS5: Exclusive: What To Expect From Sony's Next-Gen Playstation Homecoming: Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé | Official Trailer | Netflix Review: Beyoncé’s HOMECOMING Film Is Her Latest Act of Meticulous Archiving Review: Beyoncé Is Bigger Than Coachella Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 90: Top 10 Features

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 17:49:25 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Web Browsers, iTunes, Android Bubbles, and make fun of Linux. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Preshow: Linux Blogs 00:04:18 - Microsoft Edge Chromium Builds Now Shipping 00:13:13 - iTunes Debundling 00:26:05 - Android Q Beta 2 00:31:00 - Ads In Android TV 00:37:37 - Samsung A80 Microsoft Edge with Chromium browser is now available as preview program goes live Next major macOS version will include standalone Music, Podcasts, and TV apps, Books app gets major redesign Android Q Beta 2, a deep dive Google patches ads into Android TV home screens without warning Samsung A80 Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 89: Services, Services, Services

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 12:46:44 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk shit about Apple this week. Show Notes: 00:01:15 - Apple News+ 00:12:50 - Apple Card 00:23:35 - Apple Arcade 00:26:51 - Apple TV+ 00:31:31 - RIP AirPower 00:34:33 - MacBook Pro Keyboards 00:41:18 - Sadiq's New Tablet 00:47:15 - Desktop Linux Apple event: Apple News+: A newsstand of 300 glossy magazines for $9.99/month Apple News is also finally available in Canada Apple debuts its own credit card with a physical version to complement the app Apple unveils Apple Arcade subscription service for iOS, Mac, Apple TV games Apple finally enters TV streaming space with new Apple TV+ service Grab some Apples from the bag: Apple just confirmed once and for all that AirPower will never come out Apple apologizes for failing MacBook keyboards yet again Sadiq reviews the new iPad Air Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 88: Weird Flacs But Ok

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 21:39:02 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about AirPods, that one MSI Dragon on the gamer motherboards, and streaming video games. Show Notes: 00:00:32 - iPad Air / Mini 00:07:21 - AirPods 2 00:16:24 - New iMacs 00:21:47 - Google Stadia 00:38:49 - xCloud News At GDC Apple device announcements Apple updates $499 iPad Air, $399 iPad mini ahead of services event next week Apple’s updated AirPods are here, cost $199 with new wireless charging case Apple finally updates the iMac with significantly more powerful CPU and GPU options Google Stadia Google jumps into gaming with Google Stadia streaming service, coming “in 2019” Google tries to reassure gamers about Stadia speed and latency concern Hands on with Google Stadia: It works, but is that enough? xCloud Xbox Project xCloud's coolest thing is its approach to phones Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 87: Dropped Frames

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 22:07:24 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Halo, Android Q, laugh at Google's tablet team, and Spotify. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Halo MCC Coming To PC 00:11:40 - Android Q Beta 00:17:52 - Google Scaling Back Laptop And Tablet Team 00:20:39 - Spotify V Apple Halo MCC Coming to PC Paid Xbox Live Not Needed For PC Reach Multiplayer Will Be Free On Xbox Hands-on: What’s new in Android Q Android Q Beta 1 no longer allows services to launch activities, breaking the core functionality of many apps. Google blocked the thread on issue tracker. Google Hardware makes cuts to laptop and tablet development, cancels products Apple V Spotify A Timeline: How we got here Spotify files antitrust complaint over ‘Apple tax’ Addressing Spotify’s claims Spotify Responds to Apple’s Response Over App Store Flap, Calls Company a ‘Monopolist’ Transcript available here. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 86: what if, USB

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 16:17:32 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian finish going over MWC, then we pivot to talking about Excel, make fun of standards boards, and end by talking about video games. Show Notes: 00:00:43 - LG G8 ThinQ 00:06:36 - Sony's Long Phone 00:15:37 - Microsoft Excel? 00:18:09 - USB 3.2 Rebranding 00:28:17 - Destiny 2 Annual Pass 00:39:17 - Pokemon Sword And Shield LG’s palm-reading G8 has a unique vision of the future Sony’s latest flagship phone is the 21:9 Xperia 1, and it’s very tall Microsoft Excel will now let you snap a picture of a spreadsheet and import it USB 3.2 is going to make the current USB branding even worse Destiny 2 Season Of The Drifter Pokémon Sword and Shield will hit Switch in “late 2019” Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 85: Binary Blob Miracle

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 22:44:29 -0500

MWC is this week and Sadiq and Cristian talk about Samsung, Folding phones, Nokia, and Microsoft. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Samsung Galaxy S10's 00:12:45 - Folding Phones 00:23:25 - Nokia's 5 Camera Phone 00:25:23 - Microsoft At MWC Samsung: Samsung Galaxy S10, S10+, and S10e hands-on: Samsung is slowly getting better Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is an early adopter’s dream gadget Folds: Huawei’s Mate X Foldable Phone Is A Thinner 5G Rival To The Galaxy Fold TCL’s foldable phone prototype is untouchable for now Lots Of Cameras: The Nokia 9 PureView has five cameras and a lot to prove Microsoft: Microsoft shrinks Kinect into a $399 cloud-powered PC peripheral Microsoft’s Hololens 2: A $3,500 Mixed Reality Headset For The Factory, Not The Living Room Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 84: The Nation Of Gamers

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 19:34:22 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian talk about more iOS enterprise certificates, subscription services, cross play, Crackdown 3, and Video Game Unions. Show Notes: 00:00:33 - More iOS Enterprise Certificate Abuses 00:04:33 - Apple's March 25th Event 00:18:39 - Sony Blocking Cross Play, Again 00:24:57 - Crackdown 3 00:36:44 - Fuck Activision Blizzard Software pirates use Apple tech to put hacked apps on iPhones Apple Plans News Event For March 25 Devs accuse Sony of “playing favorites” with PS4’s cross-platform support Crackdown 3 review: the Netflix Original of games Activision-Blizzard lays off 775 people after “record results in 2018” Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 83: Walled Forests

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 19:38:55 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian talk about bugs in iOS, Podcasting, and Apex Legends. Show Notes: 00:00:49 - FaceTime Bug 00:08:54 - Facebook Enterprise Certificate Revoked 00:21:13 - Spotify Buys Gimlet And Anchor 00:39:44 - Apex Legends Apple: Facetime bug [We are not calling it FacePalm/Facegate, ugh] Major iPhone FaceTime bug lets you hear the audio of the person you are calling … before they pick up Apple pushes fix for “FacePalm,” possibly its creepiest vulnerability ever Apple is compensating the 14-year-old who discovered major FaceTime security bug Apple vs Facebook & Google Apple revokes Facebook’s developer certificate over data-snooping app—Google could be next Apple revokes Google’s enterprise iOS certificate, shuts down internal apps Apple, Facebook spat is over, for now—iOS certificate access restored Apple restores Google’s own internal iPhone apps after privacy brouhaha Spotify: Spotify gets serious about podcasts with two acquisitions Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play Apex Legends: Respawn’s Apex Legends, a battle royale Titanfall spinoff, available now Apex Legends' ping system is a tiny miracle for FPS teamwork and communication Apex Legends reaches 10 million players within 72 hours Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 82: Kingdom Hearts 3

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif, Ace Jaycee — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 19:31:55 -0500

We did it, we spent an hour talking about Kingdom Hearts 3. Featuring Ace Jaycee. Content Warning: Kingdom Hearts 3 Spoilers Show Notes: Kingdom Hearts 3 The Waypoint review Understanding Kingdom Hearts (and every other story) | Unraveled Kingdom Hearts III - Mickey Mouse Operation (Jimpressions) The Kotaku Review Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Ace on Mastodon Ace Online Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 81: Kingdom Hearts As A Service

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 09:40:02 -0500

I'm currently 9 hours into Kingdom Hearts 3 but I took a break to get y'all this podcast out, we talk about games and chat apps and phones. I wish you the best. --chosa Content Warning: Kingdom Hearts Spoilers, Chat App Discourse Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Kingdom Hearts 3, Thoughts Prelaunch 00:34:06 - Facebook Merging All Of Their Chat Apps 00:43:51 - Galaxy S10 Leaks 00:49:41 - Pixel Lite Leak Tech News: Zuckerberg Plans to Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger The Facts About Facebook Samsung Galaxy S10 gets photographed in real life, looks just like you imagined Google Pixel 3 ‘Lite’ leaks in extensive video Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 80: 2020 The Gamers Gonna Be Voting

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:32:56 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Kingdom Hearts 3 Leaking, Games, and then we laugh at Google. Show Notes: 00:00:03 - KINGDOM HEARTS 3 00:04:03 - Bungie Splitting From Activision 00:12:26 - Nintendo Switch 00:34:36 - Google Buys Smartwatch Tech From Fossil 00:43:01 - Android Q Leak Kingdom Hearts 3 MEGA THREAD WARNING THIS THREAD CONTAINS SPOILERS https://www.resetera.com/threads/unmarked-spoilers-kingdom-hearts-3-spoiler-thread.87290 Bungie Activision will cut ties with Bungie, give up publishing control of Destiny Nintendo Switch Super Smash Bros Ultimate Tales of Vesperia Google buys Fossil tech Google buys $40 million worth of smartwatch tech from Fossil Group Even with the Google/Fossil deal, Wear OS is doomed Android Q Build Leaked Leaked Android Q build shows off dark mode, improved privacy controls G-Sync expanded to Freesync Displays Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 79: 8K + AI + 5G + TOILET

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 20:18:18 -0500

CES. God, why? This week is CES. Pray for us. Content Warning: Mild Politics, Shitposting Show Notes: 00:00:37 - Apple Updates Guidance For Earnings 00:08:33 - Nvidia’s 65inch 4K HDR TV 00:15:47 - Apple Is Putting iTunes On Samsung TVs 00:19:00 - SMART TOILET 00:25:37 - New Laptop Ryzen Chips Letter from Tim Cook to Apple investors Apple is putting iTunes on Samsung TVs Kohler’s smart toilet promises a ‘fully-immersive experience’ AMD’s new 12nm Ryzen laptop chips look to put the pressure on Intel HP and Acer unveil world’s first Chromebooks with AMD processors LG Display unveils an 88-inch 8K OLED screen with built-in sound Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 78: Sliding Scale Of Marginal Shittyness

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 25 Dec 2018 15:23:58 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian talk shit about 2018 for an hour. Content Warning: Politics, Mild Lewd Talk, Hot Takes Show Notes: 00:01:00 - Supermicro Bloomberg Story 00:05:48 - Google+ 00:10:35 - Facebook's Trash Year 00:19:53 - Sadiq's Favorite Video Games 00:41:05 - Video Game Busts 00:51:48 - Gadget Lightning Round The Best Worst Tech Stories of this year Supermicro Bloomberg story Investigating Implausible Bloomberg Supermicro Stories Google+ shutting down Project Strobe: Protecting your data, improving our third-party APIs, and sunsetting consumer Google+ Facebook As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis Facebook Failed to Police How Its Partners Handled User Data Best Games of the Year Forza Horizon 4 Assassin's Creed Odyssey Spiderman God of War Hitman 2 Dead Cells Worst Games of the Year Fallout 76 Diablo Immortal announcement at Blizzcon 2018 Gadgets: Busts Pixel Slate WearOS Facebook Portal Every Windows 10 Major Update iPad Pro Productivity Every Major Social Network Mastodon feature updates USB C Good Shit Dark mode in macOS Mojave USB C Xbox Games Pass iOS 12 wtf, lol Our privacy amirite Intel's release cycle Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 77: Federated Porn Apps

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 21:07:48 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian follow up again on Game Stores, Sadiq has a problem with the new Planetside game, and we then discuss the recent Tumblr content policy change. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Discord's Game Store Rev Share 00:12:31 - Sadiq Rants About Planetside 00:19:07 - Tumblr Games: Discord’s game store tries to top Steam and Epic by offering developers more money PlanetSide Arena: Announcement e-mail Daybreak Game Company lays off staff Tumblr: Verizon takes aim at Tumblr’s kneecaps, bans all adult content Tumblr’s porn ban is going about as badly as expected Tumblr is back in Apple’s App Store following adult content ban Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 76: Are The Kids Still Using Arch Linux?

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 22:28:44 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian follow up on the new Epic Games Store, take a short trip to Dongletown, and spend the rest of the episode yelling about the web. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - The Epic Games Store 00:10:08 - Dongletown 00:14:40 - NPM Package Flatmap Compromised 00:30:28 - Microsoft Switching To Chromium Base For Edge Follow up: The Epic Games Store Is Now Live What: Audio Adapter HD NPM: Widely used open source software contained bitcoin-stealing backdoor Backdoored dependency? flatmap-stream-0.1.1 and flatmap-stream-0.1.2 The Web: Microsoft Edge: Making the web better through more open source collaboration Electron and the Decline of Native Apps While we Blink, we loose the Web React Native Accessibility Is Pretty Bad Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 75: Organize With ListServe!

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 22:19:58 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian talk about their new computers, more Dragonfly news, video games, and media online. Content Warning: Politics Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Sadiq's and Cristian's New Computers00:27:13 - An Update On Dragonfly00:37:14 - Valve Changing Steam Revenue Share00:44:43 - Fortnite Star Ninja Made An EDM Album00:47:31 - Rookie Mag Shutting Down New Computers: Sadiq got a new desktopCristian has had a new Macbook Pro for a month Google Dragonfly: Google Shut Out Privacy And Security Teams From Secret China ProjectGoogle employees raise more than $200,000 in pledges for strike fundGoogle employees organized against Dragonfly with listserves and Google Forms Games: Valve’s new Steam revenue agreement gives more money to game developersFortnite star Ninja’s first EDM album includes an amazing new Tycho track Other: Rookie Mag Shuts Down Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 74: Nice For What? We're Dragonborn

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:50:41 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Fallout 76, Pokemon Let's Go!, and this weeks New York Times investigation of Facebook. Content Warning: Politics Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Fallout 76 00:13:47 - Pokemon Let's Go! 00:24:42 - Facebook's Bad Week Fallout 76: Fallout 76 is online and lonelier than ever Six Times Bethesda Was Massively Incompetent (The Jimquisition) [4K] Fallout 76: PS4/PS4 Pro vs Xbox One/Xbox One X - Every Console Tested! Pokemon: Pokémon: Let’s Go! is a charming, imperfect transition to the big screen The most current Pokemon timeline Facebook: Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis A Look Inside the Tactics of Definers, Facebook’s Attack Dog Zuckerberg Defends Company in Friday Meeting With Employees Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy? Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 73: Monthly Arch Linux Installs On A Dell Latitude

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:48:31 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian take this week to talk about all of the major computing hardware releases this season. We also have a candid and very 🔥 discussion on just what exactly is a computer. Show Notes: 00:01:08 - Surface Studio 2 00:08:07 - Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 00:14:26 - Mac Mini (2018) 00:22:35 - Macbook Air (2018) 00:38:32 - iPad Pro (2018) 01:14:06 - Pixel Slate Microsoft: Surface Studio 2 has an even more amazing screen, ditches the spinning disks Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2: New internals, new color, old ports Apple: The 2018 Mac Mini Apple Macbook Air (2018) Review: The Present Of Computing 2018 iPad Pro review: “What’s a computer?” Apple walks Ars through the iPad Pro’s A12X system on a chip Google: Google Pixel Slate hands-on: Chrome OS built to take on the Surface Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 72: Y'all Could Just Quit

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 13:30:00 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian talk about recent game releases which then turns into a discussion of working conditions inside games studios and this week's walkout at Google. Content Warning: Politics, Sexual Harassment, Food Show Notes: 00:00:52 - Forza Horizon 4 00:19:28 - Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 00:26:40 - Assassin's Creed Odyssey 00:47:43 - Red Dead Redemption 2 01:06:07 - Telltale Games Closing 01:11:16 - Google's Sexual Harassment Issue Games: Forza Horizon 4 Microsoft is bringing all-you-can-play Game Pass subscription to PC Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey Project Stream Microsoft's Game Streaming Related Purchases Fuck Pizza Rolls Red Dead Redemption 2 Red Dead Redemption 2’s labor controversy, explained Inside Rockstar Games' Culture Of Crunch Telltale Games lays off much of its staff, plans studio shutdown Emma Kinema On Patreon Game Workers Unite Techpol: How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android Google Walkout: Employees Stage Protest Over Handling of Sexual Harassment Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 71: KDE Is Now A Part Of The Republic Of Gamers

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:09:34 -0400

Season 3 is here! Sadiq and Cristian catch up on major phone releases and major software releases from the past couple of months. Also a candid discussion of gaming phones. Show Notes: 00:01:19 - iPhone Xs and Xs Max00:12:37 - iPhone Xr00:23:34 - Pixel 3 and 3 XL00:31:47 - GAMING Phones00:44:48 - Windows 10 October 2018 Update00:49:13 - iOS 1200:57:11 - watchOS 501:05:02 - macOS Mojave Phones: iPhone XS and its cameraApple says glossy iPhone XS selfies were a bug, promises a fix in iOS 12.1iPhone XR reviewsGoogle Pixel 3 And 3 Xl Review: The Best Camera Gets A Better PhoneGaming PhonesRazer Phone 2ROG Phone Software: Windows 10 October UpdateData-deletion bug forces Microsoft to suspend rollout of Windows 10 updateMicrosoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows—it’s how it develops itiOS 12Macstories ReviewmacOS MojaveMacstories ReviewwatchOS 5Macstories Review Contact: Cristian OnlineCristian on MastodonSadiq on MastodonSadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 70: One Hundred Dollar Hole In My Heart

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:11:21 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about how culture and how software and games continuously changing and updating reflects in our conversations of that culture. Content Warning: Lewd, Politics, Food Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Some Brief Apple News00:09:18 - Rolling Release Games And The Conversations We Have Around Them Apple Removes Group FaceTime From iOS 12 and macOS Mojave, Says It'll Launch Later This Year Video Game Expectations in the era of the rolling release: Halo MCC Xbox One X UpdateDestiny 2: ForsakenNo Mans Sky NEXTContinuous Art Contact: Cristian OnlineCristian on MastodonSadiq on MastodonSadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 69: That Burrito Is Racist

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:30:23 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Android 9.0 Pie, the Galaxy Note 9, the Galaxy Watch, the Galaxy Home, leaked new iPhone models, Infowars, fixing PUBG, new emojis, and the Magic Leap. Content Warning: Food, Politics, Nazis 00:01:32 - Android Pie 00:29:25 - Galaxy Note 9 00:42:12 - Galaxy Watch 00:46:48 - Galaxy Home 00:52:20 - Leaked New iPhone Models 00:57:06 - Infowars 01:12:43 - FIX PUBG 01:20:49 - New Proposed Emoji For 2019 01:25:48 - Magic Leap Show Notes: Android Stuff: Android 9 PieSamsung Galaxy Note 9 Impressions: Underrated!Galaxy Tab S4 review: Even Samsung’s Dex desktop can’t save Android tabletsSamsung’s new Galaxy Watch runs Tizen, lasts “several days” on one chargeSamsung’s Galaxy Home is a Bixby-powered smart speaker with legs Apple: The 2019 iPhone X Models! Infowars: Why Tech Companies Are Booting Alex JonesInfoWars app will stay in the iOS App Store—here’s Apple’s reason why Etc: Fix PUBG2019 EmojiMagic Leap One Contact: Cristian OnlineCristian on MastodonSadiq on MastodonSadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 68: It's Not Sticky, Yet

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 22:08:04 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Fortnite on Android, Google Smart Displays, the App Store affiliate program shutting down, a new round of chat app discourse, and a rumored Xbox streaming device. Content Warning: Food, Sex?, Chat App Discourse Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Fortnite On Android Not In the Play Store00:07:42 - Sorry, Only Two Notches Are Allowed On Android00:10:50 - Google Smart Displays00:17:23 - Apple Shuts Down Affiliate Program For App Store00:23:15 - WARNING: CHAT APP DISCOURSE00:31:05 - Xbox "Scarlett" Streaming Device00:42:10 - Sadiq Now Talks About The Overwatch League00:48:38 - Ending00:49:06 - WAIT A MINUTE, Roll it back Fortnite for Android will ditch Google Play Store for Epic’s websiteSupporting display cutouts on edge-to-edge screensLENOVO SMART DISPLAY REVIEW: THE GOOGLE APPLIANCEApple shuts App Store affiliate program, imperiling recommendation sitesSlack buys HipChat with plans to shut it down and migrate users to its chat serviceA Few More Details About Microsoft’s Xbox Scarlett Game Streaming ServiceOverwatch League Contact: Cristian OnlineCristian on MastodonSadiq on MastodonSadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 67: "I don't know enough, but I like talking shit"

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 19:56:30 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian give an update on the Macbook Pro keyboards, talk about the Android Antitrust case, Roku TVs, give free marketing to MEATPUNKS, and then make hot takes about MOBAs. Content Warning: Food, Politics, Gamers Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Macbook Pro Keyboard Update 00:02:49 - The Google EU Antitrust Case 00:26:10 - Roku TV 00:36:06 - MEATPUNKS 00:39:55 - MOBA's Suck The MacBook Pro Keyboard Saga Has Concluded...for now Apple Confirms 2018 MacBook Pro Keyboard Has 'Membrane' to 'Prevent Debris From Entering the Butterfly Mechanism' EU vs. Google EU: Google illegally used Android to dominate search, must pay $5B fine Project ‘Fuchsia’: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android Why Is Google Translate Spitting Out Sinister Religious Prophecies? TVs Roku is in the ad business, not the hardware business, says CEO Roku wants to make your smart TV sound better with its new Wireless Speakers Video Games EXTREME MEATPUNKS FOREVER MOBAs are Bad (tm) Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq Online Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 66: Double Up On The Discourse

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:57:31 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about the new Macbook Pros, Photoshop on the iPad, the Surface Go, laugh at Android Go, and then we go into video games to talk about Destiny 2: Forsaken and Fortnite Season 5. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - New Macbook Pros 00:11:09 - Photoshop On The iPad 00:14:23 - Surface Go 00:20:23 - Android Go (Spoiler: It's Not Good) 00:37:20 - Destiny 2: Forsaken 00:49:01 - Fortnite Season 5 The Apple MacBook Pro Saga: Apple Updates MacBook Pro Models With Touch Bar The Great Apple Keyboard Cover-Up Productivity on Tablet?: Adobe will reportedly bring the full Photoshop to the iPad Surface Go: Surface Go: Specs, price, and features The Android Segment where we laugh at Android a bit: I used an Android Go phone for a month, and it was terrible Nokia 6.1 Review—The best answer to “What Android phone should I buy?” Apparently Destiny 2 is going to get new Content(tm): Destiny 2: Forsaken's Scorn Are A Different Kind Of Enemy An In-depth Look At Destiny 2: Forsaken's New Supers And Subclass Branches How Destiny 2: Forsaken's Outlaws Breathe New Life Into Its Worlds Somebody tell me why a battle royale game has seasons: 5 things to know from Fortnite’s season 5 patch notes Fortnite’s season 5 map has some big changes Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 65: #brandsponsored

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 21:13:07 -0400

Note: We're testing a new VBR upload for this episode, if it breaks in your podcast player please email us or hit us up on Mastodon to let us know! Sadiq and Cristian talk about Sadiq's crush on Todd Howard, Android P, the Xbox One July Update, problematic anime, ugh Drake, and apps for half an hour. Content Warning: Nazis, Politics, Food Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Sadiq's Continuing Love Of Todd Howard 00:03:20 - Android P and More On The Google Pixel 00:11:41 - Xbox One July Update 00:22:57 - ugh I Guess We're Talking About Scorpion 00:28:15 - The App Store Turns 10 So Lets Talk About Apps Fallout 76’s Todd Howard: No cross-console play because ‘Sony is not as helpful as everyone would like’ Android P Preview 4 tweaks gesture navigation, revamps system icon July's Xbox One update rolls out today with FastStart and Groups The App Store turns 10 App Recommendations: Nextgen Reader Aeries PowerAMP DoubleTwist Action Launcher Press Tasker Pocketcasts Overcast Things Todoist Sleep++ Fantastical Bear Unread Reeder iA Writer Tweetbot Altos Odyssey Threes Workflow Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 64: Dongle Buds

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 19:54:50 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Rolling Hamsters, Apple Maps, Macbook Keyboards, Youtube Music, the Surface USB-C Dongle, and Skype Redesign. Content Warning: Politics, Food, Chat App Discourse Show Notes: 00:01:38 - Wrecking Ball 00:08:00 - Apple Maps 00:13:07 - Macbook Keyboard Repair Program 00:27:19 - YouTube Music 00:36:59 - Surface USB-C Adapter 00:40:50 - Skype Redesign Developer Update | Introducing Wrecking Ball | Overwatch super monkey ball Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up YouTube Music and YouTube Premium officially launch in US, Canada, UK, and other countries Surface USB-C adapter now available for $79.99 Microsoft is updating its Skype app for Windows 10 with a new design and more Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 63: E3 2018

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 09:24:22 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk E3 2018. But Cristian lost their audio so we're doing something new. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Microsoft 00:11:03 - EA & Ubisoft 00:15:04 - Anime Corner* 00:17:25 - Square Enix 00:20:29 - Bethesda 00:25:24 - Sony 00:29:05 - Nintendo Microsoft Halo Infinite Forza Horizon 4 - October 2, 2018 Cyberpunk 2077 Tunic EA Fuck you EA for ruining Command & Conquer Ubisoft Assassin's Creed Odyssey Beyond Good & Evil 2 Skull & Bones Square Enix Kingdom Hearts 3 Bethesda Doom Eternal Rage 2 Fallout 76 Wolfenstein Youngblood Sony The Last of Us Part 2 Spider-Man Ghost of Tsushima We still don't really know what the fuck Death Stranding is Nintendo Super Smash Bros Ultimate Fortnite on Switch Minecraft cross play Octopath Traveler *Just to clarify, in the Anime Corner the point was being made that people reacting badly to Battlefield having women are silly. Contact: Cristian Online Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 62: The Moon Is Powerful

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:53:03 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about WWDC 2018. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Follow Up 00:06:15 - iOS 12 00:42:17 - WatchOS 5 00:55:41 - macOS 10.14 WWDC 2018 Listener e-mail from Jay: I can't really answer the question of the week chosa posed for *favorite* terrible Android phone names as I don't particularly pay attention to the market outside of what y'all discuss on the show, but I do have a list of prepaid phones my store offers with truly awful names, which I foolishly took note of in the vain hope that I could find a dirt cheap phone that I could install LineageOS on to play around with. LG == * LG 58VL Rebel 2 LTE Samsung ======= * Samsung Galaxy J3 Luna Pro * Samsung S550 Galaxy On5 * Samsung Galaxy Express 3 ZTE === * ZTE 837VL ZFIVE * ZTE 917VL Zmax Champ * ZTE ZFIVE G LTE * ZTE 861 ZFIVE L LTE * ZTE Z Five 2 LTE * ZTE 799 Majesty PRO LTE * ZTE 233VL iOS 12 The MacStories overview watchOS 5 The MacStories overview macOS Mojave The MacStories overview Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 61: We're Just Scaling

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 28 May 2018 13:53:38 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about the Essential Phone being canceled, HTC U12+, LG G7 ThinQ, OnePlus 6, Steam Link being removed from the App Store, App Store Developers Union, Dongles, Xbox Accessibility Controller, USB C external GPUs, and then laugh at YouTube Music. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Not So Essential Phone 00:06:44 - HTC U12+ 00:10:19 - LG G7 ThinQ 00:19:27 - OnePlus 6 00:29:30 - Steam Link Removed From The App Store 00:33:30 - Developers Union 00:47:24 - Dongletown 00:50:32 - Xbox Accessibility Controller 00:53:53 - YouTube Music Android Phones: The Essential Phone 2 has reportedly been canceled HTC’s new flagship smartphone has a translucent back, dual front cameras LG G7 ThinQ review: a big price for small improvements OnePlus 6 review: new phone, same compromises Apple News: Apple has rejected iOS version of Steam Link app, Valve says Phil Schiller Explains Steam Link App Rejection Small group of iOS devs form “The Developers Union” to request App Store changes Under the Radar #133: Collective Bargaining Belkin’s new $30 Lightning to 3.5mm headphone cables are your pricey escape from dongle hell Other: Razer announces a cheaper external GPU enclosure and support for macOS Microsoft announces Xbox Adaptive Controller to bring accessible gaming to all YouTube Music finally gets it right Contact: Cristian Online Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 60: Google I/O Is Not Culture

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 14 May 2018 13:49:30 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian discuss Microsoft Build 2018 and Google I/O 2018. Show Notes: 00:08:08 - Microsoft Build And Windows News 00:20:44 - Google Duplex 00:31:40 - ADT-2 00:32:46 - Android P 00:50:10 - Desktop Linux Apps On Chrome OS Developer Conferences and their Keynotes, Microsoft Build and Google I/O: Tech’s Two Philosophies Exponent Episode 151 - Two by Twos Google I/O Keynote The Verge 14 minute supercut Microsoft Build Keynotes The Verge 5 minute supercut Android P: Android P hands-on: Google’s most ambitious update Chromebooks are ready for your next coding project Contact: Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 59: Put The Switch In Your Mouth

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 02 May 2018 18:33:00 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, the Xbox April 2018 Update, quickly mention Spotify's free tier redesign, and then discuss Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe. Content Warning: Discussions of Sexual Abuse and Transphobia in the latter half when we discuss Kanye West and Dirty Computer. Show Notes: 00:00:22 - Windows 10 April 2018 Update 00:31:22 - Xbox April 2018 Update 00:51:40 - Spotify got a redesign lets power through it 00:53:09 - Dirty Computer Windows 10 April 2018 Update review: It's about the little things Xbox One April 2018 update: The complete changelog Spotify launches a redesigned app with on-demand playlists for free users Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer [Emotion Picture] Janelle Monáe Frees Herself Contact: Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 58: The Return Of Chat App Discourse

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 23:10:44 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Chat, not Google Chat but just Chat. RCS and Google's 69th new chat initiative. They also talk about Telegram and Chrome's design refresh plus Sadiq got a Nintendo Switch. There's a lot of yelling about chatting and design. Content Warning: Politics, Chat App Discourse Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Chat (by Google) 00:26:33 - Telegram Banned In Russia 00:38:34 - Chrome Material Design 2 Refresh 00:48:43 - Sadiq Got A Switch Exclusive: Chat is Google’s next big fix for Android’s messaging mess In effort to shut down Telegram, Russia blocks Amazon, Google network addresses Google Chrome’s major redesign shows a lighter, rounder UI Sadiq talks Nintendo Switch and the Legend of Zelda The rise of the ambient video game Contact: Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 57: It Always Comes Back To John McAfee

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 23:23:13 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about emails, Apple being creepy, Apple being bad at words, T-Mobile being ridiculous, and blogs. Cristian also pretends to be an engineer at Apple and a SoundCloud rapper. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Preshow: La Croix Please Give Me Money 00:01:12 - Gmail Redesign 00:12:18 - Apple Leaked Report On Leaks Leaked? 00:23:06 - Apple Notifying macOS Users Of 32Bit Support Being Phased Out 00:31:45 - T-Mobile Fined By FCC For Playing False Ringtones 00:38:50 - Real Time Followup: Sadiq's Old Blog Gmail.com redesign includes self-destructing emails In a Leaked Memo, Apple Warns Employees to Stop Leaking Information Apple has begun notifying macOS users of coming 32-bit app incompatibility T-Mobile hit with $40M fine for fake ringtones in rural calls Sadiq's Old Blog Post Contact: Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 56: Gargamel Isn't Learning Swift

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 19:19:39 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian get in their feels about desktop Linux for an hour. Show Notes: Apple's 2019 Mac Pro Will Be Shaped By Workflows Microsoft reorg shakes up Windows group, Windows leader Terry Myerson departs Contact: Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 55: g suite like g unit

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 20:40:10 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about iOS 11.3, watchOS 4.3, macOS 10.13.4, the Apple education event, and Destiny 2's Go Fast update. Content Warning: Politics, Random Thunder Noises, Food Show Notes: 00:00:25 - Apple's OS Updates 00:22:28 - Apple's Education Event 00:48:50 - Destiny 2 "Go Fast" Update Apple OS Updates: Apple Releases iOS 11.3 with iPhone Battery Settings, ARKit 1.5, New Animoji, and More Apple Releases watchOS 4.3 with iPhone Music Controls, Portrait Nightstand Mode, and More Apple’s macOS 10.13.4 is here with full external GPU support Apple's Education Event: The New 9.7″ iPad: Our Complete Overview Apple Introduces New Schoolwork iPad App, Classroom for Mac, and ClassKit Framework for Developers iWork 4.0 Adds Full Apple Pencil Support; Pages Becomes Spiritual Successor to iBooks Author Destiny 2: "Go Fast" Update: The never-ending Destiny 2 controversy is a teachable moment for the game industry Contact: Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 54: Shades Unplugged

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 20:48:53 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian spend an hour bullshitting about music, race, philosophy, politics, and vendor lock in for about an hour. Content Warning: We are in extreme bullshit mode near the end when we're talking about politics, some of the opinions in this podcast are extreme spicy hot takes and we understand that. Show Notes: MTV Run The Jewels: NPR Tiny Desk Concert The Lock In Erasing Complexity: The Comfort of Apple’s Ecosystem Contact: Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Episode 53: Update Your Software

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:19:47 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian talk about the Galaxy S9 some more, new Fitbit watches, and next week's Apple event. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Galaxy S9 00:24:34 - Fitbit Versa and Ace 00:42:29 - Apple buying Texture and next weeks event Samsung S9 reviews Ars Technica The Verge Fitbit takes a second swing at smartwatches with the $199 Versa Fitbit Ace is the company’s first fitness band for kids Apple is buying the ‘Netflix of magazines’ for an undisclosed amount Apple's Education Event WWDC 2018 Bag Ladiez Podcast Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian's Mastodon Instance Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq's Mastodon Instance Join Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 52: Salty iOS Users

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 20:25:00 -0400

Sadiq and Cristian follow up on Android Go, talk about the first Android P Developer Preview, make fun of Alexa, make fun of Cristian for getting a HomePod, and then talk about Battle Royale Games. Show Notes: 00:00:21 - Android Followup and P 00:24:27 - Alexa Is Laughing At Us 00:26:52 - Cristian Got A HomePod, oops 00:38:12 - Battle Royale Games Android P and Followup Creepy Alexa HomePod Battle Royale Fortnite - Fortnite Battle Royale will have the “same gameplay” on mobile devices PUBG - PUBG 2018 Roadmap Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian's Mastodon Instance Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq's Mastodon Instance Join Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 51: Android Go Away

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:32:12 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Alto's Odyssey, mobile games, the Galaxy S9, and Android Go phones shown off at Mobile World Congress. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Alto's Odyssey 00:21:14 - Mobile Game Recommendations 00:29:00 - Samsung Galaxy S9 00:40:09 - Android Go Phones We Talk Games, Mobile Edition Alto's Odyssey The state of iOS game development, according to the creators of Alto’s Odyssey What are some other good games on the smartphone platform? Sadiq's recommendations - Threes, the Monument Valley series Android: Samsung Galaxy S9 MKBHD Hands On Android Go Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian's Mastodon Instance Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq's Mastodon Instance Join Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 50 🎉: 50 Shades Of The Fiefdoms

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 23:29:53 -0500

It's our 50th episode spectacular! 🎉 Sadiq and Cristian talk about what they did in the first episode, which is every major tech company and where they stand today. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you all so much for being apart of this journey with us. CW: Kids these days jokes, SystemD, browser discourse. Show Notes: 00:01:00 - Follow Up 00:03:50 - Timeshade (?) 00:06:04 - Apple 00:32:54 - Google 00:49:41 - Microsoft Follow Up: Razer DVA Headset The Timeshade: Domain Creation Date: 2015-04-25T02:27:36Z First episode came out July 14, 2015 State Of The Fiefdoms Part Two: Apple Becoming more of a Microsoft figure as time goes on. HomePod Daring Fireball The Verge Google We're not as in love with them as we once were. Microsoft A surprising comeback play. Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian's Mastodon Instance Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq's Mastodon Instance Join Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 49: A National ID For Gamers

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 19:40:47 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian talk about chat apps, design, privacy, and loot boxes. It's Shades Of Brown bingo! Show Notes: 00:00:51 - How WeChat Came to Rule China 00:10:48 - Apple Delaying iOS Features To Focus On Stability 00:26:19 - Microsoft Letting Users View Windows 10 Telemetry Data As Raw JSON 00:34:20 - Xbox Games Pass To Get First Party Exclusives On Launch 00:40:30 - D.Va’s Pro Gamer Past Just Got A Clarification How WeChat came to rule China Scoop: Apple delays iOS features to focus on reliability, performance Want to see all data Windows 10 sends Microsoft? There’s an app for that Xbox Game Pass will feature Xbox exclusives on the day they launch D.Va’s pro gamer past just got a clarification Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian's Mastodon Instance Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq's Mastodon Instance Join Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 48: Tide Pods Are Free Speech

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 21:43:42 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian talk about YouTube for 40 minutes. Content Warning: Suicide, Bigotry, Politics Show Notes: Youtube Has A Fake Peppa Pig Problem YouTube is leaving its creators in the dark Additional Changes to the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) to Better Protect Creators Sponsor a YouTube channel - YouTube Gaming Help Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian's Mastodon Instance Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq's Mastodon Instance Join Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 47: CES Is Terrible

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:20:41 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian make fun of CES for half an hour, and then they talk about Final Fantasy 15 and Tacoma. Show Notes: 00:00:58 - CES 2018 00:30:03 - Final Fantasy 15 (no spoilers) 00:38:35 - Final Fantasy 15 (spoilers) 00:46:12 - Tacoma (no spoilers) 00:47:49 - Tacoma (Spoilers) CES 2018: Ars at CES 2018 Assistants are all over the place: Google is introducing a new Smart Display platform Google’s CES Exhibit Is Meant To Indoctrinate You In The Ways Of The Assistant Amazon Alexa is coming to Windows 10 PCs A closer look at the beautiful Cortana-powered thermostat VR: Oculus Go is built by Xiaomi and has a Snapdragon 821 processor HTC announces Vive adapter for wireless VR WTF: Kodak announces its own cryptocurrency and watches stock price skyrocket This weight-loss headset is more likely to give you a headache than budge the scale Sadiq talks about networks: Wi-Fi Alliance announces new WPA3 security protections Final Fantasy 15: On PSN and Xbox Live, surprisingly does not have a Switch port Tacoma: Available on Steam Spoiler free overview AIs, holograms, labour politics Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian's Mastodon Instance Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq's Mastodon Instance Join Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 46: Microblogs

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 16:56:27 -0500

Sadiq and Cristian follow up on the Apple Battery Debacle from last week, talk about Google's still developing OS Fuchsia, and we take a look at a new open standards based social network, micro.blog. Show Notes: 00:00:27 - iPhone Battery Replacement Program 00:03:26 - Google’s experimental Fuchsia OS can now run on the Pixelbook 00:09:49 - Micro.Blog Apple Followup: A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance Your old iPhone battery can be replaced even if it passes Genius Bar test Google News: Google’s experimental Fuchsia OS can now run on the Pixelbook micro.blog: micro.blog MicroPub WebMention Microformats WebSub There are things we likely got wrong in our explanation of micro.blog's backend stack, we'd appreciate all and any corrections! Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian's Mastodon Instance Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq's Mastodon Instance Join Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 45: It's "bump in the whip" Dad!

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 09:41:49 -0500

Cristian and Sadiq talk Google fighting fragmentation, Apple throttling iPhones, Apple taking a page from Microsoft's book, and we talk albums of the year. Show Notes: 00:00:11 - Google requiring new apps submitted to the Play Store to target the most recent OS 00:06:14 - Apple throttling iPhone CPU speeds when the battery starts to decrease in potential charge 00:17:28 - Apple merging iOS and macOS UI frameworks 00:30:29 - Our music of the year Google News: Google fights fragmentation: New Android features to be forced on apps in 2018 Apple News: Geekbench and Reddit think they’ve cracked why iPhones get slower over time [Updated] Apple addresses why people are saying their iPhones with older batteries are running ‘slower’ Apple Plans Combined iPhone, iPad & Mac Apps to Create One User Experience [Warning: Gross Autoplaying Video] Our Music Of The Year: Cristian: Young Martha EP - Young Thug, DJ Carnage Virtual Self EP - Virtual Self 4EVA is a mighty long time - Big Krit Rainbow - Kesha CTRL - SZA RINA - Rina Sawayama Sadiq: DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar SATURATION II - BROCKHAMPTON 4:44 - Jay-Z SYRE - Jaden Smith EP2 - Yaeji Without Warning - 21 Savage, Offset, Metro Boomin Destiny 2 OST - Michael Salvatori, Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson, Rotem Moav, Pieter Schlosser Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian's Mastodon Instance Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq's Mastodon Instance Join Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 44: Loot Box Discourse Is The New Chat App Discourse

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 14:00:30 -0500

This week on Shades Of Brown we talk about the iMac Pro, drama surrounding Destiny 2, and we talk about our top games of 2017. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - iMac Pro 00:16:00 - Destiny 2 Curse Of Osiris Discourse 00:36:09 - Our Games Of The Year iMac Pro MKBHD iMac Pro: 1 Week Impressions Vincent LaForet Cabel Sasser Twitter thread Craig Hunter Destiny 2 Three months in, Destiny 2 has a “quality-of-life” problem Games of the Year (That Which We Played) 2017 Sadiq’s list NieR: Automata Horizon Zero Dawn Assassin’s Creed Origins Mass Effect: Andromeda The Uncharted series Cristian’s list Halo Wars 2 Monument Valley 2 Mass Effect: Andromeda Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian's Mastodon Instance Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq's Mastodon Instance Join Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 43: Americans And Their Hamburger Discourse

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 19:59:23 -0500

This week on Shades Of Brown we talk lots about software updates. Apple had a software update cycle, as did Google. We also discuss the state of Apple's software quality. Microsoft announced new Windows 10 on ARM devices and Amazon and Google are fighting in a nasty way. Plus Cristian reviews the Xbox One X. Show Notes: 00:00:13 - macOS Root Bug 00:03:16 - iOS 11.2 and Dategate 00:11:17 - tvOS 11.2 00:12:58 - watchOS 4.2 00:19:14 - Android Oreo 8.1 and Android Go 00:25:54 - Google banning lockscreen ads on the Play Store 00:32:13 - Chrome is going to stop allowing third party extension injections 00:34:20 - Windows 10 ARM Devices Announced 00:36:44 - Google removing YouTube from Fire TV devices 00:44:23 - Cristian got an Xbox One X Updates: macOS bug lets you log in as admin with no password required New security update fixes macOS root bug iOS 11.2 fixes date bug that crashes iDevices, begins Apple Pay Cash rollout Apple finally fixes SDR content on the Apple TV 4K with tvOS 11.2 Apple Pay Cash hits Apple Watches with watchOS 4.2 release Android 8.1 Oreo goes final, rolling out now to Pixel and Nexus devices Google releases “Android Go” to OEMs, along with a suite of low-end Google apps News: Google bans Android developers from adding lock screen ads Chrome to stop third-party software injections because they make it crash Google and Amazon are punishing their own customers in a bitter feud HP, Asus announce first Windows 10 ARM PCs: 20 hour battery life, gigabit LTE Xbox One X Review Digital Foundry Review Xbox One X Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian's Mastodon Instance Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq's Mastodon Instance Join Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 42: Loss Of Connectivity

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:39:41 -0500

This week on Shades Of Brown we talk about new features in Windows 10, Cristian takes a look at Animal Crossing Pocket Camp, and Sadiq talks about his time without internet connectivity last weekend. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Hello! 00:00:30 - Windows 10 Insider Build Features 00:22:05 - Animal Crossing Pocket Camp 00:33:36 - Sadiq's Weekend Without Internet New Windows search interface borrows heavily from macOS Windows 10 'Timeline' is coming to Fast ring Insiders in the next build Windows 10 'Sets' let users group apps and sites in one window with tabs Animal Crossing Pocket Camp The Slow Internet Experience Sadiq’s 4 day home internet outage + use of 3G mobile internet What to do when every megabyte counts Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian's Mastodon Instance Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq's Mastodon Instance Join Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 41: Stop Using Google Chrome

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:19:40 -0500

This weeks on Shades Of Brown we talk about the latest Firefox release, laugh at Need For Speed: Payback, get sad about Midnight Club, laugh again at the Razer Phone, and talk about Music Streaming Exclusives. Show Notes: Mozilla Firefox Quantum | A Quantum Achievement Need for Speed: Payback is garbage Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition Razer Phone Reputation by Taylor Swift Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian's Mastodon Instance Sadiq on Mastodon Sadiq's Mastodon Instance Join Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 40: Dos Equis

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 19:13:50 -0500

This week on Shades Of Brown we talk about the iPhone X and the Xbox One X. Yes we know it's pronounced iPhone Ten. Don't @ us. Show Notes: iPhone X Links: The Verge Ars Technica Buzzfeed TechCrunch Mashable Austin Mann’s in-depth camera review Daring Fireball review roundup Xbox One X Links Windows Central Ars Technica Game Streaming Social: Cristian on Twitter Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 39: Death By Microtransaction

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:30:11 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown we talk about the latest drama over iPhone review units and microtransactions in video games. Show Notes: Various Links About The iPhone Drama: Marco Being Salty Stephen Hackett On This Drama http://archive.is/26g4t rich_tenenbaum's tweet Loot Boxes in Video Games: Nintendo Financials The Sixty Dollar Myth (The Jimquisition) Turning Players Into Payers (The Jimquisition) Social: Cristian on Twitter Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast | Pocketcasts

Episode 38: Burn in, Burn out

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 15:30:08 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown, we're discussing all of Microsoft's Fall OS releases. We also discuss the latest Google Pixel Drama and the Surface Book 2. Plus Cristian has an iPhone 8 and talks about their experience with it. Show Notes: Microsoft OS Releases: Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Anti Cheat Feature Added Silently Xbox One Fall Update Original Xbox Backwards Compatibility Surface Book 2 Google Things: Pixel 2 Screen Burn In Pixel 2 XL Screen Color Weirdness Misc: iPhone 8 Review

Episode 37: B2B

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:24:40 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown, we talk about AIM being shut down, Groove Music also being shut down, and an unreleased released Windows Phone device. We also discuss Microsoft Mixed Reality on Windows 10 and Edge for iOS and Android. Plus a bit on controlling notifications. Show Notes: AIM Being Shut Down RIP Groove Music A look at Microsoft's unreleased 'all screen' Lumia Windows phone Microsoft Mixed Reality News: Kipman detailed a new headset from Samsung, dubbed the HMD Odyssey, the coming of SteamVR to Windows Mixed Reality this holiday season, the acquisition of leading VR social platform AltspaceVR, and the arrival of Halo: Recruit, a VR experience for Halo fans coming on October 17, the same day the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is expected to arrive. Windows Mixed Reality - Demo Microsoft Edge on iOS and Android OREO REVIEW I GOT HALLOWEEN ONES IDK THO IS THIS SEGMENT STILL RELEVANT? Taking control of your Notifications: Social Networks Twitter/Mastodon Facebook (use web app, Messenger for messaging) Instagram E-mail Unsubscribe from all unnecessary newsletter and service e-mails Use filtering abilities Clean up email accounts that you don’t actually read News Alerts Turn off sound/vibration/badge icons, only notification history Messaging Apps Turn off notifications for large group chats where possible iOS Notification Management Badge icons, notification center, banners Apple watch Android Notification Management All the New Ways to Use Notifications in Android 8.0 Oreo Social: Cristian on Twitter Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter

Episode 36: Bread Of Our Talents

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 18:03:47 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown, we talk about every OS Apple has released this year. tvOS, watchOS, macOS, and iOS are all discussed in depth. Strap in, we go long. Show Notes: tvOS 11 New Javascript based apps. Updated TV app is actually very good. macOS macOS High Sierra Review: A Modern Snow Leopard? Metal 2. APFS is interesting but not a huge user facing feature. Photos: slight redesign, facial scanning now syncs Safari: some new webRTC changes, Privacy tweaks. Fast, Smooth, and a snappy update. watchOS 4 Under the Radar talking about watchOS development New UI which takes inspiration from a vertical ticker metaphor Apps automatically open when they’re open on the phone. New music app is interesting, it defaults to watch playback instead of being a remote for your phone. Apple music streaming should be available soon but isn’t here at launch. Watch predicts what music you want to listen to and automatically downloads to your watch when charging. New vertical app list is GOOD. It's faster, even on the Series 0 though battery life is starting to fall off. iOS 11 MacStories Review Ars Technica review The end of 32-bit apps. Design tweaks, animations, and other UI stuff. Lock screen and Notification Center. The new Control Center. SiriKit. Settings changes. Emergency SOS. No more (special) social integration. Apps: Files, the iOS file manager. App Store. Messages, iMessage Apps, and person-to-person Apple Pay. Apple News. Under the hood: HEIF and HEVC, the image formats of the future. The Podcasts app. Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian on Twitter Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter

Episode 35: Sadiq versus the Pixelbook

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:48:39 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown we talk about Destiny 2 and the huge Google Pixel Event Leak. Plus Cristian reviews Oreos again. Show Notes: Destiny 2 What do we think? Story/Campaign Visual design Mechanical design Memorable characters Failsafe! Actual character development! Monetisation model (Silver, shaders) Pentagonal where Jake reviews Oreos Google Pixel Leak: And Here is the Pixel 2 XL in Black and White, Starting at $849 Google Pixelbook is Google’s New Chromebook With Pixelbook Pen, Starting at $1,199 Here is the Pixel 2 in “Kinda Blue,” White, and Black – Starting at $649 Here is the New Google Daydream View, It’ll Cost $99 Here is the Google Home Mini, the Smaller $49 Google Home Social: Cristian on Mastodon Cristian on Twitter Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter

Episode 34: 2017, What A Year?

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 11:52:06 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown, we talk about the September Apple Event. Show Notes: Keynote video Retail Updates Apple Watch Series 3 watchOS 4 Apple TV 4K Patreon of the week: Crow Moore iPhone 8/8+ iPhone X Sadiq had some thoughts on Mastodon MKBHD Hands On Cristian on Mastodon Cristian on Twitter Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter

Episode 33: Another One

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:22:47 -0400

This week, we do a follow up segment on Android Oreo. We also talk about the announcement of a brand new Android One phone. Cristian reviews another Oreo. We discuss tips and tricks for figuring out if a particular tech news/video is just marketing fluff or an actual informative piece of content. Show Notes: Follow-up - Android O Ron Amadeo’s review 00:37 Emoji system Cristian talks about the new emoji and the new Emoji Compat library in Android Oreo 04:15 Project Treble Sadiq talks about the new Vendor Interface in Android Oreo (Hardware Abstraction Layer(s) and the potential benefits that this brings to the Android ecosystem Project Treble is one of the biggest architectural changes to Android Episode 75: Project Treble - for the HAL of it (if you want more in-depth on Treble) 10:20 New Xiaomi-built Android One phone to launch in 40 markets Sadiq makes a really bad good DJ Khaled pun Cristian proceeds to do the introduction to the Xiaomi Mi A1 This is the highest end Android One phone yet We also talk about possibly importing this phone and whether it will work with carriers in the USA and Canada 17:00 Thin Lemon Oreo Reviews Cristian reviews the Thin Lemon Oreo Cristian apologises for his comments about Tim Hortons last week 20:25 Patreon of The Week: Crow Moore [bloop noise] This weeks Patreon that you should support is Crow Moore's page. Crow is an artist. They do sketches and other types of art -- which you can find at their portfolio website thefishcrow.com. They also have a science fiction webcomic at crowblogs.com. Supporting their Patreon gets you access to their private sketches and abstract concept work. You can find their Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thefishcrow, that's https://www.patreon.com/thefishcrow. Back to the show. [fading swirl noise] 21:05 Microsoft to hold Surface keynote in London next month Cristian suggests hopefully that there might be a Surface Phone announced at the event Snapdragon + Windows devices may be announced Cristian talks about how Windows 10 is converging across devices 27:25 Picking out marketing copy in technology reviews Exhibit A - Is this marketing or a proper review? Nokia sponsored the reviewer's trip Excessive praise and no negative points mentioned Cristian suggests watching out for the tone of the video Some YouTubers are not great actual critics Cristian suggest checking out Erica Griffin as an example of a phone reviewer who is not ad-funded and is on Patreon Sadiq suggests that some psychology may be at play Trusting the reviewer and/or outlet Cristian suggests visiting a site, turning off ad-block and seeing how many ads there are, which might suggest that the site is a content farm Sadiq suggests watching out for posts that are glorified spec sheets vs. an actual critique Cristian suggests watching out for excessive use of glowing adjectives “Hands-on” vs. proper review Sadiq explains game review embargoes Cristian and Sadiq talk about the funding models of various tech news sites

Episode 32: The Crunch Quality

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 02:45:04 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown, we talk about the next iPhone event, the new Youtube design, ARCore and the LG V30. Also: Cristian reviews Oreos. Show Notes: Followup Wireless USB Apple’s iPhone 8 event is happening on September 12th New YouTube YouTube's new look and the new logo Here are all the big changes coming to YouTube today Patreon of the week: Creatrix Tiara Google ARCore Google’s ARCore brings augmented reality to millions of Android devices LG V30 LG's V30 loses the gimmicks and gains a beautiful OLED screen HTC Evo 3D

Episode 31: Enough With The Puns

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 18:16:04 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown, we discuss the Xbox One X launch, Android Oreo, the Essential Phone, and the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Plus a sidebar on the best Oreos and Airpods. Show Notes: Microsoft outlines the upgrade procedures for Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition Android 8: Oreo Essential Phone Verge Review MKBHD Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Samsung is offering Galaxy Note 7 owners a discount on the Note 8 Verge Hands On (With Video!)

Episode 30: Memory Lane

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:09:02 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown, we take a trip through memory lane and talk about our collective experiences with old Linux distributions and Chromebooks. Show Notes: Cristian talks ChromeOS, Chromebooks, their experiences with the CR-48. ChromeOS CR-48 - https://cr-48.wikispaces.com/ Sadiq talks about his history with Linux in various forms Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) Arch Linux Gentoo Linux openSUSE Ubuntu TV Hands On

Episode 29: Cristian Was Wrong

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 02:53:43 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown, we talk about bad Google things, cool Mozilla things, dope Windows accessibility features, a bad Android phone, and Cristian admits they are wrong about fluent design. Show Notes: Google reportedly building Snapchat Discover competitor into search Crashy Android apps will get downranked in the Google Play Store Mozilla’s new file-transfer service isn’t perfect, but it’s drop-dead easy Firefox Testpilot Microsoft’s Eye Control for Windows 10 is now available for testers Moto Z2 Force New Xbox One Update with Fluent Design Fluent Design

Episode 28: Crack That .INI

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:21:43 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown, we talk about Microsoft news, Galaxy Note 8 leaks, Chrome's new built in ad blocker, Mass Effect: Andromeda, and Tyler The Creators new album Scum Fuck Flower Boy. Show Notes: Microsoft offers new ways to buy Surfaces, cheapo VR headsets, and more New Xbox One controller designs Microsoft is now selling Windows Mixed Reality developer headsets Leaked Galaxy Note 8 photos show dual cameras and rear fingerprint sensor Google starts testing Chrome's built-in ad blocker Sadiq plays Mass Effect: Andromeda Tyler the Creator’s Scum Fuck Flower Boy Spotify Apple Music Sadiq on Mastodon Cristian on Mastodon

Episode 27: Spark A Purchase

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:34:57 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown we talk about a OnePlus bug, Microsoft being bad at naming things, Amazon's new social network, Apple's latest lawsuit and the new 2DS XL. Sadiq is also wrong about Nintendo games. Show Notes: OnePlus 911 bug Then they fixed it. Microsoft is bad at naming things Amazon marketing idiocy Apple vs. Qualcomm Nintendo 2DS XL

Episode 26: Fanning Out The Fire

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 17:31:03 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown we talk about new Google Pixel rumors, Samsung doing dumb things, W3C EME Web DRM Acronyms, and a memorial service for Windows Phone is held. Show Notes: Exclusive: This is the 2017 Google Pixel "XL," with low-bezel AMOLED display and squeezable frame - Android Police iFixit teardown confirms Note 7 Fan Edition is just a Note 7 with a new, smaller battery - The Verge Over many objections, W3C approves DRM for HTML5 - Ars Technica Amid Unprecedented Controversy, W3C Greenlights DRM for the Web - EFF RIP Windows Phone https://cybre.space/@ccolocho/2278593

Episode 25: Uncle Jay

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:58:57 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown we talk about Samsung being unable to ship things, Microsoft being unable to ship things, and maybe Apple not being able to ship things on the new iPhone. We also discuss Jay-Z's new album 4:44. Show Notes: Samsung’s “Bixby” still can’t speak English, plans speaker hardware anyway Next Windows 10 update won’t include the most exciting promised feature New iPhone Rumors -MKBHD JAY-Z - 4:44 https://genius.com/albums/Jay-z/4-44

Episode 24: Be Explicit, Be Honest

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:14:34 -0400

This week on Shades of Brown, we talk about moderation on social networks and how hate speech and abuse should be policed. We also have a discussion about Mastodon and how the network moderates itself. Also, even though I (this is Cristian here) do mention it in the show I want to reiterate that our conversation does come from a cis-male POC viewpoint and the privilege that brings. I do not intend for us to sound elitist or uninformed of how folks are being abused every day by some of these bad actors and I truly would appreciate feedback on this because I want to be better. As always, thank you for listening. P.S. We know that Cristian's audio this week is super poppy and we apologize for that. He promises not to be so close to the mic next week. Show Notes: Facebook’s Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men from Hate Speech But Not Black Children Instagram Launches New AI Tool to Protect Users Twitter Shadowbanning of Users

Episode 23: Classic Tech Podcast

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:43:24 -0400

This week on Shades Of Brown we take a break from talking about the major tech companies and have a classic tech podcast. Topics include Android phones and web browsers. It's basically 2012 all over again. Show Notes: OnePlus 5: MKBHD review Ars Technica review OnePlus caught cheating on benchmarks Web Browsers: Firefox 54 released finally bringing multi-process support Vivaldi Other: Pentagonal (A new podcast from Stipes Radio) Sadiq on Mastodon Cristian on Mastodon

Episode 22: @LauraKBuzz Was Right

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 21:10:30 -0400

This week we talk about E3, but Cristian really just wants to talk about Microsoft and Nintendo while Sadiq wants to talk about Assassin's Creed. Show Notes: EA Anthem, the new Bioware IP Anthem official gameplay reveal FIFA 2018 Star Wars: Battlefront 2 A Way Out Need for Speed: Payback Bethesda Ars Technica Bethesda summary Fallout 4 VR Creation Club The Evil Within 2 Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus Ubisoft Beyond Good and Evil 2 Assassin’s Creed: Origins Origins gameplay videos Far Cry 5 Skull & Bones Sony Ars Technica Sony summary Detroit Uncharted: The Lost Legacy God of War Shadow of the Colossus remastered Spider-Man Horizon Zero Dawn DLC Microsoft Xbox One X Xbox One X: Everything you need to know Forza Motorsport 7 PUBG on Xbox One Minecraft visual overhaul OG Xbox backwards compatibility Nintendo “Core” Pokemon RPG, Metroid Prime 4 coming to Nintendo Switch Super Mario Odyssey launches October 27, new gameplay revealed Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - honestly the UI is bad

Episode 21: Dub Dub Bonanza

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:55:39 -0400

This week we talk WWDC. Which means we get excited about things like a new source code editor. Also, some bonus pre-E3 stuff. Show notes: XCode 9 New source code editor 60FPS scrolling Faster file opens New refactoring system Contextual extraction Rename refactoring GitHub integration Xcode Server Built In Multiple Booted Simulator Devices Wireless Development Swift 4! (Spec.fm) watchOS Apple introduces watchOS 4 at WWDC with new Siri-powered watch face New UI language moves to a vertical tile stack (sup Microsoft) New home screen which is just a vertical list of all your apps tvOS Amazon Prime Video Coming to Apple TV Later This Year TV MLKit macOS macOS High Sierra Brings Current Improvements, Future Developments Apparently APFS is not great on spinning disks Mac hardware updates and teasers Apple gives the MacBook and MacBook Pros a Kaby Lake refresh iMac and iMac Pro VR SteamVR is coming to Mac—and Apple says it will actually work Apple is selling an external GPU for MacBook Pros (no other MacBooks are Thunderbolt 3) iPad hardware updates Apple introduces a redesigned 10.5-inch iPad Pro starting at $649.99 Apple Updates iPad Pro Lineup with New 10.5″ and 12.9″ Models iOS iOS 11: The MacStories Overview FLAC support in iOS?! Drag and drop in iOS 11 for iPhone as well Apple’s new iOS file manager coming this fall as part of iOS 11 Core NFC opens NFC up New storage saving stuff (dashboard for ways to use less storage) AR Kit Core ML New Design tweaks WTF is that Control Center? HomePod Apple Introduces HomePod, a Siri-Equipped Smart Speaker Siri now the same across all Apple devices

Episode 20: Tim said so

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:38:54 -0400

This week is a lot of pre-WWDC chatter, predictions, wishful thinking, you name it. Show notes: Pre-WWDC talk, predictions, wish lists: Swift Just OSS things iOS Lots of iPad stuff Finder for iOS Mail.app, smart inboxes? More apps looking music and news Safari Progressive web apps Redesign? Podcast app redesign iMessage apps Digital Touch is bad, remove it Apple macOS App store improvements? APFS for sure Time machine? Breaking up iTunes Redesign utilities? watchOS Hopefully home screen redesign? More API support, making apps is really limited here Sleep tracking More iPhone independence Maybe tvOS Just launch a skinny bundle and maybe 4K support? Improve simple sign on A better TV app? Multitask switcher is not great Maybe Siri speaker Will it have a screen?

Episode 19: HyperText is the Culture

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 25 May 2017 19:37:10 -0400

We bring the culture this week with a lot of hip-hop talk. Also, a side-note about Intel and Thunderbolt because we can't resist a bit of tech talk. Show notes: Intel to make Thunderbolt 3 royalty-free in bid to spur adoption T-Wayne by T-Pain Everybody by Logic Renaissance by The Underachievers

Episode 18: Will it ship?

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 21 May 2017 20:24:33 -0400

This week, it is all Google I/O 2017. Google this, Google that. Google everything. Also, why does Google hate Canada? Show notes: Google Lens The Google Assistant comes to iOS Google Assistant on iOS vs. Siri New Google Home features Update to Google Photos that makes you less of an asshole Android Go First Android O beta Standalone Daydream headsets Android O's emoji revamp

Episode 17: As the kids say, FDS

Sadiq Saif, Cristian Colocho — Thu, 11 May 2017 16:07:29 -0400

This week, we have another sitdown to talk about the latest Microsoft news. And to also get upset about the changes in their design language. We have a new logo as well! Please let us know what you think about it as we're still open to any feedback on it! As always thanks for listening. Show Links: Follow up: Surface Pro 5 doesn’t exist (until it does) Windows 10 hits 500 million devices, growing by two-thirds in a year The New Design Language: Fluent Design system Concept Versus Reality Other: Overview of the Fall Creators Update Microsoft's next mobile strategy is to make iOS and Android better

Episode 16: Surfaces

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 04 May 2017 13:35:33 -0400

In this episode we talk about the Surface Laptop and the Google Docs phishing attack. An earlier version of this episode that some of you may have downloaded was not edited properly, apologies for that. The current file should be the proper episode. Show notes: Surface Laptop: The $999 Surface Laptop is Microsoft’s take on the regular old notebook Windows 10S: Microsoft takes on Chrome OS with new Windows 10 S Google Docs phishing worms: All your Googles are belong to us: Look out for the Google Docs phishing worm

Episode 15: Retrospective

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:14:34 -0400

In this episode we talk about some video game trailers: Forza Horizon 3 and the next Call of Duty game. We then talk about Uber's new shenanigans. Last but definitely not least, we take a trip down memory lane and have a retrospective talk about Destiny. Show notes: Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels: Trailer Forza Horizon 3 PC 1080p 60fps Performance Problems In-Depth Analysis Call of Duty WWII: Trailer Uber and Apple: Uber’s C.E.O. Plays With Fire On Uber’s ‘Identifying and Tagging’ of iPhones ‘The Daily’: The Man Behind Uber, for Better or Worse

Episode 14: Hope

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:20:33 -0400

Today we bring you hope in the form of a federated social network and some good music. We talk about Mastodon and DAMN. Show notes: Mastodon: What is GNU social and is Mastodon Social a "Twitter Clone"? by rw GNU Social postActiv Mastodon Ten Forward, a Star Trek themed Mastodon instance DAMN by Kendrick Lamar: The Needle Drop review The BIG QUINT first reaction Anime comes bearing hope by Rollin Bishop

Episode 13: Some Sort of Theoretical Level

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:12:59 -0400

This week's episode is very Microsoft heavy, we talk Windows 10 Creators Update and Project Scorpio. We then balance it out by being sad about the state of Ubuntu and a small rant about PSN purchases. Show notes: Windows 10 Creators Update: Review: Windows 10 Creators Update is quite a small major update Low-end PCs get big performance boost from Windows 10 Game Mode Project Scorpio: Eurogamer/Digital Foundry reveal Inside the next Xbox: Project Scorpio and its brand-new dev kit Project Scorpio Shows That Xbox Still Just Doesn't Get It The Game Beat Weekly: Digital Foundry and Microsoft make it "exclusive" Xbox One, Windows 10 become more Steam-like with “self-service refunds” Ubuntu woes: Ubuntu creator takes CEO role again after layoffs and death of Unity Ubuntu 18.04 To Ship with GNOME Desktop, Not Unity

Episode 12: It's just good enough

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 18:15:24 -0400

We're back, again. Sorry. Are we still friends? This week, we talk about Twitter, phones and games. Show Notes: Twitter's Dumpster Fire: Now on Twitter: 140 characters for your replies The New Twitter @-Replies Are Giving Me an Ulcer by Sarah Jeong Mac Pro: The Mac Pro Lives by John Gruber Apple Says It Is “Completely Rethinking” The Mac Pro by John Paczkowski Sadiq talks about games and his PS4 Pro: Destiny 2 trailer NieR: Automata sells a million copies What you missed from NieR by SuperBunnyHop On Persona 5's streaming restrictions by Lauren Clinn Persona 5 reviews - Polygon | The Jimquisition Laura K. Dale on trans representation in video games - Polygon | LPVG Phone talk: Android O Developer Preview Samsung Galaxy S8 US ISPs, privacy and you: VPNs are not the solution to a policy problem

Episode 11: #courage

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:55:08 -0400

The bi-annual podcast returns for another episode this week! We talk about games and computers, and surprisingly refrain from making a dongle joke. Show Notes: Microsoft: Xbox One S Halo 5 Forge ReCore Sony: PS4 Pro PS4 Pro won't be better in multiplayer games PS4 Slim Reviewed Samsung: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 burns child Samsung Recall Program is a mess Nintendo: Super Mario Run Why Nintendo finally brought Mario to the iPhone Apple Event:  Watch Series 2 iPhone 7 AirPods iPhone 7 Specs iPhone 7 new colors Inside the iPhone 7 headphone jack removal Podcasting pic.twitter.com/MDV5MrPrf7 — cristian (@chosafine) September 12, 2016 Send feedback to: @chosafine @staticsafe

Episode 10: The Big Kahunas

Sadiq Saif, Cristian Colocho — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 13:47:12 -0400

Season 2, Episode 10. Yes, that is how we roll. We are back after an extended period to discuss the two big events that happened recently. E3, where we get over hyped for games that are never as good as presented and WWDC where..actually never mind, stuff there is usually pretty decent. E3 press conferences: EA PLAY Bethesda Microsoft Ubisoft Sony Nintendo Other E3 links: It's My E3 And I'll Whine If I Want To (The Jimquisition) What Would Link Do? (The Jimquisition) WWDC: The Talk Show Live from WWDC 2016 Brief Thoughts and Observations Regarding Today’s WWDC 2016 Keynote by John Gruber What is Differential Privacy? by Matthew Green WWDC 2016 Videos Send feedback to: @chosafine @staticsafe

Episode 9: CryptoWars 2.0

Sadiq Saif, Cristian Colocho — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:37:05 -0500

In this week's episode, we talk about a lot of culture and the trends in the music industry, Sadiq rants about broken PC games more than he probably should and we all revisit the world of dystopia with the Apple vs. FBI issue. Things we talked about in the episode: Beyonce’s Formation video The Life of Pablo on Tidal NYTimes music writers on the Formation video Oh, Someone Fucked A PC Port Up Again (The Jimquisition) Broken PC ports like Tales of Symphonia are unacceptable Street Fighter V Review – Cammy or Scammy? Apple vs. FBI: The court order in question (PDF) Apple's Customer Letter Dan Guido on the issue - Apple can comply with the FBI court order Jonathan Zdziarski on the issue - tl;dr Apple’s technical capabilities under FBI AWA order Send feedback to: @chosafine @staticsafe

Episode 8: One's a shooter RPG, the other is a RPG shooter

Sadiq Saif, Cristian Colocho — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 11:41:17 -0500

It's only been a week since our last episode right? Right?! Well anyway, we're back with more quality content! Please help us help you build your brand. Things we talked about in the episode: Erased Apple revenue earnings Windows Phone died again The Division Ars Technica on The Division

It's about infrastructure

Crisitan Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:41:01 -0500

WE'RE BACK. Google, Microsoft, Apple, all in one shindig. What a time to be alive. I do this for you, I know it's been a while since we've spoken, but always know you're in my heart. Bae. Topics Mentioned in the Episode: Cibele Undertale Windows 10 Threshold 2 New Xbox Experience Chrome Dev Summit Web Components New Google+ Apple TV iPad Pro - Macstories - Daring Fireball Surface Pro 4 Surface Book

Fedoras are back

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 22:08:04 -0400

In today's episode we talk about the big three (Apple, Google, Microsoft), silicon lotteries, and Sadiq is way too hyped by a DJ Premier beat. Links: The iPhones 6S Analyzing Apple's Statement on TSMC and Samsung A9 SoCs Nexus 5X Nexus 6P Android 6.0 Marshmallow reviews - Ars Technica | Android Central #Windows10devices Microsoft Event Bryan Roper Why does Microsoft exist? An interview with CEO Satya Nadella

Not A Hideo Kojima game

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:23:23 -0400

In today's episode we talk about MGS5 and its fanservice, Cristian goes all fanboy over Taken King, and Sadiq actually read an entire iOS 9 review. We also roll our eyes at the silliness of ad block Twitter. Links: The Quiet Conversation Destiny Review update 1: Destiny 2.0 iMore's iOS 9 review | MacStories' iOS 9 review Marco Arment and ad block Twitter melodrama

Literally A #shitpost

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 16:10:05 -0400

This week on the show we discuss poetry, IFA is happening, plus we pick at a bunch of low hanging fruit. Cristian also realizes that he has the best eyebrows in the game. Sadiq sucks at Hotline Miami 2. Next week, the Stipes Corporation takes over! Links: Sony Xperia Z5 Note 5 S-Pen Failing Metal Gear Solid 5 Google Logo Halo 5 Opening Cinematic Android Wear on iOS Deus Ex Pre-order Bollocks A Poem: He is a boy of meat But not an ordinary boy of meat For he is SUPER He runs He walljumps That's about it As he is challenged Again and again He sighs And dies like way to many times 4 realz - Eli Gukovsky

Loot Simulator 2015

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 22:16:00 -0400

This week on Two Shades of Brown: We talk about the video games in our lives and how video game music influences the gamer experience. Cristian goes off on a expected tangent about the Destiny skinner box and Sadiq fanboys over a game series he hasn't actually played. Links: Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis system Planetside 2 MGS LPs by Chip and Ironicus The Music of Halo and the fantastic MGS4 OST Gjallarhorn

Desktops are exciting again

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 16:06:45 -0400

This week on two shades of brown: We talk about Windows 10 instead of Assassins Creed, sorry. Sadiq realizes he might move off of thunderbird, Cristian goes off on another tangent, and so much more. Links: Windows 10 Review: The Verge As always, you can follow the show on Twitter @_shadesofbrown and Sadiq at @staticsafe and Cristian @chosafine.

Not To Sound Like A Valley Egghead

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 14:09:11 -0400

This week on two shades of brown, we get off to a weird start, yell at each other about #brands, and Sadiq realizes he hates Google Chrome. Show Notes: Facebook Instant Articles John Gruber: Content Blockers and iMore Federico Viticci on Twitter The Verge Web Sucks The Mobile Web Sucks Declaring Performance Bankruptcy

State Of The Fiefdoms

Cristian Colocho, Sadiq Saif — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:28:42 -0400

Show Notes: This week, we pilot! Major Tech companies are discussed, Cristian goes vegetarian! Are our #brands activated? Links Mentioned: iOS 9 First Look Google's Open Source iBeacon Competitor Why Hamburger Menus Suck