The TCL Tab Review and the Apple M1's Nasty Surprise
This week on the podcast, we only have three days of news which is somehow just as long as a normal news segment. Plus, we take a look at the TCL Tab from Verizon and how it compares to a couple of other tablets I've already reviewed. Finally, we take a trip through the mind of Adam as we examine the thought process behind how I bought a new laptop for my work.
Lenovo Smart Tab 8 with Google Assistant
PS5 fail: Amazon customers getting appliances and cat food instead (Tom's Guide)
People in the UK ordered PS5's and many of them never arrived.
Charli D’Amelio hits 100 million TikTok followers (Verge)
TikTok which may or may not be banned as you read this, got its first 100 million follower creator.
Snapchat Spotlight to pay users $1m a day for viral hits (BBC)
Snapchat released its own Tiktok clone and is awarding one million dollars in payouts per day to its top Spotlight creators.
The US Could Soon Ban the Selling of Carrier-Locked Phones | (Wired)
If the EFF has anything to say about it...
Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine Gets Meticulous Scale Restoration (Auto Evolution)
Someone found and restored a Back to the Future Delorean toy and it's pretty neat to watch.
Utah helicopter crew discovers mysterious metal monolith deep in the desert (CNN)
Someone who is definitely probably not aliens planted a 12 foot tall steel monolith in the Utah desert.
Elon Musk is now tied with Bill Gates as world's second richest man (CNN)
Elon Musk passed Bill Gates as the second richest man in the world.
Amazon Sidewalk is coming – and not everyone will be happy (Slash Gear)
Amazon Sidewalk expects to launch soon, but it may gobble up some of your data.
Apple MacBook Pro 13” M1 Review- Why You Might Want To Pass (Forbes)
The Apple M1 chip contains a nasty surprise and you won't believe what happened next.