Fri. 10/09 – Microsoft Game Pass To Do An App Store End-run?

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🗓️ 9 October 2020

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Again, could Gaming, and Microsoft specifically, be the thing that cracks the App Store open? More hints of consolidation in the semiconductor industry that is massively in flux. A major milestone in self-driving cars has been passed. Could hybrid cable-fiber networks compete with 5G. And in the weekend longreads suggestions, what operating systems do NASA’s spacecraft actually run on? Sponsors: ForHims.com/tech Monday.com/ride Links: Microsoft told employees it plans to release a browser-based app for the Xbox Game Pass streaming service next year that will get around Apple App Store rules: 'We absolutely will end up on iOS' (BusinessInsider) Microsoft app store playbook swipes at Apple, Google (Axios) AMD Is in Advanced Talks to Buy Xilinx (WSJ) Waymo Begins Fully Driverless Rides for All Arizona Customers (Bloomberg) Google Assistant finally works with some third-party apps (Engadget) Comcast says gigabit downloads and uploads are now possible over cable (ArsTechnica) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Inside the US campaign to cut China out of the tech supply chain (NikkeiAsia) Why media formats (like Snapchat Stories and TikTok music videos) become hits? (Medium/Eric Feng) THE MASK BARONS OF ETSY (The Verge) A Major Online Learning Platform Was Created by a Subterranean Religious ‘Cult’ Whose Leader Has Been Accused of Violence and Abuse (OneZero) Definitely not Windows 95: What operating systems keep things running in space? (ArsTechnica) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Friday, October 9th, 2020.
0:07.0	I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.0	Again, could gaming and Microsoft specifically be the thing that cracks the app store open.
0:14.9	More hints of consolidation in the semiconductor industry that is massively in flux.
0:19.2	A major milestone in self-driving cars has been passed.
0:22.2	Could hybrid cable fiber networks
0:23.9	compete with 5G and in the weekend long read suggestions this week what
0:27.8	operating systems do NASA spacecraft actually run on? Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:34.0	Sources are telling business insider that Microsoft has been telling employees
0:41.0	that Game Pass will absolutely be on iOS and iPad
0:45.4	OS in 2021 probably via a direct browser-based solution.
0:50.5	Quote, we absolutely will end up on iOS.
0:53.0	Microsoft's gaming boss Phil Spencer told employees,
0:55.0	according to two people with direct knowledge of his comments.
0:58.0	Microsoft did not comment at the time of publication.
1:00.0	Apple has not yet responded to a request for comment.
1:03.0	Microsoft last month added a key new feature to Game Pass,
1:06.0	its Netflix-style subscription service that gives Xbox and PC gamers
1:10.0	access to a vast catalog of games.
1:12.0	Now Game Pass subscribers can stream many access to a vast catalog of games.
1:13.0	Now Game Pass subscribers can stream many of the included titles directly to their
1:16.8	Android phones or tablets no console required.
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