Wed. 03/11 - Now E3 Is Cancelled

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🗓️ 11 March 2020

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E3 is cancelled. Uber might ban drivers AND riders who test positive for Coronavirus. A 2nd gen Chromecast Ultra might be coming. A Peloton-style workout app from Apple might be coming. A look at Amazon’s entry into the suddenly hot ARM-s race. And am I wrong or wasn’t crypto supposed to help during the apocalypse? Sponsors: Protect.eset.com/ride DoubleUp.agency Links: E3 2020 Canceled After ‘Overwhelming Concerns’ About Coronavirus (Variety) Uber may suspend accounts of riders, drivers who test positive for coronavirus (Reuters) Exclusive: Google plans new Chromecast Ultra based on Android TV (w/ remote!) (9to5Google) Apple Developing Fitness App for iOS 14 That Lets You Download Guided Workout Videos (MacRumors) UK presses ahead with digital tech tax in spite of pressure from Trump (CNET) Intel CPUs vulnerable to new LVI attacks (ZDNet) Amazon's Arm-based Graviton2 Against AMD and Intel: Comparing Cloud Compute (AnAndTech) More good news: Medical equipment is still prone to hacker attacks (VentureBeat) SAMSUNG GALAXY S20 REVIEW: JUST RIGHT (The Verge) Venture funding into crypto on pace to be down 40% from Q1 2019 (TheBlockGenesis) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Wednesday, March 11th, 2020. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:08.0	Today, E3 is cancelled. Uber might ban drivers and riders who test positive for coronavirus.
0:15.3	A second-gen Chromecast Ultra might be coming.
0:18.0	A Peloton style workout app from Apple might be coming.
0:20.9	A look at Apple's entry into the suddenly hot arms race.
0:25.0	And am I wrong or wasn't crypto supposed to help during the apocalypse?
0:29.0	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:38.0	Back on the Corona beat, but over here,
0:42.0	E3, the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, the Gaming World's Biggest Conference, has been cancelled, quoting variety.
0:47.0	Last year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, drew 66,100 attendees. The 2020 Gaming Showcase had been scheduled to run June 9th through 11th at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown LA.
1:01.0	The Expo is produced by a gaming industry trade group Entertainment Software
1:06.0	Association. Quote, after careful consultation with our member companies regarding the health
1:11.0	and safety of everyone in our industry, our
1:14.0	employees, our exhibitors, and our longtime E3 partners, we have made the
1:18.0	difficult decision to cancel E3 2020, ESA said in a statement.
1:23.4	The statement continued.
1:25.3	Following increased and overwhelming concerns about the COVID-19 virus, we felt this was the
1:30.1	best way to proceed during such an unprecedented global situation.
1:34.2	We are very disappointed that we are unable to hold this event for our fans and supporters, but
1:38.1	we know it's the right decision based on the information we have today."
1:42.1	ESA said it will be reaching out on the information we have today end quote.
1:43.1	The USA said it will be reaching out directly to exhibitors and attendees with information
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