Wed. 09/09 – Clarifications And Follow-Ups

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

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Clarifying the news on the new Xbox consoles, as well as next week’s Apple event. Apple sues Epic Games for breach of contract. Android 11 is here if you can get it. A new Yubikey now has USB-C goodness. And more indications that 5G is going to continue to be super, annoyingly disappointing. Sponsors: DoubleUp.agency JoinFightCamp.com/techmeme Links: Xbox Series X launches on November 10th for $499 (The Verge) Microsoft is adding EA Play to Xbox Game Pass (Engadget) Nintendo Boosts Switch Production by Another 20% (Bloomberg) Apple to Hold Sept. 15 Online Launch Event to Reveal New Watch (Bloomberg) Apple doubles down in fight with Fortnite creator Epic Games, seeks damages for breach of contract (CNBC) Fortnite is launching a concert series it hopes will become a ‘tour stop’ for artists (The Verge) Google’s new ‘Verified Calls’ feature will tell you why a business is calling you (TechCrunch) Taboola and Outbrain end talks to merge after nearly a year (CNBC) Yubico’s new USB-C security key with NFC could be the one key to unlock them all (The Verge) Fastest Mobile Networks 2020 (PCMag) Ride Home Mutants classic league, code: e5m0zl https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/e5m0zl Ride Home Head to Head, code: 8hwq78 https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/8hwq78 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 Wednesday, September 9th, 2020. I'm Brian McCullough today
0:09.2	clarifying the news on the new Xbox consoles as well as next week's Apple event.
0:14.4	Apple sues Epic Games for Breach of Contract.
0:17.5	Android 11 is here if you can get it.
0:19.6	A new Yubiki is here that now has USBC goodness and more indications that 5G is just going to continue
0:26.4	to be super, super annoyingly disappointing this year.
0:29.9	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:44.8	Weird day of follow-on and clarifying news and announcement segments today, so let's dig right in. It was leaked yesterday, but official confirmation came this morning. The Xbox Series X console is coming November
0:49.5	10th for $499 US with pre-orders starting on September 22nd, so mark your calendars for that.
0:57.2	More Dietz on the console from the verge.
1:00.6	The Xbox Series X will be available through Xbox All Access for $34.99 per month, including
1:06.2	Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
1:08.1	Microsoft is rapidly expanding its Xbox All Access program in time for the holiday season and even bundling EA Play into
1:15.5	Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox All Access. EA Play includes more than 60 of EA's titles, games like FIFA 20 and Titanfall 2.
1:25.4	More on that in a second.
1:26.7	Xbox All Access will now be available in 12 countries in time for both the Xbox
1:30.8	Series X and S launches on November 10th, Australia, Canada, Denmark,
1:35.4	Finland, France, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, the UK and the
1:39.2	US will all have Xbox All Access options this holiday
1:43.2	with more markets to follow in 2021, end quote.
1:47.1	So to clarify a bit about that EA Play News, quoting and
1:50.8	gadget, starting this holiday, anyone with the PC version of Game Pass, which currently costs $4.99 per month, or Game Pass Ultimate, which is $14.99 per month, will also be able to log into the service that was formerly
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