📺 New Chromecast with Google TV incoming

🖋️ Pleased Friday, everybody! This week I found the magic of brown ink. It’s a pleasant variation to the usual black and blue you see all over the place, including a little bit contact of curiosity to all of my handwritten notes. As somebody whose favourite coloration is brown (don’t @ me), I’m undecided what took me this lengthy. Anyway, right here’s some tech information.

The Chromecast with Google TV is likely one of the best streaming options round, and now it seems like there might be a brand new mannequin popping out quickly.

• This would be the third mannequin within the lineup, after the unique 4K mannequin (2020) and the cheaper 1080p mannequin (2022).
• It was found by 9to5Google, who dug by the preview model of the Google House app to search out mentions of the brand new machine.
• In all probability, the brand new machine might be an up to date model of the unique 4K mannequin, which is due for a refresh.
• We’re guessing it can help the AV1 codec for higher stream high quality and decrease bandwidth utilization.
• Aside from that, the one criticism now we have concerning the unique machine was a scarcity of cupboard space.
• To be taught extra, try our opinions for the unique 4K mannequin and the newer HD mannequin, each of which we extremely advocate.
• As somebody who simply purchased the HD mannequin for my aged in-laws over the vacations, it’s good for the remote-first crowd.

We’re only a few weeks away from the following Galaxy Unpacked occasion, the place Samsung is predicted to disclose the most recent Samsung Galaxy S23 lineup. As all the time, there’s been a trickle of leaks forward of the official reveal, together with new renders simply yesterday.

• The newest photographs (via WinFuture) don’t reveal an excessive amount of new data, however they do affirm what we had already suspected.
• Notable particulars embody particular person digicam housing for every lens and curved steel edges.
• We additionally obtained a glimpse of the brand new colorways, similar to Phantom Black, Botanic Inexperienced, Mystic Lilac, and Cotton Flower.
• On the within, all three gadgets will pack the most recent Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor.
• Digicam efficiency can be anticipated to be improved, with the Galaxy S23 Extremely doubtlessly toting a 200MP principal shooter.
• If you happen to can’t wait to select one up, you can already pre-order the devices here, with no dedication for those who change your thoughts.

At this time now we have a little bit tech story from everybody’s favourite rat pizzeria Chuck E. Cheese. A current TikTok video (via Arstechnica) from Chuck E. Cheese worker Stewart Coonrod exhibits the method of putting in new software program for the most recent animatronic song-and-dance quantity, which incorporates two DVDs and a 3.5-inch floppy disk. Apparently, the corporate nonetheless ships new 1.44MB floppies to the few places that also use its “Cyberstar” laptop system that dates again to 1998.

Sadly (or perhaps not sadly?), this might be Charles Leisure Cheese’s remaining dance, as Coonrod’s retailer is ready for a transform that can take away the animatronics later this yr. Pour one out for America’s favourite dancing robotic pizza rodent.

Keep tacky,
Nick Fernandez, Editor.