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TNW 129: Minecraft Gets a Facelift

Category: Technology
Duration: 00:51:19
Publish Date: 2020-04-16 18:04:49
Description:

The low-cost iPhone SE, Minecraft RTX Beta is live, Apple/Google's contact tracing plan, Animal Crossing: New Horizons as pandemic medicine, Playstation 5's holiday release changes.

  • Unemployment checks are delayed for some and the ancient COBOL programming language is to blame.
  • With last week's news of Google and Apple's collaboration on a contact tracing system for tracking COVID-19 spread, many people are concerned about their privacy.
  • Dan Moren from Six Colors talks about the newly announced iPhone SE, Apple's lowest-cost smartphone in its catalog.
  • In gaming news, Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica is blown away by the new Minecraft RTX Beta that brings complex lighting effects into the experience to give it a notable facelift. Also, PlayStation 5 might be in low supply during its holiday release. Finally, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is turning into the game to beat during the quarantine.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Dan Moren and Sam Machkovech

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