XBox prices, box office struggles, space lasers, and robot news- TNCS Ep 105

In this episode we cover the latest in entertainment and tech.  We begin with the latest box office numbers for Tenet and what that means for the theater industry.  Ray Fisher and Warner Media are still in conflict over this investigation into the Justice League reshoots.  XBox released their price points for the Series X and a much cheaper Series S, we go over some of the major differences between the systems.  In tech news we provide updates to the Tic Tok partnership with Oracle and the Huawei ban.  Space X tested new lasers in their Starlink satellites and we’ve got some interesting stories about robots.

 

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• CNN: 'Tenet' finally hits US theaters with $20.2 million opening.
  • https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/06/media/tenet-box-office-opening/index.html 
• Variety: Warner Bros. Won’t Share ‘Tenet’ Box Office Data, Angering Rival Studios.
  • https://variety.com/2020/film/box-office/warner-bros-tenet-box-office-studios-1234767113/ 
• Yahoo Entertainment: Sony Won’t ‘Make the Mistake’ of Releasing a $200 Million Movie Until More Theaters Reopen.
  • https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sony-won-t-mistake-releasing-234551638.html 
• Ray Fisher accuses justice leagues investigation of not being independent 
  • https://www.ign.com/articles/ray-fisher-justice-league-dceu-joss-whedon-zack-snyder-cyborg-accusations-investigation?sf128293009=1
• Xbox price
  • https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-series-x-xbox-series-s-release-date-and-price-reportedly-revealed
• XBox SSD expansion
  • https://gamerant.com/xbox-series-x-ssd-expansion-cards-hot-swappable/?utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=GR-FB-P&utm_campaign=GR-FB-P 
• Yahoo News: US military sticks with Microsoft for $10 bn cloud contract.
  • https://news.yahoo.com/us-military-sticks-microsoft-10-222644461.html 
• Tik Toc reaches deal with Oracle
  • https://news.yahoo.com/tiktok-reaches-deal-oracle-001005063.html?soc_src=newsroom&soc_trk=com.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard&.tsrc=newsroom
• Forbes: Huawei Confirms Dangerous New Switch To Russia.
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/09/05/huawei-premium-smartphone-trump-google-ban-apple-iphone-samsung-galaxy-replace/ 
• Teslarati: SpaceX Starlink ‘space lasers’ successfully tested in orbit for the first time.
  • https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starlink-space-lasers-first-orbital-test/ 
• PCMag: SpaceX's Satellite Internet Service Latency Comes in Under 20 Milliseconds.
  • https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacexs-satellite-internet-service-latency-comes-in-under-20-milliseconds 
• TechRadar: Hacking satellite internet connections is a lot easier than you'd think.
  • https://www.techradar.com/news/hacking-satellite-internet-connections-is-a-lot-easier-than-youd-think 
• The Guardian: A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human?.
  • https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3 
• Video shows drunk passengers with a Tesla on autopilot 
  • https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8723783/Video-shows-Tesla-driving-Autopilot-driving-seat-passengers-drink-sing.html