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EDGE IS DEAD! surveys the week in tech news with a playful, quick-fire roundup. The opening segment dives into AMD Ryzen 3000 series rumors, noting a range from six-core to 16-core variants and suggesting a CES 2019 reveal as the official look, while poking fun at numbers and spice level in clockspeeds. The discussion pivots to Epic Games Store's revenue split and the broader shift in platform economics, contrasting it with Valve's Steam approach and highlighting developer-friendly terms as a potential rebalance in the industry. The host duo lightheartedly explores Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 and 5G devices at the technology summit, including corner notches on phones and the speed tests that accompanied the showcase, with the tone mixing skepticism and curiosity about real-world performance. In quick bits, the video transitions to software and AI topics, mentioning Microsoft Edge moving to Chromium, Google Flutter’s cross-platform ambitions, and Nvidia's AI-driven unreal engine demonstrations, followed by Waymo One's public autonomous taxi service debut in Phoenix. The segment closes with a humorous nod to an unusual M.2 GPU from Innodisk and a cheeky wrap-up that seeds anticipation for Friday’s episode, balancing tech analysis with light satire and host chemistry. Throughout, the hosts deliver punchy commentary, visual gags, and sponsor notes, creating an accessible takeaway on where hardware, software, and services intersect in the near term.
Topics · technology · computing · gaming
Questions answered
- What was the main business shift discussed around Epic Games Store in the video?
- The video highlighted Epic Games Store offering developers an 88 percent revenue share, compared with Steam's typical terms, suggesting a potential shift in platform economics favoring developers.
- Why is Microsoft Edge mentioned as 'dead' in the title, and what change is described?
- The segment notes that Edge is transitioning away from its original engine to Chromium, effectively renewing the browser under Google's rendering engine while maintaining Edge branding in some form.