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The Test Drivers

New or old, loved or hated — The Test Drivers put tech through its paces; no matter if it’s the absolute cutting edge or collecting dust in the bargain bin. From smartphones to laptops, software to gaming consoles — anything could be a daily driver. Hosted by Austin Evans and Myke Hurley.

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51: Introducing Our New Show! Mar 20, 2022

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We have something new that we're super excited to tell you about!

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50: The Need for Speed Feb 28, 2022

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Upcoming gaming hardware and arguing about the colours of cars.

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First look: the headset design for PlayStation VR2 – PlayStation.Blog

Valve Left Me Unsupervised: Steam Deck Hardware Review - LTT - YouTube

Your Library on Deck – Steam

How To Replace Save Battery in Pokemon Game Boy Color Games - Austin Evans - YouTube

Ungeniused #122: Dazzle Camouflage - Relay FM

Rating The 2022 F1 Liveries – WTF1

49: Rocket League, but with People Feb 15, 2022

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Sony buys Bungie, Nintendo has a direct, and Samsung releases some new phones.

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Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion | GamesIndustry.biz

PlayStation: Bungie deal is about multiplatform, live-service games | GamesIndustry.biz

Inside Team17, following the Worms NFT firestorm • Eurogamer.net

Microsoft Confirms Activision Blizzard Will Release Games on PlayStation 'Beyond Existing Agreements' - IGN

Portal: Companion Collection for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to get 48 Remastered tracks before 2024 - Polygon

Wii Sports sequel coming to Nintendo Switch - Polygon

Samsung’s Galaxy S22 and S22 Plus put improved cameras and performance in a samey design - The Verge

Galaxy S22 Impressions: 1 Real Downgrade! - MKBHD - YouTube

The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is a Note successor with a built-in stylus - The Verge

Galaxy S22 Ultra Impressions: It's a Note! - MKBHD - YouTube

Samsung Galaxy Note WAS the Future - Denki - YouTube

Galaxy S22 & S22 Plus 5G | Price & Deals | Samsung

Accessories & Cases | Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G | Samsung

48: Microsoft Owns Gaming Jan 28, 2022

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Xbox is buying Activision Blizzard – what could this mean for the future of gaming? Also, what is the Steam Deck going to be like?

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Doppler: Sync environment variables at scale.

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Austin and his iPad mini

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Valve’s Steam Deck launches Feb. 25 and ships three days later - Polygon

SteamDB Search

Welcoming the Incredible Teams and Legendary Franchises of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft Gaming - Xbox Wire

Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service grows to 25 million subscribers - The Verge

47: The CES That Wasn't Jan 13, 2022

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CES may have been a ghost town, but nothing is going to stop the product announcements.

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CES 2022 was a GHOST TOWN - Denki - YouTube

Samsung’s new TV remote uses radio waves from your router to stay charged - The Verge

BMW debuts its new color-changing paint technology at CES: E Ink - The Verge

Meet Sony Mobility and the Vision-S 02 prototype EV - The Verge

Nvidia announces RTX 3090 Ti with faster memory and performance - The Verge

Nvidia announces 3080 Ti and 3070 Ti laptop GPUs, says they can control your CPU, too - The Verge

AMD teases next-generation 5nm Ryzen 7000 desktop chips with Zen 4 - The Verge

AMD’s new Ryzen 6000 laptop chips promise the ultimate portable gaming machines - The Verge

Intel Says New Core i9 Processor for Laptops is Faster Than Apple's M1 Max Chip - MacRumors

I'm Not Supposed to Show You This... - Austin Evans - YouTube

Dell XPS 13 Plus hands-on: is that... a touch bar? - The Verge

Asus will release a 17-inch foldable OLED laptop this year - The Verge

Sony confirms PlayStation VR2 name and Horizon game - The Verge

46: Test Drive to Survive: 2021 Dec 30, 2021

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Austin got an iPad mini and an Analogue Pocket, Myke got the macOS update he wanted, and the boys recap the 2021 F1 season.

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Cortex #123: 2022 Yearly Themes - Relay FM

20 Questions with MrBeast! - MKBHD - YouTube

Pocket - Analogue

Analogue’s Pocket will be available to order December 14th but at a higher price - The Verge

45: The MacBook Dilemma Dec 13, 2021

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Austin and Myke are recording their very first episode in person! As well as some various show and tell, they talk more about the MacBook Pro, and revisit some predictions made earlier in the year.

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Brilliant Diamond Speedruns are incredibly broken. - YouTube

44: Do You Know Who I Am? Nov 21, 2021

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Have you heard about the global supply chain? It's kinda ruining gaming handhelds right now... But hey, there's some new games still coming out anyway. Also, Apple are going to sell you replacement iPhone parts?!

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Steam Deck, Valve’s handheld PC, delayed into 2022 - Polygon

Steam Deck

Playdate Owners Update #1

Myke's Scratched iPhone

Apple announces Self Service Repair - Apple

I Built the Ultimate Forza Gaming PC! - Austin Evans - YouTube

Forza Horizon 5

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl

43: We Can Finally Talk about the Pixel Nov 05, 2021

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Intel has new CPUs – how do they stack up? Talking about power, what about those new MacBook Pros? And it's time for final opinions on the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.

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The Intrazone, by Microsoft SharePoint: Your bi-weekly conversation and interview podcast about SharePoint, OneDrive and related tech within Microsoft 365.

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Beats Fit Pro review: sporty AirPod Pros with better sound - The Verge

Beats Studio Buds

Damn, Intel! - LTT - YouTube

Intel Brings The Heat. Literally! - Dave2D - YouTube

Bartender 4

Upgrade #379: They Feed on Memory Bandwidth - Relay FM

Pixel 6/6 Pro Review: Almost Incredible! - MKBHD - YouTube

My Pixel 6 Pro Review - Dave2D - YouTube

Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro review: flagships found - MKBHD - YouTube

42: Techtober is Unstoppable Oct 23, 2021

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Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Surface Duo 2, MacBook Pro, Surface Laptop Studio... It's all happening right now, and we have first impressions!

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Samsung will now let you design your own Galaxy Z Flip 3 - The Verge

Accessories & Phone Cases For Galaxy Z Flip 3 | Samsung

Austin's First Impressions of the Surface Studio

Surface Duo 2: Can This Be Saved? - MKBHD - YouTube

Google Presents: Pixel Fall Launch - YouTube

Sundar Pichai and Rick Osterloh think the Pixel 6 is Google’s breakout phone - The Verge

Compare phones, smartphones, tablets - GSMArena.com

Google Pixel 6's Tensor could be an unreleased Samsung Exynos chip | Tom's Guide

Apple Killed the PC... or did they? 🤔 - Austin Evans - YouTube

Bartender 4

Apple Announces M1 Pro & M1 Max: Giant New Arm SoCs with All-Out Performance

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