Chatting the tech news of the week including streaming video, offensive Animal Crossing, new video game news, and more! with Dave Podnar and Mike Sorg!

• Dave loves what P3R (the company behind the Pittsburgh Marathon) is doing for social media outreach during the Coronavirus era
• Sorg is marveling at the biggest takeaway from Ubisoft making a deal with Parsec, using streaming services for preview play for journalists. Ubisoft used this and Cyberpunk used GeForce Now.
• And in the spirit of Dudders, we look at Animal Crossing's new fireworks, which immediately get the dick firework treatment and characters falling on their face.
• Google announces Pixel 4a phone
• Finally Apple updates one of its webcams and some new internals on the 27" iMac
• Disney to release Mulan online via Disney Plus on Sept. 4, for $30 in US
• More information on xCloud Streaming coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Battletoads will be part of it August 20!
• Microsoft confirms free 'Halo Infinite' multiplayer running at 120FPS
• Alto coming to more platforms. This is such a relaxing game!
• We attempt to have a non-political discussion about Tik Tok

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Amanda Narcisi joins Sorg and Chilla for this week's episode as we talk about:

• We're getting some updates from Chilla about his Christmas mishap with his TV theft.
• We're getting some Samsung Galaxy S20 updates from Chilla as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Amanda is sharing some fitness tech finds as her Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Sorg had a chance to check out GeForce NOW as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Pittsburgh has two companies in the running for the AI XPrize competition.
• Our friend Bryan sent us an interesting video contribution - thinking back to our move into the studio space a mere two years or so ago.
• Logitech came out with a new streaming cam that uses USB C.
• Since Silicon Valley is done, Sorg has moved on to Mythic Quest.
• Speaking of Mythic Quest - Sorg is super excited that Ubisoft is involved (especially given his recent gameplay of Assassin's Creed).
• The Apple Store has become the modern arcade?
• Sorg didn't have a Game Boy during the photo printer days, but there's now a pocket photo booth that throws it back to the old days.
• Ford has a biking emoji jacket to help cyclists communicate.
• GM is bringing Super Cruise to 22 of its vehicles by 2023 - with 10 models featuring driver assist by next year!
• Apple is looking to get rid of passwords in lieu of trusted devices.

After the show remember to:

Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)

Want to be part of our studio audience? Hit us up at awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com and we’ll save you a seat!

Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion!

Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Amanda Narcisi (@alnarcisi), Chilla (@chilla), and Sorg (@Sorgatron)

You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast!

Remember to check out our friends at the The 405 Media (@The405Radio), and Postindustrial Audio (@post_industry) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week!

Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST

Krause, Chilla, and Sorg are back in studio this week to run down the tech news you should know about, including:

• Sorg is sharing the Google-Assistant-themed ride at CES 2019 as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Speaking of automation, there's some crazy stuff happening with Waymo.
• Chilla is sharing a modular screen as one of his Awesome Thing of the Week contenders.
• Chilla's second Awesome Thing of the Week is also a Samsung update - with iTunes and Airplay coming to non-Apple devices.
• Krause is sharing his Plantronics wireless Bluetooth headset and charge case as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Amazon is working on a new videogame streaming service.
• Ubisoft is moving from Steam to Epic Games.
• Bungie splits with Activision.
• Alex is sharing his WD My Cloud Home with us this week.
• Instagram now offers voice messaging.
• We're apparently ditching the notch for a hole punch thanks to Huawei.
• Dolby Atmos is available through your headphones thanks to Windows and Xbox?
• There's a Surface Pro for gamers thanks to Asus.

After the show remember to:

Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)

Want to be part of our studio audience? Hit us up at awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com and we’ll save you a seat!

Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion!

Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Krause (@KrazyKrause), Chilla (@chilla), and Sorg (@Sorgatron)

Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos?

You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast!

Remember to check out our friends at the River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media (@The405Radio) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week!

Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST