### Issue 1387 - Wednesday 16th June, 2021

## In Today's Issue

- Leaked screenshots of Windows 11
- WA cops used COVID check-in data to find murder suspects
- Starlink dishes don't like heat, Nintendo's E3 stuff, an NFT of the original WWW browser code, Apple podcast subscriptions go live, new IKEA Sonos speaker
- The new iPad Pro's mini-LED display is very good
- Cheap Tenda Nova MW3 mesh wi-fi, Logitech MX bundle, Devanti 43" TV, 500GB Samsung portable SSD, Zendure 136W USB-C charge hub, LG 27" gaming monitor, iPhone 12 Mini on Telstra plan

## The News

### dsfg4gds

Microsoft's already announced it'll unveil Windows 11 on the 24th of June, but someone's gone and leaked a bunch of screenshots on Baidu and have ended up on The Verge. At first glance there doesn't seem to be much different going on here. The start menu and pinned shortcuts are now shoved in the middle of the taskbar and the start menu itself is a refined version of what we've got now in Windows 10. Windows get rounded corners, Widgets are back, there's a new startup sound and yeah, that seems about it. More turd polishing unfortunately, not the ground up re-imagining of Windows, free of the legacy cruft, we all hope and dream for.

### WA cops used COVID check-in data to find murder suspects, government was powerless to stop it

You know how every politician said not to worry about anyone except health departments accessing COVID check-in data? Well that was bullshit. West Australian police used check-in data to find potential witnesses who were in the area of a bikie gang boss murder, so they could ask them if they they saw anything. To make matters worse, the government asked police to do stop it, but were told "it was lawful, and they couldn't not do things that are lawful". Now the WA government is gonna make a law stopping police from accessing COVID related check-in data - something that should have been done over a year ago.

### Starlink dishes don't like heat, Nintendo's E3 stuff, an NFT of the original WWW browser code, Apple podcast subscriptions go live, new IKEA Sonos speaker

- Starlink dishes don't do well when operating at over 40-degrees Celsius and totally shit the bed at 50. Might be a small problem for Australians.
- Here's everything Nintendo announced at E3 last night. The rumored Switch Pro didn't eventuate, but there is a gameplay video of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2.
- Tim Brenners-Lee is selling an NFT of the source code for the first WorldWideWeb browser, along with "a letter from Berners-Lee himself, a vector file that could be printed as a poster, and a 30-minute silent video that depicts the code being typed out".
- Apple's launched podcast subscriptions in the Apple Podcasts app. Sling your fave podcast a few bucks in return for some premium content (e.g: bonus eps, no ads) and Apple takes a hefty 30% cut.
- IKEA and Sonos announced a new Symfonisk product. This one is a picture frame with a speaker inside. Goes on sale in the US in a month, but won't be out here until 2022.

## Something I Saw On The Internet

### The new iPad Pro's mini-LED display is very good

This video shows the big difference between the 2020 and 2021 iPad Pro 12.9" displays. The new one uses a mini-LED display (only the 12.9", not the 11") and can get very, very black and has way better contrast thanks to the ability to dim up to 2,500 different zones individually, rather than large chunks. One of my favourite things about Apple is that they give a shit about the quality of displays they ship on their products and that even on "cheap" devices, the displays are awesome quality. I would love to see a 34" or so iMac Pro with a mini-LED display. I dare say it would cost a fortune, but damn it would be easy on the eyes. It's not unlike Apple to ship a computer with a display that costs less than a similar display on its own (i.e: the old 27" 5K retina iMac!).

## Bargains

- 3-pack Tenda Nova MW3 mesh wi-fi units with bonus 4th unit by redemption - $96.95 from Shopping Square
- Logitech MX Keys with MX palm rest & MX Master 3 mouse bundle - $314 at JB Hi-Fi
- Devanti 43" 4K TV - $269.84 from Oz Plaza Living's eBay store
- 500GB Samsung T7 portable USB 3.2 SSD - $105.30 from Futu Online's eBay store
- Zendure SuperPort 4 136W USB-C (with 100W USB-PD support) charger - $45 + shipping from Kogan
- LG 27GL850-B 27" 1440p IPS 144Hz G-Sync HDR10 monitor - $467.22 from Smarthome's eBay store
- iPhone 12 Mini 64GB for free on a 12m $99 Telstra plan at JB Hi-Fi

## The End

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