The Gear Patrol Podcast is our weekly roundtable discussion focused on products, their stories, and the culture surrounding them.
Today, we talk about (shhh) white noise. Last week, Google screwed up its customers' sleep schedules with a weird Google Home software update which, says the company, impacted its "white noise experience." We talk about our reliance on tech in our home and white noise machines worth buying. Then: it looks very likely that Lamborghini is making an off-road version of its Huracan sports car. What's the point? Why make such a niche car? Lastly, Microsoft is buying the video game juggernaut Activision Blizzard for almost $70 billion. Is Halo doomed? We'll talk about what this takeover means for games and gamers.
Show Notes:
Navigation:
05:24 – Google Home's White Noise Update Wreaks Havok
16:54 – Lamborghini Takes the Huracan Off-Road
27:15 – Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard
39:53 – Our Favorite New Gear Releases
Featured and Related:
- Google fixes issue with the Assistant's white noise sound that had sparked user outcry – The Verge
- Solved: Re: White Noise ambient sound has changed, is ther... - Google Nest Community
- People are losing sleep after Google replaced the 'white noise' sound on Nest speakers – Engadget
- Google Faces Backlash After Changing White Noise Ambient Sound – PCMAG
- Google Assistant Changed Its White Noise Sound and People Are Pissed [Update – Gizmodo
- Google Home, Nest Hub white noise ambient sound changes – 9to5Google
- Lamborghini's Wild Off-Road Huracan Seems Bound for Production – Gear Patrol
- Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato Spied As All-Terrain Supercar – Motor1
- Lamborghini Turned Its Best Sports Car Into an Off-Roader – Gear Patrol
- Now That We've Driven the Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato, Will It Be Built? – Motor Trend
- Lamborghini Huracan Tecnica and Sterrato trademarks hint at send-off specials – The Drive
- Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato Spied As All-Terrain Supercar – Motor1
- Is Porsche Secretly Working on an Off-Road 911? – Gear Patrol
- Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion – Engadget
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It’s Not Complicated. Microsoft Wants Activision for Its Games. – The New York Times
- Is Microsoft building a gaming monopoly? – The Verge
- Microsoft is buying one of the biggest names in games – Vox
- Japanese Internet Reacts To Microsoft's $70 Billion Proposal To Buy Activision – Kotaku
- A guide to Microsoft's Xbox game studios empire – The Verge
- Microsoft deal to deliver $390 million payday for Activision's embattled CEO – CNN
- GameStop stock sinks toward 11-month low as Microsoft-Activision merger poses 'walled garden' risk – MarketWatch
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