The wait is almost over for gamers everywhere, as Origin Access Premium subscribers will get to play the upcoming game on launch day, while Origin Access Basic and EA Access subscribers on Xbox will have to wait 10 hours. However, those who purchased the Deluxe Edition will be forced to wait even longer, until November 15th, and those who bought the Standard Edition will have to wait till November 20th.

EA's decision to delay the release for some of its fans has been met with frustration and confusion, with many feeling that it's unfair to those who pre-ordered or purchased the game. The setup is so convoluted that EA had to create a dedicated graphic just to explain when you'll get to play the game that you bought. Hopefully, this will be the last time they follow such a model for all their releases.

The world of short videos has changed significantly since the shutdown of Vine in 2016. Although Vine is no longer with us, its impact on the short video format lives on through other platforms. Dom Hoffman, the creator of Vine, announced yesterday that his new looping video app Bite will launch in spring 2019. Other platforms are also getting on the short video train, including Giphy's Jiffy and Facebook's Lasso.

Giphy's Jiffy is promoting its 30-second video platform with a short film festival, while Facebook has released Lasso, its competitor to TikTok's wildly popular 15-second video lip-syncing act. Lasso promises to be the next big thing in social media, but for now, it remains to be seen whether it will live up to the hype.

In other gaming news, tech journalist Stephen Burke from Gamersnexus has managed to get his hands on some RTX 2080 Ti's that have been experiencing issues. According to his findings, the reasons for many cards failing are not simple and were hard to reproduce. It's still unclear how many cards are affected, so if you're in the market for a new graphics card, make sure to do your research.

Sony has announced its upcoming PlayStation Classic mini console, which will cost $100. The device runs an open-source emulator called PCSX ReArmed, which anyone can install on their PC and use for free. Although it makes sense for Sony to use an existing well-made emulator, the $100 price tag is a bit steep.

In other tech news, Microsoft has released Alexa on Windows 10, allowing users to control their devices with voice commands. However, this development may have left Cortana feeling a little... sad. According to reports, the North Korea-linked hacker group Lazarus was behind the theft of tens of millions of dollars from ATMs in Asia and Africa using the Fast Cash malware. This is not the first time Lazarus has been involved in malicious hacking activities, as they were also responsible for the Sony hack in 2014 and the WannaCry ransomware outbreak last year.

Finally, China's State-Run Press Agency Xinhua has debuted its AI anchors virtualized avatars that read out the news in a synthesized voice. What's really creepy is that the AI modifies footage of a real anchor to make it look like a real person speaking. While this may seem like a harmless feature, it raises questions about the future of journalism and the role of AI in the media.

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it's still unclear how many cards are affected so you can head to their channel to see their findings and to gaze longingly at steve's majestic flow sony's upcoming playstation classic mini console will cost a hundred dollars and the company will probably make a killing on it because the device runs an open source emulator called pcsx rearmed which anyone can install on a pc and use for free now to be fair it makes sense for sony to use an existing well-made emulator for the classic it just makes the 100 price tag a little harder to swallow probably because you shouldn't swallow price tags don't tell them what to do microsoft and amazon have been teasing alexa and cortana integration for some time but now you can download and install alexa on windows 10. as for how that will make cortana feel when you use alexa for everything instead of her well pretty sad i would think has reported that the north korea linked hacker group lazarus is behind the theft of tens of millions of dollars from atms in asia and africa using the fast cash malware lazarus was responsible for the sony hack in 2014 as well as the wannacry ransomware outbreak last year and china's state-run press agency xinhua xinhua has debuted what they're calling ai anchors virtualized avatars that read out the news in a synthesized voice but what's really creepy is that the ai modifies footage of a real anchor so it does look like a real person speaking not a lizard person because who needs real humans to stand in front of a camera and read a teleprompter sounds pretty dumb to me hey wait a second you know what else sounds dumb the fact that this episode is over stupid but it's okay because we'll be back on monday with more news and lots of it trust me it's going to be the biggest news you've ever seen hey why are you wearing this because i'm an actor it's broken detective oh broke it just broke oh it's not a real gun is it noi'm not the tech news anchor that you deserve but i'm the one you're gonna get anyway yay batman wouldn't take his glasses off windows 10 has had a bad month microsoft released the october update only to have it delete users files and they're still trying to fix it in order to re-release it but then yesterday users with activated copies of windows 10 pro received messages saying that their os was not in fact activated and that they had to either install windows 10 home or purchase a genuine copy of windows when some affected users contacted microsoft support they were told they would need to buy proper licenses to fix the problem and apparently some people actually did this microsoft has started rolling out a see that's why these microsoft tech support scams work all you have to do is be like hi i'm microsoft you have to buy something and people just do it they have that kind of power wow billy now microsoft has started rolling out a fix so if your windows does suddenly deactivate itself don't panic and just run the activation troubleshooter but all these problems are just not a good look for microsoft's windows division they might just drive people to switch back to vista wait who's billy yeah bill gates ea has been being ea about things and complicating the launch of battlefield 5 with a three-tiered rollout strangely if you pre-ordered the game you won't get to play it on launch day which is today that honor belongs to origin access premium subscribers on pc origin access basic and ea access subscribers on the xbox get a 10 hour trial of the game starting today as for those of you who bought the 80 deluxe edition well you get to play on november 15th just like the plebs who bought the oh wow no they get to wait even longer and the plebs who bought the 60 standard edition they have to wait till november 20th the setup is so convoluted that ea had to make a dedicated graphic just to explain when you'll get to play the game that you bought hopefully they don't follow this model for all their releases but i'm getting a chill in my spine telling me that they might so what day is the release date am i getting the game early or late am i even getting the game at all no i'm just kidding i already have it yeah we have like five keys vine the six second video platform may have been shut down in 2016 but it had a huge impact on the short video format and now its spirit will live on vines creator dom hoffman announced yesterday that his new looping video app bite not to be confused with vine will launch in spring 2019 but others are also getting on the short video train giphy excuse me jiffy is launching a 30-second video platform that it's promoting with a short film festival excuse me so that's a short film festival not a short film festival and facebook has released lasso its competitor to the wildly popular 15 second video lip-syncing act tik-tok finally it has been so hard for me to stand out hopefully there's an audience on lasso for my rendition of papa poker face poker face it's time for bits and bytes brought to you by the massdrop x sennheiser pc37x gaming headset the x means it's a collab that's right massdrop and sennheiser worked together to make the pc37x oh that's the other x well that x just means like extreme performance even better it's got angled drivers which are typically seen in more expensive headphones like the hd598 and hd600 with an open back design excellent locational accuracy and a noise canceling microphone the pc37x will make your mass well not drop but maybe erect because it's 119.99 for a limited time only at massdrop so get it today by clicking the link below no did you ask if i can or if i did neither tech jesus stephen burke over at gamersnexus got his hands on some rtx 2080 ti's that have been experiencing issues and as it turns out the reasons for many cards failing are not so simple issues with the cards were hard to reproduce but were definitely present and it's still unclear how many cards are affected so you can head to their channel to see their findings and to gaze longingly at steve's majestic flow sony's upcoming playstation classic mini console will cost a hundred dollars and the company will probably make a killing on it because the device runs an open source emulator called pcsx rearmed which anyone can install on a pc and use for free now to be fair it makes sense for sony to use an existing well-made emulator for the classic it just makes the 100 price tag a little harder to swallow probably because you shouldn't swallow price tags don't tell them what to do microsoft and amazon have been teasing alexa and cortana integration for some time but now you can download and install alexa on windows 10. as for how that will make cortana feel when you use alexa for everything instead of her well pretty sad i would think has reported that the north korea linked hacker group lazarus is behind the theft of tens of millions of dollars from atms in asia and africa using the fast cash malware lazarus was responsible for the sony hack in 2014 as well as the wannacry ransomware outbreak last year and china's state-run press agency xinhua xinhua has debuted what they're calling ai anchors virtualized avatars that read out the news in a synthesized voice but what's really creepy is that the ai modifies footage of a real anchor so it does look like a real person speaking not a lizard person because who needs real humans to stand in front of a camera and read a teleprompter sounds pretty dumb to me hey wait a second you know what else sounds dumb the fact that this episode is over stupid but it's okay because we'll be back on monday with more news and lots of it trust me it's going to be the biggest news you've ever seen hey why are you wearing this because i'm an actor it's broken detective oh broke it just broke oh it's not a real gun is it no\n"