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This TechLinked episode covers major developments in gaming emulation, telecom disruption, PC market decline, and quirky tech stories. The main focus is on multiple PS5 emulation breakthroughs enabling PlayStation games to run on PC hardware, SpaceX's entry into the mobile carrier market causing telecom stock crashes, and a global 20% drop in PC shipments due to memory pricing issues. The episode wraps up with colorful quick bits about AI music fraud, Mac GPU drivers, Sony's VR patent sale, ransomware fraud, and human-robot fighting.
PS5 Emulation Breakthrough: Multiple Projects Enable PC Gaming
Three separate emulation projects have made significant progress in running PlayStation 5 games on PC hardware. The RPC-SX emulator can now boot the PS5 menu, while AnyPS5 translates PS5 games into native Windows code and can already handle all GPU shader instructions. Sharp Emu has achieved actual gameplay with titles like Demon's Souls, rating 12 games as playable, all on hardware as modest as a 2016 GTX 1050 Ti graphics card.
- RPC-SX emulator can boot PS5 menu but games don't launch from it yet
- AnyPS5 project now handles all 1,166 PS5 GPU shader instructions, up from about half last week
- GTX 1050 Ti from 2016 can run PS5 version of Dreaming Sarah at steady 60 FPS
- Sharp Emu got Demon's Souls and Astro Bot into actual gameplay and rates 12 games as playable
" They've spent a year telling everyone they want everything digital, and apparently hackers figured that included the console. "
SpaceX Disrupts Telecom: Stock Market Bloodbath as New Carrier Emerges
SpaceX announced its purchase of low-band radio spectrum in the 800 MHz range to become a major U.S. cell phone carrier, causing immediate market panic among traditional telecom companies. Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile shares dropped between 9-13%, with Verizon experiencing its worst single-day drop in 24 years. The low-band spectrum will help SpaceX's satellite signals penetrate walls and reach indoor devices, addressing a critical coverage gap.
- SpaceX buying low-band spectrum (800 MHz) to fix coverage gap for indoor satellite signals
- SpaceX will become a major cell phone carrier in the U.S. pending FCC approval
- Telecom stocks dropped 9-13%, with Verizon suffering worst single-day drop in 24 years
- FCC chair Brendan Carr called SpaceX's market entry 'really good news for American consumers'
" Verizon saying that spectrum without a network behind it is just quote empty airwaves "
" He went on to state that the FCC doesn't choose winners and losers, at least not in telecom. Just late night comedy, apparently. "
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