AwesomeCast 428: Touching All The Gadgets

This week’s episode brought to you by Comic Book Pitt, Slice on Broadway, and Alex Kahrs Design & Media! 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 [email protected] 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