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Chatting the tech news of the week including a solar Game Boy, Apple's latest event announcement, and Fall DIY in Animal Crossing with Katie Dudas, John Chichilla and Mike Sorg!

• Dudders is digging the New Fall DIY on Animal Crossing
• Chilla is looking forward to the Apple Event September 15
• Sorg is digging the experimental Solar Powered Game Boy
• Rizz shared the just leaked/announced Microsoft Next-Gen Xbox Series S Is Only $299
• Twitter adding headlines and descriptions to some its trends
• Facebook paying users to log off before election
• As if Google doesn’t have enough of your data, Google verifies company and tells you why they’re calling you
• Nintendo announce Super Marie games for the 35th anniversary and the Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit RC cars that interact with your Nintendo Switch.
• Amazon Phone Trees: a story of hacking and victory for Amazon.
• Apple's 'floating' store in Singapore will open on September 10th
• Grabango launches cashierless checkout in a Giant Eagle supermarket in Pittsburgh

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Chilla and Sorg are holding down the fort at Sorgatron Media Studios as they bring you this week in tech news, including:

• Of course Chilla is bringing us some Iron Man VR as his Awesome Thing of the Week this week!
• Sorg's Awesome Thing of the Week is space - thanks to his viewing of Apollo 11 and the rabbit hole he found himself in.
• Amanda let us know about the Leo AR Camera app that allows you to do cool things with, ironically enough, astronauts and more!
• Burger King is flame broiling more than its burgers.
• A public library in Bethlehem has a hands-on opportunity for podcasters.
• Apple has done a bit this week, including announcing an arcade gaming subscription service!
• AirPods are getting even better.
• Sorg is letting us know about the new Oculus Rift arriving this spring.
• Konami is celebrating 50 years by bringing Castlevania and Contra to consoles - and we couldn't be happier.
• We've talked about AR things that don't exist - like cats and people. Now there's a whole website dedicated to things that don't exist!
• Apple had an event. We're sharing some of the big ticket items that caught our attention.

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• Chilla looks forward to Mac and iPad possibilities for the October Apple Event.
• Dudders is gearing up for the first Zombie Wrestling Show with Ryse Wrestling at Fright Up Night!
• Sorg is finally taking a practice of using Apple Pay on his Apple Watch
• Rizz sends us an article about Uber offering free rides on Election Day.
• Youtube went down for a night. And the world flocked to Pornhub?
• Sorg discovers ASMR.
• A book about video game butts.
• We want to do 3D Photos on Facebook!
• Chilla wants to play Pokemon Go and Ghostbusters World. Thankfully he's already double fisting phones.

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It may be a slow tech news week as we head into the big Apple announcement next week, but we can still talk some interesting things! Sorg, Krause, and Chilla are talking about:

We’re getting into our Awesome Things of the Week with Chilla talking about lojacking your devices with Samsung Smartthings. But does this open up privacy concerns?
Sorg continues the tracking discussion with a sweet wallet with slim Tile tracker from Nomad.
Krause talks about a drone built batteries first for longer flight time from Impossible Aerospace.
Listener Brandon shared with us a grandfather with 11-phone Pokemon Go bike setup!
Brandon also shares the Netflix and Snack Melon Bowl.
Listener Dave looks at the Google Maps elevation feature.
Rizz lets us know Valve has approved it's first porn game on Steam.
It is estimated that half of US homes will have smart speakers by the end of the year.
There have been 1.5 million installs of Fortnite on Android, but Krause still has issues with it on his Pixel.
Nerf to add Fortnite and Overwatch guns.  And we go down the "Nerf Arsenal" Youtube rabbit hole.
Apple to stream iPhone event on Twitter.

After the show remember to:

Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)

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Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion!

Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Ron Krause (@KrazyKrause), Chilla (@chilla) and Sorg (@Sorgatron)

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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!

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