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1. Nvidia launches the $349 GeForce RTX 2060
Nvidia broke with tradition and put a new focus on gaming at CES. Last night the company unveiled the RTX 2060, a $349 low-end version of its new Turing-based desktop graphics cards. The RTX 2060 will be available on Jan. 15.
2. Elon Musk’s vision of spaceflight is gorgeous
This spring SapceX intends to launch the next phase in its space exploration plans. The newly named Starship rocket, previously known as the BFR, intends to to be rocket to rule them all. And it’s going to look good doing it.
3. Apple’s increasingly tricky international trade-offs
Far from its troubles in emerging markets like China, Apple is starting to face backlash from a European population that’s crying foul over the company’s perceived hypocrisy on data privacy. It’s become clear that Apple’s biggest success is now its biggest challenge in Europe.
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4. Marc Andreessen: audio will be “titanically important” and VR will be “1,000” times bigger than AR
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