Twitter Inc no longer exists, Sony's new PlayStation handheld and more

Here is a roundup of the tech news that you may have missed this week.

Twitter Inc. is officially gone

A week after Twitter's logo was changed to the infamous Doge meme, Twitter Inc., the social media's parent company, has ceased to exist.

A court filing in California has indicated that “Twitter, Inc. has been merged into X Corp. and no longer exists,”

Elon Musk has previously teased in 2022 about an 'everything app' called X.

Although he didn't elaborate on what X would be, he did applaud the usefulness of Tencent's WeChat in a Twitter town hall meeting in June 2022, months before his eventual US$44 billion purchase of the company.

The WeChat ecosystem in China supports messaging, payments, ridesharing, food delivery and other services all in one app.

At this point in time, we still do not know what is Musk's plan for the Twitter app itself. However, he did mention in a recent interview that owning Twitter has been "quite painful" and "a rollercoaster".

Fitbit will soon require a Google account to access its services

Fitbit and Google have officially announced that new Fitbit users will need a Google account to start using a Fitbit device in Summer 2023, which is somewhere between June to September.

Although it was indicated in Fitbit's help page as early as 2022, there wasn't an official announcement regarding the use of a Google account, until this week.

If you are an existing Fitbit user, you will have until 2025 to link a Google account to your Fitbit account. It isn't entirely clear what will happen if you do not do so by then, but we would assume that you will just be forced to sign in or link with a Google account to access all your past Fitbit data.

Fitbit was officially purchased by Google in 2021, and has since used Fitbit's technologies to release Google's own Pixel Watch.

Sony is rumoured to be working on a new handheld console

In the wake of the Steam Deck's and Nintendo Switch's popularity, we wouldn't fault any other console manufacturer to follow suit and capitalise on this.

And this is what Sony is intending to do... somewhat.

This isn't Sony's first foray into portable gaming consoles. The PlayStation Portable (PSP) and the PlayStation Vita were Sony's toe-dip into the portable gaming market in an attempt to rival Nintendo's handheld consoles.

Although unsuccessful, the PlayStation Vita was quite ahead of its time when released in 2011, being able to play ports of PlayStation 3 games in such a compact form.

So is this rumoured handheld console going to be a Vita 2?

Sadly, not quite. It will still be able to play PlayStation 5 games though, just not in the form that you would expect to.

Codenamed "Q Lite", the mobile console is supposed to be a device that allows you to use Remote Play to play games on your PlayStation 5.

Remote Play allows you to play your games on your PlayStation 5 on mobile devices by streaming the game to it.

As long as you have constant internet connection to stream the game to mobile device, you are able to play your games while commuting or while sitting on your toilet bowl.

The Q Lite would need a slot to insert a sim-card or WiFi connection to make this easier for commuting gamers.

You are already able to use Remote Play with your mobile devices or laptops to play game on the PlayStation 5, but you will also need to lug around a PlayStation 5 DualSense controller to play them.

The Q Lite seeks to eliminate this by offering a both a screen and game pad on the device itself to reduce the hassle of Remote Play.

But if you were expecting a PlayStation Vita 2, you are out of luck.

Nvidia launches the RTX 4070 graphics card

Nvidia has officially launched a new graphics card in the form of the RTX 4070, retailing at US$599, $100 more than its predecessor, the RTX 3070.

Benchmarks have put its performance near the RTX 3080, which retailed at US$699 when it was released in 2020.

Although not much cheaper in the price-to-performance aspect, the RTX 4070 is able to do all of this with a mere power draw of 200 watts, as opposed to the 320 watts of the RTX 3080.

If you are building a new PC and planning to purchase the RTX 4070, you are able to save some cash by getting a power supply with less wattage, which will help lower your overall budget in purchasing a PC.

Dominic loves tech and games. When he is not busy watercooling his computer parts, he does some pro wrestling.

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