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After a meteoric stock market rise and fall, Nikola's partnership with GMC comes crashing down this week. Wyze on the other hand might just have the wisest smartwatch purchase everyone should keep an eye out for. Qualcomm changes up their flagship processor numbers as Lida tries to process this week's tech news!

It's the week before Black Friday and the whole tech world is on hold. However, we did get a super cute and ultra rare new Pixel variant from Google while also receiving the wonderful news that a beloved hero will actually be returning to our screens twice!

This week, say goodbye to unlimited storage for your Google Photos as Google pulls the plug on unlimited high quality backups. While you're at it, say sayonara to Intel on MacOS as Apple officially released the new lineup of Macs developed with their own M1 chip!

This week in tech news, DJI released an updated version of the Mavic Mini now known as the DJI Mini 2. Lida also shares news on the brand new Razer Book 13 and upcoming Black Friday deals at Walmart. Finally, pre-orders are now available for the iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Mini.

OnePlus plans to release two new budget phones: the N10 and N100. Meanwhile fans threaten to murder the developers of Cyberpunk 2077 during a pandemic Halloween week! Never a dull week in the technology world.

GMC has announced the new Hummer EV with a 350-mile range and 1,000 horsepower set to launch in fall 2021. DJI released a second version of their popular 4k handheld stabilized camera, the Pocket 2 and in gaming news, Fortnite players can update the game to be only a third of its original file size.

OnePlus has made their annual flagship refresh with the OnePlus 8T and Lida shares the latest in Apple news with the upcoming releases of the Apple iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max.

Alex and Lida chat about upcoming phone releases including the $999 LG Wing and Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro and 10T Lite. They also discuss Google’s Launch Night In, unveiling the new Chromecast with Google TV, Nest Audio, Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5.

This week, Alex & Lida share mobile device news on the Samsung Galaxy S20 Fan Edition and Nokia's refresh on the 2, 3, and 8 lineups. They also discuss California's ban on new sales of combustion engine vehicles starting in 2035 and the upcoming release of the Volkswagen Electric SUV, the ID.4.

Alex & Lida discuss Facebook’s new VR direction with the Oculus Quest 2 along with Oracle’s plan to run operations on TikTok in the US. In hardware news, Apple also unveils updated versions of the iPad Air and base iPad in addition to the new Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE. Sony also takes the sail out of Microsoft’s momentum by announcing the PS5 and new games including Final Fantasy 16 and Hogwarts Legacy.

Alex and Lida discuss the upcoming second generation Motorola Razr release and Microsoft Xbox One S and One X announcements. In EV news, Lucid Air gets ready to take on Tesla with a new sedan and GM and Nikola partner to build the Badger electric truck.

Alex and Lida discuss new tablets, the future of reading with TCL’s NXTPAPER display, LG’s latest tease and 5G accessibility coming soon.

The smartwatch competition heightens! Alex and Lida discuss the new Fitbit lineup, Amazfit's new Zepp E line, Amazon's Halo band, and a battery powered air purifier mask from LG.

Blackberry is back… again! Alex and Lida also share news on the ZTE Axon 20 5G, Redmi G gaming laptop, Lenovo’s ambitious lineup and GeForce Now beta for Chrome OS.

Alex and Lida discuss the Epic Games versus Apple and Google lawsuit battle. We also discuss our thoughts on the newly announced Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra and Microsoft Surface Duo.

In the jam packed inaugural episode of the Gigaflops Podcast, Alex and Lida review all the major announcements from the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event including their thoughts on the Note 20, Note 20 Ultra and Galaxy Z Fold 2. Don't worry, we didn’t forget about the newly revealed Google Pixel 4a!