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April 06, 2021

Episode 32: It’s time for Google SoC’s, the Silicon wars heats up, Apple needs charging, Virtual Build (again), Big money Mario, LG exit stage left and Kong bashes Godzilla and we get minions!

1 hour 7 minutes

This week we covered:

News

Google will reportedly use its own chip in the Pixel 6 - homegrown chips are the way forward

TSMC bumps spending up 50% to meet increased demand - the latest round of the silicon wars have begun!

SK Hynix to Build $106 Billion Fab Cluster: 800,000 Wafer Starts a Month - its fab to be in the chip business

Apple to buy over $50 million worth of batteries from Tesla for a new energy storage project - that's one large Duracell bunny!

Microsoft Build will take place May 25th–27th - one more big virtual conference

A sealed copy of'Super Mario Bros.' just sold for $660,000 - holy Luigi that's a lot!

Facebook Breach leaks over 500 million users info - more like an open book!

Apple begins rejecting apps that use advertising SDKs for fingerprinting users - think it's clear now that Apple wants to ensure privacy!

LG Calls it Quits, to Close Mobile Phone Business - after 14 years Life isn’t that Good for LG!

Films

Upgrade

Kong vs Godzilla

Games

Evil Genius 2

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By Jay + Karl