The end of physical media, the loss of Stop Killing Games and Minecraft servers are illegal. Things are bad. When will they start to get better?

On the up side, there is a team working on making artificial life and they've just had a big breakthrough. This won't go wrong at all, right?

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Resources Mentioned

• Death of optical media (Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles)
• Minecraft servers are now illegal (ESA clarifies views on private servers after saying Minecraft servers are ‘illegal’ and ‘considered piracy’ | VGC, Private DIY Servers Are "Illegal Black Markets of Piracy" | The ESA's Shady Ties)
• New Stop Killing Games news (US bill requiring paid games to be playable after they shut down has failed to pass a Senate vote)
• Sony killed the movies (PlayStation Removes 551 Purchased StudioCanal Movies with No Refunds | The CyberSec Guru, Studio Canal Removal (UK))
• Syntha-cells is now becoming a reality (‘Beautiful blobs’: synthetic life a step closer as scientists make cells using lab-made DNA | Science | The Guardian, A Chemically Defined Synthetic Cell Capable Of Growth And Replication | bioRxiv, Biotic | SpudCell)

Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qp6UUkBUeIwPwiOxuwMoHbMgH3dp-Z0W351KzHLx20U/edit?usp=sharing

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