Geekshow Podcast

-I was right about the Nvidia bubble: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/nvidia-loses-dollar500-billion-in-the-biggest-short-term-loss-in-company-value-in-all-of-recorded-history-a-year-ago-that-would-have-killed-it-yet-today-it-will-barely-notice/

-Huzzah! Plastic eating fungus! https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-discover-plastic-eating-marine-180000502.html?guccounter=1

-Life trying to imitate art: https://www.engadget.com/the-ai-prison-of-the-future-is-just-an-outer-limits-episode-200937257.html

-Story of the year:

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2034226

-Volkswagen gives Rivian a $5B lifeline:

https://www.engadget.com/volkswagen-and-rivian-agree-to-5-billion-partnership-230421407.html?src=rss

-Careful, there’s plastic in your penis:

https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/06/20/0314238/microplastics-discovered-in-human-penises-for-the-first-time?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-Nuclear energy is somehow bipartisan:

https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/06/19/183238/senate-passes-bill-to-support-advanced-nuclear-energy-deployment?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-SpaceX gets bid to de-orbit NASA space station.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/nasa-will-pay-spacex-nearly-1-billion-to-deorbit-the-international-space-station/

-CDK. Huge ransom event. 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/cdk-global-hack-shows-risk-of-one-software-vendor-dominating-an-industry-5156420d

-Ads in Windows has gone too far…

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-has-gone-too-far-including-a-game-pass-ad-in-the-settings-app-ushers-in-a-whole-new-age-of-ridiculous-over-advertising

-AI just keeps getting more scary..

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-robot-lab-grown-brain

-Delivery drones on Mt Everest

Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm9R0keZdik

-Angioplasty 60 year old discovery, and a fun show and tell titanium stent, expands with body heat.

Superman and Mr Terrific, Sabretooth, Batman: Caped Crusader, Hit-Monkey, Nosferatu, Green Lantern, Interview with the Vampire, Nobody 2, Street Fighter, Vampire Hunter Van Helsing, Dune2 v Deadpool Wolverine popcorn buckets, the One Million Check Boxes game, lots more

Join Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Space Show fan Admiral Kerry Jackson, Commander Robert Neal, and Commodore Leigh George Kade as they continue their voyage through all things Star Trek! In this episode, we dive into season 5 with these episodes: Darmok, Ensign Ro, Silicon Avatar, and Disaster.

The Penguin, Star Trek: Prodigy, Spaceballs, Hit Monkey, Twisted Metal, The Boys, GZilla x Kong, Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League, Ploppy Playtime, Rebecca loves Thelma, Tony reviews Furiosa, lots more 

-Elden Ring is cleaning up again: https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree/

-Potentially interesting news on the Radeon 890m: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-laptops/amds-new-890m-mobile-gpu-could-be-over-30-faster-than-the-780m-currently-used-in-most-handheld-gaming-pcs/

-GOG will let you pass your games on to your descendants:https://tinyurl.com/gogdeath

-Like a Dragon: Yakuza coming to Amazon Prime:

https://www.polygon.com/24171051/like-a-dragon-yakuza-show-amazon-prime-video-release-date

-Nintendo Direct:

https://www.polygon.com/24180900/nintendo-direct-june-2024-everything-announced-games

-PS5 finally integrating Discord into the UI:

https://www.polygon.com/24177882/ps5-playstation5-discord-integration-how-to

-Halo Battle Royale Mode

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/new-halo-infinite-battle-royale-mode-launches-with-3-maps-fresh-mechanics-and-more-on-xbox-and-pc

-Ready? Player? One?

https://www.kat-vr.com/products/kat-walk-c-2-plus

-Halo Match Composer is neat I think?

https://gamerant.com/halo-infinite-multiplayer-match-composer-playlists-customization/

-Steam after Death

https://www.techspot.com/news/103150-valve-confirms-steam-account-cannot-transferred-anyone-after.html

-Nvidia is now the real Number 1: https://wccftech.com/nvidia-climbs-to-the-top-the-most-valuable-company-on-the-planet-market-cap-3-3-trillion/

-Logitech makes magic wand for Quest 2 and 3: https://www.engadget.com/logitech-reveals-a-3d-stylus-for-meta-quest-headsets-131105249.html

-GPT-4 passes the Turing Test:

https://slashdot.org/story/24/06/15/005204/gpt-4-has-passed-the-turing-test-researchers-claim?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-Microsoft postpones Windows Recall:

https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/06/14/0318213/microsoft-postpones-windows-recall-after-major-backlash?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-BS: Large battery supplier claims large breakthrough:

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/06/18/0111249/apples-battery-supplier-tdk-says-it-made-a-big-breakthrough?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-Fisker declares bankruptcy:

https://www.engadget.com/fisker-is-the-latest-ev-startup-to-declare-bankruptcy-123056157.html?src=rss

-Meta makes Threads API available to everyone:

https://www.engadget.com/meta-makes-the-threads-api-available-to-all-developers-174946709.html?src=rss

-Boeing Starliner! - 

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-060524a-boeing-starliner-crew-flight-test-cft-launch.html

-Smart Contact Lenses baayyybeeeee!

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/06/scientists-develop-ultra-thin-battery-that-could-be-charged-by-tears.html

-Starlink… of course, sucks too

https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-starlink-ozone-healing

-Getting to Mars may do a number on your body

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240611130413.htm

Paul Giamatti joins Star Trek, Enemy Mine, Blade, Blue Beetle, Creature Commandos, Peacemaker, Blade Runner 2099, GI Joe-Transformers, Get Jiro!, rebecca reviews Inside Out2 and Tuesday, lots more 

-Summer Games Fest: https://www.polygon.com/24173215/summer-game-fest-announcements-trailers-2024

-Ubisoft Showcase: https://www.ign.com/articles/ubisoft-forward-2024-everything-announced

-The Xbox Showcase: https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-games-showcase-and-black-ops-6-direct-june-2024-everything-announced

Join Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Space Show fan Admiral Kerry Jackson, Commander Robert Neal, and Commodore Leigh George Kade as they continue their voyage through all things Star Trek! In this Very Special Episode, we cover Redemption parts 1 and 2.

-The main WWDC stuff: https://www.engadget.com/apple-intelligence-ai-ios-18-and-the-biggest-announcements-at-wwdc-2024-184422501.html

-Elon is mad Apple didn’t use Grok: https://www.engadget.com/hey-elon-go-ahead-and-ban-apple-devices-211521967.html

-Its sad we have to remind people of this: https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/vaccines-dont-cause-autism-but-the-lie-wont-die-in-fact-its-getting-worse/

-BS: Sodium-ion batteries are moving into production:

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/05/03/2317204/lithium-free-sodium-batteries-exit-the-lab-enter-us-production?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-Poor Humane. It’s not even funny anymore:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/5/24172377/humane-ai-pin-battery-case-issue-warning

-Rivian refreshes their cars:

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/06/rivians-revamped-r1-electric-pickup-and-suv-tested-on-and-off-road/

-Adobe can access all your stuff:

https://slashdot.org/story/24/06/06/202214/adobe-responds-to-vocal-uproar-over-new-terms-of-service-language?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

But they regret it:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/10/24175416/adobe-overhauls-terms-of-service-update-firefly

-SpaceX did the thing!

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/spacexs-starship-took-a-beating-but-held-on-for-first-return-from-space/

-Boeing Starliner! - 

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-060524a-boeing-starliner-crew-flight-test-cft-launch.html

-Mars is FROSTY!

https://www.space.com/mars-water-frost-equator-exomars-tharsis-olympus-mons

-Night Vision for everyone!

​​https://newatlas.com/technology/night-vision-thin-light-lens/