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Rocket
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Rocket episodes
- 370: Not Garbage!
It's looking like NVIDIA might not buy ARM after all, and Christina and Simone are here to talk through why the deal might fall through, and what it means. Then, some gaming news with GamePass numbers and SteamDecks shipping soon!
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Nvidia (NVDA) Quietly Prepares to Abandon $40 Billion Arm Bid - Bloomberg Microsoft got a whole lot of people to play Halo and Forza - The Verge Steam Deck Deposit - Steam Deck Launching February 25th - Steam News Valve Steam Deck hands-on: the Nintendo Switch of PC gaming - The Verge Save 10% on Strange Horticulture on Steam Single Drunk Female | Official Trailer | Hulu - YouTube56 min - 369: Crypto.com Presents
A huge deal rocks the game industry: Microsoft is buying Activision in a 68 billion dollar deal. Then, crypto exchange Crypto.com sees a breach that affected 400 accounts, and potential losses of $15 million.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion - The Verge Crypto.com CEO confirms hundreds of accounts were hacked, hedges on other details - The Verge Crypto.com breach may be worth up to $33M, suggests onchain analyst Crypto.com CEO Acknowledges 400 Customer Accounts Were Hacked Inventing Anna | Official Trailer | Netflix - YouTube Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto Star in Trailer for Apple WeWork Series - Variety1 hr 3 min - 368: Wordle Wriddles
Brianna is back! We've got a robust discussion about Moxie Marlinspike's thoughts on Web3, followed by the lowdown on the World rip-off App Store drama. And then, DRM?!
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Moxie Marlinspike >> Blog >> My first impressions of web3 "My first impressions of web3" : ethereum The Wordle clones have disappeared from the App Store - The Verge Tech Bro Rips Off Wordle On The App Store And Gloats About It Canon printers now think Canon’s own toner is fake - The Verge Microsoft Developer - YouTube1 hr - 367: Verdicts
Christina and Simone dish on the death of Blackberry, and the Elizabeth Holmes verdict(s).
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Elizabeth Holmes is found guilty of defrauding Theranos' investors : NPR Elizabeth Holmes’ verdict won’t change Silicon Valley - The Verge What Can We Learn From the Trial of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes? - Bloomberg BlackBerry's demise is a warning | Reuters BlackBerry Ends Service; Devices Will Stop Working January 4 - The New York Times Cryptoland presentation - YouTube Cryptoland Twitter Microsoft Developer - YouTube1 hr 7 min - 366: Delicious Tumblr Drama
It would be shorter to talk about what Tumblr hasn't banned on this week's Rocket. Plus, updates in the Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial and a discussion of ethics in choosing your own place of employment.
Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Waiting for a Elizabeth Holmes trial verdict? Experts say fraud is complicated : NPR Web3 Boom Is Bringing American Culture Wars to the Tech Industry Riot Games will pay $100 million to settle discrimination lawsuit - The Verge Riot Games Reaches Global Settlement Agreement | Riot Games Tumblr goes overboard censoring tags on iOS to comply with Apple’s guidelines - The Verge Tumblr's Banned Words - Google Docs Tumblr is already flagging innocent posts as porn - The Verge Why Is Everyone Going Brunette? The Newest Hair Trend - The New York Times Microsoft Developer - YouTube56 min - 365: Best and Worst of 2021
It's our special end-of-year spectacular! This week we're doling out awards for the best and worst games, trends, products, and companies that we covered on this year's Rocket.
Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Best Apple Product: 14-inch Macbook Pro Best Non-Apple Product Best Console Game Best Handheld Game Best Trend in Tech industry Best gadget under $100 Commercial Electric LED light strip Worst trend in tech industry - NFTs Dumbest financial decision by a Rocket host Christina loses $500 in a Yang Gang bet Worst tech company scandal1 hr - 364: Internet on Fire
Some good news and some bad news. The Pocket Analogue is out for review and it's apparently great! Meanwhile, the Log4Shell exploit has put the entire internet at risk. Classic 2021.
Links and Show Notes:(Show note: This episode was recorded before the Noth sexual misconduct allegations.)
Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership A Log4J Vulnerability Has Set the Internet 'On Fire' | WIRED The Log4Shell 0-day, four days on: What is it, and how bad is it really? | Ars Technica The Internet’s biggest players are all affected by critical Log4Shell 0-day | Ars Technica Patch fixing critical Log4J 0-day has its own vulnerability that’s under exploit | Ars Technica Cas van Cooten on Twitter: "A story in three parts 😶 #log4j https://t.co/XMl02BcaJY" / Twitter Tech Solvency: The Story So Far: CVE-2021-44228 (Log4Shell log4j vulnerability). Analogue Pocket review: The world’s best Game Boy Advance - Polygon Analogue Pocket review: The greatest Game Boy ever made | Ars Technica Peloton responds to surprise death in And Just Like That... with new commercial - The Verge Should Carrie Have Called 911 on And Just Like That…? Microsoft Developer - YouTube47 min - 363: Enhanced Pants
Oh boy, Ubisoft is the first AAA developer to make an entrance in the NFT market! What do we think of Ubisoft Quartz, and the cosmetics that it's offering? Then, Politico criticized Vice President Kamala Harris' Bluetooth-aversion this week — and security experts are responding.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Ubisoft puts NFT in games starting with Ghost Recon Breakpoint - Polygon Ubisoft’s first NFT plans make no sense | Ars Technica Kamala Harris is Bluetooth-phobic - POLITICO The vice president should not be using Bluetooth headphones - The Verge Twitter Kamala Harris’s Headphones Are Youth Culture Adam McKay, Jennifer Lawrence’s ‘Bad Blood’ Movie Lands at Apple – The Hollywood Reporter Microsoft Developer - YouTube55 min - 362: Jack In, Jack Out
Jack Dorsey is leaving Twitter, and supposedly voluntarily! Let's talk about his most recent tenure and Twitter, and what his next moves will be. Then, it's a return to our favorite topic of 2021: Elizabeth Holmes is taking the stand during her trial, and admitting to all kinds of nonsense.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Twitter CEO steps down, leaves company at a crossroads | AP News Jack Dorsey Out at Twitter: Did He Quit or Was He Fired? | Vanity Fair Jack is leaving Twitter and we have ~thoughts~ | TechCrunch Square changes corporate name to Block Elizabeth Holmes admits that she was CEO of Theranos, the company she founded - The Verge Elizabeth Holmes admitted to a key part of the case against her - The Verge Happy Halloween! Theranos showed up in a Pfizer costume - The Verge Apple Music’s terrible year in review is giving me serious Spotify Wrapped FOMO - The Verge Spotify Wrapped 2021 is ready to share your music listening history with everyone - The Verge Microsoft Developer - YouTube1 hr - 361: Imaginary Notre Dame
Brianna and Simone sit down on a chilly Halovember evening before Thanksgiving to talk about… Notre Dame Cathedral! Rumors have gone around for years that Ubisoft's Notre Dame from Assassin's Creed Unity could help restore the real cathedral after the 2019 fire. Simone has devoted some time to debunking that. Stick around to the end of the show to find out that Master Chief pees in his suit, and also, why. You didn't read this!!
Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Wirecutter Staff Go on Strike Against the New York ‘Times’ Assassin’s Creed Unity: Ubisoft can’t help rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral - Polygon Ubisoft installera son premier centre immersif en France, à Béziers What Peloton’s growing pains mean for at-home fitness - The Verge Membership - Relay FM How does Master Chief pee? An investigation - Polygon53 min
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Countdown to excitement! Every week Christina Warren, Brianna Wu and Simone de Rochefort had accelerated geek conversation. Tech, comics, movies, games and books, no galaxy is off limits! Hosted by…
Christina Warren, Brianna Wu, and Simone De Rochefort.
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