Rocket

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Rocket episodes

March 28, 2019220: She's in Dubai
Nothing will stop Christina from talking about the Apple Event, not even an 8-hour time difference and the Atlantic Ocean. We cover Apple's credit card, Apple News+, the new Apple TV ideas and also Apple Arcade. Next, what is Europe doing with its internet laws? Ridiculous things. Finally, the Spice Girls are back in the news for the best reason possible.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Apple TV Plus: all the news on Apple’s streaming service - The Verge Everything we know so far about how the Apple Card works - The Verge Apple News Plus is a fine way to read magazines, but a disappointment to anyone wishing for a real boost for the news business » Nieman Journalism Lab Apple launches $9.99 Apple News Plus with more than 300 magazines - The Verge Apple Arcade wants to slay the free-to-play monster iOS helped create - The Verge Apple Arcade has game developers excited, but questions remain - The Verge Apple TV+ makes Facebook Watch look like a joke | TechCrunch Apple announces Apple TV Plus video subscription service - The Verge EU’s Parliament Signs Off on Disastrous Internet Law: What Happens Next? | Electronic Frontier Foundation Europe is splitting the internet into three - The Verge Europe’s controversial overhaul of online copyright receives final approval - The Verge Mel B Is Going to Single-Handedly Sell Out This Spice Girls Stadium Tour, Huh? | Vanity Fair Simone de Rochefort @ PAX EAST! on Twitter: "Please believe that this will be less of an organized fan event and more of us hanging out in a bar waiting for people to say hi"
1 hr 7 min
March 21, 2019219: Banjo Is Free
All the GDC and Apple news is hitting hard this week! There are new iPads, new AirPods, and Stadia, Google's new streaming service! Bri is at GDC and she has her eye on some upcoming games. Lastly, Netflix is in the news for cancelling beloved sitcom One Day At A Time.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Tavi Gevinson Tweets Elizabeth Holmes Impression: VIDEO Today’s AirPods launch underscores Apple’s latest AirPower misfire - The Verge Apple's clever (and kind of risky) plan to dominate the week before its big event Apple launches 10.5-inch iPad Air and iPad mini with Pencil support Apple updates 21.5 and 27-inch iMacs with six-core Intel processors Apple requires all new apps and updates to support iPhone XS Max and new iPad Pro from March 27 - 9to5Mac Apple is jumping into streaming video with a huge library of shows and films - The Verge Google announces Stadia, a new game streaming platform - Polygon Netflix’s Show Cancellations: The Metrics Behind the Heartbreaks – Variety
57 min
March 14, 2019218: Side Door
What a busy and marvelous week. Senator Warren made a policy proposal on Medium to break up companies that, like Amazon and Apple, make over 25 billion dollars and sell apps on platforms they control. You know we have things to say about that. Next, a review of Samsung's smaller phone, the S10E. And finally, the college scam you've all been waiting for.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Elizabeth Warren's break-up plan for Amazon, Facebook could be the dawn of a new era of antitrust reform Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Apple, too - The Verge Where Warren’s Wrong – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Here’s how we can break up Big Tech – Team Warren – Medium The Case - Time to Play Fair Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation - The New York Times Samsung Galaxy S10E review: short, not shortchanged - The Verge Everything to Know About the College Cheating Scam
1 hr 4 min
March 07, 2019217: Rogue One Two
Brianna and Simone GO ROGUE. We're talking about the general state of living games — games that provide their publishers with revenue until the next big thing comes out. Then, Brianna chats with genuine futurist Amy Webb about her new book and the AI of the future. Finally, YouTube tackles, not for the first time, its problems with child exploitation.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Anthem’s story design doesn’t live up to BioWare’s standards - Polygon Anthem players say the game is crashing their PS4s - Polygon Fallout 76 is a clown fiesta of a game, and that’s why I keep coming back - Polygon Amazon.com: The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity eBook: Amy Webb: Kindle Store YouTube is disabling comments on almost all videos featuring children - The Verge YouTube still can’t stop child predators in its comments - The Verge YouTube Creator Blog: More updates on our actions related to the safety of minors on YouTube Trolls are lying about child porn to try to get YouTube channels taken down - The Verge How pinball gave video games their bad reputation - YouTube Brianna Wu for Congress 2020
1 hr 16 min
February 28, 2019216: We're Not Buying Them
This week the show is a bad sandwich. First up, awesome tech news: Huawei and Samsung's foldable phones, and the Hololens 2! Next, the rotten meat that is Facebook's content moderation working conditions. But then we have an update on The Life of Elizabeth Holmes from Vanity Fair. Everything's coming up Rocket!
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Quote of the Day: "If you're independently wealthy, or this is how you choose to spend your money, I won't judge you. I'm not buying this because it passes the threshold of what I will piss money away on." - Christina Warren, 2019
Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Huawei Mate X hands-on: our foldable future - The Verge Samsung’s foldable phone is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold - The Verge HoloLens 2: inside Microsoft's new headset - YouTube Huawei’s Mate X foldable phone is a thinner 5G rival to the Galaxy Fold - The Verge J.Sack on Twitter: "I was a former 'Content Analyst' for over 4 years monitoring Twitter and have a few things to say about this. Thread:… https://t.co/u983YRqsdT" Our Commitment to Our Content Reviewers | Facebook Newsroom The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America - The Verge The Human Toll of Protecting the Internet from the Worst of Humanity | The New Yorker “She Never Looks Back”: Inside Elizabeth Holmes’s Final Months at Theranos | Vanity Fair
1 hr 15 min
February 21, 2019215: Oculus Rift Tea Time
Special guest Blake J. Harris joins us this episode. Blake is the author of The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality, out now from HarperCollins. Tune in to learn what our SECRET SEGMENT is! Lastly, Samsung has finally revealed the Fold, their $1,980 foldable phone.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Amazon.com: The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality eBook: Blake J. Harris: Kindle Store An Excerpt from The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality by Blake J. Harris - IGN
1 hr 16 min
February 14, 2019214: The 24th Time Zone
Christina is in AUSTRALIA for Microsoft Ignite! Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos is all over the news and it's time for a serious discussion of cybersecurity and nudes. Next up, Apple's proposed Apple News paid tier seems like a bum deal for publishers! Lastly, it's the 20th Anniversary of Final Fantasy 8, a game that maybe isn't as bad as it's supposed to be.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Bezos, National Enquirer Story Raises Cybersecurity Questions - YouTube Jeff Bezos made Medium cool for once - The Verge Jeff Bezos investigation finds Lauren Sanchez’s brother leaked information to Enquirer, source says - Los Angeles Times Apple’s new deal for journalism should send publishers running - The Verge Publishers Chafe at Apple’s Terms for Subscription News Service - WSJ Why I’m still thinking about Final Fantasy 8, 20 years later - Polygon
1 hr 3 min
February 07, 2019213: Our Favorite Things
Rebecca Jarvis joins our hosts to go in-depth on Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes. She's the resident expert, producing and hosting the podcast The Dropout for ABC. We also talk about Angela Ahrendt's legacy at Apple, as Deirdre O'Brien takes over a SVP of Retail + People. Then, the SS7 exploits that have allowed hackers to drain bank accounts in Europe. Finally Christina, Brianna, and Simone also discuss the massive media layoffs that hit this month.
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Links and Show Notes Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership The Dropout by ABC News on Apple Podcasts How Elizabeth Holmes sold the idea of Theranos to employees, investors: Nightline Part 1/2 - YouTube Carolina Milanesi on Twitter Retail is broken. Angela Ahrendts has a plan Angela Ahrendts departing Apple in April, Deirdre O’Brien named SVP of Retail + People - 9to5Mac Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to Empty Bank Accounts - Motherboard
1 hr 27 min
January 31, 2019212: Tiny Screws
Jeff Hwang rejoins us to discuss Apple's troubling week. A FaceTime bug allows users to eavesdrop in group calls, and a New York Times report details the company's difficulties manufacturing the Mac Pro on American soil. Finally, the Resident Evil 2 remake is OUT and Bri is LOVING IT.
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Links and Show Notes Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Jeff Hwang (@jeffhwang) | Twitter Apple sales revenue fell billions in China, wiping out other gains - The Verge Serious FaceTime bug allows you to listen remotely before anyone answers — Apple to fix ‘later this week’ - The Verge How Apple could miss a privacy-invading FaceTime security flaw - The Verge A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’ - The New York Times Resident Evil 2 review: The new world of survival horror - Polygon How Resident Evil 2 fell apart, then became one of Capcom’s biggest hits - Polygon Resident Evil 2 review - The Verge
1 hr 14 min
January 24, 2019211: Suckville 9 to 5
Bri has finally tried the iPad Pro for herself, and she has thoughts! Next up, Xiaomi has shown off their foldable phone prototype, which begs the question — why? Nest is in the headlines again, and again, the news isn't good. Finally, we've all had a chance to watch both Fyre Festival documentaries. Find out what we think!
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Links and Show Notes Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Apple iPad Pro review 2018: the fastest iPad is still an iPad - The Verge Xiaomi’s folding phone is the best we’ve seen so far - The Verge Have Phones Become Boring? Well, They’re About to Get Weird | WIRED No, Nest Cams are not being hacked to issue fake nuclear bomb threats - The Verge Fyre Fight: The Inside Story of How We Got Two Warring Fyre Festival Documentaries in the Same Week - The Ringer What Happened To Andy King After Fyre Festival? The Event Producer Has Some New Ventures Bahamian Caterer Wants Ja-Rule To Cut The Check If He’s Really Sorry For Fyre Festival Fiasco - Essence
1 hr 1 min

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