Rocket

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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 Ch... more

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November 08, 2018200: Two Hundred!
It's episode 200! Join Bri, Christina and Simone as they assess the MacBook Air and iPad Pro reviews, discuss Simone's HANDS-ON experience with Magic Leap, and follow up on what happened with TanaCon. Plus, Bri talks to Motorola about their new 5G phones.
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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 Apple MacBook Air 2018 review: Retina Display and new keyboard - The Verge New MacBook Air Review: Your Next Laptop Has Arrived (Three Years Late) - WSJ This is Samsung’s foldable smartphone - The Verge (1) TANACON: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED - YouTube
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1h 28min
November 02, 2018199: 34.8 Billion Dollars
It's another APPLE EVENT WEEK! Time to talk about the MacBook Air, the iPad Pro (thanks for the new Pencil, Tim!), and the Mac Mini. That's the meat of the episode, but the bread of our Rocket sandwich is IBM's purchase of Red Hat and the PlayStation Classic's game lineup.
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Links and Show Notes Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership IBM sits draped over the bar at The Cloud or Bust saloon. In walks Red Hat • The Register IBM's Red Hat acquisition is a 'desperate deal,' says analyst Apple MacBook Air 2018 vs Macbook Pro: specs comparison - The Verge Apple’s new Mac mini includes six-core processors and a space gray finish - The Verge PlayStation Classic game list: Sony confirms lineup of 20 PS one titles - Polygon 5 reasons why PlayStation Classic is missing classic PlayStation games - Polygon
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1h 22min
October 25, 2018198: An Influencer Who Works for Microsoft
After departures from Instagram and Whatsapp, Oculus is the next Facebook property to lose a high-level employee. IPhone XR reviews are also out! What's the verdict? Finally, Simone's Hell Week is here, with Red Dead Redemption 2 coming out and Fallout 76 in beta.
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Links and Show Notes Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership WhatsApp Co-Founder Leaving Facebook Amid User Data Disputes - The New York Times Facebook’s Messing With Instagram Prompted Co-Founders’ Departure - WSJ Apple iPhone XR review: better than good enough - The Verge With the iPhone XR, Apple broadens its 'best' Inside Rockstar Games' Culture Of Crunch Red Dead Redemption: how the West was won and where it got us - Polygon
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1h 25min
October 18, 2018197: The Magic of Necromancy
We discuss the Magic Leap Con, Facebook's new Portal speaker, and the resurrection of Palm and Winamp. Plus, Dyson's miraculous new Air Wrap.
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Links and Show Notes Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership The Magic Leap Con It turns out that Facebook could in fact use data collected from its Portal in-home video device to target you with ads - Recode The new Palm is a tiny phone to keep you away from your phone - The Verge Winamp is coming back as an all-in-one music player - The Verge Dyson Airwrap Review & Tutorial || ARIBA PERVAIZ - YouTube Statement on Paul G Allen - Vulcan MoviePass’ parent company being investigated over fraud concerns - The Verge
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1h 16min
October 11, 2018196: The Big Hack Breakdown: Supermicro, Apples Watches, and Google Pixel 3
It's time to breakdown Bloomberg's allegations about Supermicro in this mega-show. Then, Apple Watch 4 reviews and Google's Pixel 3 event. Facebook also wants to put a camera in your home!
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Links and Show Notes Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Hands on with the Dyson Airwrap styler Did China Really Hack Amazon, Apple And A Telecom? Here's What To Read About Bloomberg's Stories - Digg What Businessweek got wrong about Apple - Apple The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies - Bloomberg The Cybersecurity World Is Debating WTF Is Going on With Bloomberg’s Chinese Microchip Stories - Motherboard In letter to Congress, Apple sends strongest denial over ‘spy chip’ story – TechCrunch Major US telecom was infiltrated by backdoored Supermicro hardware, Bloomberg says | Ars Technica Robert M. Lee on Twitter Apple Watch 4 review: the best smartwatch gets better - The Verge Apple Watch Series 4 Fall Detection Tested By a Hollywood Stunt Double - YouTube The 5 biggest announcements from the Google Pixel 3 event - The Verge Google got legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz to switch from iPhone to Pixel - The Verge How Google Pixel 3's Camera Works Wonders With Just One Rear Lens | WIRED The Pixel Slate: first look at Google’s new tablet - The Verge Assassin’s Creed Odyssey review - Polygon Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is great, just let us romance Herodotus already - Polygon Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has a huge grinding, microtransaction problem - Polygon Six ways Assassin’s Creed Odyssey improves the franchise - Polygon Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: Which edition should I buy? - Polygon Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s best feature costs an extra 10 bucks - Polygon I Ran For Congress. I Lost. I'm Persisting. Quitting Is Not an Option In the Donald Trump Era
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1h 20min
October 04, 2018195: Summer Never Ends
It's a Surface-tastic week. Microsoft's latest event, plus finally Brianna and Christina's reviews of the Surface Go. Then Simone reviews Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and there's a very important update on MOVIEPASSOCALYPSE.
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Links and Show Notes Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Elon Musk’s Ultimatum to Tesla: Fight the S.E.C., or I Quit - The New York Times Microsoft is beating Apple at its own design game — Quartz The headphone wars have begun - The Verge Microsoft Surface Pro 6 announced with a new matte black finish - The Verge Microsoft announces Surface Laptop 2 with black finish and 8th Gen Intel processors - The Verge Surface Go Review: Welcome to the Tiny-Computer Future | WIRED MoviePass is now forcing former users to opt out of new plan or risk being charged - The Verge "Theranos Supreme" Unisex T-Shirt by lucyan24 | Redbubble
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1h 11min
September 27, 2018194: iPhone Hypocrisy
Brianna breaks a promise to America and buys an iPhone. Then, Wal-Mart's enforcement of the lettuce blockchain. Is it good — or silly? Marvel's Spider-Man is out and Bri's twenty hours in. Finally, the finale of Fyre Festival.
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Links and Show Notes Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Walmart blockchains lettuce / Boing Boing Walmart Requires Lettuce, Spinach Suppliers to Join Blockchain - CIO Journal. - WSJ Farm to Cradle: Nestlé Experiments with Tracking Gerber Baby Food on the Blockchain - CIO Journal. - WSJ The Twin Towers Easter Egg in Spider-Man Explained - YouTube Marvel's Spider-Man: Mary Jane Is the Strongest She's Ever Been Spider-Man PS4 preview: Mary Jane Watson is a great playable character - Polygon Best games of 2018 - Polygon Fyre Festival founder blames everything but himself / Boing Boing Ja Rule Still Doesn't Feel Shame Over Fyre Festival Failure
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1h 7min
September 20, 2018193: A Masochist and a Liar
It's new Apple hardware week, and reviews are out! iOS 12 is here as well, and Playstation has cooked up something new.
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Links and Show Notes Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership iPhone XS: Roundup of the first reviews - Business Insider iPhone XS review: the XS and XS Max are solid updates to a winning formula - The Verge The iPhone XS camera beats the iPhone X, but not the Pixel 2 - The Verge Apple iPhone XS Review: Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary | WIRED iPhone XS and XS Max review: The best iPhones ever. Period. iOS 12 review: the fixes are in - The Verge iOS 12: The MacStories Review – MacStories Apple Couldn’t Cure My iPhone Addiction - WSJ Apple Watch 4 review: the best smartwatch gets better - The Verge Kevin on Twitter: "@_RocketFM I have completed Podcast Wall 2.0! With your help, I now have a lovely orbit, with a certain request in the lowest and top :) @Spacekatgal @doomquasar @film_girl… https://t.co/xJmS4Anhbi" Sony is launching a PlayStation Classic console this December loaded with 20 games - The Verge Should you subscribe to Nintendo Switch Online? - Polygon
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1h 16min
September 13, 2018192: Are the New iPhones Worth it?
Brianna returns just in time for Apple's lackluster September event. That said, your hosts still spend close to an hour talking about the new iPhones, and the Apple Watch. Then Brianna talks about the lessons she learned from running her first campaign for Congress. Later, Simone previews the first 7 hours of Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
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Links and Show Notes Apple iPhone event 2018: the biggest announcements - The Verge Holy hell, the 512GB iPhone XS Max costs $1,449 New iPhone XS and huge 6.5-inch XS Max announced - The Verge iPhone XR announced with a notched 6.1-inch LCD display and Face ID - The Verge iPhone XS vs. Pixel 2 vs. Galaxy S9: what phone has the best specs? - The Verge Why a new Apple Watch with EKG matters - The Verge Apple Watch 4 hands-on: bigger is better - The Verge Brianna Wu — Donate via ActBlue Assassin’s Creed Odyssey preview: change is coming - Polygon Why Swinging in Spider-Man Feels SO Good | Game Mechanics Explained - YouTube
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1h 24min
September 06, 2018191: Summer of Scams: The Finale
Jack Dorsey and Sheryl Sandberg take on Congress in this week's hearings, but to what end? Next, Apple's biggest leak yet reveals the form factor of two of its new phones. Finally, an update on Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, a story we've followed since day one — and it's not quite over yet.
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Links and Show Notes Facebook, Twitter get lashing on Capitol Hill — and brownie points for showing up The 7 biggest moments from Wednesday’s social media hearings - The Verge Apple Leaks Images of Upcoming 2018 'iPhone XS' Models - Mac Rumors New iPhone rumors: everything we know about Apple’s upcoming flagship - The Verge Apple Accidentally Leaks Images of Upcoming Apple Watch Series 4 Models With Larger Displays - Mac Rumors Blood-Testing Firm Theranos to Dissolve - WSJ
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1h 4min

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