Rocket

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November 03, 2022410: Twitter Is Over
Elon Musk bought Twitter. Now what? Then, Henry Cavill is leaving The Witcher!! Nooo!!
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Membership - Relay FM Rocket | Cotton Bureau Animated GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY Welcome to hell, Elon - The Verge Elon Musk’s Twitter Faces Exodus of Advertisers and Executives - The New York Times Elon Musk is the CEO of Twitter - The Verge Liberals are trying to defend Twitter from Elon Musk like it’s Kyiv. Scoop: Musk team working to reboot Vine this year Henry Cavill leaving Netflix’s The Witcher for season 4 - Polygon Tech Podcasts From People You Trust | This Week in Tech | TWiT Tumblr Staff — Introducing: Community Labels As you know, art and... Matt on Tumblr on Tumblr
1 hr 7 min
October 27, 2022409: Rest In Piece, Lightning
An AV company shuts down, Apple kills a cable, and Taylor Swift releases Midnights. All that and more on Rocket as we prepare for a year of being forced to cover Twitter on a weekly basis!
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Membership - Relay FM Rocket | Cotton Bureau Argo AI, driverless startup backed by Ford and VW, is shutting down - The Verge Even After $100 Billion, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere - Bloomberg Apple Will Switch iPhone to USB-C Because 'We Have No Choice' | PCMag Taylor Swift’s Midnights album: What do all the lyrics mean? - Vox The Internet's Biggest Jack Antonoff Hater Explains Himself | Defector caleb gamman on Twitter: "im able to instantly detect if jack antonoff worked on a song due to a visceral hatred of his production style https://t.co/qebe0nugXS" / Twitter
1 hr 11 min
October 20, 2022408: Passing on Apple
We've got two new iPads and a new Apple TV coming from Apple — who's already bought them, and who's on the fence? The answer… may surprise you? I don't know you!! Then, Konami definitely surprised everyone with a slew of new Silent Hill games. But are they what the people want? Olivia Wilde also satisfied the whole internet by revealing the salad dressing recipe that shook the world. Rocket is maybe the only tech podcast where you'll get to hear about new iPads AND Olivia Wilde's salad dressing.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Membership - Relay FM Rocket | Cotton Bureau The new iPad makes no sense - The Verge Apple launches redesigned iPad with a bigger screen and USB-C - The Verge Compared: M2 iPad Pro vs M1 iPad Pro | AppleInsider How to preorder the 2022 Apple TV 4K - The Verge Konami announces Silent Hill F and a Silent Hill 2 remake - The Verge Silent Hill: Ascension Is a Live Silent Hill Event Coming Next Year - IGN Olivia Wilde Just Shared Her "Special" Salad Dressing Recipe
1 hr
October 13, 2022407: Meta Discussions
Simone wanted to be with her mom, so Brianna and Christina try to handle the show without her. They talk about Facebook’s Meta Connect event and all the new Quest and VR news, before debating whether or not Brianna should spend $1600 on an Nvidia 4090, now that reviews are out and the card seems truly excellent.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Membership - Relay FM Rocket | Cotton Bureau The Meta Quest Pro costs $1,499 and ships October 25th - The Verge The Meta Quest Pro is a cutting-edge headset looking for an audience - The Verge Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to the Meta Quest - The Verge NBCU Deal With Meta Will Bring Peacock, 'The Office' and More to VR - Variety RTX 4090 review: Spend at least $1,599 for Nvidia’s biggest bargain in years | Ars Technica NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition Review & Benchmarks: Gaming, Power, & Thermals - YouTube Is the fastest GPU ALWAYS the best? - YouTube We need to have a chat about these 4090 Benchmarks... - YouTube
1 hr 4 min
October 06, 2022406: For Better or for Worse
A brief update in the Chess cheating scandal has Bri and Simone, hat in hand, begging for forgiveness for their understanding ways. Then, Elon Musk… wants to buy Twitter again? Is there any rhyme or reason to his actions? Also: Overwatch 2 launches, and so does a disastrous conservative dating app.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Membership - Relay FM Rocket | Cotton Bureau Hans Niemann Report - Chess.com Chess Investigation Finds That U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times - WSJ Hans Niemann's chess cheating scandal looms over his play at U.S. championships : NPR Overwatch 2 server errors are preventing people from logging in - Polygon Overwatch 2 changes, explained: Every new map, mode, and more - Polygon Want to date a hot rightwinger? Sick of all that woke nonsense? I’ve just the app for you! | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
1 hr
September 29, 2022 405: Depressed About Products
Amazon had a big ol' product showcase and Simone is so, so depressed about it! Who wants to hear about new spy cameras, a clock that watches you sleep, and speakers that are listening to you! YOU DO! Then, new CPUs and GPUs are SO POWERFUL, but is it worth upgrading yet? Finally, the Chess scandal has a new chapter, and it is juicy.
Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Membership - Relay FM Rocket | Cotton Bureau Here's everything Amazon announced at its fall hardware event | Engadget The RTX 4090 is begging for a game that can make it shine | Digital Trends AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review | PCMag Magnus Carlsen accuses Hans Niemann of cheating : NPR Chess Grandmaster Maxim Dlugy Admitted to Cheating on Chess.com, Emails Show
1 hr 7 min
September 22, 2022404: Sweet Vibrations
We finally have hands-on experience with the new iPhones — so, is it actually going to be worth it to upgrade? Then, a scandal in the world of Chess and Christie Smythe joins us to talk about that Elle story and life before, during, and after Martin Shkreli.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Membership - Relay FM Rocket | Cotton Bureau Apple iPhone 14 Pro review: early adopter island - The Verge Chess sex toy cheating scandal explained: World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, Hans Niemann in wild sports controversy - CBSSports.com Christie Smythe (@ChristieSmythe) / Twitter The Journalist and the Pharma Bro SMIRK | Christie Smythe | Substack 'Not Okay' movie: A guilt trip for the influencer age
1 hr 23 min
September 15, 2022403: Animation Catastrophe
iPhone 14 reviews are out so in a never-before-seen move, we are speaking about them. Then, the animation industry is in chaos when it comes to streaming services. Where can I watch Infinity Train!? Finally, we have Spooky pinball creator Bug on to chat about the Halloween pinball machine, one of Bri's favorites, and what other John Carpenter movies would make for great pinball.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Membership - Relay FM Rocket | Cotton Bureau Apple iPhone 14 Pro review: early adopter island - The Verge Netflix Lets Go Of 30 Staffers As Animation Overhaul Continues – Deadline HBO Max: Animators say they're "clueless" and "confused" by sudden cancellations Halloween Pinball: Price, Specs, and Images Revealed for New Spooky Pinball Machine Spooky Pinball – The Best Pinball Company in Benton, WI
57 min
September 08, 2022402: Purple iPhone
Christina and Simone are dishing on the FAR OUT Apple event - new iPhones, AirPods, and Apple Watches, oh my! Then, it’s a delicious and well-deserved chat about Harry Styles and SPITGATE.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Rocket | Cotton Bureau Apple’s iPhone 14 event: the 9 biggest announcements - The Verge Apple Watch Series 8, SE, and Ultra hands-on: triple the fun - The Verge iPhone 14 Pro: a first look at the new moving notch, camera, and more - The Verge iPhone 14 colors: Here's all your options | Tom's Guide iPhone 14 Pro: a first look at the new moving notch, camera, and more - The Verge The iPhone 14 lineup won’t have physical SIM support - The Verge Harry Styles ‘spitting’ on Chris Pine leads to more Don’t Worry Darling drama - Polygon Harry Styles Did Not Spit on Chris Pine, Rep Confirms - Variety
1 hr 12 min
September 01, 2022401: Rocket-Merch.com
On this episode of Rocket, Simone is off in Italy, so Christina and Bri are trying to keep things together. After some Rocket Merch updates, we talk about the Twitter Whistleblower leaks, spend some time in the world of AI art with Stable Diffusion, and finally are joined by Kat Tenbarge to talk about the latest Trisha Paytas drama. PLUS: Subscribe to Rocket Booster for even more from Kat, as an extra helping of Dessert!
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Membership - Relay FM Peiter 'Mudge' Zatko's journey from hacker to Twitter whistleblower - The Washington Post Whistleblower: Twitter misled investors, FTC and underplayed spam issues - Washington Post Twitter’s Former Security Boss Drops Stunning Whistleblower Report | Techdirt Twitter Whistleblowing Report Actually Seems To Confirm Twitter’s Legal Argument, While Pretending To Support Musk’s | Techdirt Elon Musk Cites Twitter Whistleblower Report as Reason to Scrap Deal - The New York Times Stable Diffusion Public Release — Stability.Ai 4.2 Gigabytes, or: How to Draw Anything - ⌨️🤷🏻‍♂️📷 Stable Diffusion is a really big deal Exploring 12 Million of the 2.3 Billion Images Used to Train Stable Diffusion's Image Generator - Waxy.org Kat Tenbarge (@kattenbarge) / Twitter As Trisha Paytas nears due date, she faces frightening harassment
1 hr 18 min

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