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Rocket
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Rocket episodes
- 400: Ad Liminim
On a very special episode of Rocket, a very special special guest plays judge, jury, and exe-juiceioner, in a devious trivia game designed by our very own Brianna Wu. Thanks everyone for listening for 400 episodes and here's to 400 chaotic more! PLUS: Subscribe to Rocket Booster for our very first extra helping of Dessert!
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Rocket Merch Store1 hr 12 min - 399: This Show Contains Poop
The chip industry reacts to a new upset, and Adam Neumann is BACK IN THE REAL ESTATE GAME. Stay tuned for the next 399 episodes of Rocket because this is all we'll be talking about!
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Membership - Relay FM Chipmakers Pandemic Boom Turns to Bust With Recession Looming - Bloomberg US chipmakers hit by sudden downturn after pandemic boom | Ars Technica WeWork’s Adam Neumann Gets Backing from Andreesen Horowitz - The New York Times Investing in Flow | Andreessen Horowitz Disney Criticized After "Baffling" Censorship In Popular Children’s Show Goes Viral - Inside the Magic Bluey family meeting: Why you can’t watch the farting episode in America | Kidspot ‘Gravity Falls’ Creator Reveals Language Disney Tried to Edit – The Hollywood Reporter59 min - 398: Delicious Workflow
Howdy folks, who's enjoying Apple's new battery percentage indicator? No one? This week on Rocket we're discussing the cloudy future of Unity after an acquisition offer by AppLovin, as well as review workflows and our FAVORITE NEW ESPORT.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Battery percentage finally returns to iOS 16 and it’s hideous - The Verge Here’s what iOS 16’s new battery percent indicator should have looked like - The Verge AppLovin Proposes $17.5 Billion Deal to Buy Unity Software - WSJ Unity’s perfect storm - Protocol AppLovin offers to buy video game software maker Unity in $17.5 bln deal | Reuters Unity loses less than feared, trims outlook as Applovin makes $20 billion bid for software company - MarketWatch "This MacBook is not for you" - YouTube Excel esports on ESPN show world the pain of format errors | Ars Technica59 min - 397: We Fixed Instagram
Rocket Ruled yet again — Adam Mosseri, longtime fan of Rocket, definitely listened to our episode last week before he walked back Instagram's full-screen changes. That's what happened! Then, Twitter v. Musk heats up, and yet another pretender thinks NFT books could be a thing — but this time, it's textbook. We're opening our vocal folds for another scintillating episode of Rocket!
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Instagram walks back TikTok-style changes — Adam Mosseri explains why - The Verge Tesla is the latest company to be drawn into the Elon Musk-Twitter legal mess - The Verge Pearson says NFT textbooks will let it profit off secondhand sales - The Verge Why the Batgirl movie will never be released, even though it’s done - Polygon Why wouldn’t Warner Bros. just release Batgirl on HBO Max? - Polygon Mark Cuban wants to turn a Texas town into Jurassic Park1 hr 5 min - 396: RIP Instagram
We're talking about Instagram's awful updates, the first crypto insider trading scandal, and NFT books on a deliciously bad episode of ROCKET!
Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership The Kardashians hate the new Instagram - The Verge How Reels Have Impacted Engagement Rates on Instagram | Later Instagram is chasing TikTok with a new full-screen experience test - The Verge Adam Mosseri confirms it: Instagram is over - The Verge Twitter Ex-Coinbase Manager Arrested in US Crypto Insider-Trading Case (COIN) - Bloomberg How Crypto Is Evolving the Future of Books and Publishing52 min - 395: Get Your Apple $$$
Apple has settled with NO WRONGDOING in its keyboard lawsuit, and some of us are looking forward to purchasing one (1) song on Apple Music with our newfound wealth. Then, some gaming culture chat: Discord is coming to Xbox, and FaZe clan is coming to SPACs! What great timing!
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Apple agrees to pay $50M to settle lawsuit over flawed keyboards on older MacBooks | TechCrunch A first look at Discord on Xbox - The Verge Faze Clan goes public in $725 million SPAC deal - The Verge FaZe Clan's Market Debut Disappoints Investors Who Don’t Buy the Hype - Bloomberg YouTube hires tech YouTuber Rene Ritchie as its new creator liaison - The Verge57 min - 394: Reunited and It Feels So Good
Last week, Sunny Balwani is CHARGED, Elon Musk is being SUED BY TWITTER, and so, so much more. We got Rocket Ruled pretty hard but it's finally time for our take on the tech drama of the day.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Theranos Ex-President Sunny Balwani Found Guilty of Fraud - Bloomberg Sentencing for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes delayed Twitter sues Elon Musk to keep his $44 billion buyout alive - The Verge Apple and Jony Ive’s exclusive consulting arrangement is reportedly over - The Verge Cameron Diaz Worked as a Drug Mule Before Stardom | IndieWire Ranged Touch on Twitter1 hr 3 min - 393: Scam Console
Brianna and Christina talk about the best new console scam, Apple’s new Lockdown Mode, and the #Gentleminions Meme.
This episode of Rocket is sponsored by:- Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code ROCKET at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership A Web3 Game Console Is a Bad Idea at the Worst Possible Time The Polium One Is A Web3 Console That Will Never Get Released Polium on Twitter: "A lot of criticism and mixed reviews. Web 3 Gaming will be the future 🚀🎮. We will have a functional prototype ready before we take any pre-orders or funding. Let’s clear some things up. 👇" / Twitter Apple expands commitment to protect users from mercenary spyware - Apple Why Lockdown mode from Apple is one of the coolest security ideas ever | Ars Technica The GentleMinions TikTok trend, explained - Polygon 'Minions' Meme #GentleMinions May Have Helped Box Office1 hr 4 min - 392: A Show For Gamers
Brianna and Simone chat about this week's Nintendo Direct, AND the return of Axie Infinity transactions, in a gamer-tastic episode of ROCKET!
Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Nintendo’s ‘Mini’ Direct was low-key, but Switch has a strong release schedule - Polygon Axie Infinity NFT game reopens transactions months after $625 million theft - The Verge Axie Infinity’s Ethereum Bridge Back Online After $622M Hack - Decrypt Facebook Groups are being revamped to look like Discord - The Verge56 min - 391: The Winds of Crypto Winter
Reviews for Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 chip are out. And it's… a weird machine? Why are they making this, and for you? Then, cryptominers are dumping their GPUs on the market, and we discuss ways that streaming services could better compete in a saturated marketplace.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership MacBook Pro 13 (2022) Review: For Fans Only Apple MacBook Pro 13 (2022) review: new chip, old threads - The Verge Crypto Miners Start Dumping GPUs, RTX 3080s Listed for $523 | Tom's Hardware Whatever you do, don't buy a used graphics card under any circumstances right now | TechRadar GPUs Are the Only Thing Getting Cheaper Right Now There has to be a better way to binge - The Verge Reward for information on missing metro Phoenix woman Roberta Braden57 min
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