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In this episode: 

• Everyone’s Downloading a New Chinese Social Media App Before the TikTok Ban
• ​​With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘RedNote’
• TikTok users’ attempted migration to Chinese app RedNote isn’t going too well
• ​​Elon Musk could be China’s pick to buy TikTok, report says
• ​​Instagram alternative Pixelfed now has apps
• OpenAI’s AI reasoning model ‘thinks’ in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why
• University of Waterloo researchers engineer bacteria to eat microplastics. But is it a pipe dream?
• Lawsuit: Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to quietly track driving behavior
• 2 private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout journey
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Weird and Wacky: 

• Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin
• Some Paris Olympic athletes ask for medals to be replaced after quickly deteriorating
• Walgreens Replaced Fridge Doors With Smart Screens. It’s Now a $200 Million Fiasco

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Sonos Roam 2 
• Adam - Cube Timer, Gravity Sensor Flip Timer

Find us here:

• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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