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TNW 156: AOC is Among Us on Twitch - The Failure of Quibi, Phantom Secure, AR Mario Kart in Your Living Room

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The failure of Quibi, Phantom Secure, AR Mario Kart in your living room.

  • Joseph Cox from Motherboard details a lengthy voyage of Phantom Secure, a secure smartphone service that catered to and participated in the criminal underground.
  • Mario Kart is coming to your living room! Rebecca Spear from iMore tested the new Mario Kart Live kit and shows why it makes such a good toy for humans and cats.
  • Quibi failed fast and hard, and Josh Constine from SignalFire has thought extensively about why it wasn't able to capitalize on the opportunity that shelter-in-place provides for video streaming services.
  • Twitch saw Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nearly break live streaming records while playing Among Us, and Kyle Orland from Ars Technica dissects what that means for the upcoming election.

    • Host: Jason Howell

    Guests: Joseph Cox, Rebecca Spear, Josh Constine, and Kyle Orland

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