TWiT 939: The Immortal Cell - AI in Hollywood, Alphabet antitrust lawsuit, Amazon earnings, Exorcist VR

AI in Hollywood, Alphabet antitrust lawsuit, Amazon earnings, Exorcist VR

An Internet Veteran's Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology.

'Barbie' joins $1 billion club, breaks another record for female directors.

Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans.

Hollywood's Pain Is YouTube's Advertising Gain.

Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishers.

Amazon (AMZN) Q2 earnings report 2023.

Alphabet's Google (GOOGL) to Face Slimmed-Down Antitrust Lawsuit Over Search.

Brave Search Breaks Free Of Bing With Standalone Image Index.

Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine.

Apple Services Salvage a Blah Quarter.

Claimed superconductor LK-99 is an online sensation — but replication efforts fall short.

NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after mistake led to weeks of silence.

Fortnite's adding a museum about the Holocaust.

Exclusive: Inside Meta's Horizon Worlds reboot.

The Exorcist: Legion VR on Oculus Quest 2.

Post Malone Buys Lord Of The Rings Card Worth Over $2 Million.

Family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit over use of immortal cell line.

U.S. ban on popular lightbulb goes into effect Aug. 1.

Is that a TV in your pocket? Rokid is making a TV dongle for its AR glasses.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Georgia Dow, Mike Masnick, and Janko Roettgers

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