Oct 2nd 2022
This Week in Tech 895
Eastern Blocks
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Stadia is done, Zuck's UFC appearance, General AI, OG App, Amazon event
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
Guests:
Alex Kantrowitz,
Cory Doctorow
Stadia is done, Zuck's UFC appearance, General AI, OG App, Amazon event
- Stadia is issuing refunds - How to get yours.
- Red Dead Redemption 2 fan with nearly 6,000 hours on Stadia begs Rockstar for character transfer.
- Adobe can’t Photoshop out the fact its $20bn Figma deal is a naked land grab.
- Penpot inks $8M as signups for its open source spin on Figma jump 5600% after Adobe’s $20B acquisition move.
- Is Mark Zuckerberg Fighting at This Weekend’s UFC Show?
- Texts show roll call of tech figures tried to help Elon Musk in Twitter deal.
- The True Genius of Tech Leaders.
- “Buying Our Way In” was Palantir’s (PLTR stock) Secret Plan to Get into the NHS.
- Elon Musk unveils Optimus
- Is general AI right around the corner?
- Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient.
- James Bridle’s “Ways of Being”
- In Delaware’s Kathaleen McCormick, Elon Musk Finds A Judge Who Means Business.
- Klobuchar, Cruz strike deal to advance journalism antitrust bill.
- Inside Podcasters' Explosive Audience Growth.
- The OG App promises you an ad-free Instagram feed.
- Amazon hardware event 2022.
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Links
- Red Dead Redemption 2 fan with nearly 6,000 hours on Stadia begs Rockstar for character transfer | GamesRadar+
- Stadia is issuing refunds - How to get yours
- Is Mark Zuckerberg Fighting at This Weekend’s UFC Show?
- Texts show roll call of tech figures tried to help Elon Musk in Twitter deal | Ars Technica
- Google delays the death of Manifest V2 extensions to 2024 - gHacks Tech News
- Elon Musk to unveil 'humanoid robot' for Tesla factories on Friday
- Inside Podcasters' Explosive Audience Growth - Bloomberg
- Amazon hardware event 2022: Live coverage | Engadget
- The OG App promises you an ad-free Instagram feed | TechCrunch
- In Delaware’s Kathaleen McCormick, Elon Musk Finds A Judge Who Means Business