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Countdown to excitement! Every week Christina Warren, Brianna Wu and Simone de Rochefort had accelerated geek conversation. Tech, comics, movies, games and books, no galaxy is off limits! Hosted by Christina Warren, Brianna Wu, and Simone De Rochefort.

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360: Conflicts of Interest Nov 18, 2021

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On an auspicious episode 360, we're looking back at 20 years of Xbox! But first, Nick Guy comes on to discuss the Wirecutter Union and what will happen if New York Times management doesn't come to the table before Black Friday.

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We are the Wirecutter Union. We're prepared to walk out.

New York Times Gadget Reviewers Plan Black Friday Strike - Bloomberg

Wirecutter Union (@wirecutterunion) / Twitter

Wirecutter Union on Twitter: "We're seeking about $300,000 in salary increases via pay floors across 67 people. To put it another way, that's 0.029% of the more than $1 billion @nytimes has sitting in cash." / Twitter

20 years of Xbox: a visual history - The Verge

How Xbox outgrew the console: inside Phil Spencer’s multi-billion dollar gamble | British GQ

Original Xbox Controller Was "Embarrassingly Enormous," Co-Creator Says [UPDATE] - GameSpot

Halo Almost Wasn't An Xbox Game | Remember When - YouTube

Stephen Toulouse obituary: Game industry remembers Xbox Live's crusader against abuse | VentureBeat

Quentin Tarantino Sued Over Pulp Fiction NFT by Miramax – The Hollywood Reporter

359: Sideloading is for Cybercriminals Nov 11, 2021

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Can you believe this website costs $36? Yes, this week we're talking about Twitter Blue, the subscription service that is finally available in the USA. We just can't wait to pay $2.99 to have ads on Twitter! Then, will Facebook's — sorry, Meta's — metaverse take off or is it just another big, empty gesture? Oh, also you're all going to jail if you sideload, you cybercriminals.

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Twitter Blue is now available in the US - The Verge

Christina Warren on Twitter: "I can't believe this website is only $36" / Twitter

Planet Facebook

So what is “the metaverse,” exactly? | Ars Technica

The Metaverse Was Lame Even Before Facebook - The Atlantic

The Metaverse Is Already Here — It’s Minecraft | by Clive Thompson | Oct, 2021 | Debugger

John Carmack issues some words of warning for Meta and its metaverse plans | Ars Technica

Apple’s Federighi delivers dramatic speech on dangers of sideloading | Ars Technica

Tim Cook: Users Who Want to Sideload Apps Can Use Android, While the iPhone Experience Maximizes 'Security and Privacy' - MacRumors

Don't Copy That Floppy (Official Video - Digitally Remastered) - YouTube

358: Anna Delvey's Crypto Corner Nov 04, 2021

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This week on Rocket, Christina and Brianna are dishing on their new Macbook Pros. How fast are they? Fast enough to speedrun Tomb Raider? And just how many steps DOES it take to install Audio Hijack? All that and more. Plus, Steam has officially ruled that no NFT or crypto-based games can be sold on the platform. A bold new move for a bold new world.

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Valve bans blockchain games and NFTs on Steam, Epic will try to make it work - The Verge

Investors Spent Millions on ‘Evolved Apes’ NFTs. Then They Got Scammed.

Squid Game Cryptocurrency Scammers Make Off With $2.1 Million

Mario NFT Game Shut Down By Nintendo, Fans Are Actually Happy For Once

Mario Kart NFT 'Idea' Is The Worst Thing I Have Ever Seen

Shonda Rhimes' Inventing Anna is premiering in February 2022

357: Facebook Papers Oct 28, 2021

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The Facebook Papers are in the hands of journalists, and increasingly dire reports are coming out about Facebook's business practices. That, and MacBook Pro reviews on this week's Rocket!

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The Facebook Papers: What you need to know : NPR

Here are all the Facebook Papers stories - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech

Facebook Papers: ‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly’ - The Atlantic

How Facebook Failed the World - The Atlantic

MacBook Pro with M1 Pro and M1 Max impressions: giving the people what they want - The Verge

14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack – Six Colors

Georgia man spends COVID loan on $57K rare Pokémon card, says prosecutor - Polygon

356: Macbook Prose Oct 21, 2021

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Rocket is blasting into hardware coverage this week with an exciting preview of the Apple cleaning cloth and the redesigned MacBook Pro. Plus the Google 6 pixel announcement. Dessert this week is packed with coverage of 9 different shows you need to be watching. It’s so much Rocket, your podcast client might just crash!

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In worst Apple event ever, the tech giant becomes a parody of itself

Apple innovators do it again with $19 'Polishing Cloth'

Apple launches MacBook Pro with new chips, larger displays, and the notch

The 8 biggest announcements from Apple’s Unleashed event - The Verge

Apple Music's new 'Voice Plan' is cheaper, but you have to use Siri

Google Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro: Specs, Price, Release Date, Details | WIRED

355: TWONKA Oct 14, 2021

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Simone is BACK and we are talking about THOSE JUICY NEW M1X MACBOOK PROS. And then we have two totally mystifying VR and AR headset announcements, one from HTC and another from… Magic Leap!? And finally, most importantly, Timothee Chalamet's twink Wonka look has been revealed and regrettably, it's good.

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'Unleashed' Apple Event Focusing on New Macs to Take Place on October 18 - MacRumors

Magic Leap is back with $500 million in funding and a new AR headset - The Verge

HTC’s new headset has leaked and it’ll make you look like a bug - The Verge

Timothée Chalamet Wonka Musical First Look and Q&A: WATCH

354: Not the Bad Art Friend Oct 07, 2021

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Bri and Christina take on Facebook Whistleblowers, Twitch hacks and the ultimate media disaster, OzyMedia

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Gamergate Series In The Works From Mind Riot & Brianna Wu – Deadline

The Facebook Whistleblower, Frances Haugen, Says She Wants to Fix the Company, Not Harm It - WSJ

The Facebook Files - WSJ

4 takeaways from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony : NPR

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen details company's misleading efforts on 60 Minutes - CBS News

Facebook explains the backbone shutdown behind its massive outage - The Verge

Twitch Hack Reveals How Much Revenue the Platform’s Biggest Streamers Make - WSJ

October 2021 Twitch source code, earnings hack explained - Polygon

Goldman Sachs, Ozy Media and a $40 Million Conference Call Gone Wrong - The New York Times

Katty Kay Resigns From Ozy Media Following NYT Report - The New York Times

Ozy Media’s chairman resigns as company faces questions. - The New York Times

Ozy Built a TV Show on a False Claim, Says Its Former Producer - The New York Times

What Investors Saw in Ozy Media - The New York Times

Ozy Media's Carlos Watson Says It Is ‘Going to Open for Business' - The New York Times

Ozy Media is accused in a lawsuit of ‘fraudulent conduct.’ - The New York Times

Carlos Watson Discusses Ozy Media's Re-Launch, Internal Scandals, New Opportunities + More - YouTube

How Ozy Fest Was About To Become The Next Fyre Festival — Until A Heat Wave (And Insurance Claim) Bailed Them Out

Sharon Osbourne says Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson lied about investment

353: Dan Moren Saves the Universe Sep 30, 2021

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With disaster hitting not one, but two of the best Rocket hosts, the B(rianna) team steps up with Dan Moren to save the show.
We cover Amazon’s event with stalker robots, review the iPad Mini and geek out on Apple TV’s new show “Foundation.”

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Amazon Devices Event

iPad Mini Review

Foundation

352: Wonderfully Weird Stuff Sep 23, 2021

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Simone is off doing French things so Bri and Christina talk the Microsoft Surface event, iPhone 13 reviews (and Christina’s saga to getting an iPhone 13 Pro Max) and iOS 15 impressions, and finally try to unpack the drama happening around the movie adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen.

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Microsoft Event

New Service Products

Surface Duo 2

Surface Go 3

Surface Accessibility Kit

Microsoft Ocean Plastic Mouse

13 Pro Max Review

13 Mini Review

MacStories iOS 15 Review

Best Dear Evan Hansen Review

Slate Dear Evan Hansen Review

Will Fans Show Up to Dear Evan Hansen?

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351: Holding Ourselves Accountable... Sep 16, 2021

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It's yet another Apple Event week here on Rocket, but a weirdly subdued one? Can Apple impress us with its new iPhones and its fancy rack focus camera feature? What about Brianna's long-awaited iPad Mini update? And will anyone, anyone at all be getting a new iPhone this year? Then, in our second story, Apple has patched the flaw that allowed the Pegasus exploit to get access to users' phones, and in our dessert, Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend's testicles. Yeah. Find out what Twitter is ALL aflutter about on this sleep-deprived episode of Rocket!

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Apple Event - The Verge

Apple Event - iPhone

Apple Event - Macro Camera

Spyware - New Apple Update

Spyware - Vulnerability Fix

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The Health Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, on the other hand, shamed Minaj for wasting his time. “Unfortunately, we wasted so much time yesterday running down this false claim,” he said. “As we stand now, there is absolutely no reported such side effect or adverse event of testicular swelling in Trinidad.”

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