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350: Many Apples Sep 09, 2021

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Many many tiny slices of Apple are coming to you, listener. First, an update on Apple's CSAM tools and concessions to the anti-trust critics! But will it be enough to save the App Store? Next, we have an upcoming Apple event, so tradition calls for us to discuss what we are expecting. But what we weren't expected was Apple's car guy Doug Field leaving for Ford!! Is he so excited to have a product that finally launches? Maybe! All this and more on Rocket.

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CSAM Tools

Apple’s App Store Concession, Why This is a Big Deal, Devil in the Details

Apple's Sept. 14 event: Here's what we expect to see, from iPhone 13 to Apple Watch 7

Doug Field

Elizabeth Holmes groupies

Britney Spears' father petitions to end her conservatorship

When My Crazy Father Actually Lost His Mind (Published 2012)

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349: Arriving Today! Sep 02, 2021

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This week on Rocket, tech journalist and author Christopher Mims is here to discuss his new book, Arriving Today. It's the book that critics are saying "makes supply chains interesting" (Simone de Rochefort, 2021) — and guess what he does during this interview? He makes supply chains interesting!! You have to listen to believe it and then you will immediately want to read his book. Then, Google and Apple are being hit with a new law in South Korea, and Elizabeth Holmes is finally going to trial. That is, if they can ever find a jury of her peers.

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Arriving Today by Christopher Mims

Apple and Google must allow developers to use other payment systems, new Korean law declares

Google, Apple Hit by First Law Threatening Dominance Over App-Store Payments

China’s Video Game Restrictions, South Korea Passes App Store Payments Law

Apple's Settlement, Explicit Imprimatur, Additional Notes – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Blog - Cameron v. Apple Settlement

Schemer or Naïf? Elizabeth Holmes Is Going to Trial.

Retro Gaming Today

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348: Only Fans, Only Problems Aug 26, 2021

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But where are the only solutions? This week on Rocket we're talking about the Only Fans debacle, which came to a tenuous resolution mere hours before we started recording? Reverse Rocket Rule! Then, it's a deep dive into the Mystery of the Exploding PSUs from Gigabyte. Would you give up your hard-won GPU to save yourself from an exploding power supply unit? And finally: hey, new Spider-Man! That's an episode of Rocket.

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Only Fans Tweet

OnlyFans founder blames banks for ban on porn

OnlyFans to Bar Sexually Explicit Videos Starting in October

OnlyFans’ inexplicable ban on porn might be explained by this BBC investigation

Christina's Tweet

Exploding Power Supplies: Gigabyte & Newegg Dumping Unsellable Product

Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer

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347: YAK, BACK, DO IT AGAIN Aug 19, 2021

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WHEELS TURNING ROUND AND ROUND. This week we're talking about, yes, YIKYAK, the zombie social media platform where you can post hyper-local bullying for all the local elder millennials to enjoy. Then, Google joins Samsung and Apple in not shipping chargers with its new phones! This is ALL APPLE'S FAULT. Meanwhile, Intel is trying it with new gamer-focused Arc-brand GPUs that have cool code names like "Battlemage" and "Celestial" and honestly those should just be their real names. Finally, dessert this week is an episode from Wall Street Journal on the tech workers who are taking on not one, but TWO full-time jobs… and getting away with it.

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Local and anonymous social media app Yik Yak is back

The Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro won't come with wall chargers

Intel's Arc GPUs are designed to take on Nvidia and AMD for PC gaming

TWO JOBS

Kittens Game - a Dark Souls of incremental gaming

346: Really Ridiculous Content Aug 12, 2021

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Apple proposes to add controversial machine learning tools to the iPhone to protect children — but is it the right thing to do? Also, hey, new iPhone rumors! Apparently, no amount of questionable activity will prevent us from being consumers in this capitalist hellscape.

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Apple says photos in iCloud will be checked by child abuse detection system

Child Safety

Apple's Plan to "Think Different" About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private Life

Apple Readies New iPhones With Pro-Focused Camera, Video Updates

Trisha Paytas's YouTube Empire

Trisha Paytas, YouTube's Problematic Drama Queen

345: Scholastic Succession Aug 05, 2021

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On this episode of Rocket, we're not saying anyone was murdered! We're just not. But we ARE saying the RIAA's ridiculous bullying could MURDER the music industry and their penny-pinching ways won't help creators!! In better news, the OLED Nintendo Switch is looking GOOD and UH-OH… WE WANT IT!!!

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RIAA, NMPA, More Music Groups Slam Twitter’s ‘Rampant Theft of Creative Works’ in Letter to Congress

Twitter Is Turning a Blind Eye to Music Copyright Infringement, Group of U.S. Reps Says

Nintendo Switch OLED hands-on: a small upgrade that makes a big difference

Hands-On: Nintendo Switch OLED is a striking improvement for portable players | VGC

We tried the new Nintendo Switch OLED... and we're conflicted

Succession Drama Grips Scholastic: CEO’s Sudden Death, an Office Romance and a Surprise Will

344: Viral News Jul 29, 2021

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This week we're discussing the lawsuit against Activision Blizzard and employee walk-outs protesting widespread sexual harassment at the company. Also, mandatory vaccines at Google, and Adam Driver turning into a centaur.

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Inside The Cosby Suite From The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit

Activision Blizzard faces lawsuit and employee backlash over sexual harassment

California sues Activision Blizzard over a culture of ‘constant sexual harassment’

Activision Blizzard employees say CEO’s letter ‘fails to address’ key concerns

Activision Blizzard Sued Over 'Frat Boy' Culture, Harassment (1)

Activision Blizzard CEO says response to harassment lawsuit was 'tone deaf'

Google, Facebook to Require Vaccinations for On-Campus Workers

BURBERRY HERO - THE NEW FRAGRANCE FOR MEN

343: Faith in Ted Sarandos Jul 22, 2021

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It's a big week for Rocket Rules: Last week Steam announced its Steam Deck handheld PC, and Netflix announced it was getting into games! But in the middle of all that fun, don't we have time for… some Apple Rumors? You know we do! We always do...

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Blue Origin: We asked a rocket scientist why Jeff Bezos' rocket looks so much like a penis.

Steam Deck, Valve handheld for PC games, announced for December release - Polygon

Steam Deck $399 model has 64 GB, too little space for the biggest games - Polygon

Apple AirPods update to arrive later this year with iPhone SE refresh coming 2022: report - The Verge

iPhone 13 rumors grow more certain ahead of September launch - The Verge

Netflix thinks games matter more than buying movie studios - The Verge

Netflix eyes video game expansion, according to new report - Polygon

Tom Clancy's XDefiant Is Ubisoft's New Free-To-Play Shooter

342: Goodbye, Fleets Jul 15, 2021

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The New York Times has a killer new story on Facebook's relationship with CrowdTangle. And then, speaking of driving engagement, Twitter is killing Fleets? WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO!!

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Here's a Look Inside Facebook's Data Wars - The New York Times

Microsoft threatens to resurrect Clippy as an Office emoji - The Verge

Get nostalgic with new Microsoft Teams backgrounds | Microsoft 365 Blog

Twitter is shutting down Fleets, its expiring tweets feature - The Verge

Twitter considers letting you limit tweets to ‘trusted friends’ - The Verge

Five ‘Dead Startups’ from Juicero to Coolest Cooler parodied as toys - The Verge

They welcomed a robot into their family, now they’re mourning its death - The Verge

The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child (Infrastructures), Ames, Morgan G. - Amazon.com

341: Social Media Astir Jul 08, 2021

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Christina and Simone are tackling the newest model of the Nintendo Switch with its fancy new OLED screen. Is it the Switch we've been waiting for!? Maybe not!? Is it the Switch we have? Yes. And then, social media companies are facing consequences abroad, while Section 230 is under attack in the United States.

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