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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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340: Breaking Windows Jul 01, 2021

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This week Christina and Bri are talking about Windows 11, the various events from the launch and they detour into the state of Windows in general.

For dessert, Bri and Christina extol the virtues of F9 and the Fast and Furious franchise.

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Join us to see what’s next for developers - YouTube

Upgrade to the New Windows 11 OS | Microsoft

Introducing Windows 11 | Windows Experience Blog

Windows 11: The Best Windows Ever for Gaming - Xbox Wire

microsoft/GDK: Microsoft Public GDK

29 results for Laptops

Can You Watch ‘F9’ Having Never Seen the Other ‘F&F’ Movies?

339: Snap Swears Jun 24, 2021

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This week we're hitting the road again with Peloton — any paying the price!? Peloton's PR problems are not getting better, with a new update soft-locking their treadmills for non-subscribers. And then, a Supreme Court Snap swears settlement! In a very alliterative episode of Rocket.

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Peloton forced its subscription plan on Tread+ owners, but claims a fix is coming - The Verge

Peloton: All Owners of $4,000 Tread+ Must Pay $39 Membership to Use

Supreme Court says school can’t punish student for profane Snapchat post - The Verge

Netflix’s Sexy Beasts Is a Dating Show Fever Dream

338: Hype House!! Jun 17, 2021

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We have special guest Ashley Carman of The Verge on the show to talk about her INCREDIBLE story about the rise and fall of HiStudios and the podcast hype house that collapsed dramatically over the last year. And then we talk about E3 and all the good games!!

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Himalaya Launches Podcast Platform With $100 Million Funding - Variety

How Ximalaya funded one man’s podcasting hype house dreams - The Verge

Square Enix announces action-heavy spinoff Final Fantasy Origin - The Verge

Breath of the Wild 2 trailer analysis: Link’s new powers and other secrets - Polygon

Starfield: What we know about Bethesda’s next RPG - Polygon

New WarioWare game, Get It Together!, announced for Nintendo Switch - Polygon

Metroid Dread: First gameplay and story details from Nintendo at E3 2021 - Polygon

Redfall is Arkane’s new multiplayer shooter with vampires - Polygon

337: MoviePass: Back in the News Jun 10, 2021

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It’s another WWDC with Rocket. We’re chatting about the coffers announcements from Apple’s keynote, and giving yet another dramatic update on MoviePass. What could possibly have happened now?!

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Apple WWDC 2021 biggest announcements: iOS 15, macOS Monterey and more - The Verge

Apple is building video and music sharing into FaceTime - The Verge

Apple’s Live Text is going to read all the text in all your photos with AI - The Verge

You’ll soon be able to use your iPhone as ID at the airport - The Verge

Apple’s Siri will finally work without an internet connection thanks to on-device processing - The Verge

Apple introduces Siri for third-party devices - The Verge

Apple announced App Privacy Report, changes to Mail and Safari - The Verge

Apple is making AirPods easier to hear with and find - The Verge

macOS Monterey lets you run Shortcuts and share input between Macs and iPads - The Verge

MoviePass Deceived Users So They’d Use It Less, F.T.C. Says - The New York Times

336: Cheaters Prosper Jun 03, 2021

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Aunt Christina is having baby-time, but she's still here because we absolutely can't talk about GPUs and Stack Overflow without her! Nvidia has released an updated 3080, the RTX 3080 Ti. But it's $500 more than last year's card? What is HAPPENING? Then, speaking of large numbers, Prosus has acquired Stack Overflow for 1.8 billion, with a B. Is this a yikes or a yay?

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti review: more 4K for more of your wallet - The Verge

Stack Overflow Sold to Tech Giant Prosus for $1.8 Billion - WSJ

Technology investor Prosus is taking over Stack Overflow for $ 1.8 billion - Free to Download APK And Games Online

Inside The ‘World’s Largest’ Video Game Cheating Empire

335: AIRBN-BS May 27, 2021

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Christina is at Microsoft Build this week, but what's this?? HOOFBEATS ON THE HORIZON? BRIANNA WU IS RETURNED FROM FLORIDA and she's SO ready to talk about the remastered Mass Effect trilogy. But first, we talk about Valve's new Switch-like CP and AirBnB's whole deal.

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Exclusive: Valve is making a Switch-like portable gaming PC | Ars Technica

Dell’s new Concept UFO puts PC gaming on a Nintendo Switch-like device | Ars Technica

Airbnb 2021

Mass Effect remastered trilogy release date announced - Polygon

Mass Effect remastered trilogy release date announced - Polygon

Mass Effect Legendary Edition review: "The only way to play an unmissable series" | GamesRadar+

Mass Effect Modders Are Using Official Audio To Restore Gay Romances For Jack, Thane, Tali, And More

334: Apple is Killing Games May 20, 2021

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Christina and Simone are mourning Christina's Dogecoin dreams. But wait, what's this?? Apple is doing one good thing and two weird ones!? Unprecedented behavior from our problematic fave. Find out what's up on Rocket!

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Bitcoin is, for now, worst of all financial worlds | Reuters

24-inch M1 iMac review: She’s a rainbow – Six Colors

iMac M1 2021 review: the all-in-one for almost everyone - The Verge

Unboxing ALL 7 M1 iMac Colors! - YouTube

AirPods Max don't support Apple Music's lossless songs, Apple says | iMore

Apple Music announces free lossless, Spatial Audio & Dolby Atmos upgrade | iMore

AirPods Max won't support Apple Music's lossless audio over the Lightning cable either [Update] | iMore

Apple said Roblox developers don’t make games, and now Roblox agrees - The Verge

In Epic v Apple, everybody is losing at the game of defining games - The Verge

Matthew Ball on Twitter

Rocket #250: A Colossal Flip-Up - Relay FM

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333: Apple vs. Epic: Puritanical Edition May 13, 2021

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This week Simone and Christina are interrogating Apple vs. Epic! Would you download an unspeakable game… to your phone?? Would you?? We'll answer that and more as we examine Apple's puritanical behavior in the courtroom, and then pivot to the crummy future of smart toasters and their ilk, as the chip shortage persists.

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Apple uses Itch.io’s ‘offensive and sexualized’ games as a cudgel against Epic - The Verge

Indie game marketplace Itch.io caught in the Epic-Apple crossfire - Axios

Itch Being Brought Into The Apple V Epic Case Shows What Corporations Think Of Queer Creators

In Epic v Apple, everybody is losing at the game of defining games - The Verge

Even Apple Knows Fortnite's Peely Is A Monster

Adi Robertson on Twitter: "Apple lawyer: “We have a large yellow banana here, in a tuxedo?” Weissinger: “Yes, that’s Peeley." Apple: [light paraphrase: “And in the tuxedo he’s known as Agent Peeley."" / Twitter

Adi Robertson on Twitter: "Apple lawyer: “We have a large yellow banana here, in a tuxedo?” Weissinger: “Yes, that’s Peeley." Apple: [light paraphrase: “And in the tuxedo he’s known as Agent Peeley."" / Twitter

Adi Robertson on Twitter: "Epic Lawyer: “A little bit of a digression: we talked about Peely, our banana?"" / Twitter

The Unspeakable Jam - itch.io

Sony Warns Tight PlayStation 5 Supply to Extend Into Next Year - Bloomberg

Chip shortage is starting to have major real-world consequences

Why is there a global chip shortage—and how will it end? | Fortune

Watch Venom 2 : Let There Be Carnage’s first trailer, which is full of carnage - Polygon

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332: All Out With Baby Stuff May 06, 2021

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In a lightning-fast episode we're talking about… yep, the big Basecamp blow-up, and we've got a lot to say. Then finally, Apple vs. Epic is finally before a judge, and lots of fun secrets are coming out!

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Facebook’s Oversight Board upholds Trump ban for at least six months - The Washington Post

Peloton reverses course, decides to recall treadmills after injuries, death | Reuters

How Basecamp blew up - Platformer

Changes at Basecamp

Basecamp CEO apologizes to staff in new post: ‘We have a lot to learn’ - The Verge

Epic vs. Apple Shows the Courts Were Not Prepared for the Games Industry's Obsessive Secrecy - IGN

Sony really hated PS4 crossplay, confidential documents reveal - The Verge

Epic Games Vs. Apple: What You Need To Know About The Trial : NPR

331: Triple Scamtown Apr 29, 2021

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It's triple helping of scams this week on Rocket. First off, a binary options scam comes to light after years of fleecing vulnerable people. Then, the secret behind McDonalds' ice cream machine failures is finally revealed!!

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Scam Theater: Inside an Online Trading Crime Ring That Grifted Millions from Mom-and-Pop Investors

Scamworld: 'Get rich quick' schemes mutate into an online monster | The Verge

Scamworld: 'Get rich quick' mutates into an unstoppable monster - YouTube

The REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken - YouTube

They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War | WIRED

Chameleon — Campside Media

Inside one of Hollywood's most audacious Ponzi schemes - Los Angeles Times

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