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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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430: TikTok Heaven 3000 Mar 23, 2023

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We’re talking TikTok WAIT NO we’re talking the SEC fining Justin Sun and numerous celebrities spokespeople for cryptocurrency shenanigans! Then, it’s sadly time to bid goodbye to DPReview, the beloved camera website. Meanwhile, we never even got to say hello to Tax Heaven 3000, a dating sim/tax filing software that Steam yanked unceremoniously this week — or did they?

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TikTok ban hearing: all the news on the US’s crackdown on the video platform - The Verge

US issues sweeping restrictions on chip sales to China - The Verge

TikTok CEO appears on TikTok to warn users about the TikTok ban - The Verge

Biden administration reportedly demanding that TikTok sell or face a ban - The Verge

Congress rolls out new bill allowing nationwide TikTok ban - The Verge

SEC hits Jake Paul, Lindsay Lohan, Justin Sun with crypto violations

Tron Founder Justin Sun Sued by U.S. SEC on Securities, Market Manipulation Charges

SEC.gov | SEC Charges Crypto Entrepreneur Justin Sun and his Companies for Fraud and Other Securities Law Violations

Amazon is shutting down DPReview, the go-to camera reviews website - The Verge

The Lost Cities of Geo - 99% Invisible

MSCHF’s Tax Heaven 3000 is a dating simulator that can prepare your taxes - The Verge

429: Bank Run Mar 16, 2023

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Tonight’s special guest is The Verge’s senior writer Elizabeth Lopatto, to discuss what else but: THE COLLAPSE OF SILICON VALLEY BANK. She’s a pragmatic, expert voice to walk all of us through a confusing and dramatic weekend, and she knows what we should be keeping an eye on next. Then, Brianna and Simone discuss the existence of the moon, and Scream 6!

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Bank Shares Tumble in Wake of Failures - The New York Times

The Demise of Silicon Valley Bank - by Marc Rubinstein

How Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, who it affects, and what happens now - The Verge

Samsung caught faking zoom photos of the Moon - The Verge

Scream VI review: The meta horror franchise fights for its life - Polygon

428: AI Everywhere All At Once Mar 09, 2023

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Simone is back but still dying of Italian respiratory diseases. Still, we’re in for a high-energy show! Let’s talk about Google’s forays into AI — are they behind Microsoft, or will their years of research put them out ahead in the end? Then, a Spotify redesign threatens to make the app more visually similar to TikTok. Is Spotify doing something smart or overextending itself? Finally, Christina explains one of the biggest financial scams in recent memory.

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How Google Became Cautious of AI and Gave Microsoft an Opening - WSJ

Google’s one step closer to building its 1,000-language AI model - The Verge

ChatGPT Success Drives Google to Put AI in All Its Products - Bloomberg

Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) on Twitter: "So there's a great Thai restaurant in my neighborhood called Kiin. Yesterday, I searched for their website to order some takeout. Here's the Google result. https://t.co/JFCyvXV9be" / Twitter

I tried using AI. It scared me. - YouTube

Spotify’s new design turns your music and podcasts into a TikTok feed - The Verge

How the Biggest Fraud in German History Unravelled | The New Yorker

Covert cameras and alleged hacking: how bust payments company Wirecard ‘hired spies and lawyers to silence critics’ | Financial sector | The Guardian

Amazon.com: Money Men: A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth eBook : McCrum, Dan: Kindle Store

427: Elizabeth Holmes Baby Mar 03, 2023

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This week on Rocket, Simone kissed too many Italians, so Brianna and Christina are running amok. They talk about the new ChatGPT API and the potential it could have on different startups and industries, the risky bets Binance made with its customer’s money (without telling them) and Elizabeth Holmes’ latest attempt to get out of jail, thus saving Christina $500.

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OpenAI announces an API for ChatGPT and its Whisper speech-to-text tech - The Verge

Introducing ChatGPT and Whisper APIs

Introduction - OpenAI API

Binance’s Asset Shuffling Eerily Similar To Maneuvers By FTX

Binance Can’t Keep Its Story Straight on Misplaced $1.8B USDC

Tweet / Twitter

Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend: Zuckoff, Mitchell: 9780812968361: Amazon.com: Books

Elizabeth Holmes Gives Birth to 2nd Child, Asks to Remain Free Pending Appeal

Court Filing

426: Cool ISIS Video Feb 23, 2023

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This week on Rocket, Simone is in Italy, so Brianna and Christina are joined by special guest Alex Cranz! They discuss some important technology cases in front of the Supreme Court, Meta’s new plan for verified Facebook and Instagram accounts, and finally wrap things up with some delicious dirt about the most successful show on TV that you don’t watch, but your parents definitely do, Yellowstone.

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In lawsuit against tech companies, justices debate what it means to “aid and abet” terrorism - SCOTUSblog

“Not, like, the nine greatest experts on the internet”: Justices seem leery of broad ruling on Section 230 - SCOTUSblog

Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh: Supreme Court hears Section 230 arguments - The Verge

Meta’s launching $12 per month paid verification on Instagram and Facebook - The Verge

Testing Meta Verified to Help Creators Establish Their Presence | Meta for Creators

Casualties of the Costner-Yellowstone Crossfire - Puck

How ‘Yellowstone’ Became America’s Most Popular TV Show - The Atlantic

Taylor Sheridan Talks Sicario: Day of the Soldado Movie and Yellowstone TV Series

425: Word of the Day: Engagement Feb 16, 2023

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This week on Rocket, the word of the day is ENGAGEMENT! Elon Musk has ordered Twitter engineers to boost engagement of his own Tweets. So that’s normal! Meanwhile, how are things going over on Mastodon? There’s some kerfuffle in the tech world over growth on the platform(s). Brianna and Christina discuss their own experience with the decentralized social network. Finally, Marcin Wichery joins us to discuss his history of keyboards, Shift Happens!

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Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first

The Mastodon Bump Is Now a Slump | WIRED

Martin Holland (@fingolas) | Calckey Social

Lazy Reporters Claiming Fediverse Is ‘Slumping,’ Despite Massive Increase In Usage | Techdirt

Marcin Wichary (@mwichary) / Twitter

Shift Happens

Shift Happens: A book about keyboards by Marcin Wichary — Kickstarter

424: When Cars Hover Gently Feb 09, 2023

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Microsoft and Google have got it and they’re flaunting it. It being AI-POWERED SEARCH. How’s is going, and what are the benefits and concerns? Then, a Right to Repair bill has passed in New York State — but by the time it was signed it had been somewhat defanged by corporate lobbyists. What does it mean for Right to Repair more broadly? For dessert we have Jason Torchinsky and Matt Hardigree of The Autopian calling in to tell us about the hot new independent automotive news site — and illegal engines.

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Microsoft’s ChatGPT-powered Bing is open for everyone to try starting today - The Verge

Google’s AI chatbot Bard makes factual error in first demo - The Verge

Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI - The Verge

How Big Tech rewrote the nation’s first cell phone repair law | Grist

John Deere commits to letting farmers repair their own tractors (kind of) - The Verge

Metroid Prime remaster comes to Nintendo Switch - Polygon

Ferrari Patent Shows They've Been Thinking About A Jet-Propelled Car, Just Like Isaac Newton - The Autopian

423: We're Not Lawyers Feb 02, 2023

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Tesla is coming under fire for misleading customers with its self-driving promises. Does the case hold any water, and what are the consequences if Tesla is found guilty? Plus, deepfake pornography could (and SHOULD!) be taken to the courtroom as well. Finally — what are Netflix's proposed password sharing rules anyway?

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Tesla’s Self-Driving Technology Comes Under Justice Dept. Scrutiny - The New York Times

Mercedes-Benz is the first to bring Level 3 automated driving to the US - The Verge

AP deletes ‘the French' tweet and apologises after it is widely mocked - BBC News

QTCinderella promises to sue creator of deepfake website - Dexerto

Pokimane blasts users who “sexualize and profit” off streamers amid Deepfake drama - Dexerto

Pokimane reveals plans to hold online trolls accountable for their actions - Dexerto

Deepfake porn is ruining women’s lives. Now the law may finally ban it. | MIT Technology Review

Netflix hasn’t confirmed its plans to stop password sharing just yet - The Verge

Netflix lists rules and exemptions to prevent account sharing outside household | TechCrunch

422: Third-Party Rocket Jan 26, 2023

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Longtime Twitter users are cast into mourning as Twitter cuts off API access for third-party clients. Many of those apps are beloved by Twitter's power users and built the site that we know and love — love? Is that the right word? — today. Then, furor online over the reveal that CNET has long been using AI to write select financial articles, and that over half those articles had factual errors. How does something like this happen? Finally, two of Rocket's favorite scamsters are making big comebacks.

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The third-party apps Twitter just killed made the site what it is today - The Verge

CNET found errors in more than half of its AI-written stories - The Verge

Inside CNET’s AI-powered SEO money machine - The Verge

Anna "Delvey" Sorokin to star in new reality show while on house arrest - CBS News

Fyre Festival founder launches new venture

The Wild World of Mobile Game Ads

421: Christina in Russian Jan 19, 2023

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In an action-packed show, we're talking about the REVIVAL OF THE HOMEPOD. Yes folks, she's BACK and she's ready to woof. The Mac Mini is also here, and Christina has a very compelling case for its existence. Meanwhile, Logan Paul has apologized to a popular YouTuber for calling him a liar and a criminal! But it's not all good news for his CryptoZoo… schemes. For dessert, a Forbes 30 Under 30 alum takes on JP Morgan Chase. And not in a good way.

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Apple announces a Mac Mini with the M2 and M2 Pro - The Verge

Apple announces revamped full-size HomePod two years after discontinuing original - The Verge

JP Morgan Says Startup Founder Used Millions Of Fake Customers To Dupe It Into An Acquisition

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