What's New - TopPodcast.com

Latest Episodes:

Cantina Talk: The Start of Star Wars: Episode VIII Revealed (Maybe) Oct 24, 2016

Show notes

If the galaxy far, far away had Twitter (it doesn't, right?) and that universe tweeted about the movies made there, it would be filled with nothing but ðŸ”¥ and ðŸ’¯ emojis considering all the Star Wars news that's come out recently. First, we got updates on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: Episode VIII.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everything We Know About Nintendo Switch Oct 20, 2016

Show notes

Nintendo's next console is almost here. Nintendo Switch, previously codenamed NX and announced this morning, is on track to release in March 2017. When it's out, your home and portable play will be combined into one unit: Switch is a tablet with detachable controllers that can dock with your TV, playing its games anywhere.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zenefits Reboots as Z2. But It Might Not Be Enough Oct 18, 2016

Show notes

The fall of Zenefits was swift. In mid-November, The Wall Street Journal reported that the human resources startup had fallen behind on its revenue targets. Two weeks later, BuzzFeed revealed that the startup's salespeople sold insurance in states where they weren't properly licensed, with some of them faking their online training requirements. By February, its founder, a former media golden boy named Parker Conrad, resigned as both CEO and director.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

VW’s $15B Diesel Settlement Might Actually Hurt Electric Cars Oct 18, 2016

Show notes

It's just about judgement day for Volkswagen, which has admitted rigging its diesels to spew more pollution than the law allows. Tuesday, US District Judge Charles Breyer will decide whether to approve the $15 billion settlement VW struck with the Department of Justice. But some worry the agreement could harm the electric car industry it is meant to promote. The settlement, covering 2.0-liter diesel cars sold in the US, addresses three points.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I Just Want Nate Silver to Tell Me It’s All Going to Be Fine Oct 16, 2016

Show notes

Evan has a habit. He's not ashamed of it, but he doesn't want to reveal too much about himself, lest his colleagues learn how he's spending so much of his time. Like so many others, the middle-age software developer can't look away from the presidential election. But his fixation takes a particular form: with every browser refresh, he hopes math will reveal the future. Evan is a poll obsessive, FiveThirtyEight strain-a subspecies I recognize because I'm one of them, too.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Want to Know Julian Assange’s Endgame? He Told You A Decade Ago Oct 15, 2016

Show notes

Amid a seemingly incessant deluge of leaks and hacks, Washington, DC staffers have learned to imagine how even the most benign email would look a week later on the homepage of a secret-spilling outfit like WikiLeaks or DCLeaks. In many cases, they've stopped emailing altogether, deleted accounts, and reconsidered dumbphones. Julian Assange-or at least, a ten-years-younger and more innocent Assange-would say he's already won.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize, Internet Wins No-Chill Prize Oct 13, 2016

Show notes

Here's a phrase we never thought would be true: Bob Dylan has won a Nobel Prize in Literature. Yes, the legendary folk-rock singer-songwriter has added to his apostrophe stash with "Nobel-Prize-winning," thanks to garnering an honor typically given to the likes of T.S. Eliot, Toni Morrison, and other internationally acclaimed novelists everyone likes to say they read.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon’s Music Service Launches With a Secret Weapon: Alexa Oct 12, 2016

Show notes

Alexa can already order you an Uber, control your smart home devices, and keep you company. She's about to learn much better DJ skills, save you six bucks a month on streaming music, and possibly even change the way you listen to music in your house. Amazon Music Unlimited, a beefed-up subscription service built to compete with the likes of Spotify and Apple Music, launches today.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Man, Donald Trump Would Make for a Great Chatbot Oct 12, 2016

Show notes

Just days after threatening to jail a political opponent should he win the presidency, Donald Trump's got a new campaign website that's so very … Trumpian. "Together, we are making waterboarding part of the Republican Party again," it declares. Also, "Together, unleashing, perhaps all of our nuclear weapons." Truer words have never come out of Trump's mouth. Except they didn't, really-at least not directly. A Trump AI generated all of the site's copy on its own.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Poker Explains Why the GOP Can’t Fold on Trump Oct 10, 2016

Show notes

This afternoon, House Speaker Paul Ryan essentially declared Hillary Clinton the winner of the 2016 presidential election. On a conference call with Republican representatives, he announced that he would no longer publicly defend or campaign beside Donald Trump. After a leaked videotape showed Trump boasting of his ability to sexually assault women, Ryan had apparently concluded his party's candidate was doomed.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

What’s New

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected