Geekshow Podcast

Geekshow Helpdesk: Computex 2024!!!

-Spotify will refund car thing: https://www.engadget.com/spotify-now-says-it-will-refund-car-thing-purchases-193001487.html
-Ok, Apple but this still doesn’t make sense: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-wasnt-storing-deleted-ios-photos-in-icloud-after-all/amp/
-Early Computex news round up:
AMD/Qualcommhttps://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/computex-2024-day-1-wrap-up-ai-is-everywhere-ryzen-9000-ryzen-ai-300-series-qualcomm-snapdragon-x-for-desktops
Intel: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-unwraps-lunar-lake-architecture-up-to-68-ipc-gain-for-e-cores-16-ipc-gain-for-p-cores
-New Ryzen 9000 chips:
https://arstechnica.com/?p=2028305
-AI Researchers want to warn us about AI but they can’t:
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/06/04/ai-right-to-warn
-Spotify is getting crazy expensive
https://arstechnica.com/?p=2028575
-Starship Flight 4 date set and Flight 3 dissection.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/spacex-sets-next-starship-flight-date-will-focus-on-propulsion-and-landing/
-No one is worthy of this battery.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/4/24171357/you-are-not-worthy-of-mjolnir-the-giant-asus-battery

Geekshow Live! Daytime Batman

Umbrella Academy, Godzilla Minus One, housekeeping, the popcorn bucket, Captain America 4 adds Giancarlo Espisito, Jurassic World, Criminal, GI Joe/Transformers, MOTU, Just Cause movie, Mike Flanagan Exorcist, Furiosa, okay you finally get Tom Bombadil you nerds, lots more

Geekshow Arcade: Black Ops 6 on Game Pass?

-Asus Ally X Specs confirmed: https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-rog-ally-x-specs-leaked-24gb-lpddr5x-7500-memory-and-massive-80-wh-battery
-Atari buys Intellivision
https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/05/23/1630220/atari-buys-intellivision-brand-ending-longest-running-console-war-in-history?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Call of Duty Black Ops 6 coming to Game Pass
https://www.polygon.com/24166198/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-xbox-game-pass
-GTA 6 coming Fall 2025
https://www.polygon.com/24158506/grand-theft-auto-6-release-window-date-fall-2025
-Activision forms studio for new IP:
https://www.engadget.com/activision-forms-a-studio-to-develop-a-brand-spanking-new-ip-164001419.html?src=rss
-Assassins Creed Shadows is announced:
https://www.polygon.com/24156633/ubisoft-assassins-creed-shadows-trailer-release-date-codename-red
-IGN buys a bunch of gaming publications:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/05/21/211237/ign-scoops-up-eurogamer-rock-paper-shotgun-and-more?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Bungie sets a precedent! Take that cheater…enablers…
https://www.pcmag.com/news/bungie-wins-lawsuit-against-cheat-maker-aimjunkies
-Lando and James abandoned me in Minecraft… but luckily Co-Pilot-4o is here to tell me to run from zombies.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05/hey-listen-new-minecraft-ai-guide-offers-tips-while-watching-you-play/

Geekshow Helpdesk: The AI Show!

- Gordon Bell RIP: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/pc-pioneer-gordon-bell-has-passed-away-at-89-years-old
-T-Mobile buys US Cellular: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/05/28/t-mobile-to-acquire-most-of-us-cellular-in-4point4-billion-deal.html
-Ok, NOW you can be afraid: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/05/28/china/china-military-rifle-toting-robot-dogs-intl-hnk-ml
- iPad pro 2024 review
penAI’s voice sounds like Scarlett Johansson
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/20/openai-johansson-voice-ripoff
-Humane is putting itself up for sale. They’re asking a lot…
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/24/humane-is-for-sale
-Spotify is bricking their Car Thing:
https://daringfireball.net/2024/05/spotify_car_brick
-Windows is getting AI copy and paste, which is actually pretty cool:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/05/21/2127254/windows-now-has-ai-powered-copy-and-paste?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Microsoft Surface event news:
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24160711/microsoft-surface-event-ai-windows-biggest-announcements
-If you somehow still have Google Home Speakers or Nest Audio… you… might get group volume control back…someday..
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/android-15-brings-back-nest-audio-group-speaker-controls/
-How can Microsoft Recall be a good thing?
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/
-The Keymaster…. Is also the Gatekeeper…. https://www.engadget.com/openais-new-safety-team-is-led-by-board-members-including-ceo-sam-altman-164927745.html
-Windows 24H2 - Farewell Cortana. You never helped. ever.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/05/27/175255/microsoft-windows-24h2-will-remove-cortana-and-wordpad-apps
-AI Agents and a discussion about money
https://gizmodo.com/ai-agents-openai-chatgpt-google-gemini-reality-sci-fi-1851500474

Geekshow Live: That PeaFlix+ money

Beetlejuice 2, Sweet Tooth S3, Starfleet Academy, Sandman S2, John Wick, Last of Us S2, Club 33, The Munsters, Green Lantern, Vision, X-Men, Pixar, Spawn, Kraven, RIPGeekshow OG Scott Pierce, Rebecca reviews Garfield and Furiosa, lots more 

Geekshow Live! Lung Removal Machine

Dune: Prophecy, Dune part 2 on Max, LOTR: Rings of Power, House of the Dragon, Megalopolis, Spider-man Noir, Silk: Spider Society, Agatha All Along, Barbarella, Natasha Lyonne joins FF, Grendel movie from Jim Henson Co, Tomb Raider series, Boys get S5, FUBAR, lots more

Geekshow Arcade: There’s bad news and good news

-ROG Ally X; https://www.theverge.com/24152945/asus-rog-ally-handheld-gaming-pc-2024-revision
-These layoffs got overshadowed by other layoffs: https://www.engadget.com/take-two-is-shutting-down-the-studios-behind-rollerdrome-and-kerbal-space-program-2-000253545.html
-Mini-Review: Analogue Pocket
-Square Enix going multi-platform:
https://www.polygon.com/24155266/square-enix-multiplatform-final-fantasy-7-rebirth
-PS1 Emulator is out on iOS:
https://www.engadget.com/a-free-ps1-emulator-for-iphone-is-burning-up-the-app-store-charts-161443236.html?src=rss
-Playstation to have two CEOs:
https://www.engadget.com/sony-playstation-will-soon-have-two-ceos-090041004.html?src=rss
-All nintendo64 games can be recompiled into NATIVE pc ports.
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nearly-all-nintendo-64-games-can-now-be-recompiled-into-native-pc-ports-to-add-proper-ray-tracing-ultrawide-high-fps-and-more
-Generative AI in Games
https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/generative-ai-is-coming-for-video-games-heres-how-it-could-change-gaming/
-M(ario)CU!
https://kotaku.com/mario-movie-zelda-animal-crossing-animated-smash-bros-1851476716

Geekshow Helpdesk: The one where Apple Specs matter

-Framework wants to expand beyond laptops and I’m all for it: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/23/24138475/framework-laptop-product-categories-new
-Super Computer Auctioned off: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/supercomputers/multi-million-dollar-cheyenne-supercomputer-auction-ends-with-480085-bid
-Apple hiding specs again: https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/specs/
-The gadget of my dreams has been announced:
https://www.engadget.com/dysons-first-dedicated-hard-floor-cleaner-doesnt-suck-230124850.html?src=rss
-Neuralink implant detaching from patient’s brain:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/05/09/2133246/neuralinks-first-implant-partly-detached-from-patients-brain?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Google I/O announcements:
https://www.engadget.com/everything-announced-at-google-io-2024-including-gemini-ai-project-astra-android-15-and-more-210414580.html?src=rss
-Everyone loves a list! 17 things to do with an old computer! Number 12 will surprise you!
https://www.pcmag.com/articles/avoid-the-trash-heap-creative-uses-for-an-old-computer
-Cotton Candy Planet!
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-massive-planet-as-light-and-fluffy-as-cotton-candy
-Chat-GPT 4o is bonkers - Computer from Star Trek is real
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/13/24155493/openai-gpt-4o-launching-free-for-all-chatgpt-users

Geekshow Live! Freaky Meat Trench

Superman suit, Twisters, Darth Jar Jar, Galactus, Fantastic Four, Sigourney Weaver, Peacemaker, Blade Runner 2099, Batman: Caped Crusader GOT: Hedge Knight, LOTR, Skeleton Crew, Fallout, Bryan Fuller, Battlestar Galactica, Rebecca reviews Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, lots more

Arcade: James does James Things

-Sony realizes they were being idiots (helldivers story): https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-reverses-course-on-helldivers-2-psn-account-requirement
-The layoff bloodbath continues: https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-closes-redfall-developer-arkane-austin-hifi-rush-developer-tango-gameworks-and-more-in-devastating-cuts-at-bethesda
-New tasty AMD APUs incoming: https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-reaffirms-zen5-based-strix-point-apus-on-track-for-2h-2024-launch
-Gamesir Galileo G8 review
-Nintendo admits a Switch successor might kinda be real:
https://www.polygon.com/24151013/nintendo-switch-2-direct-announcement-teaser
-New Arkham game announced! https://www.engadget.com/batman-arkham-shadow-is-the-first-big-exclusive-vr-game-for-the-quest-3-154210616.html?src=rss
James will do James things
-Halo Helljumpers!?
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/halo/after-343-reportedly-shot-down-a-helldivers-2-style-odst-game-halo-infinite-players-are-making-it-themselves-in-forge/