Geekshow Podcast

Geekshow Helpdesk: They can't all be gems

-Big Tesla layoffs: https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/15/tesla-layoffs-workers-sales-cybertruck-cuts/
-Paintball Security Cams: https://newatlas.com/technology/paintball-security-paintcam-eve/
-Qualcomm announces super low power wifi: https://hothardware.com/news/qualcomm-touts-wi-fi-breakthrough-with-massive-power-savings-for-iot-devices
-Super Giant Battery announced for Utah: https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/utah-underground-hydrogen-storage-plant-battery/
-Moto buds plus: 
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/16/24132273/motorola-moto-buds-plus-bose-anc
-SD Cards to hit 4TB:
https://arstechnica.com/?p=2016986
-Tesla halves its FSD sub:
https://www.engadget.com/tesla-halves-the-price-of-its-full-self-driving-supervised-subscription-to-99-per-month-215321467.html?src=rss
-BS: You’re charging it wrong. You could double the life of your batteries. 
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/04/14/020205/could-a-new-charge-double-the-service-life-of-li-ion-batteries?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Awesome app I found
-Gundam attraction taken down
https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/tech-trends/yokohamas-giant-moving-gundam-shuts-down-operations/#:~:text=The%20curtains%20have%20finally%20fallen,significance%20in%20Japanese%20pop%20culture.
-Humane Pin Follow up
https://www.theverge.com/24132139/humane-ai-pin-launch-review
 

Geekshow Live! You ruined popcorn buckets

Joker 2, Star Wars:Outlaws, LOTR, Trek, Cap 4 & Deadpool & Wolverine, Monarch, TMNT, Blair Witch, Running Man, Dune 2, Rebecca loves Kong x Godzilla for all the wrong reasons, lots more 

Geekshow Arcade: The Wii U rides again!

-Fallout TV coming a day earlier: https://www.ign.com/articles/fallout-tv-show-release-date-brought-forward-again
-BF2042 end content production: https://www.ign.com/articles/battlefield-2042-season-7-motive-connected-battlefield-universe
-Star Wars Outlaws gets a trailer and release date:
https://www.polygon.com/24124341/star-wars-outlaws-story-trailer-release-date
-The Wii U is dead. Long live the Wii U!
https://www.engadget.com/the-bootleg-nintendo-network-replacement-no-longer-requires-jailbreaking-192749406.html?src=rss
-Games we’re playing
-They beat the unbeatable mario level: https://www.gamesradar.com/the-impossible-super-mario-maker-level-has-been-cleared-just-days-before-nintendo-kills-3ds-and-wii-u-servers/

Geekshow Helpdesk: Maybe Windows ARM has a chance?...

-Creality announces new K2 Plus: https://all3dp.com/4/creality-announces-multi-filament-system-and-k2-plus-3d-printer/
-Google find my launched: https://www.engadget.com/googles-long-awaited-find-my-device-network-launches-today-160014930.html
-See, competition does help. Emulators allowed on the app store:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/04/05/229214/apple-opens-the-app-store-to-retro-game-emulators?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Microsoft is confident that Windows on Arm can beat Apple Silicon
https://slashdot.org/story/24/04/08/1850249/microsoft-is-confident-windows-on-arm-could-finally-beat-apple-silicon-powered-macs?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Full-self Driving Review
-Time Travel! Tie into Sci-fi into reality story
https://www.ndtv.com/science/astrophysicist-claims-he-has-cracked-equation-to-build-time-machine-but-theres-a-catch-5300326
-The Eclipse highlights how reliant we are on the sun
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/8/24124189/solar-eclipse-renewable-energy-panels-electricity-grid

Geekshow Live: Woody Doompecker

Star Wars: Tales of the Empire, Dead Boy Detectives, housekeeping, Fantastic Four casting Surfer, The FF comics to read before the movie, James Mangolds Star Wars movie, Supergirl, Drew Goddard's new Matrix movie, Avengelyne, virtual DS9 tour, RIP Chance Perdomo, Rebecca loves Monkey Man, lots more 

Geekhow Arcade: Wafflehouse Tekken

-Players want a Tekken/Waffle House crossover: https://www.engadget.com/tekken-director-apparently-keeps-getting-requests-to-add-a-waffle-house-stage-211913943.html
-AI chatbot coming to Xbox: https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-reportedly-making-xbox-ai-chatbot-to-automate-support-tasks
-Gearbox escapes the Embrace: https://kotaku.com/gearbox-software-embracer-sale-borderlands-homeworld-1851371254
-Marvel Rivals to steal Overwatch’s thunder:
https://www.engadget.com/marvel-rivals-is-a-new-overwatch-like-team-shooter-150021430.html?src=rss
-New Series X incoming:
https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-may-be-working-on-a-cheaper-disc-free-xbox-series-x-104021193.html?src=rss
-EGS on Xbox?
https://www.polygon.com/24108670/xbox-epic-games-store-phil-spencer-interview
 

Geekshow Helpdesk: Let’s talk about Microsoft

-Making Sci-Fi into reality: https://www.engadget.com/moon-mining-startup-interlune-wants-to-start-digging-for-helium-3-by-2030-152216803.html
-Google Incognito Lawsuit update: https://www.engadget.com/google-says-it-will-destroy-browsing-data-collected-from-chromes-incognito-mode-172121598.html
-What is this, microsoft?: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/97167/microsofts-game-changing-pixel-dimming-technology-will-bring-some-oled-magic-to-all-displays/index.html
-I feel bad for Qualcomm: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/snapdragon-x-elite-beats-amd-and-intel-flagship-mobile-cpus-in-geekbench-6-qualcomms-new-laptop-chip-leads-in-single-and-multi-core-tests
-XZ Utils backdoor could have infected the whole world.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/what-we-know-about-the-xz-utils-backdoor-that-almost-infected-the-world/
-FCC finally to vote on net neutrality. Finally.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/02/2220230/fcc-to-vote-to-restore-net-neutrality-rules?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Microsoft’s Surface refreshes are uninspiring:
https://www.engadget.com/microsofts-surface-pro-10-and-surface-laptop-6-are-here-but-you-wont-find-them-in-stores-160022629.html?src=rss

Geekshow Live! Wordle is a Pokémon

Blue Milk, Among Us, Dr Who, Little Shop of Horrors, The Bride!, Earth Abides, Star Trek, lots more 

Geekshow Arcade: Moaning and [G]roaning

-Apex gets hacked: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/battle-royale/apex-legends-streamers-warned-to-perform-a-clean-os-reinstall-as-soon-as-possible-after-hacks-during-na-finals-match/
-The rumor mill churns with an xbox handheld: https://www.ign.com/articles/as-official-xbox-handheld-rumors-swirl-phil-spencer-reveals-what-he-wants-from-it
-The State of Unreal Engine 2024: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/game-development/you-name-it-we-made-it-fasterthe-state-of-unreal-keynote-didnt-just-show-off-unreal-engine-54-graphical-goodies-but-major-performance-optimisations-too/
-Surprise! Dragon’s Dogma 2 has microtransactions:
https://www.polygon.com/24108587/dragons-dogma-2-microtransactions-dlc-steam-reviews
-No more Baldur’s Gate from Larian:
https://www.polygon.com/24107939/baldurs-gate-3-larian-studios-no-more-dnd-wizards-of-the-coast
-Marvel 1943 looks very interesting. And they don’t look shlubby!
https://www.polygon.com/24106916/marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-captain-america-black-panther-game
-New watermark anti-cheat feature.
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/denuvos-new-feature-can-invisibly-watermark-your-game-footage-so-publishers-can-track-down-leakers/
-Microsoft wants to make AI upscaling even easier: https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/microsoft-underlines-how-directsr-tech-will-bring-upscaling-to-many-more-pc-games-but-theres-a-catch
-Super Mario Maker’s final level was a fraud: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/03/super-mario-makers-final-boss-was-a-fraud-all-along/
-GDP win 4 reviewhttps://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gpd-win-4-smallest-amd-apu-handheld-console#/
https://youtu.be/cChHy8kY5pY?si=7v2RYQ_hYC6Z-W9v
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Geekshow Helpdesk: Who said what now?...

-I don’t often agree with Ron Desantis but maybe this time: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna144950
-Nueralink is showing massive promise: https://www.ign.com/articles/first-human-patient-to-receive-a-neuralink-brain-implant-used-it-to-stay-up-all-night-playing-civilization-6
-Apple:
WWDC coming June 10th, with an AI focus: https://www.engadget.com/apples-wwdc-keynote-is-scheduled-for-june-10-180558453.html?src=rss
DOJ comes after Apple: https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/21/24105363/apple-doj-monopoly-lawsuit
-GPT 5 is rumored to come this summer: https://arstechnica.com/?p=2011612
-M Series Apple chips have a serious flaw. https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/hackers-can-extract-secret-encryption-keys-from-apples-mac-chips/
-Pig liver in humans https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00853-8
-Who said that on the podcast game