Geekshow Podcast

TV Show: In Space! - Ep 56: Star Trek The Next Generation S6 Eps 22-25

Behold, the return of Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Space Show fan Admiral Kerry Jackson, Commander Robert Neal, and special guest Jake Black as they resume their voyage through all things Star Trek! In this episode, we journey into season 6 of The Next Generation with these episodes: Suspicions, Rightful Heir, Second Chances, and Timescape.

Geekshow Helpdesk: Jerk Boss Tony!

-iPad Air updated with M3: https://www.engadget.com/mobile/tablets/apple-updates-the-ipad-air-with-an-m3-chip-and-a-new-magic-keyboard-140525345.html
-More software unlock  shenanigans: https://electrek.co/2025/03/03/rivian-unlocking-more-range-power-for-ev-drivers/
-Lenovo brings the weird to MWC: ​​https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops/mwc-2025-everything-announced-in-barcelona-so-far-185656341.html
-Goodbye encryption for Apple UK users:
Apple disables iCloud's Advanced Data Protection feature in the UK
-Hope for Intel?
Nvidia and Broadcom Testing Chips on Intel Manufacturing Process
-MWC news:
MWC 2025: Everything announced in Barcelona so far
-Eat it ISP’s new york case sets state regulated precedence.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/isps-fear-wave-of-state-laws-after-new-yorks-15-broadband-mandate/
-Microsoft squeaks out an SBD version of Office.
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/office-365/microsoft-quietly-launches-free-ad-supported-version-of-office-apps-for-windows-with-limited-functionality
-Wooly Mouse!
https://gizmodo.com/de-extinction-company-reveals-genetically-engineered-woolly-mouse-2000568395

Geekshow Live! What's a Death Star?

Andor, Lanterns, DC's slate, Lazarus, Lithgow is Dumbledore, Kathleen Kennedy, Punisher, Revenge of the Sith, Razzies, lots more

Geekshow Arcade: Nvidia is Dropping the Ball!

-No Doi, SONY: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/former-sony-exec-finally-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-putting-playstation-games-on-pc-is-almost-like-printing-money/#
-Farewell Monolith. Another victim of idiot executives:
Warner Bros. closes Monolith Productions and MultiVersus studio, cancels Wonder Woman game
-Fable delayed to 2026:
Xbox has delayed its Fable reboot until 2026
-The 5 people who got GPUs better check to see if they’re defective:
Nvidia confirms ‘rare’ RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti manufacturing issue
-32 Bit PhysX is dead on 50 series cards:
Hope you weren’t planning to play PhysX games on Nvidia’s new 50-series GPUs
-Framework gaming desktop? I want it. Framework “2nd Gen” event.
https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/framework-moves-into-desktops-2-in-1-laptops-at-second-gen-event
-PC gamers play less than console gamers? I think this data is bias.
https://clawsomegamer.com/40-pc-gamers-spend-less-than-5-hours-a-week-playing/
-Europe Rejoice! Balatro appeals PEGI 18 classification to PEGI 12!. Your kids can still spend that sweet sweet money on Balatro. In other news, the US still has DOGE…
https://www.eurogamer.net/balatro-wins-formal-appeal-to-reclassify-poker-game-as-pegi-12

Geekshow Helpdesk: AI, Robots, and Quantum Computing

-Now I have become death, The destroyer of worlds: https://www.rdworldonline.com/protoclone-v1-1000-artificial-muscles-power-this-sweating-robots-human-like-moves/
-Aaaaaaaccccckkkk I WANT THIS:
Sigma’s BF is a minimalist full-frame camera with no memory card slot
-Pirating isn’t stealing. Seeding is:
Meta Claims Torrenting Pirated Books Isn't Illegal Without Proof of Seeding
-Microsoft’s first Quantum Computing chip announced:
Microsoft Reveals Its First Quantum Computing Chip, the Majorana 1
-Apple is developing their own modems now:
Apple’s first in-house iPhone modem is the C1
-Did Microsoft just…push us to consumer quantum computing? Majorana 1
Youtube video will start the hype train for sure!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSHmygPQukQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihZXl33t8So&t=1252s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itkvrQUSJC0
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/
https://www.technowize.com/microsoft-majorana-1-chip-quantum-computing-breakthrough/#:~:text=Majorana%20Particles%E2%80%94Turning%20a%20Concept%20Into%20Reality&text=These%20are%20hypothetical%20particles%20or,way%20that%20can%20be%20used.
-Capitalism strikes our dearest pals Notepad and MS Paint…it’s not so bad though
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2614943/microsoft-is-paywalling-these-features-in-notepad-and-paint.html
-Robots!
https://apnews.com/article/mlb-robot-umpires-abs-9034454b5a795262bf97446ff38d0361
https://www.robotics247.com/article/robot_umpire_automated_ball_strike_abs_system_debuts_at_mlb_spring_training
-AI Computer Speak
https://www.makeuseof.com/ai-chatbots-speak-unintelligible-language/ 
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7300116692964126721/   
 

Geekshow Live! Infinite Swirl

Basket Full of Heads, Sgt Rock, James Bond, Clayface, Nova/Strange Academy/Terror inc. MOTU,  Avatar: Last Airbender, Murderbot, Las Vegas' Universal Horror Unleashed, Lukes 'Medal of Yavin', Rebecca loved The Monkey, lots more

Geekshow Arcade: Sony State of Play

-Sony State of Play: https://www.eurogamer.net/state-of-play-february-2025-everything-announced
-Can’t fix it? Dump it: https://www.theverge.com/news/612192/final-fantasy-crystal-chronicles-ios-shutting-down-bug
-John Carmack sees VR differently: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/103176/john-carmack-calls-pc-vr-gaming-boutique-niche-says-half-life-alyx-wasnt-that-important/index.html
-Pump and dump with Marvel Rivals:
https://www.theverge.com/news/614819/marvel-rivals-us-layoffs-netease
-Nvidia delays 5070 launch to see what AMD has:
https://www.theverge.com/news/612650/nvidia-delays-rtx-5070-after-amd-9070
-Crysis 4 is on hold :(:
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/crysis-4-is-officially-on-hold-as-crytek-lays-off-15-percent-of-its-workforce-saying-it-cannot-continue-as-before-and-remain-financially-sustainable/
-I don’t have this kind of patience… or mindset.. But I am glad some people do. New Halo CE glitch found after 24 years. 
https://www.videogamer.com/news/halo-combat-evolved-glitch-lets-players-become-halo-ring/
-Story Time. Who remembers Ross Chastain and the Wall Ride.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/idpgTTFyUPc?t=45&feature=share
https://youtu.be/5wFfBhn5ihQ?si=xaHRxDM4NvnljKiz
-Fun Way to deal with cheaters!
https://kotaku.com/fortnite-tournament-cheating-epic-games-ban-lawsuit-1851765147 

Geekshow Helpdesk: It Manages Itself

-DJI is at it again: https://www.engadget.com/cameras/djis-osmo-mobile-7p-gimbal-can-track-you-around-on-any-android-or-ios-camera-app-130037243.html
-OpenAI says Nah to Musk: https://www.engadget.com/ai/openais-board-unanimously-rejects-elon-musks-974-billion-takeover-bid-215221683.html
-Humane AI Pin is no more: https://www.theverge.com/news/614883/humane-ai-hp-acquisition-pin-shutdown
(back in May they wanted 750 Mil - 1 Bil…)
-Humane’s pins will stop working in 10 days:
https://www.engadget.com/ai/all-of-humanes-ai-pins-will-stop-working-in-10-days-225643798.html?src=rss
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/02/18/hp-buys-humane
-Beware the brain parasites!
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/02/burning-in-womans-legs-turned-out-to-be-slug-parasites-digging-in-her-brain/
-A BS…. but a good one! 
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3298762/chinese-scientists-develop-injection-make-smartphone-and-ev-batteries-last-longer
-Maybe a pothole in the NAND flash market will translate to consumers?
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/17/nand_flash_prices/
-Cancer Vax baby!
https://gizmodo.com/three-years-after-experimental-vaccine-these-patients-are-still-cancer-free-2000559585 
-We’re not doomed, yet!
https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/chance-of-city-killer-asteroid-2024-yr4-smashing-into-earth-rises-yet-again-to-3-1-percent-nasa-reports
 

Geekshow Live! Rebecca Runs Riot!

Trailers ahoy including M3GAN 2.0, Mission Impossible Final Reckoning, Thunderbolts*, and Twisted Metal season 2. Kendrick Lamar/Matt Stone and Trey Parker musical (how about that Halftime Show?) Taylor Lautner: Werewolf Hunter series DND Series at Netflix The Monkey to screen in churches He-Man Set Photos

Geekshow Arcade: Lando Gets Riled

-PSN outage: https://www.techradar.com/gaming/sony-explains-massive-psn-outage-and-details-compensation-but-many-playstation-gamers-are-still-unhappy
-Nvidia Nueral Texture Compression looks crazy: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidias-new-tech-reduces-vram-usage-by-up-to-96-percent-in-beta-demo-rtx-neural-texture-compression-looks-impressive#
-Smart move Steam: https://www.theverge.com/news/607095/steam-early-access-abandonware-warning
-Switch 2 mouse mode confirmed with a patent:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/02/nintendo-patent-explains-switch-2-joy-cons-mouse-operation-mode/
-GTA VI still on track for this fall:
https://www.polygon.com/news/513842/gta-6-release-date-2025-fall
-New Battlefield
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-next-battlefield-game-is-set-to-release-before-april-2026/
-Early adopters take another hit. 5090 power connectors melting AND damaging the PSU
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/surely-not-again-worrying-analysis-shows-nvidias-rtx-5090-founders-edition-graphics-card-may-be-prone-to-melting-power-connectors/