Geekshow Podcast

Geekshow Helpdesk: Plastics in your dingdong

-I was right about the Nvidia bubble: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/nvidia-loses-dollar500-billion-in-the-biggest-short-term-loss-in-company-value-in-all-of-recorded-history-a-year-ago-that-would-have-killed-it-yet-today-it-will-barely-notice/
-Huzzah! Plastic eating fungus! https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-discover-plastic-eating-marine-180000502.html?guccounter=1
-Life trying to imitate art: https://www.engadget.com/the-ai-prison-of-the-future-is-just-an-outer-limits-episode-200937257.html
-Story of the year:
https://arstechnica.com/?p=2034226
-Volkswagen gives Rivian a $5B lifeline:
https://www.engadget.com/volkswagen-and-rivian-agree-to-5-billion-partnership-230421407.html?src=rss
-Careful, there’s plastic in your penis:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/06/20/0314238/microplastics-discovered-in-human-penises-for-the-first-time?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Nuclear energy is somehow bipartisan:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/06/19/183238/senate-passes-bill-to-support-advanced-nuclear-energy-deployment?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-SpaceX gets bid to de-orbit NASA space station.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/nasa-will-pay-spacex-nearly-1-billion-to-deorbit-the-international-space-station/
-CDK. Huge ransom event. 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cdk-global-hack-shows-risk-of-one-software-vendor-dominating-an-industry-5156420d
-Ads in Windows has gone too far…
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-has-gone-too-far-including-a-game-pass-ad-in-the-settings-app-ushers-in-a-whole-new-age-of-ridiculous-over-advertising
-AI just keeps getting more scary..
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-robot-lab-grown-brain
-Delivery drones on Mt EverestRead about it: https://enterprise-insights.dji.com/blog/delivery-drones-on-mount-everest
Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm9R0keZdik
-Angioplasty 60 year old discovery, and a fun show and tell titanium stent, expands with body heat.
 

Geekshow Live! Baldimore

Superman and Mr Terrific, Sabretooth, Batman: Caped Crusader, Hit-Monkey, Nosferatu, Green Lantern, Interview with the Vampire, Nobody 2, Street Fighter, Vampire Hunter Van Helsing, Dune2 v Deadpool Wolverine popcorn buckets, the One Million Check Boxes game, lots more

Geekshow Live! Edibles are Great.

The Penguin, Star Trek: Prodigy, Spaceballs, Hit Monkey, Twisted Metal, The Boys, GZilla x Kong, Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League, Ploppy Playtime, Rebecca loves Thelma, Tony reviews Furiosa, lots more 

Geekshow Arcade: How much does it cost?

-Elden Ring is cleaning up again: https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree/
-Potentially interesting news on the Radeon 890m: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-laptops/amds-new-890m-mobile-gpu-could-be-over-30-faster-than-the-780m-currently-used-in-most-handheld-gaming-pcs/
-GOG will let you pass your games on to your descendants:https://tinyurl.com/gogdeath
-Like a Dragon: Yakuza coming to Amazon Prime:
https://www.polygon.com/24171051/like-a-dragon-yakuza-show-amazon-prime-video-release-date
-Nintendo Direct:
https://www.polygon.com/24180900/nintendo-direct-june-2024-everything-announced-games
-PS5 finally integrating Discord into the UI:
https://www.polygon.com/24177882/ps5-playstation5-discord-integration-how-to
-Halo Battle Royale Mode
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/new-halo-infinite-battle-royale-mode-launches-with-3-maps-fresh-mechanics-and-more-on-xbox-and-pc
-Ready? Player? One?
https://www.kat-vr.com/products/kat-walk-c-2-plus
-Halo Match Composer is neat I think?
https://gamerant.com/halo-infinite-multiplayer-match-composer-playlists-customization/
-Steam after Death
https://www.techspot.com/news/103150-valve-confirms-steam-account-cannot-transferred-anyone-after.html

Geekshow Helpdesk: Rock Dogging in Bill’s Bonyard

-Nvidia is now the real Number 1: https://wccftech.com/nvidia-climbs-to-the-top-the-most-valuable-company-on-the-planet-market-cap-3-3-trillion/
-Logitech makes magic wand for Quest 2 and 3: https://www.engadget.com/logitech-reveals-a-3d-stylus-for-meta-quest-headsets-131105249.html
-GPT-4 passes the Turing Test:
https://slashdot.org/story/24/06/15/005204/gpt-4-has-passed-the-turing-test-researchers-claim?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Microsoft postpones Windows Recall:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/06/14/0318213/microsoft-postpones-windows-recall-after-major-backlash?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-BS: Large battery supplier claims large breakthrough:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/06/18/0111249/apples-battery-supplier-tdk-says-it-made-a-big-breakthrough?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Fisker declares bankruptcy:
https://www.engadget.com/fisker-is-the-latest-ev-startup-to-declare-bankruptcy-123056157.html?src=rss
-Meta makes Threads API available to everyone:
https://www.engadget.com/meta-makes-the-threads-api-available-to-all-developers-174946709.html?src=rss
-Boeing Starliner! - 
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-060524a-boeing-starliner-crew-flight-test-cft-launch.html
-Smart Contact Lenses baayyybeeeee!
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/06/scientists-develop-ultra-thin-battery-that-could-be-charged-by-tears.html
-Starlink… of course, sucks too
https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-starlink-ozone-healing
-Getting to Mars may do a number on your body
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240611130413.htm

Geekshow Live! Reedus Fetus

Paul Giamatti joins Star Trek, Enemy Mine, Blade, Blue Beetle, Creature Commandos, Peacemaker, Blade Runner 2099, GI Joe-Transformers, Get Jiro!, rebecca reviews Inside Out2 and Tuesday, lots more 

Geekshow Arcade: Xbox Showcase is Amazeballs!!!

-Summer Games Fest: https://www.polygon.com/24173215/summer-game-fest-announcements-trailers-2024
-Ubisoft Showcase: https://www.ign.com/articles/ubisoft-forward-2024-everything-announced
-The Xbox Showcase: https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-games-showcase-and-black-ops-6-direct-june-2024-everything-announced

Geekshow Helpdesk: WWDC 2024!!!

-The main WWDC stuff: https://www.engadget.com/apple-intelligence-ai-ios-18-and-the-biggest-announcements-at-wwdc-2024-184422501.html
-Elon is mad Apple didn’t use Grok: https://www.engadget.com/hey-elon-go-ahead-and-ban-apple-devices-211521967.html
-Its sad we have to remind people of this: https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/vaccines-dont-cause-autism-but-the-lie-wont-die-in-fact-its-getting-worse/
-BS: Sodium-ion batteries are moving into production:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/05/03/2317204/lithium-free-sodium-batteries-exit-the-lab-enter-us-production?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Poor Humane. It’s not even funny anymore:
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/5/24172377/humane-ai-pin-battery-case-issue-warning
-Rivian refreshes their cars:
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/06/rivians-revamped-r1-electric-pickup-and-suv-tested-on-and-off-road/
-Adobe can access all your stuff:
https://slashdot.org/story/24/06/06/202214/adobe-responds-to-vocal-uproar-over-new-terms-of-service-language?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
But they regret it:
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/10/24175416/adobe-overhauls-terms-of-service-update-firefly
-SpaceX did the thing!
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/spacexs-starship-took-a-beating-but-held-on-for-first-return-from-space/
-Boeing Starliner! - 
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-060524a-boeing-starliner-crew-flight-test-cft-launch.html
-Mars is FROSTY!
https://www.space.com/mars-water-frost-equator-exomars-tharsis-olympus-mons
-Night Vision for everyone!
​​https://newatlas.com/technology/night-vision-thin-light-lens/

Geekshow Live: Kid Mutiny

Trailer talk, Avengers and Shawn Levy, Elle Fanning likes Predator, Hunger Games, more Superman casting (CORRECTION FORTHCOMING), The Acolyte, and farewell Pat Sajak

Geekshow Arcade: You got Ikea in my Roblox

eleased: (We did this last week)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/2/24169709/asus-rog-ally-x-price-release-date-inside-gaming-handheld
-Zotac Zone official:
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/4/24171675/zotac-zone-specs-handheld-gaming-pc
-New MSI Claw…already:
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24170904/msi-claw-8-ai-plus-lunar-lake-battery-computex
-Roblox and IKEA?!?
https://gamerant.com/ikea-hiring-roblox-workers-virtual-store/