Jun 17th 2021
Tech News Weekly 188
E3: Gilmore Girls Meets Paperboy
Hosted by
Jason Howell,
Mikah Sargent
Oculus Quest Gets Ads, Amazon Labor Issues, Consumers as Beta Testers
Records every Thursday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Guests:
Sam Machkovech,
Laura Hautala
- Jason details the ways that Facebook's Oculus hardware will begin to show ads and why that's particularly intrusive.
- Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica shares his list of highlights from the E3 games conference.
- Laura Hautala from CNET talks about how Amazon has made breaks shorter and shifts longer.
- Mikah details the ways Amazon makes consumers who buy some of its products beta testers of half-baked ideas.
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Links
- Facebook to Begin Testing Ads Inside Oculus Virtual Reality Headsets
- Is Facebook Cornering the VR Market?
- Metroid Dread Brings Nintendo’s Classic Back as a 2d Sequel on October 8
- Xbox Unveils Cloud-Centric Strategy: New Hardware, Servers, Regional Plans
- Elden Ring E3 Trailer
- Amazon, Sued Repeatedly for Lost Wages, Avoids Paying Workers for Long Waits and Walks
- Buyers of Amazon Devices Are Guinea Pigs. That’s a Problem