Aug 6th 2023
This Week in Tech 939
The Immortal Cell
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
AI in Hollywood, Alphabet antitrust lawsuit, Amazon earnings, Exorcist VR
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AI in Hollywood, Alphabet antitrust lawsuit, Amazon earnings, Exorcist VR
- An Internet Veteran’s Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology.
- ‘Barbie’ joins $1 billion club, breaks another record for female directors.
- Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans.
- Hollywood’s Pain Is YouTube’s Advertising Gain.
- Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishers.
- Amazon (AMZN) Q2 earnings report 2023.
- Alphabet's Google (GOOGL) to Face Slimmed-Down Antitrust Lawsuit Over Search.
- Brave Search Breaks Free Of Bing With Standalone Image Index.
- Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine.
- Apple Services Salvage a Blah Quarter.
- Claimed superconductor LK-99 is an online sensation — but replication efforts fall short.
- NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after mistake led to weeks of silence.
- Fortnite's adding a museum about the Holocaust.
- Exclusive: Inside Meta’s Horizon Worlds reboot.
- The Exorcist: Legion VR on Oculus Quest 2.
- Post Malone Buys Lord Of The Rings Card Worth Over $2 Million.
- Family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit over use of immortal cell line.
- U.S. ban on popular lightbulb goes into effect Aug. 1.
- Is that a TV in your pocket? Rokid is making a TV dongle for its AR glasses.
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Links
- An Internet Veteran’s Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology
- ‘Barbie’ joins $1 billion club, breaks another record for female directors
- Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans : NPR
- Hollywood’s Pain Is YouTube’s Advertising Gain — The Information
- Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishers | Reuters
- Amazon (AMZN) Q2 earnings report 2023
- Alphabet's Google (GOOGL) to Face Slimmed-Down Antitrust Lawsuit Over Search - Bloomberg
- Apple Services Salvage a Blah Quarter — The Information
- Claimed superconductor LK-99 is an online sensation — but replication efforts fall short
- NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after mistake led to weeks of silence | AP News
- Fortnite's adding a museum about the Holocaust | PC Gamer
- Post Malone Buys Lord Of The Rings Card Worth Over $2 Million
- Family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit over use of immortal cell line | Salon.com
- [toread] U.S. ban on popular lightbulb goes into effect Aug. 1 - mlive.com
- Is that a TV in your pocket? Rokid is making a TV dongle for its AR glasses