TNW 294: The Revolving Roundabout of Social Media - Microsoft Activision, Classic Video Games, Nothing Phone
Tech News Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
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🗓️ 13 July 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
- The Microsoft Activision merger has taken another step forward in finally happening. However, the FTC has filed an appeal after losing its battle in court. Iain Thomson of The Register talks about everything happening with the case thus far.
- So many new social media services have popped up since Elon Musk acquired Twitter last year: Threads, Bluesky, T2, etc. Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch spills the tea on the potpourri of social media options available today.
- Jason talks about many retro games of years past that are out of print and how preserving their history is as crucial as preserving traditional art & the history of the world.
- Finally, Jason reviews the Nothing Phone 2 he has been using for the past few weeks.
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Guests: Iain Thomson and Amanda Silberling
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up, it's Tech News Weekly with me, Jason Hall and Micah Sargent is out this week, |
| 0:04.1 | but we've got Ian Thompson from the register joining us to talk all about the latest developments |
| 0:08.4 | in the Microsoft Activision merger case that's happening right now. |
| 0:12.7 | We've got Amanda Silberling from TechCrunch joining us to take the layout of the land. |
| 0:18.2 | When it comes to Twitter alternatives, there are so many. What are the highlights? |
| 0:22.3 | What are the things to look at? And what's just kind of confusing? |
| 0:25.2 | Because there's so much to look at. Amanda has the word there. |
| 0:28.6 | I talk about a study around game preservation and kind of the need for some sort of concerted |
| 0:35.2 | effort or systems, something to retain this rich history and video games because it's |
| 0:40.4 | falling through our fingers like sands through the hourglass. And finally, I've got a review |
| 0:45.9 | of the nothing phone too. It's got lots of lights on the back. Does it have anything else? |
| 0:50.4 | Well, you're going to have to watch the review next. I'm Tech News Weekly. |
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| 1:05.0 | This is Tech News Weekly episode 294 recorded Thursday, July 13th, 2023, |
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