Wed. 03/02 – Will Poker Be The Killer App For The Metaverse?

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🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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As of right now, you can no longer buy an iPhone in Russia. Big recall from Fitbit because their smartwatches might burn you. Meta tries to be transparent in a very Meta way, by redacting a key detail from a transparency report. And could poker be the killer app the Metaverse has been waiting for? Sponsors: Workable.com Links: Apple Halts All Sales From Online Store in Russia [Updated] (MacRumors) How the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is Playing Out on English, Ukrainian, and Russian Wikipedia (Slate) Prominent tech companies that originated from Ukraine (Analytics India) Fitbit recall confirms its Ionic smartwatch could overheat and burn you (Engadget) New UCIe Chiplet Standard Supported by Intel, AMD, and Arm (Tom's Hardware) Meta Releases New 'Widely Viewed Content' Report for Facebook, Which Continues to be a Baffling Overview (SocialMediaToday) Netflix to buy mobile game developer Next Games to strengthen its games business (Money Control) The Metaverse Finally Has a Killer App: Poker (Bloomberg Businessweek) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meamie
0:05.4	home for Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022.
0:07.2	I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:08.6	As of right now, you can no longer buy an iPhone in Russia.
0:12.2	Big recall from Fitbit because their smart
0:14.5	watches might burn you. Meta tries to be transparent in a very meta way by
0:19.0	redacting a key detail from a transparency report and could poker be the killer app the
0:24.8	Metiverse has been waiting for here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:38.0	Today in Ukraine War News, through the lens of the tech industry of course, Apple has paused all product sales in Russia, also removed RT News and Sputnik News from the
0:44.9	App Store outside of Russia and also disabled Apple Maps's live traffic in
0:49.9	Ukraine. Quoting Mac rumors.
0:53.0	Apple today confirmed that it has stopped all product sales from its online website
0:56.8	in Russia, which means customers in Russia can no longer purchase Macs, iPhones, iPads,
1:01.2	and other Apple devices. Attempting to make a purchase from the Russia store results in a delivery unavailable result
1:06.5	when trying to add a product to the online cart.
1:08.7	Apple said in a statement that it has also stopped all exports into the sales channel in the country and
1:14.8	disabled traffic and live incidents in Apple Maps in Ukraine as a safety and precautionary
1:19.2	measure for Ukrainian citizens.
1:21.6	We are deeply concerned about the Russian invasion of Ukraine
1:24.7	and stand with all the people who are suffering
1:26.4	as a result of the violence.
1:28.0	We are supporting humanitarian efforts,
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