Good News Ride Home Podcast Coming Soon: 3D-Printed Plant-Based Steaks A massive star has vanished. Or collapsed into a black hole. We’re not really sure. The story behind the new 3D-printed plant-based meats. Tips on how to finish your side project. And why Dairy Queen isn’t allowed to say they sell “ice cream” and what Margaret Thatcher has to do with that.
Gaming Ride Home Podcast The Harry Potter game is real, but still unnanounced and Commander Keen may have been cancelled The Harry Potter game that leaked a few years ago is real, according to Bloomberg, but its developers have expressed concern about recent comments from Harry Potter creator JK Rowling.
Techmeme Ride Home Podcast Amazon Prime Video Launches Watch Party Lululemon wants to buy Mirror. We think Uber is thinking about buying Postmates. Amazon Prime Video launches Watch Party. Android’s AirDrop competitor is rolling out. And why cloud gaming is the impetus for a new data center race.
Good News Ride Home Podcast Virtually Relive Your Daily Commute Why we feel strangely "aggressive" impulses towards pets and babies we find unbearably cute. And a website that helps you virtually relive your daily commute.
Gaming Ride Home Podcast Dr Disrespect and Donald Trump have been banned and suspended from Twitch Dr Disrespect has been banned from Twitch and Donald Trump’s account has been suspended, some secretive Fable and Perfect Dark twitter accounts surfaced online this weekend, and Disco Elysium is coming to television at some point.
Techmeme Ride Home Podcast Reddit Bans r/The_Donald and The Facebook Ad Boycott, Explained Reddit bans r/The_Donald and I try to break down the almost hour by hour, day by day timeline of the whole Facebook/social media ad boycott situation.
Techmeme Ride Home Podcast WWDC Wrap Up With Rene Ritchie WWDC happened this week. Rene Ritchie has been attending it, virtually, of course. So he’s here to break down the keynote, which we all saw, but also to let us know what’s been going on in the developer sessions which have been going on all week.
Good News Ride Home Podcast When Going to a Polling Site is Against Your Religion The church created to circumvent a loophole in Tennessee's elections. VR is getting smell-o-vision, but smelling things is not actually the point. How to prevent your glasses from fogging up while wearing a mask.
Gaming Ride Home Podcast A leak says Microsoft is still committed to multiple next-gen Xboxes and The Banished are returning for Halo Infinite A leak confirms Microsoft’s multiple next-gen Xbox consoles plans, The Banished appear to be returning for Halo Infinite, Netflix shows a little animation from The Cuphead Show.
Techmeme Ride Home Podcast Amazon Buys Self-Driving Startup Zoox Amazon is officially in the self-driving car game. Microsoft is officially keeping its retail stores closed… forever. Verizon had joined the Facebook ad boycott. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
Good News Ride Home Podcast NASA Wants YOU To Design a Moon Toilet Tips for collaborating with coworkers and other ways to maximize working from home. NASA wants your help designing a toilet for their next trip to the moon. How unwanted pests in some store-bought broccoli turned into a wholesome Twitter saga.
Gaming Ride Home Podcast CD Projekt offers lots of Cyberpunk 2077 details and ocean diving is coming to Animal Crossing CD Projekt Red reveals a whole lot more about Cyberpunk 2077 and announces a Cyberpunk anime from the studio behind Promare, the next Animal Crossing update will let you go diving, Crystal Dynamics shares new Marvel’s Avengers details, and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s director is off the project.
Techmeme Ride Home Podcast Amazon Has A Counterfeit Crimes Unit (Sounds Like An NBC TV Show) Wirecard is wiped out. Amazon has its own Counterfeit Crimes Unit. Apple quietly made a change that will make things pretty tough on advertisers. Google won’t keep your data forever anymore and Hey basically wins.
Good News Ride Home Podcast Mental Health Tips for Reopening Post-Lockdown How to mentally prepare as your town reopens. DIY instructions for making your own beehive bed. And the blossoming audience members that attended Monday night’s performance at the Barcelona opera house.
Gaming Ride Home Podcast The game industry struggles with myriad abuse allegations and The Pokémon Company announces a Pokémon MOBA A number of developers, streamers, and game journalists have shared stories of abuse in the industry, Pokémon Unite, a Pokémon MOBA, was announced this morning, and Christopher Nolan’s Inception will be airing in Fortnite on Friday.
Techmeme Ride Home Podcast Oculus Go and Olympus (and Force Touch?) Go Bye Bye Brazil puts the breaks on payments via WhatsApp. Advertisers apply pressure on Facebook via a boycott. Oculus is putting an end to the Oculus Go. Olympus is exiting the camera business after 80 years. And what might be the first case of a person wrongfully arrested thanks to facial recognition.
Gaming Ride Home Podcast Mixer is shutting down and Rocksteady might be working on a Suicide Squad game Mixer is shutting down and merging with Facebook gaming, the latest Rocksteady rumors point to the Batman Arkham developer working on a Suicide Squad game, the New Game Plus expo reveals a number of Japanese games, and Oculus acquires developer Ready at Dawn.
Good News Ride Home Podcast Get Ready To Go To Flavortown, Ohio A pet robot that’s helping cure COVID-19 loneliness. Jurassic Park was #1 in the US box offices this past weekend. Like, the original Jurassic Park. From 1993. And are you ready to go to Flavortown, Ohio?
Techmeme Ride Home Podcast Zoom is No Longer The King of the Work-From-Home Era Wirecard’s former CEO has been arrested. Microsoft pulls out of the other streaming wars by shutting down Mixer. Some analysis and additional details about yesterday’s WWDC news. There’s a new king of the supercomputers. And there’s also a new king of tech companies winning in the post Covid-19 era.
Techmeme Ride Home Podcast WWDC 2020 (Virtually) All of the headlines I can manage to cram in from today’s World Wide Developer Conference from Apple. Hey gets approved, by the way. Google’s ad revenue will decline for the first time probably in, well, ever. And why Animal Crossing might have shied Nintendo away from mobile gaming. Again.
Gaming Ride Home Podcast Crash 4 is a real game and Arms' Min Min is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time has gone from leaked rumor to real, official game, Min Min, the ramen-inspired character from Arms is coming to Smash Bros. and Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai has two TVs in his living room, and Nintendo is backing away from making mobile games.
Good News Ride Home Podcast Send Your Cardboard Avatar To a Football Game Another Neolithic structure discovered just down the street from Stonehenge. Why some people are more resilient than others. The cardboard cutouts stadiums are using in lieu of real, flesh-based human fans. And a contract job that will pay you $10,000 to record your bowel movements.
Gaming Ride Home Podcast EA shows off Star Wars Squadrons and says a new Skate is in development EA showcases Star Wars Squadrons, announces Skate is coming back, and brings a bunch of EA games to Steam. A new Crash Bandicoot game has leaked, Cyberpunk PS4 will be backwards compatible on PS5, and The Last of Us Part II is out today.
Good News Ride Home Podcast Space Cake: The Future of Astronaut Food Father’s Day-–its origins and how it’s celebrated around the world. How the astronauts onboard the International Space Station are giving a whole new meaning to “space cake.”
Techmeme Ride Home Podcast It’s Gonna Be An Interesting WWDC… Apple officially says no to HEY and people are pissed, kind of just about the WAY they said it. A look at the internal divisions inside Apple over those rumored Apple Glasses. Twitch is growing as a platform for live music. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
