About this episode
Amazon closed its acquisition of movie studio MGM Thursday. A coalition of the biggest smart home platforms, Google, Amazon, Apple, Samsung, etc. to work toward interoperability was scheduled to launch this summer,but is being rescheduled for autumn. And Snap launched “Custom Landmarkers” Wednesday. It lets the more than 250,000 lens creators tie experiences to physical locations like stores, sculptures, and other landmarks Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Quick Hits: https://9to5google.com/2022/03/16/google-io-2022-dates/ https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/17/22978286/samsung-galaxy-a53-5g-price-specs-screen-battery https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/samsungs-galaxy-a33-budget-phone-gets-an-update/#ftag=CAD590a51e https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/16/ukraines-zelensky-signs-virtual-assets-bill-into-law-legalizing-crypto/ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/its-official-ryzen-7-5800x3d-is-not-overclockable https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/web-browsers/microsoft-edge/264405/microsoft-edge-automatic-image-descriptions-screen-readers Top Stories: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/amazon-mgm-merger-close-1235207852/ https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/entertainment/mgm-amazon-ads https://www.protocol.com/entertainment/amazon-acquires-mgm-ad-business https://dailytechnewsshow.com/2021/10/07/about-matter-with-special-guest-stacey-higginbotham/ https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/17/22982166/matter-smart-home-standard-postponed-fall-2022 https://www.protocol.com/entertainment/snap-custom-landmarkers-geospatial-ar https://twitter.com/lukehurd/status/1483913095185682434?s=21 Discussion Story: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2022.2031240 Kicker: https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-finally-rolls-out-its-massive-sls-rocket-with-much-at-stake/ https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2022/03/17/NASA-SLS-Artemis-moon-rocket-rollout/9681647440757/ Mailbag: Sean the historian in Toronto sent in his thoughts on renting e-Bikes in Toronto. We'll put the full email in the show notes if you want, but here's the summary. Sean used Zygg, which is $189 CAD/month on a month-to-month plan or $129/month on a 1-year plan as well as seasonal discounted rates. Last autumn he signed up for two months to try it out. Sean says, "They delivered the bike directly to my home and all repairs and servicing was included in the price of the subscription. I... My commute is 25km. I tried it on a standard bike a couple of times, but it just wasn’t practical for me (too sweaty!). Switching to a pedal-assisted e-bike was the perfect solution for me. I was able to commute regularly to the office (2-3 days a week), arriving in about an hour and relatively sweat free." And if you're worried about safety Sean added "these bikes are fast, but they aren’t faster than a standard road bike (many of which blew right by me on the way to work each day)." Thanks Sean! https://www.ridezygg.com/bikes Today’s guest: Len Peralta http://patreon.com/len http://lenperaltastore.com @LenPeralta Justin Robert Young https://worldsgreatestcon.fireside.fm http://www.politicspoliticspolitics.com @JustinRYoung Next guest: Stephanie Humphrey http://thetechjawn.com https://www.tildeathdoyoutweet.com @TechLifeSteph Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.