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347: YAK, BACK, DO IT AGAIN

August 19, 2021 1:06:03 63.41 MB Downloads: 0

WHEELS TURNING ROUND AND ROUND. This week we're talking about, yes, YIKYAK, the zombie social media platform where you can post hyper-local bullying for all the local elder millennials to enjoy. Then, Google joins Samsung and Apple in not shipping chargers with its new phones! This is ALL APPLE'S FAULT. Meanwhile, Intel is trying it with new gamer-focused Arc-brand GPUs that have cool code names like "Battlemage" and "Celestial" and honestly those should just be their real names. Finally, dessert this week is an episode from Wall Street Journal on the tech workers who are taking on not one, but TWO full-time jobs… and getting away with it.

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Local and anonymous social media app Yik Yak is back
The Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro won't come with wall chargers
Intel's Arc GPUs are designed to take on Nvidia and AMD for PC gaming
TWO JOBS
Kittens Game - a Dark Souls of incremental gaming