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Episode 168: It's Time for AI Chip Alliances, Emotional AI Chatbots, GTA VI's Arrival, and Apple's Thinner Vision

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Episode 167: It's Time for Nintendo's Emulator Crackdown, Apple's Let Loose Event Unveilings, and Foldable Future Teasers

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Episode 166: It's Time for Investigatory Powers Law, Tarkov Tumult, Razer's Mask Misstep, Fallout's Return, and iPad Pro's AI Leap

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Episode 165: It's Time for AI in the Skies, Robotic Revelations, Embracer's Odd Split, Meta's Horizon OS, and Snapdragon's Laptop Challenge

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Episode 164: It's Time for Bankman-Fried's Sentence, Microsoft's Strategic Hires, Twitter's Paid Posting Plans, and Google's Big Merger

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Episode 163: It's Time for Next-Gen Water Warfare, Apple's AI Ambitions and Legal Battles, SpaceX's Secret Satellite Mission, and iPhone 17's Display Innovations

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Episode 162: It's Time for the TikTok Ultimatum, Digital Security Breaches, Epic's Apple Reconciliation, and Starship's Next Leap

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Episode 161: It's Time for the M3-Powered MacBook Air, Seasonal iPhone colours, Epic Scam Alert, VMware's New Chapter, and Apple's EU Challenge

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Episode 160: It's Time for Samsung's Galaxy Ring Vision, MWC 2024 Highlights, Nvidia's AI Triumph, and the Apple Controversy Unfolds

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Episode 159: It's Time for iMessage's Legal Clearance, Nvidia's Local AI Leap, and VMware's Shift, Plus Xbox's Bold Updates and Quest 3's Zuckerberg Endorsement

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Episode 158: It's Time for Microsoft's Major Layoffs and Meta's AR Ambitions, Plus Apple's European App Revolution

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Episode 157: It's Time for Apple's Vision Pro Unveiling and Prescription Lens Revelation, iPhone's High-Altitude Survival, Intel's GPU Innovations, and iPhone 16 Rumours

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Episode 156: It's Time for CES 2024 Tech Extravaganza and SEC's Social Media Shockwave

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Episode 155: It's Time for AI Revolution, Legal Battles, and CES 2024 Sneak Peeks

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Episode 154: It's time for the end of the year show 2023

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Episode 153: It's time for Epic win, Ad-free Cloud Gaming, No more WindowsVR, Apple Vision Pro in Feb, UniFi cloud issues, M3 iPads, Apple Watch X

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Episode 152: It's time for Nvidia to rake in the cash, MSFT joins OpenAI board, iMessage EU Ruling, Amazon rides on SpaceX, Bye bye WS1 and CB, Yorkshire TeaXMSFT, Plus GTAVI reveal

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Episode 151: It's time for Meta ad-free subs, Ikea new home sensors, CMA says no to Adobe, AWS unveils super AI CPUs, Google Drive loses files, and MSFT app store? Plus new GTA trailer

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Episode 150: It's time for OpenAI is Sam in or out saga, SpaceX Starship launch 2, Embracer layoffs, Bye Bye VMware, Godzilla, and The Creator plus iPhone SE4

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Episode 149: It's time for Apple says no to 27" iMac but YES to RCS, CMA slaps Meta/Amazon, Musk unveils GROK, GTA 6 trailer incoming, OLED iPads on the way

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Episode 148: It's time for SBF convicted, Apple launches M3, New X subscriptions, Smart Meter worries, Snapdragon X Elite, Apple BNPL, Forza Motorsport

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Episode 147: It's time for Meta and Google Hardware updates

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Episode 146: It's time for MSFT + Blizzard deal go/no-go, Mr PS Jim Ryan hangs up his controller, Cisco splunks $28bn, NASA brings back space dust, Epic layoffs and new MS Console

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Episode 145: It's time for UK voter hack, FSR3, Intel Super CPU and ULTRARAM, Thunderbolt5, Razzlekhan and Apple Watch X rumours, XBOX redesign

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Episode 144: It's time for the annual Apple iPhone event roundup

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Episode 143: It's time for what we are looking forward to Games/Films/TV/Tech update

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Episode 142: It's time for WorldCoin, Elon legal fund, Telsa jailbreak, Amazon loves ARM, DPRK hacks Russia and M3 Max all the cores

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Episode 141: It's time for Apple slams UKGOV, Meta says no to ad choice, We remember Kevin Mitnick, Tesla silence to NHSTA, Musk asks Apple for a deal, FBI uses NSO spyware and new Apple Watch colours

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Episode 140: It's time for X sues its law firm, Meta blocks VPNs and gets big Nordic fine, No more Netflix Basic, Li-Fi or Wi-Fi you choose, Sony gets COD deal and Russia iDevice ban

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Episode 139: It's time for EU probes MS, Twitter doesn't pay up, Telsa autopilot woes, Razer breach, Meta Threads launches (except in the EU) and iPhone15 batt boost

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Episode 138: It's time for Sony didn't care about COD, Plex layoffs, MacOS gaming, Meta App store, Twitter rate limit and Crimson iPhone

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Episode 137: It's time for more Apple VR, Giphy sold, DMCA notices, Sonos layoffs, Meta Quest 3, Neuralink get FDA ok, Intel drops "i"

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A quick announcement on latest Episode

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Episode 136: It's time for the annual WWDC roundup

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Episode 135: It's time for Crypto crackdown, Meta mega fine, GTA6 coming, Musk vs MSFT, Bezos to the Moon, Sony shows us the Q and Pixel temp sensor

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Episode 134: It's time for MSFT goes Nuclear, EU green lights merger, Intel iGPU rockets, Google I/O Hardware and AI updates and M3 news

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Episode 133: It's time for the DAME tax, Apple + Google get serious on tracking, Twitter purges and new CEO, Nvidias fix for less vRAM and Watch S9 to get chip boost and iPhone 16 screen goes big

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Episode 132: It's time for CMA says no to MSFT, Apple wins appeal, UKGOV goes in all AI, Lookout sells up, ARM floats, Musk legal woes and Action buttons

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Episode 131: It's time for Flawed Online Safety Bill, MSFT says no to API costs, ChatGPT costs a lot, IBM gets sued, Red Cross upset at MP games and ARM Surface and new Pixel

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Episode 130: It's time for more FTX chaos, Musk AI fears and AI spending, Sega Sammy gets the Birds, Section 31 is a go, Apple ARV Glasses in 2026 and Sideloading in iOS17

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Episode 129: It's time for no more E3, Amazon opens up Sidewalk, Is it the end for Google Assistant, More Twitter Chaos, 4G on the Moon, Steve Jobs book and a new iPod?

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Episode 128: It's time for your own ChatGPT, Coinbase in hot water, Linus gets hacked, Frameworks does gaming, Twitter chaos, NCA DDoS fakes and iPhone 15 action button

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Episode 127: It's time for Bluesky beta, Musk and Anti-woke AI, Quantum crypto woes, CMA publishes update, Xbox Mobile gaming, FTX heist and Quest 3 leaks

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Episode 126: It's time for the one from Vegas! ChatGPT updates, Twitter staffing issues, MSFT charms the EU and a 7" Homepod!

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Episode 125: It's time for Meta verified, Dresden Fab, FBI cyber incident, Go-Daddy Hacked, MS nerfs Bing, $64k iPhone and iMessage voice msg

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Quick Episode Update February 2023!

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Episode 124: It's time for No deleting Twitter DMs, Why Stadia died, Bing gets ChapGPT'd, iPhone 15s odd USB port, Lockbit update and back to Egypt and a 15'5" MB Air

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Episode 123: It's time for Meta hypocrisy, Twitter kills API but charges $1000 P/M for Gold, Voodoo GFX, Its the AI Chat wars, Lockbit bites Royal Mail and really Britcoin

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Episode 122: It's time for FF7 Day, Sony isn't truthful, Apple vs NLRB, PSVR2 sales, Jony Ive's Red Nose and a folding iPad - maybe

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Episode 121: It's time for War Thunder again, T-Mobile breached again, Royals vs Musk, Apple debates Shall, Trump could be back, India brews an OS and Snow Crash, iPhone 15 rumours

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Episode 120: It's time for more Tech layoffs, MS deal woes, War Thunder intel blunder, MSI Secure boot fail, Twitter breaks API, New MacBooks and Mini and maybe no AR glasses

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Episode 119: It's time for the CES2023 round up, Apple VR/AR headset delays, xrOS eats resources and Gurman backtracks on Apple Mac Pro release

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Episode 118: It's time for InfraGard hack, Epic fined (again), Sony vs MSFT round xx, FTX dumpster fire, Apple ponders big changes

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Episode 117: It's time for our yearly roundup of the best tech, gadgets, games and films from 2022

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Episode 116: It's time for Apple to go all in on Encryption, Apple meet FIDO, TSMC spends big in AZ, CMA fuel enquiry, Thoma Bravo boosts fund, More Musk madness and a folding iPad

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Episode 115: It's time for Meta fined again, Google Adtech privacy woes, LastPass breach, Eufy not so secure, MS battles on, M2 Max speedtests and xrOS or is it

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Episode 114: It's time for more Twitter craziness, FTX crypto meltdown, ESA Class of 2022, Intel goes SDS, Mercedes does subs, Brazil nabs iPhones and what a Marker

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Episode 113: It's time for Layoffs and cuts, Activision hits back, Sony silence, CMA vs Broadcom, Alexa is a failure, Secret Shuttles and iPhone15 rumours

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Episode 112: It's time for the most EPYC CPUs, Google coughs up in Privacy case, Apple sued in Privacy case, Amazon layoffs, Twitter layoffs and Musk crazy actions, Google Pixel Fold leaks

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Episode 111: It's time for the Elon show and Twitter meltdown, EU DMA, AMD Radeon updates, PS VR2 launch and RTX 4070 or is it

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Episode 110: It's time for Twilio hack reports, Tesla lawsuits, EU probes MSFT, Meta revenue drops, Arm threatens Qualcomm and iPhone 15 button(less) drama!

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Episode 109: It's time for 4080 rewind, Musk in trouble (again), More fast fibre, MS+Sony spat gets nasty, Giphy off, Amazon fine and Apple tech and price rises

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Episode 108: It's time for Acquisitions, Deals, Crash (detection), Intel Leaks, Meta(awful) worlds, new VR headsets and Console upgrades, and Apple VR with legs

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Episode 107: It's time for new Micron megafab, Twitter sale back on, Russian game engine, Tachyum processors, Binance heist and we review the Made By Google event

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Episode 106: It's time for new Intel CPUs, Russian propaganda, RIP Stadia, Hello 100Gpbs fibre, USB rebrand, All hail USB-C and YouTube 4k Fail, M2 Extreme on the horizon

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Episode 105: It's time for Our Apple product mini-reviews, Nvidia 40 series news, Meta gets sued (again), SiFive, Ofcom probe and maybe no Oct Apple event

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Episode 104: It's time for breaches galore, big tech woes, fines and Nvidia 40 series and Ryzen 7000 updates, Game Pass friends and family leaks

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Episode 103: It's time to go Far Out as we cover the annual iPhone updates

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Episode 102: It's time Apple to go Far Out, GPUs for everyone, Intel shares the bill, BB the movie, Meta VR updates, Twitter goes to war with Mudge and the PS5 price hikes

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Episode 101: It's time for Embracer to buy all the studios, Leaky iOS VPNs, iPhone event 7/9, Janet Jackson as WMD, Bitcoin theft and Apple Car spy, plus PS VR2

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Episode 100: It's time for the big 1-0-0 episode, MS claims Sony blocks games, Arc goes Pro, Zoom Flaw, Signal and Cloudflare hack, Russians get M1, iOS16, and Supersonic flights

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Episode 99: It's time for MediaTek/Intel deal, FileWave woes, Apple buys new Campus, Ping goes private, Tencent eyes up Ubi, Ryzen spec leaks and iPad redesign rumours

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Episode 98: It's time for Apple Lawsuits, Android malware, Twitter breach, Tesla dumps bitcoin, Meta sues Meta, GTAVI or is it, GTX40xx performance

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Episode 97: It's time for Windows 12, Russian fines for Google, Giphy merger back on, E2E scans, All stop on UK safety law, Intel GPU update and M2 Pro Q4 2022

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Episode 96: It's time for NSO to USA, Twitter fights back, Starlink for boats, BMW $$, DMA comes to pass, UK probes Activision deal!

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Episode 95: It's time for TikTok bans, GPU stock, Deepfakes, M2 no go, AMD data breach, Apple insider trading and HomePod rumours

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Episode 94: It's time for the Tech Rant Summer Game special

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Episode 93: It's time for A380 takes off in China, TSMC touts 2nm, One USB to rule them all, No Windows in Russia, FAA 5G woe, PCIe7 super speed, Tim Apple says wait!

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Episode 92: It's time for slow chips to Russia, ARM stakes, Hijinks in Space, Cloud gaming concerns and AMD news overload!

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Episode 91: It's time for the Tech Rant WWDC Special!

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Episode 90: It's time for EA to put up the For Sale sign, Match and Google compromise, TSMC touts new fab, Samsung+Intel talk, and behold the Ryzen 7000 and we go supersonic with TopGun

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Episode 89: It's time for Broadcom to assimilate VMware. iPod is dead long live the iPod, Valves antitrust woes, Hell (Nvidia) freezes over, Costly CPUs, Apple TV stick (maybe) and 4090 specs

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Episode 88: It's time for Tech Rant special with the top tech from Google I/O

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Episode 87: It's time for Sonos gets a voice, Intel gets some Finns, Intuit coughs up, Sony and the FTC don't agree, Fornite is back on iPhone (kind of!), No swipe right for Google and AMD drops a 50

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Episode 86: It's time for Apps here today gone tomorrow, EU unhappy with Apple Pay, Square Enix offloads studios, Intel plays hunt the Arc, Lovelace updates, Meta has big plans

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Episode 85: It's time for more Lapsus$ news, EU plots more tech laws, bad week for Apple, AWOL Bored Apes, Musk buys Twitter or has he?, Intel GPU flood

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Episode 84: It's time for Sailpoint to float (on cash), Datto=billions, Meta takes a cut, Pegasus EU hack, Intel chases TSMC and Kuo's insight on Quest 2 Pro and M2 leaks

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Episode 83: It's time for Google says no to payments, Elon wants Twitter, Cash for Pat, Russia gets upset with Wiki, BT group spat and Space Cheese

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Episode 82: It's time for more Lapsus$ leaks, Apple plots Breakout, Data breaches, Russia unhappy with Google (so is the US), Wyze silence, Intel ARC details overload, Foldable iPhones and no Touch ID

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Episode 81: It's time for Angry EU, Intel speedfreak, More Nvidia cards, Unhappy EPIC, Kasperky threat, Poly=HP and Cyberthreats up high and down below, plus rumours abound!

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Episode 80: It's time for Google AR, Cybersecurity cash splash, Lapsus$ group causing havoc, NASA eyes up Moon return, Apple fined (again) and the Witcher returns

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Episode 79: It's time for Chiplets, Google Audio splurge, Mandiant = Noogler, RTX40 specs and 3090Ti stock, Woz cleans up Space junk and Nvidia data leak and more M2 rumours and iPhone 14 or is it 13s

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Episode 78: It's time for Peek Performance as Apple goes Ultra and drops a Studio, unleashes the M1 iPad Air, splashes iPhone colours and unveils the new SE, plus we talk about what didn't they show!

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Episode 77: It's time for No Steam Dock, Zendesk says no, Nvidia Mining Malware and a breach, Lovelace goes full power, Sony $ Pass, return of the Apple ZX and Predictable Pixel

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Episode 76: It's time for our new logo, Nvidia to splash more cash, Mining overrides, Evil AirTag clones, Trump (app) doesn't do free speech, Intel ARC updates all round and wait what 4 new M2 macs!

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Episode 75: It's time for age verification, EU bets on Chips, realityOS a Real thing? SSD disaster, AMD swallows Xilinx and Mac Mini rumours

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Episode 74: It's time for new AMD GPU, Dodgy AirTags, Meta stock tank, Crypto heist, Stadia doomed, ARM IPO, GTA 6(maybe) and Apple Event incoming!

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Episode 73: It's time for Nvidia to be ARM(less), Apple doesn't go Dutch, Bungie bounces to Sony, Citrix goes private and no META coin for you

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Episode 72: It's time for Redmond gets a Blizzard, Sony suffers, CMA nods at Norton, Crypto heists and 5G not a problem, Who ya gonna call and Google goes AR

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Episode 71: It's time for return of Fortnite(?), 5G worries, Exynos no-show, E2E vs HMG, Apple actually does something and expensive AR/VR headset (and we forgot the films!)